Around Wyoming

Entertainment

Food

Sports

Obituaries

Wyoming Life

Wolfson leo 2

Leo Wolfson

Government & Politics

Executive

Cody Temple work IMG 4064 12 2 24

Cowboy State Daily is Wyoming’s largest newspaper with Wyoming’s most experienced journalists. 

<title>Bird, Not Controversial New LDS Temple, To Blame For Cody Power Outages | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A flurry of angry social media posts say construction of a controversial new LDS temple caused a series of power outages in Cody on Sunday and Monday. But they’re wrong. The city says a bird fried by a power line is to blame.

Bird, Not Controversial New LDS Temple, To Blame For Cody Power Outages

Headshot of Cowboy State Daily's general assignment reporter, Clair McFarland.

Clair McFarland

Crime & Courts

Courts

Terrence Paul Jenkins and Gem Theatres 12 2 24

<title>Wyoming Man Agrees To Plead Guilty To Trying To Kidnap Teen Girl | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A man from St. Stephens, Wyoming, has agreed to plead guilty to trying to kidnap a teen girl from a Riverton movie theater in 2022. The girl managed to fight Terrence Jenkins off even after he held a knife to her neck, court documents say.

Wyoming Man Agrees To Plead Guilty To Trying To Kidnap Teen Girl

Heinz mark

Mark Heinz

Outdoors

Wildlife

Cow elk and mutant hooves 11 30 24

<title>Hunter Baffled By Elk’s Weirdly Deformed Hooves | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Colorado hunter killed a cow elk last week that looked normal and healthy — except for some weirdly deformed hooves. Biologists say the elk is not a mutant, but the bizarre hoof deformities mirror the effects of an elk disease that’s spreading in other states.

Hunter Baffled By Elk’s Weirdly Deformed Hooves

Headshot of Cowboy State Daily reporter, Jackie Dorothy.

Jackie Dorothy

1920s park ranger 2 Jim Harrower with Jean and Jim Jr 12 1 24

<title>Legacy Of 1920s Wyoming Park Rancher: Mountain Peaks, Red Desert Elk Herds, Mountain Man Museum | Cowboy State Daily</title>

With his intimate knowledge of Wyoming trails, Jim Harrower lobbied to protect the Oregon Trail, immigrant graves and South Pass City. He helped found the Rendezvous pageant and the Museum of the Mountain Man, both in Pinedale.

Legacy Of 1920s Wyoming Park Rancher: Mountain Peaks, Red Desert Elk Herds, Mountain Man Museum

David Madison

Business & Tourism

Business

Rob Rule Heritage turkeys CAP3 Rob Rule 11 30 24

<title>Controversial Montana Land Developer Has A New Big Project, But No Land | Cowboy State Daily</title>

After a failed luxury community project, Robert Rule is back pitching a grandiose Montana land development. This time, he wants to build a community for veterans, but the controversial developer has just one problem — he has no land.

Controversial Montana Land Developer Has A New Big Project, But No Land

Larry Friedman 466402974 10237232710943746 7769811007750205073 n 12 1 24

<title>Man Spends 30 Years Photographing Wyoming’s Disappearing Ranches | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Larry Friedman began taking photos of the Sweetwater County homesteads he was visiting as a Wyoming veterinarian in 1977. For the next 30 years, he recorded a disappearing era, including the Sweeney family ranch in southwest Wyoming.

Man Spends 30 Years Photographing Wyoming’s Disappearing Ranches

<title>Marian Adella "Del" Black | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Marian Adella "Del" Black

Marian Adella "Del" Black, 91