The “de-pantsing” of a tourist by a bison in Custer State Park two years ago has become an iconic image. A snow sculpture celebrating the triumphant bison and idiotic tourist won many awards at last year’s Minnesota Snow Sculpting competition.
SAT scores are nice but you wanna build character? Try surviving a 37-game losing streak. Hold your head up when your team hasn’t won a game in a month. Or a year.
Wyoming chicken farmers like Melissa Hempken of Lander and Michael Jordan of Cheyenne say they do save money by raising their own chickens, but it’s more difficult than how it’s portrayed on social media.
All hail Cheyenne Animal Shelter veterinarian Dr. Tesscha Winsch. Although she feared a “community cat’s” leg couldn’t be saved, she did it. The cat lost a few toes but she was healthy enough to be released earlier this week and “No Toes” is back on the prowl.
New Laramie County Sheriff Brian Kozak has launched a podcast series which aims to show jobs as a correctional officer offer chances to save lives and make a difference in the world — all on an entry level starting salary that can pay the bills.
A snow plow driver felt sorry for all the stranded truck drivers outside of Evanston, so he decided to take them some snacks. When he posted his simple little idea on Facebook, inviting drivers who wanted a taco to turn on their flashers, he got a lot more help than he bargained for, a restoration of his faith in humanity, for one.
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Cryogenics and cloning are helping to increase the population of the endangered black-footed ferret. The first cloned black-footed ferret, named Elizabeth Ann, was born in December 2020.
An 81-year-old Colorado man who spent more than 30 years vacuuming up prairie dogs as part of his pest control business says he’s ready to sell his equipment and pass along his knowledge, should the right person come along.
Jake Edmunds is a BIG fan of Wyoming Cowboy football. And he’s shown it in a BIG way – by mowing a 175-foot high replica of “Steamboat,” the Wyoming Cowboys icon, into his lawn just outside Sheridan.
Wyoming’s Ted Ross was a navigator in one of the most powerful airplanes in the world, the SR-71. It traveled more than 2,000 miles an hour at 80,000 feet altitude which means you could cross the state of Nebraska in 7 1/2 minutes.
Wyoming’s Jay Osmond celebrated the premier of “The Osmonds” musical which debuted in London to rave reviews in London on Tuesday.
Visitors to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument on Monday discovered a 146-year-old cuff button from a uniform worn in the battle where Gen. Custer was killed in 1876.
Despite having a new and much better water system now, the town’s public works director said it was heartbreaking to watch the tower from 1927 be removed.
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A UW law student traveled to a London museum last month to see her great-great grandfather’s headdress which is in a storage facility. Chief Yellow Calf is considered one of the Northern Arapaho’s most important and respected leaders. UW leaders are working to bring it back home.
A Douglas man who spent eight years trying to track down Forrest Fenn’s treasure has hidden his own treasure in Wyoming and is inviting people to join the “Gonzo Treasure Hunt.”
Both Fina and Tiegan attend Cody High School and participate in 4H raising small livestock. They pick their own fair projects each year. Tiegan is showing her lamb and rabbit, “Buddy,” as well as art and baking submissions.
Wyoming artist Chris Navarro is awaiting the delivery of 12 used turbine blades. He will be using them to create a giant “Wind Cathedral” sculpture in downtown Casper.
The Simpsons, the Minetas, and the Cheneys came together on Saturday for the groundbreaking of the 7,341-sq.ft. Mineta-Simpson Institute at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center.
Two medical professionals from Cheyenne, who saved a Walmart employee’s life last November, were given a standing ovation as “hometown heroes” on Thursday in front of a packed crowd at Cheyenne Frontier Days.
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U.S. Attorney Bob Murray grew up on the Wind River Reservation and went on to be the chief federal law enforcement officer for the state of Wyoming. He retired in June, 2022.
On Monday, the France Memorial United Methodist Church in Rawlins was commemorated for its 140th year. It’s one of the oldest churches in the state of Wyoming.
A Green River man who risked his life earlier this year by entering a burning house to save the lives of a woman and her youngest child was honored on Tuesday by Cheyenne Frontier Days.
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The world’s largest outdoor rodeo, Cheyenne Frontier Days, is in full swing this week and the Air Force
Thunderbirds are slated to perform, weather permitting, on Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.
A Wyoming Department of Transportation crew saved eight ducklings from certain death after they fell through a cattle guard in Wapiti, Wyoming.
After ending for good in 2015, the Wild West Balloon Fest is being “relaunched” in Cody this weekend.
Nate Janousek grew up poor as a latchkey kid in an impoverished family in Nebraska. Now his business is the official caterer of Cheyenne Frontier Days and many of the largest outdoor events in the country.
