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Wyoming Farmers Fear Potential For Devastation From Drought
Drought is hurting farmers in southeast and central Wyoming, and the USDA is offering emergency loans. Many farmers are hoping that more rain is ahead and that they won’t need the assistance.
Renée JeanApril 01, 2025

Wyoming's Specialty License Plates Are Few, Similar And On Probation
There will be 21 specialty license plates available to Wyoming residents in 2025, even if most of them look similar. Compared to other states, Wyoming is next-to-last in number of available specialty plates.
Andrew RossiApril 01, 2025

Rock Springs Hires Goat Army To Munch Its Way Through Clogged Canals
Rock Springs has weeds, brush and grass clogging vital drainage canals through the heart of town. An army of 300 goats has been let loose to gobble their way through.
Mark HeinzApril 01, 2025

Large Focus Area, Almost Nothing To Go On Impacts Search For Missing Powell Man
Nearly a week after Powell resident Clint White, 52, disappeared from his home, his family and local police still have almost nothing to go on. Also impacting the search is a 30-mile radius area outside the city looking for his car.
Jen KocherApril 01, 2025

Casper 18-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty In Shooting Death Of 16-Year-Old Friend
A Casper 18-year-old pleaded not guilty Tuesday to shooting and killing his 16-year-old friend while hanging out and playing video games. Police say he also has a history of showing off guns and pointing them at people.
Dale KillingbeckApril 01, 2025

Supreme Court Rules Against Jackson Group Challenging Glamping Septic System
That a Jackson Hole environmental group has spent $500,000 on projects in the area doesn’t give it standing to sue a local glamping business, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Monday. The group had sued over the glamour camping outfit’s septic system.
Clair McFarlandApril 01, 2025

Family Remembers 18-Year-Old Good Samaritan As Hero Who Died Helping Another
Family and friends of Riggin Schaffer say they’re remembering the 18-year-old as a hero who died helping another. Schaffer was assisting a crash victim on a Wyoming highway March 23 when another car struck them.
David MadisonMarch 31, 2025

Tears, Laughter As Family And Friends Give Final Goodbye To Al Simpson
The family and close friends of former U.S. Sen. Al Simpson gave him a final goodbye in Cody on Monday, sharing laughs, tears and hugs. His brother and lifelong best friend Pete got a standing ovation for his tribute.
Leo WolfsonMarch 31, 2025

A Wyoming Sheriff Caught Infamous Cannibal Alfred Packer, Brought Him To Justice
After eating his five traveling companions in the Colorado mountains in the winter of 1874, Alfred Packer eluded capture for nearly a decade. One of the most infamous cannibals in U.S. history was caught and brought to justice by a Wyoming sheriff.
Jackie DorothyMarch 29, 2025

Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake — Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Jake in the 307. Weekday mornings 6-10 a.m.
Jake NicholsApril 01, 2025

Police, Family Baffled By Powell Man’s Mysterious Disappearance
Home surveillance video shows Clint White leaving his house in Powell, Wyoming, just before 2 a.m. last Wednesday. Nobody’s seen him since. His mysterious disappearance has the family and police baffled.
Jen KocherMarch 31, 2025

Laramie County Sheriff Calls In 'Trump' To 'Make VIN Inspections Great Again'
The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office called in Donald Trump to educate locals on VIN inspections. Or at least a deputy impersonating the president, who says even "Greenies" from Colorado need to get their vehicles checked when they change hands.
Clair McFarlandMarch 31, 2025

Grizzly Chased From Old Faithful By Ornery Yellowstone Bison Herd
Yellowstone grizzlies may be at the top of the food chain, but even the apex predator has to think twice about tangling with a herd of ornery bison. The Old Faithful webcam Monday caught the herd sending a grizzly running for cover.
Andrew RossiMarch 31, 2025

Irish Woman Sues Dubois Dude Ranch Over Ankle Crushed By Bear-Sprayed Horse
An Irish woman is suing a Wyoming dude ranch for a vacation gone wrong that left her with a crushed ankle. Her lawsuit, filed last week, claims the injury happened when a guide mistakenly bear-sprayed her horse.
Clair McFarlandMarch 31, 2025

Federal Fence Line Fight With Ranchers Is ‘Odd,’ Wyoming Attorney Says
An ongoing fence line fight between a South Dakota ranch family and the U.S. Forest Service has grabbed national attention. It also seems “odd,” says a Wyoming attorney who has handled land disputes.
Mark HeinzMarch 31, 2025

'Coordinated' Hacking Hits Big Horn County ATMs For More Than $50,000
Two men suspected of a "coordinated" hacking scheme, stealing more than $50,000 from at least three ATMs in Big Horn County in mid-March, await extradition from a Denver jail. The pair each face up to 70 years in prison if convicted.
Clair McFarlandMarch 31, 2025

