Renée Jean
Renée Jean is the business and tourism reporter for Cowboy State Daily and is based in Cheyenne. Previously, Renée spent seven years covering energy and agriculture in North Dakota and Montana. She has won many writing awards over a 30-year career, and has written magazine articles for Guideposts.
Latest from Renée Jean
A Week After Cruise Ship Dumped Them In Cambodia, Wyoming Couple Has Few Answers
A Wyoming couple still has few answers a week removed from being stranded in Cambodia when their cruise ship abruptly went bankrupt and kicked them off. They’re now lugging suitcases around Kuala Lumpur and trying to regroup.
Renée JeanNovember 03, 2026
Why The Heck … Are Wyoming Lilacs Still Blooming In November?
Roger Huckfeldt’s lilacs in Torrington are doing a strange thing. They are blooming out as if it were spring, leaving Huckfeldt to wonder if his longtime lilac shrubs are doomed. In the meantime, he's getting a lot of really bad advice....
Renée JeanNovember 02, 2026
Wyoming’s Machu Picchu Is An Ancient 4,000-Year-Old Village Hidden In Wind River Range
A University of Wyoming archaeologist and his team discovered a sprawling ancient village high in the Wind River Range 20 years ago. The 4,000-year-old lodge sites, what they have called Wyoming's Machu Picchu, have helped redefine prehistoric life in the mountains.
Renée JeanNovember 02, 2026
Celebrity Bison Clyde Draws A Crowd While Filming TV Show In Downtown Sheridan
Nothing quite prepares someone for rounding a corner on Sheridan’s Main Street and coming face-to-face with Clyde, a 2,000-pound celebrity bison and literally Hollywood’s biggest star. The bad-ass bovine drew a crowd filming a TV show last weekend.
Renée JeanNovember 02, 2026
Sheridan’s PO News & Flagstaff Cafe Is Like Having Breakfast In A Time Capsule
Breakfast at the PO News & Flagstaff Cafe in Sheridan is a Twilight Zone experience. It's a time capsule from 1916, that has endured mostly unchanged for 110 years. "What it looks like today is what it looked like then," says co-owner Mark Demple.
Renée JeanNovember 01, 2026
The Average Sheridan Family Qualifies For $220,000 Less Than The Median Home Price
Sheridan’s housing market mirrors communities across Wyoming, where the average family only qualifies for about $220,000 less than the median home price of $585,000. That’s pricing out its “missing middle” — nurses, teachers, cops and blue-collar workers.
Renée JeanNovember 01, 2026
