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Letter To The Editor: I Am Disappointed In Wyoming PBS CEO Joanna Kail

Dear editor: I believe the statements made by CEO Joanna Kail regarding bias and audience decline are both misleading and potentially damaging to the long-standing credibility and public trust earned by PBS.

July 25, 2025

Randy Jay Nelsen

Man Who Walked Into Sheriff's Office And Confessed To Molesting Child Makes Plea

A 73-year-old Green River man who walked into the local sheriff’s office last summer and announced he’d fondled a preteen girl decades earlier pleaded “no contest” on Thursday. Prosecutors agreed to cap their prison sentence request at five years.

Clair McFarlandJuly 25, 2025

Campbell and Converse counties this week sent expansive letters to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum lobbying for more input on federal lands. But one Campbell County commissioner says he wouldn’t have signed off on his county’s letter given a do-over.

Wyoming Counties Lobby Department Of Interior For More Input On Federal Lands

Campbell and Converse counties this week sent expansive letters to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum lobbying for more input on federal lands. But one Campbell County commissioner says he wouldn’t have signed off on his county’s letter given a do-over.

David MadisonJuly 24, 2025

Gap Pucci with Mother Marie Wendy McMenamy at his place in Jackson Hole.

Estate Of Legendary Wyoming Spaghetti Westerner Gap Pucci To Be Bought By Nuns

Gap Pucci befriended two nuns 25 years ago after they walked in sandals with no socks in knee-deep snow to see his crosses. Now the nuns say they will buy the legendary Wyoming spaghetti Westerner’s estate with a promise it won’t become a luxury mansion.

Renée JeanJuly 24, 2025

A barred owl, inset, with a group of spotted owls.

Congress Moves To Stop Killing Of 500,000 Barred Owls To Save Spotted Owls

Environmental groups have pulled together a bipartisan effort in Congress, which introduced a bill Wednesday to halt a Biden-era plan for a mass killing of 500,000 barred owls. Killing those owls would save endangered spotted owls, officials have said.

Mark HeinzJuly 24, 2025

A still image from body cam video of a Trumann, Arkansas, police officer who had the last known interaction with Katie Ferguson of Cody, who's been missing since October 2023.

Mom Of Missing Cody Woman Believed Murdered Asks For Help Looking For Evidence

Park County authorities and a grieving mother urge hikers to look out for a pink tote and a Dodge Durango seat. They are potential evidence in the 2023 disappearance and suspected murder of Cody woman Katie Ferguson.

Clair McFarlandJuly 24, 2025

Court records made available Thursday show that a 50-year-old care worker tied a resident’s head to a bed using a scarf in a Casper NOWCAP facility home.

Casper Nursing Care Worker Accused Of Tying Woman's Head To Bed

A Casper nursing care worker is accused of using a scarf to tie the head of a female resident to a bed, according to court documents made available Thursday. Police were called when coworkers found the woman still tied to the bed in the morning.

Dale KillingbeckJuly 24, 2025

A former Casper police officer was supposed to be sentenced Thursday, July 24, 2025, for shooting at law enforcement during a 17-hour standoff last August. The sentencing was postponed because Michael Hughes fell off a crane and badly broke his leg.

Ex-Casper Cop Can’t Be Sentenced For Armed Standoff Because He Fell Off A Crane

A former Casper police officer was supposed to be sentenced Thursday for shooting at law enforcement during a 17-hour standoff last August. The sentencing was postponed because Michael Hughes fell off a crane and badly broke his leg.

Dale KillingbeckJuly 24, 2025

Brayden Lovan was an airman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne when he died on duty Sunday, July 20, 2025.

Airman Who Died In Air Force Gunshot Incident Identified As Kentucky 21-Year-Old

The airman who died in an on-duty incident Sunday at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne has been identified as a 21-year-old from Kentucky. In a Thursday statement, the U.S. Air Force also confirms his death involved a gunshot and a Sig M18 pistol.

Clair McFarlandJuly 24, 2025

Wyoming is eager to exercise more control over educating its own kids. Gov. Mark Gordon told Cowboy State Daily’s Jake Nichols on Thursday that Wyoming can do better educating its kids than federal “talking heads” in Washington, D.C.