60,000-Square-Foot Vertical Farming Lab In Laramie On Hold Amid Bankruptcy
Plenty Unlimited is bankrupt, and its huge vertical farming research lab in Laramie is on hold. The company will keep a smaller, existing research station in Laramie. Most of the $20 million it was awarded in grant money will revert back to the state.
Renée JeanMarch 31, 2025

Wyoming Again In Spotlight With New TV Series About ‘Happy Face Killer’
A new TV series on Paramount+ will feature the story of Keith Jesperson, who admitted to murdering at least eight women across five states — including Wyoming — between 1990 and 1995.
Jen KocherMarch 29, 2025

Interest In Community Solar Power Projects Grows In Wyoming And Montana
As legislators in Wyoming and Montana debate solar power in their states, more homeowners are installing panels. They’re also considering community solar projects where people can subscribe to get power, like they would for Netflix or other services.
David MadisonMarch 31, 2025

Missouri Trainer Wants All The Wyoming Curly-Haired Mustangs She Can Get
A Missouri horse trainer says she’ll take all the curly-haired Wyoming mustangs she can get. She says they’d be perfect for a prisoner-rehabilitation program similar to what the Wyoming Honor Farm has.
Mark HeinzMarch 30, 2025

How Much Does It Cost To Die In Wyoming? It Can Be Nothing Or Tens Of Thousands
Dying in Wyoming can be expensive for those left behind, but how expensive depends on a wide range of choices. It could cost nothing, as it’s legal to bury someone in your backyard, or it could cost $7,000 to $12,000 — or more — through a funeral home.
Zakary SonntagMarch 30, 2025

Suicide Of Young Gillette Man ‘A Whole Different Level Of Grief, Pain’ For Family
Less than six weeks since her 20-year-old nephew took his own life, his Gillette aunt says she’s still wrapped up in “a whole different level of grief, pain, confusion.” She’s now trying to use his devastating decision to save others.
Jen KocherMarch 30, 2025

Reserve Of Prehistoric Dinosaur Fossils Discovered Next To Utah Subdivision
While preparing to build a power substation next to a Utah residential subdivision, a prehistoric field of dinosaur and other fossils was discovered. Now hundreds of volunteers are helping excavate the site.
Andrew RossiMarch 30, 2025
More Than A Century Of Ranching Along Hat Six Road Near Casper
Casper’s ranching history goes back more than a century, and a lot of that has happened along Hat Six Road. For generations, these legacy ranches have built Natrona County’s future while preserving its past.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 30, 2025

Red Rocks Gets First Deep Clean in 119 Years From Group That Scrubbed Mount Rushmore
Red Rocks near Denver is famous for hosting the biggest bands on the planet. Its near-perfect acoustics are provided by its red sandstone, which got its first deep cleaning in 119 years this month from the same group that scrubbed Mount Rushmore.
Andrew RossiMarch 30, 2025

Race On To Save Mountain Man Jim Baker’s Rotting 152-Year-Old Wyoming Cabin
Mountain man Jim Baker’s 152-year-old cabin in Savery, Wyoming, is rotting and giving in to the ravages of time. But a cavalry of sorts is on the way, as a national preservation group races to save the historic cabin of the West’s last true mountain man.
Renée JeanMarch 30, 2025

Eating Wyoming: Remedies Grill Has Been A Rock Springs Go-To Spot Since 1958
Remedies Grill in Rock Springs has been serving craveable diner fare since 1958, and known for its eclectic business model. A former pharmacy, it’s also a Wyoming gift shop and medical supply store.
Tracie SullivanMarch 30, 2025

Cody Woman Was Going Blind When Transplant Gave Her A Second Chance At Sight
Cody native Kelly Tamblyn had looked out at Sunlight Basin many times, but during a trip in 2023 she realized how much she’d been missing. An eye condition was causing her to go blind. She got another chance at sight with a partial cornea transplant.
Amber SteinmetzMarch 30, 2025

Butte Man’s Epic Canoe Trip From Montana To The Pacific Made Into Movie
For a guy who goes by “Mountain King” online, Robert Lester finds it a bit “crazy” that he’s become known for canoeing. His epic 52-day canoe trip from Butte, Montana, to the Pacific Ocean has been made into a documentary.
Anna-Louise Jackson for Cowboy State DailyMarch 30, 2025
How A Landlocked Wyoming Native Became A Sailor In The Virgin Islands
After a childhood of camping in the backcountry around Buffalo, Wyoming, Jack O’Rourke finds himself most at home living on a sailboat thousands of miles away. He says people ask all the time “how a boy from Wyoming ended up in the Virgin Islands.”
Jackie DorothyMarch 30, 2025

Wyomingites Who Gave DNA To 23andMe Left In Limbo With Company’s Bankruptcy
Wyoming 23andMe users are scrambling to delete their DNA data in the wake of the company announcing bankruptcy. Others say they hope a future buyer will use their genetic information to help develop medical cures.
Renée JeanMarch 30, 2025

