Latest from Jake Nichols
Gordon Congratulates WYDOT Workers For Teton Pass Rebuild
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Tuesday thanked 65+ Wyoming Dept of Transportation employees and dozens of private construction workers for their around-the-clock efforts to build a detour on Teton Pass after 200-feet of highway fell off the mountain last month.
Jake NicholsJuly 18, 2024
Horse Creek Fire Now At 43 Acres, Type 3 Firefighter Team Called In
The Horse Creek fire on the border of Sublette and Lincoln counties has burned 43 acres as it moves through ‘steep, arduous terrain.’ A Type 3 wildfire fighting team has been called in to battle the blaze with two hand crews and a helicopter.
Jake NicholsJuly 17, 2024
Chapel Of The Transfiguration: 100 Years Of Worship In Grand Teton National Park
The Chapel of the Transfiguration was built in Grand Teton National Park 100 years ago when early settlers got fed up with a 25-mile ride to church on Sundays. Now it's a must-see tourist destination, popular wedding chapel, and still-functioning Episcopal church.
Jake NicholsJuly 14, 2024
Wyoming Bartenders: Wrong Orders, Bad Tips, Getting Hit-On, Here's What Bugs 'Em
As a public service to our readers, Cowboy State Daily visited many Wyoming bars and asked the bartenders about their jobs. They like most everything about their profession but there are a few things that drive them crazy.
Jake NicholsJuly 14, 2024
Permanent Fix For Teton Pass — Rebuild The Mountain — Could Be Done By November
A permanent fix for the catastrophic failure of Teton Pass seems simple — rebuild the mountain. But it's a huge effort that WYDOT officials say could be done by November.
Jake NicholsJuly 11, 2024
Legendary Cowboy Crooner Dave Stamey Won Over Wyoming One Show At A Time
Cowboy singer-songwriter Dave Stamey is one of the most celebrated Western entertainers alive today. Eight-time Entertainer of the Year, seven-time Male Performer of the Year and five-time Songwriter of the Year by the Western Music Association.
Jake NicholsJuly 06, 2024
Wildfire Season In Western Wyoming Has Begun With Fire Southwest Of Bondurant
The wildfire season in western Wyoming began with the turning of the calendar to July. The Horse Creek Fire is burning in the Big Piney District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest about 20 miles southwest of Bondurant.
Jake NicholsJuly 04, 2024
The Wyoming Rodeo Clown Who Gunned Down 2 People In 1953
It was a notorious crime in Wheatland 71 years ago that seems to have been lost to history. Rodeo clown Tricky Riggle gunned down his fiancée and her companion, escaped the gas chamber and continued his act even while in prison.
Jake NicholsJune 29, 2024
New Ansel Adams Stamp Series Includes Iconic Image Of Grand Tetons
The U.S. Postal Service is honoring legendary American West photographer Ansel Adams with a series of stamps, including his iconic “The Tetons and the Snake River” photo taken in 1942.
Jake NicholsJune 27, 2024
Amazingly, ‘Catastrophic’ Teton Pass Failure Fixed In 3 Weeks, To Open Friday
Just three weeks after part of the highway on Teton Pass fell off the mountain, Wyoming transportation officials announced it will reopen on Friday. Considered the lifeline between Jackson and Idaho, the detour will have significantly slower speed limits but no weight limitations.
Jake NicholsJune 25, 2024
Rodeo For Dummies: Wyoming’s Favorite Sport Explained For The City Slicker
Summer in Wyoming is rodeo season. Hundreds of thousands of fans attend regular community rodeos, county fair rodeos and, of course, the largest outdoor rodeo in the world. Don't know much about it? Here's a primer.
Jake NicholsJune 22, 2024
Amazon Hit ‘Outer Range’ Is Latest Example Of Wyoming Filmed Elsewhere
“Outer Range,” the Western/sci-fi thriller supposedly set in Wyoming, dropped Season 2 last month. While the show’s crew goes to great lengths making sure what viewers hear and see is authentically Wyoming, those who live here might be able to spot the goofs.
Jake NicholsJune 16, 2024
‘Catastrophic’ Teton Pass Failure Had Been Building For Decades
WYDOT is a week into an all-hands-on-deck response to get a temporary fix to a “catastrophic” failure of Teton Pass, but it wasn’t a surprise. It had been unstable and building up to a collapse for decades.
Jake NicholsJune 15, 2024
Wowzers! 50 Rare $4 Million Pagani Supercars Converge On Jackson, Wyoming
Spotting a rare $4 million Pagani, an Italian-made supercar, isn’t unusual in Jackson, Wyoming, during the summer. But 50 of them were spotted in Jackson earlier this week.
Jake NicholsJune 15, 2024
Temporary Detour Around ‘Catastrophic’ Teton Pass Failure Will Take Weeks
A temporary detour around the “catastrophic” failure of Highway 22 over Teton Pass is in the works, but will take weeks. In the meantime, the quickest route to get between Jackson and Idaho will take drivers three to four times longer.
Jake NicholsJune 10, 2024
Jackson Man Spent 25 Years Riding Every Chairlift At Every Resort In North America
By day, Peter Landsman is a lift supervisor at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. On the side, the “Guru Of Gondolas” spent 25 years riding every chairlift at every resort in North America — more than 6,000.
Jake NicholsJune 07, 2024
Wyoming People: Pinedale’s Nelson Brothers Keeping Cowboy Culture Alive For 21 Years
Andy and Jim Nelson are as famous as a couple of horseshoers get in rural Sublette County. The brothers’ western-themed radio show and podcast "Clear Out West" has aired weekly for 21 years.
Jake NicholsJune 01, 2024
Champions Of The Outdoors Featured In Original Jackson Musical
Just about everyone in Jackson who has ever hiked, biked or paddled in the backcountry knows of famed conservationists Olaus and Mardy Murie. Celebrated Jackson playwright Andrew Munz has made a musical celebrating them.
Jake NicholsMay 27, 2024
Cowboy Hat 101: What Your Western Topper Says About You
From cut to color to cost, a cowboy hat tells a story. Buying a new cowboy hat when visiting out West is fun and flirty, but wearing one for real Wyoming cowboys and cowgirls is serious business.
Jake NicholsMay 26, 2024
Wyoming Native ‘Bee Guy’ — Hero Of MLB Game — Gets His Own Bobblehead
Matt Hilton, the pest control technician who grew up in Wyoming and saved an Arizona Diamondbacks game from a swarm of killer bees last month, has been rewarded with a sold-out Topps baseball card and a collector’s edition bobblehead.
Jake NicholsMay 21, 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