Gov. Gordon Says Wyoming Can Educate Kids Better Than Federal ‘Talking Heads’

Wyoming is eager to exercise more control over educating its own kids. Gov. Mark Gordon told Cowboy State Daily’s Jake Nichols on Thursday that Wyoming can educate its kids better than federal “talking heads” in Washington, D.C.

Greg JohnsonJuly 24, 2025

The last week in July is the rainiest time of year in Cheyenne — right during Cheyenne Frontier Days.

It’s True: Cheyenne Frontier Days Happens On The Rainiest Week Of The Year

More than an inch of rain fell on participants at Cheyenne Frontier Days on Wednesday. That's no surprise to meteorologist Don Day, who says the last week in July is the rainiest week of the year.

Andrew RossiJuly 24, 2025

The only U.S.-owned MiG-29 Russian fighter jet was at the Casper airport Wedesday, July 24, 2025, to refuel.

Only U.S.-Owned Russian-Made MiG-29 Fighter Jet Lands At Casper Airport

Anyone who was around the Casper/Natrona International Airport on Wednesday afternoon witnessed a rare sight. The only U.S. privately-owned Russian-made MiG-29 flew in for some fuel.

Dale KillingbeckJuly 24, 2025

Wyoming’s U.S. senators say the Senate should skip its scheduled August break if that’s what it takes to finally get Brian Nesvik in charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That’s likely to lead to a long-awaited delisting of grizzly bears.

Wyoming Senators Say Nesvik Vote — And Delisting Grizzlies — Has Waited Long Enough

Wyoming’s U.S. senators say the Senate should skip its scheduled August break if that’s what it takes to finally get Brian Nesvik in charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That’s likely to lead to a long-awaited delisting of grizzly bears.

Mark HeinzJuly 24, 2025

Cyrus Western, EPA Region 8 administrator and a former Wyoming legislator from Sheridan, says the Trump administration's "pushing back on the war on coal" will help Wyoming.

Trump Pushes Back Against Closing Colorado Power Plant That Burns Wyoming Coal

Trump is challenging Colorado’s plan to shutter coal-fired power plants, showing a rift between federal and state priorities. It also could impact the Cowboy State because they burn Wyoming coal, says EPA Region 8 Administrator Cyrus Western.

David MadisonJuly 24, 2025

A screenshot from a trail cam video showing a three new wolf pups in Colorado. Wildlife officials say there are now four wolf packs with pups in Colorado.

Not Everyone Thrilled With Colorado’s Wolf Boom — Four New Litters

Colorado’s wolf population is booming, with four packs known to have litters of pups born this spring. Not everyone is thrilled with that news, including ranchers who say wolves have killed numerous cattle.

Mark HeinzJuly 23, 2025

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Letter To The Editor: Fight Trump By Upgrading Your PBS App

Dear editor: An upgrade to the PBS app, PBS Passport, offers much more availability of quality programming. Included are many Wyoming-centric programs. NO – they are not all leftist propaganda.

July 23, 2025

A test of Wyoming’s digital currency system last week shows paying government contractors can take seconds instead of weeks, as it does now. That could be a game-changer during disasters, where people and local responders can get payments almost instantly. Cheyenne has attracted a number of cryptocurrency companies, like CleanSpark, shown in this file photo.

Crypto Test Shows Wyoming’s System Can Get People Instant Payment During Disasters

A test of Wyoming’s digital currency system last week shows paying government contractors can take seconds instead of weeks, as it does now. That could be a game-changer during disasters, when people and local responders can get payments almost instantly.

Justin GeorgeJuly 23, 2025

It took a Montana company three heavy-duty wrecker trucks hours to recover a semitrailer hanging over a cliff on Wyoming Highway 14A on Tuesday. The driver wasn’t hurt, but it took much more than a regular tow truck to pull the semitrailer back over the highway barrier.

It Took Three Trucks Hours To Recover Semi Hanging Over Cliff On Wyoming Highway

It took three heavy-duty wrecker trucks hours to recover a semitrailer hanging over a cliff on Wyoming Highway 14-A on Tuesday. The driver wasn’t hurt, but it took much more than a regular tow truck to pull the semitrailer back over the highway barrier.

Andrew RossiJuly 23, 2025

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