After 20 years in the military and another eight with the Cheyenne Police, Steve Neisen now works full-time creating studio scale models for Lucasfilm and other major movie companies.
With the summiting of Denali in June, Casper doctor Joe McGinley has summited the highest peaks in five out of the seven continents. Antarctica is next, he said.
In honor of a life that saw her feed the hungry and care for the sick in Shoshoni, as well as serve in a special military program for women in World War II and almost become a licensed pilot, Hudson Mayor Mike Anderson on May 30 declared a new town holiday: Dessie Bebout Day.
Nine different collegiate teams competing in the coast-to-coast American Solar Challenge drove their solar cars through Lander on Wednesday on their way to finish line in Oregon.
When a 150-pound Sinclair dinosaur was stolen from a Cheyenne family’s front yard, the community rallied to find it. The theft went viral on Facebook and in the middle of the night, the dinosaur was returned.
Immediately after the flooding occurred in Lingle, Wyoming last week, nearly 75 inmates at the prison in Torrington volunteered to fill sandbags. Of those, nearly two dozen were chosen and filled more than 600 sandbags.
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After vandals toppled a flag pole on a remote stretch of highway in northwestern Wyoming, Greybull community members rallied to replace the flag pole and flag just in time for July 4.
Lander’s 14-hour pyrotechnics show on July 4 is a mixture of the fire department’s official fireworks show and townspeople in more than 40 different locations where neighbors have banded together to outdo each other.
There’s probably not much more “authentically Wyoming” than having a wedding at a branding. That’s what two ranchers did earlier this month out on the plains of northeastern Wyoming.
Renowned Wyoming sculptor Chris Navarro was bothered by used turbine blades filling up landfills. So he proposed taking some of them and creating a giant “Windhenge” sculpture where events could be held in Casper.
The town of Chugwater, Wyoming is coming alive. One of the newcomers, Josh Hopkins, is planning on historically restoring the town’s old Conoco station, complete with an attendant in a bow tie and cap who not only fills the gas tank, but also washes the windshield.
With its ironic name, the sparse village of Jeffrey City, south of Riverton, is about 60 miles from the nearest hospital, police station or grocery store. Its last sheriff’s deputy, J. Dee Darnell, passed away in 2017 at the age of 67.
A Cheyenne woman and her mother are collecting insulation from meal delivery kits to make pet beds for rescued animals.
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Cowboy State Daily has tracked down at least one working pay phone left in the state of Wyoming. But there’s gotta be more…
For James Boulé, an inmate serving a life sentence, training rescue dogs and now his new puppy Atlas is a rare chance after the nearly 26 years he’s served so far to have a positive impact on the world on both sides of the prison’s walls.
A Green River man was honored this week for his heroism after he saved a woman and her young son from a burning house in Sweetwater County earlier this year.
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When the Shoshoni Motel in Shoshoni, Wyoming was demolished last month, it turned out there was more vacancy than expected. An underground room complete with carved-out shelves was discovered under the dilapidated 70-year-old motel.
Lovell police officer Dusty Schultz received the “Lifesaver Award” for saving the life of an 8-year-old boy who was trapped in a house fire in Lovell.
A Cheyenne man said passengers on his Delta flight cheered and sang the National Anthem when they
were informed about 15 minutes into a flight that the mask mandate on airlines was lifted Monday evening.
Today, at age 40, Laramie’s Ashleigh Chapman has achieved her childhood mission as a national and global human rights lawyer working to end all forms of trafficking, including in Wyoming.
It’s a sad time for contestants who annually pick the date that a stop sign on Togwotee Pass gets buried by snow. This year, it appears, the stop sign will not be completely engulfed by snow and prizes will not be awarded.
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It’s an image familiar to anyone with an interest in the Grand Teton mountain range. A shot of the sunrise with the Tetons in the background and a weathered barn in the foreground.
Although Cody resident Dan Miller said being a game show host was the “perfect job in television,” he left the bright lights of Hollywood and the big stars of Nashville 20 years ago for a quieter life in Wyoming.
Surrounded by warfare, a Douglas, Wyoming couple escaped first to Moldova and then to Poland just days after adopting two special needs children in the Odessa area of Ukraine.
A few years ago, mutual friends introduced the Pennsylvania native to a fourth-generation Wyoming rancher. Though she never set out to deliberately marry a cowboy, she admitted that it was a nice surprise that has worked out really well.
The annual winter chariot race in Afton last weekend raised thousands of dollars for Wyoming families facing steep medical bills whose children are at the Shriners Hospital in Salt Lake City.
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A first responder used an automated external defibrillator to revive 25-year-old Nick Murdoch whose father Paul led the way in Wyoming to for the portable defibrillators to be placed in every emergency response vehicle in the state.
