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Jackie Dorothy

Outdoors

Public Lands

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

<title>Australian Woman Hiking Through Wyoming On Quest To Walk Length Of The Earth | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Australian Lucy Barnard is walking 18,000 miles from the tip of South America to the top of North America to become the first woman to walk the length of the earth. She’s now in Wyoming, getting to Lander after hiking across the Red Desert.

Australian Woman Hiking Through Wyoming On Quest To Walk Length Of The Earth

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Andrew Rossi

Wyoming Life

Around Wyoming

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<title>Thanksgiving Week Travelers Can Expect Snowy, Icy Highways Around Wyoming | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Mother Nature won’t make the busiest travel week of the year any easier for people across Wyoming leading up to Thanksgiving. Don Day says to expect snowy, icy highways around Wyoming, especially Interstate 80.

Thanksgiving Week Travelers Can Expect Snowy, Icy Highways Around Wyoming

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Jen Kocher

Crime & Courts

Law Enforcement

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<title>Part 2: Who is D.B. Cooper? The Bombshell Discovery That Could Solve Infamous Hijacking | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Part 2 of a series. For 53 years, the only unsolved hijacking in the nation's history has remained one of world's greatest mysteries. The bombshell discovery of the parachute likely used by D.B. Cooper in his infamous hijacking may finally close the case.

Part 2: Who is D.B. Cooper? The Bombshell Discovery That Could Solve Infamous Hijacking

Wyoming Sunrise

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<title>Your Wyoming Sunrise: Sunday, November 24, 2024 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by Marcy Schueler. Marcy writes, "I saw this lovely sunrise from my back deck in Buffalo today."

Your Wyoming Sunrise: Sunday, November 24, 2024

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Business & Tourism

Business

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<title>Families Uprooted By Largest Mine Layoff In Montana History | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Terry Haney and his wife Shana packed up and left Montana on Friday having just finished construction on their dream home. Their family is one of more than 500 upended by the largest mine layoff in Montana history.

Families Uprooted By Largest Mine Layoff In Montana History

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Leo Wolfson

Government & Politics

Legislature

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<title>Bo Biteman Named Wyoming Senate President, Chip Neiman Is New House Speaker | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Wyoming Senate and House on Saturday elected their leaders for the upcoming 2025 legislative session. Sen. Bo Biteman will be the new Senate president, while Rep. Chip Neiman will be House speaker.

Bo Biteman Named Wyoming Senate President, Chip Neiman Is New House Speaker

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 is co-founder and executive editor of Cowboy State Daily.

Orr is a longtime journalist who was on the masthead at the Los Angeles Times and the Christian Science Monitor as the Managing Editor, Digital.

In the political arena, Orr served as a spokesman for the White House and directed digital strategy for President George W. Bush and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Prior to these positions, Orr worked for Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer and U.S. Senators Malcolm Wallop and Al Simpson.

He was also a co-founder of The Sports Show with ESPN's Woody Paige and was the executive producer of Clay Travis' Outkick the Show.

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Jimmy Orr

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 is managing editor for Cowboy State Daily at the headquarters in Cheyenne.

A veteran journalist of more than 31 years covering Western issues and politics, Greg spent stints in Wyoming as managing editor for the Gillette News Record and Laramie Boomerang. Greg's produced award-winning journalism, and has built a national reputation for his extensive coverage of Wyoming energy -- especially coal.

He previously spent seven years editing and reporting in Alaska, and was managing editor for Sarah Palin's hometown paper when she was tapped as John McCain's running mate in 2008. Greg studied music and English at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Outside the office, Greg likes photography, reading and all things sports.

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Greg Johnson

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 is a general assignment reporter for Cowboy State Daily and is based in Riverton, Wyoming. She specializes in crime and court reporting and social issues coverage. Clair also writes a twice-monthly column on motherhood and country living.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Previously, Clair wrote for The Ranger, the Lander Journal and the Wind River News. She is an award-winning journalist, columnist and poet, who joined Cowboy State Daily on Valentines Day, 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Clair McFarland

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Wendy Corr is the Broadcast Media Director for Cowboy State Daily, and is based in Cody. She covers unique people, places and events in Wyoming, highlighting the best of the Cowboy State  and occasionally reaching beyond our borders to highlight happenings in nearby states as well.

Previously, Wendy was the news director at the Bighorn Radio Network in Cody, earning six "News Reporter of the Year" awards from the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters. She also contributes television news stories to stations in Billings, Montana, as well as in Casper and Cheyenne.

Additionally, Wendy is a professional singer and instrumentalist with the "Dan Miller Cowboy Music Revue" based in Cody, although the band often travels around the country, bringing "Wyoming to the world."

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Wendy Corr

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 is the State Government and Politics Reporter for Cowboy State Daily and is based in Cheyenne. He is responsible for covering Wyoming politics on a federal and statewide level.&nbsp;

Leo led Cowboy State Dailys coverage of the 2022 Wyoming primary election, including the highly contentious race between former congresswoman Liz Cheney and her successor U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman. He also managed CSD's coverage of the 2023 State Legislature, which was by far the most extensive and timely media coverage of a legislative session in the state's history.

Before joining Cowboy State Daily, Leo was a general assignment reporter for the Cody Enterprise Newspaper in Cody from 2018-2022. Prior to that, he reported for a suburban newspaper outside Denver.&nbsp;

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He previously worked or freelanced for numerous newspapers and magazines across Wyoming, Idaho and Montana  covering all manner of news and feature stories. He has a strong background in topics related to wildlife, hunting, and wildlands conservation. Hes written extensively since the 1990s about the controversies surrounding wolves, grizzly bears and mustangs.

He also enjoys people-centric stories with quirky edge of humor and has written several such pieces for Cowboy State Daily.&nbsp;

Mark lives in Laramie with his wife, Kendy, and the youngest of their five children.

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Mark Heinz

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 is the business and tourism reporter for Cowboy State Daily and is based in Cheyenne. Previously, Ren&eacute;e 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.

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Renée Jean

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Killingbeck is glad to be back in journalism after working for 18 years in corporate communications with a health system in northern Michigan. He spent the previous 16 years working for newspapers in western Michigan in various roles.

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Dale Killingbeck

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Todd Titus is the Head of Advertising for Cowboy State Daily with an office located in downtown Casper.

Previously, Todd spent the last 10+ years as the Director of Sales for a Wyoming-based media company managing all advertising responsibilities for three online news sites and a network of movie theaters across the state.   

 In that time, he worked closely with hundreds of businesses, start-ups, nonprofits, community groups, political candidates and marketing agencies alike.  

Todd is particularly excited to have helped build and deploy the new advertising programs now available on 

 - Wyoming’s largest news publisher - as well as the daily newsletter with over 80,000 subscribers and the recently launched Cowboy State Daily Radio Network, which has affiliates on 28 stations in Wyoming.

When he’s not working, Todd relishes time at home with Jen, his wife of 18 years, and their 4 wild but wonderful kids.  

Occasionally, you may also find him attempting to avoid injury on either a tennis or basketball court or otherwise rendering his services at Frontier Brewing Company where he is both part-owner and volunteer “quality control specialist”.

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