Cassie Craven: The Strange Bedfellows of Wyoming, Blockchain and Bill Gates
Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “Microsoft founder Bill Gates' group said it has received about $14 million in new funding in support of a pilot project in Wyoming. I thought we didn’t like those darn out-of-state influences and dark money? I guess that is only OK when the establishment tells us it is."
Cassie CravenMarch 30, 2025

Why People Drive Hours For Chugwater Soda Fountain’s Upscale Supper
Chugwater Soda Fountain is already famous for being Wyoming’s oldest operating soda fountain. Now it’s becoming known for its upscale Supper at the Fountain — and people drive hours for a spot at a table.
Renée JeanMarch 29, 2025
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Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by Mike Eckhardt in Cody. Mike writes, "Sunrise over a frozen Beck Lake."
Today's question to Don Day
In regard to your thunderstorm season article, can you reassess the data on a per-capita basis, especially when considering population of the states? It could affect me as I own a hill on my property which I plan a communications tower and likely will have a lightning rod installed when it goes in.
FEMA has a good lightning database that takes into account lightning risk, potential property loss, etc. based on population and lightning frequency. Data is available on a county by county basis. Lots and lots of lightning data available here which may help in quest for more lightning information. https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/lightning
Opinion
Candy Moulton: The Animal Snatching Wind Was No Match For The Sheriff's Office
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Dave Simpson: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Opinion by Dave Simpson
Bill Sniffin: My Personal Editor's Library Is Living On Borrowed Time
Opinion by Bill Sniffin
Joan Barron: Sure Hope You Can Find Your Birth Certificate By Next Election
Opinion by Joan Barron
Jonathan Lange: The Censorship Machine Is Exposed - Time To Destroy It
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Guest Column: Wyoming Doesn't Need To Go Soul-Searching On Social Media
Guest Columnist Gail Symons writes: "Technology and electronic media accelerate everything in a whirlwind of noise and turmoil. We need a moral compass anchoring us to what matters most. And we have one: The Code of the West."
Gail SymonsMarch 30, 2025

Dave Simpson: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “It was a vociferous majority, on steroids. Some in the crowd of around 500 at the Laramie Civic Center were screaming profanities at Hageman from the start, and giving our two-term representative the middle finger."
Dave SimpsonMarch 31, 2025

Candy Moulton: The Animal Snatching Wind Was No Match For The Sheriff's Office
Columnist Candy Moulton writes, "The wind was howling when a St. Louis family stopped at a rest stop on Interstate 80 near Creston Junction (imagine that!). When the son got of the vehicle, his favorite animal Dog went flying in the wind. When it got the report, the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office quickly launched a search and rescue operation."
Candy MoultonApril 01, 2025
Wyoming Life
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Wyoming History: Wild Bunch Outlaw Tom O’Day Traded His Colt To Pay A Debt
Dale KillingbeckMarch 29, 2025
Long-Lost Little America Penguin Sign Rescued From Remote Wyoming Junk Pile
Jackie DorothyMarch 29, 2025
Cody Towing Co. Parks Truck, Returns To Find It Rolled Off A Cliff
Andrew RossiMarch 27, 2025
Another Wild Windy Wyoming Weekend: 116 MPH Winds On Mount Coffin
Andrew RossiMarch 24, 2025
How To Outsmart The Bighorn Basin Climate When Planting Your Garden
Jackie DorothyMarch 23, 2025
Outdoors
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Thousands Of Cranes Pour Into Wyoming For Spring Migration, Even A Few Whoopers
Mark HeinzMarch 29, 2025
People Love Spotting ‘Sitting Sasquatch Tree’ On Yellowstone Webcams
Andrew RossiMarch 29, 2025
Wyoming Remains Huge Gap In 3,700-Mile Cross-Country Trail System
Dale KillingbeckMarch 29, 2025
If Feds Delist Wolves Everywhere, Will Colorado’s Reintroduction Program Crash?
Mark HeinzMarch 28, 2025
Man In Bear Suit Scares Off Black Bear; He’s Lucky It Wasn’t A Wyoming Grizzly
Mark HeinzMarch 27, 2025
Crime & Courts
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Brother Of Yellowstone Shooter Wants His Guns Sold, Money Go To Ranger He Shot
Clair McFarlandMarch 31, 2025
Even In Wyoming, Experts Say Shooting At Someone Stealing Your Stuff Not A Good Idea
Mark HeinzMarch 29, 2025
Reservation Man Accused Of Rape Found Not Guilty In Rare Federal Acquittal
Clair McFarlandMarch 28, 2025
Casper Doctor Not Giving Up Fight To Get Back On Wyoming Board Of Medicine
Leo WolfsonMarch 28, 2025
Wyoming Man Accused Of Machete, Hammer Attacks Nabbed In Colorado
Clair McFarlandMarch 28, 2025