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Letter To The Editor: How Do You Get The Sunrise Photos?
Dear editor: I get up at 5 to 5:30 almost every morning. Interestingly enough, I find a picture of the morning sunrise for that day, when the sun has yet to rise.
May 20, 2024
After Guilty Plea For Abusing Woman, Wyoming Man Allegedly Stabbed Another To Death
Nine days after an Ethete, Wyoming, man pleaded guilty to abusing a woman, he allegedly stabbed a different woman to death. He was indicted last week on suspicion of first-degree murder.
Clair McFarlandMay 20, 2024
Murky Political Group Honor Wyoming Slowly Emerging From The Shadows
The billboards first started showing up in Cheyenne around last fall, put up by a group called Honor Wyoming. The signs chide some legislators as rodeo “clowns” and praise others as “top hands” based on their voting records.
Leo WolfsonMay 20, 2024
Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, May 20, 2024
Monday's headlines include: - Casper Shooting Victim's Father Heartbroken - Yellowstone's 11-year-old One-Eyed Wolf Going Strong - YNP Worker Discovers What Happens When Bear Spray Explodes In Car
Wendy CorrMay 20, 2024
So Far, So Good: Gillette Native Battling Cancer For A Third Time (And Winning)
Gillette native Nathan Kissack likes to joke that he’s done fentanyl 25 times, and he’s even done fentanyl and heroin together. The drugs were all legal, however, part of what is now a third — and so far successful — fight with cancer.
Renée JeanMay 19, 2024
Many Washington State Locals Not Thrilled With Grizzly Reintroduction
Many locals in Washington State's North Cascades region aren't thrilled with the idea of grizzlies being reintroduced in the area. The grizzlies, some likely from Wyoming, could be helicoptered in as soon as this year.
Mark HeinzMay 19, 2024
Rock Springs Duo Risk Lives Climbing Cliff To Rescue Cat
An indoor cat named Pepper spent two days outdoors stuck halfway up a cliff in Rock Springs, ignoring every attempt to coax, cajole and coerce her down. So, a local man and teen climbed the cliff to rescue her.
Andrew RossiMay 19, 2024
Eating Wyoming: Buffalo’s Lukainka Sausages Have A 100-Year History In Wyoming
The Lukainka sausages served last weekend at Gillette’s third annual Sheepherders Festival have a long history for one Buffalo family that goes back well over 100 years.
Renée JeanMay 19, 2024
Jackson’s Vertical Hydroponic Farm Goes National With First-Of-Its-Kind Urban Farm Model
Vertical Harvest in Jackson is North America’s first vertical hydroponic greenhouse. Because of its success, it is opening a 51,000-square-foot vertical farming facility in Maine and will break ground on another in Detroit.
Renée JeanMay 19, 2024
Wyoming History: Pinedale Mailman Paid Ultimate Price In 1921 Blizzard
Delivering the mail across Wyoming’s vast empty spaces wasn’t for the faint of heart more than a century ago -- especially Pinedale and South Pass City. Mail carrier Ralph Faler got caught in a blizzard and never made it out.
Dale KillingbeckMay 19, 2024
Wyoming Man Vows To Dance At His Wedding Despite Serious Injuries From ATV Crash
Although he's hospitalized and still unable to move his arms, Cody's Skylar Peterson is vowing to dance with his future wife Sydnie at their wedding on August 10. Peterson was severely injured in an ATV crash earlier this month.
Mark HeinzMay 19, 2024
Rod Miller: Fake Electric Cows – A Cautionary Campfire Tale
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Stetsons were tipped back as heads were craned toward the black sky, eyes following a pin-prick of light that moved slowly among the stars. 'Is that it?' asked Rimrock, 'Is that Biden’s cow-trackin’ satellite?'"
Rod MillerMay 19, 2024
Laramie Inventor Elmer Lovejoy Built And Drove Wyoming’s First Car
No one in Wyoming had yet seen an automobile in 1898. That all changed when Elmer Lovejoy took a little drive in the car -- that he built -- in downtown Laramie on May 7, 1898. He was going an unthinkable 8 miles per hour.
Jake NicholsMay 19, 2024
Wyoming Convenience Store Grandma Won't Ever Retire But Says She's OK With That
Rebecca Burnett of Gillette has decided to never retire, so she eagerly pulls night shifts at a Big D Kwik Shop convenience store in Gillette and considers herself everyone’s grandma.
Renée JeanMay 19, 2024
Clair McFarland: "Please Discuss Your Son’s Behavior With Him"
Clair McFarland writes: "My Middleborn son is teaching me about the wonderful world of lunch detention."
Clair McFarlandMay 19, 2024
Yellowstone Worker Learns Hard Way What Happens When Bear Spray Explodes In Car
A worker at Yellowstone National Park learned the hard way this past week what happens when a can of bear spray explodes in your car, blowing through the windshield and launching itself more than 200 feet.
Andrew RossiMay 19, 2024
134-Year-Old Historic Wyoming Brothel Back In Business At Cody’s Old Trail Town
Rose Williams' Roadhouse and Brothel in Meeteetse was patronized by Butch Cassidy and has plenty of sordid stories from its past. It's now fully restored and open for business again — sort of — at Cody's Old Trail Town.
Andrew RossiMay 19, 2024
Wyoming Rescue Dog From The Kindness Ranch Unites Politicians On Capitol Hill
Uno, one of 4,000 beagles rescued from an animal research facility, united Capitol Hill with his message of treating animals humanely. Uno lives at Wyoming's Kindness Ranch, the only facility in the nation to take in only former research animals.
Jen KocherMay 18, 2024
Drinking Wyoming: Party Like A Viking At Gillette’s Big Lost Meadery
Sam Clikeman’s Big Lost Meadery in Gillette is an interesting bar. It's named after his friend who got mauled by a leopard in Namibia. It has a firefighter museum in it. And Sam sometimes serves his mead in horns -- as a salute to Vikings.
Renée JeanMay 18, 2024
Wyoming Weather Scientist Goes Night-Skiing During Aurora Borealis Event
Michael Charnick is a weather scientist based in Cheyenne who captured stunning images while night-skiing at more than 11,000-feet elevation during last weekend’s vivid aurora borealis. He was on the slopes from 9:30pm to after 3am.
Leo WolfsonMay 18, 2024
Casper Shooting Victim's Father Shares Broken Heart
The father of Lenea Brown, 17, who was gunned down at a Casper park Tuesday, told Cowboy State Daily he's devastated. He wants justice for his daughter who exuded compassion, including wanting to give the brother of Bobby Maher a hug “and tell him it’s going to be OK.”
Dale KillingbeckMay 18, 2024
Cattle Hauler’s Mission: Get The Mommas And Babies To Summer Pasture
A day in the life of a Douglas-based cattle hauler in May involves lining up to ranch cattle chutes and successfully getting calves and momma cows onboard for a trip to their summer pasture.
Dale KillingbeckMay 18, 2024
Joan Barron: Term Limits For Legislature; The Story Of Two States
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "The loss of institutional knowledge is why I have consistently opposed term limits for legislators. Wyoming has a high turnover every election and while there are some members who serve for many years, the vast majority do not.
Joan BarronMay 18, 2024
Yellowstone's 11-Year-Old 1-Eyed Wolf Just Had Another Litter Of Pups
Wolf 907F in Yellowstone has lived an unprecedented 11 years, which is more than three times the average lifespan of a wolf. Along the way, she's given birth to multiple litters and lost her left eye. And she just became a mom again.
Mark HeinzMay 18, 2024