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More than 22,000 Wyoming students, 2,000 Wyoming workers and 100 Wyoming families all signed up with Kindness Wyoming to embrace Random Acts of Kindness Week from Feb. 13-19.
A woman who was severely burned on 91% of her body below her chest after jumping into a Yellowstone geyser to rescue her dog has been released from a hospital.
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Four pigs living at the Kindness Ranch whose room and board were paid for by pop singer Ariana Grande received new houses this week made by Wyoming students.
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Ryan Pasborg did not even stop to think about the danger he was going into when he went inside of the burning house last week.
Two Sheridan County youths will attend meetings and briefings with U.S. senators, U.S. Supreme Court justices, cabinet leaders, and senior members of the national media.
The Game and Fish Department’s rescue of a moose calf from an icy pond in Teton County is usually not possible because of a number of factors. Last month, they pulled it off, however.
A Green River man risked his life on Tuesday to save a woman and her youngest child from a burning house in Jamestown on Tuesday and is being hailed for his actions.
A Cody woman lost her prized Cabbage Patch doll 37 years ago. Last week, she found him.
His early and persistent interest in Hungarian stamps has landed him in an unusual position. Working from his study in his Powell home, Learned serves as treasurer of the Society of Hungarian Philately.
Once again, Cowboy State Daily’s Jim Angell was successful in lining-up an exclusive interview with Santa Claus.
12-year-old Oughen Karn from Dubois was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago — and thanks to Make-A-Wish Wyoming, his dream of having his own YouTube channel has come true.
Ever since Bridger Walker stepped in front of his younger sister to protect her from an attacking dog, he’s received support from people around the world who wanted to commend him for his bravery.
Jacque Sims, who has been the Holiday Helpers coordinator for over 20 years, said she has witnessed countless ways in which people give back to the organization after being helped themselves.
A peek through the doors with a little assistance from a flashlight showed that the 1958 Chevy Bel Air was still in prime condition — if just a little worse for wear.
While paddling to a good spot, the straps securing his father’s fly rod to the raft came loose and it sank to the bottom of the lake.
Never give up hope: At age 50, Scott is finally ready to tackle his problems head on as he celebrates more than six months of sobriety at the Ram Center in northeastern Wyoming.
Cowboy State Daily delivered Halloween pumpkins to the Kindness Ranch so the rescue animals could enjoy some pumpkin treats.
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The Kindness Animal Ranch is asking for Halloween pumpkins to share with their rescue animals as exotic treats.
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The cancer center at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is offering gas gift cards to cancer patients who must regularly travel to the capital city for treatment.
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Lander’s Ron Hansen has been waging a Fireball-infused war against an invasion of skunks. So far, the skunks are winning…
The next day a tow truck driver saw tiny paw prints that led him to find the shivering dog near the accident scene.
Two miniature snowmen were placed in the middle of the highway which runs through Ten Sleep, Wyoming and no one ran over them.
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The Kindness Ranch, a sprawling 120-acre animal refuge north of Hartville, Wyoming, just saved more than 100 beagles from a testing facility.
Tyler England opened his eyes Wednesday for the first time in a week-and-a-half, with his parents, Bob and Teri, at his side.
Gillette Public Works Parks Operator Boyd Abelseth kept a man alive after suffering from a seizure on a boat at Keyhole Reservoir.
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Lander resident Claudia Pearson passed away in November and gave a substantial part of her retirement fund to the private animal rescue operation, specifically to help animals in need of medical care.
Two Wyoming airmen delivered a baby last week for an Afghan refugee family while on duty, the Air Force announced this week.
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A Cheyenne airwoman has been hailed for her recent actions that led to a fugitive being arrested and a kidnapped child returned with their rightful guardian.
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A Natrona County sheriff’s deputy is being hailed for his heroic actions over the weekend that saved multiple lives.
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Mimi Orr, Cowboy State Daily’s intern, is learning how to produce the daily newsletter.
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A Campbell County man was rescued early Monday morning after spending two nights trapped beneath an overturned four-wheeler in a pasture.
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A Sweetwater County woman was no doubt surprised when she was notified of the pending arrival of a check for more than $582,000.
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He’s 6 feet, 8 inches tall. He is 335 pounds. He was a theater major at the University of Wyoming. Now Mason Finley is heading to Tokyo to represent the United States in the Summer Olympics.
This summer, Cori Gordon was one of just 11 young people from across the country chosen to attend the 2021 Olympic and Sporting Clay Development Camp.
The ride will take place through the southern half of Wyoming from June 21 to June 23, when the riders will cross the state border into Nebraska, according to the ride tracker. A rider is expected to cross into Wyoming around 6:30 a.m. on June 21, hitting areas from Granger to Torrington in the two-day period.
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Unlike many gender reveal parties, a Casper couple had a successful event without anyone losing a limb or being hospitalized.
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