Features Reporter

Andrew Rossi

Andrew Rossi is a features reporter for Cowboy State Daily based in northwest Wyoming. He covers everything from horrible weather and giant pumpkins to dinosaurs, astronomy, and the eccentricities of Yellowstone National Park.

Previously, Rossi was the News Director for Big Horn Basin Media in Cody. He earned several awards from the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters, including multiple awards for Best News Reporter and Best News Talk Show.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Rossi previously worked at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis. He has collaborated with Disney/Pixar, the BBC, The Washington Post, the Wyoming Office of Tourism, and several other national and international media outlets. He is also a cofounder of The Cody Theatre Company in Cody.

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The relative spots in the early morning sky to see the moon and six of the solar system's planets in alignment.

Wyoming Has A Front-Row Seat For Rare Parade Of Planets Lineup

People in Wyoming have a front-row seat to view a rare “parade of planets” lineup of six planets and a crescent moon that will be visible in a line June 4. It's the first time such an alignment has been visible in at least 30 years.

Andrew RossiMay 25, 2024

The folks at Colorado State University are excited for its corpse flower to bloom for the first time over the Memorial Day weekend. Here, Tammy Brenner, CSU's plant growth facility manager, measures the flower, which grows several inches a day leading up to its infrequent blooms, generally years apart.

Gigantic Corpse Flower Set To Bloom Over Memorial Day Weekend

Cosmo, a rare 7-year-old corpse flower at Colorado State University, is preparing to bloom for the first time over Memorial Day Weekend. The gigantic flower, which can grow up 12 feet tall, is known for the overwhelming stench of death it produces when it blooms

Andrew RossiMay 25, 2024

Shayne Patrick Burke, a 35-year-old military veteran from Massachusetts, says he's lucky to survive an attack by an angry momma grizzly in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. In an Instagram post detailing the attack, he says it was the most violent experience of his life and he has no ill feelings toward the bear.

Grizzly Attack Survivor Says Ordeal Was Most Violent Experience Of His Life

The disabled veteran who was mauled by a grizzly on Sunday in Grand Teton National Park said he never let go of his bear spray during the attack. He said when the bear went in for the "kill shot" to his neck, she bit into the can.

Andrew RossiMay 24, 2024

Heavy snows and poor road conditions have prompted the closure of the Beartooth Highway in Wyoming and Montana just ahead of Memorial Day and the first big tourist weekend of the season for Yellowstone National Park.

Massive Snowstorm Keeps Beartooth Highway Closed, Other Yellowstone Routes Shut Down

It's still winter in some parts of the Rocky Mountain West. Two feet of snow on Thursday stopped the Beartooth Highway from opening. Many other Yellowstone routes were closed down too as winter refuses to give up.

Andrew RossiMay 23, 2024

Left: After a can of bear spray exploded in the cab of this truck. Right: That can of bear spray was sitting in this nook in the front window dash of the truck when it exploded. The windshield has since been replaced, but the detailer cleaning it out says it'll never be the same inside the truck.

Wyoming Detailer Who Cleaned Bear Sprayed Truck Says It’ll Never Be The Same

The Cody detailer who cleaned out the cab of a truck owned by a Yellowstone worker that was bear sprayed when a can of the noxious stuff exploded inside says it’ll never be the same, and will probably always itch.

Andrew RossiMay 22, 2024

Even vising Yellowstone National Park's thermal features over Memorial Day weekend will require some bundling up with cold, wet and possibly snowy conditions expected.

Memorial Day Weekend In Yellowstone Will Look More Like Winter Than Summer

Waves of wet weather from the Pacific Northwest will mean ice-covered roads and below freezing temperatures in Yellowstone through Memorial Day -- just in time for one of the biggest weekends of the year for the national park.

Andrew RossiMay 21, 2024

Rock Springs resident Dawson Lorenz rescues Pepper the house cat from the spot where she'd been stuck for two days. Lorenz volunteered to help after the cat's owner, Angie Chrisman, asked for help on social media.

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

A can of bear spray exploded in a vehicle in an employee lot at Yellowstone National Park, blowing through the windshield and launching about 200 feet.

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

Rose Williams' Roadhouse and Brothel at Old Trail Town in Cody. There are 28 structures in the 6-acre outdoor museum, including several known to have been visited by Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and other legendary Western figures.

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

Just When Wyoming Seems To Be Firmly In Spring, Snow Expected

Warm and windy weather is in store for most of Wyoming this weekend, but meteorologist Don Day says to expect a wet and cold start to the work week on Monday with high-country snow.

Andrew RossiMay 17, 2024

This screenshot from video shows a photographer deliberately being too close to a Yellowstone grizzly and her cubs. The tour guide who shot the video says he told the photographer multiple times to back off to a safe distance, but was ignored.

Photographers Way Too Close To Grizzly And Cub In Yellowstone

Andrea Baratte, a wildlife biologist working in Yellowstone, says photographers who refused to move to a safe distance when a grizzly and her cubs walked across the highway, took a terrible risk and their dismissive attitude made it worse.

Andrew RossiMay 17, 2024

The Sleeping Giant zipline won't open this summer as the resort works to repair damage done by spring snows.

After Closing In Winter For Too Little Snow, Ski Resort Closes In Summer For Too Much Snow

Sleeping Giant Ski Area and Zipline near Cody had to close for the winter ski season because of a lack of snow, now damage caused by too much spring snow is keeping its popular zipline shut down for the summer.

Andrew RossiMay 15, 2024

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The Green Front Building was first built in 1896 on Sheridan Avenue in Cody. It's seen here housing the Shoshone Land and Irrigation Co. and next to the Cody Hotel.

First Building Built In Cody 128 Years Ago Is Still Open For Business

The first building built in Cody 128 years ago has been a post office, a poker club, a church, radiator shop and a medical office. It's moved three times but it's still standing and open for business.

Andrew RossiMay 12, 2024

After decades away, "Shoshone Canyon" hangs again at Cody's iconic Irma Hotel. The large painting was cleaed with human spit to remove decades of grime and restore it to its historic glory.

Cody Museum Uses Spit To Clean Historic Paintings To Hang In Irma Hotel

Preserving Wyoming’s Western history is something the Buffalo Bill Center of the West takes seriously. So when they gave three oil paintings back to their original home at the iconic Irma Hotel, they got a good spit-cleaning first.

Andrew RossiMay 12, 2024

The Toto Neoresrt NX2 deal-flush toilet is the top of the line in top-of-the-line smart toilets, retailing for $21,000.

More Jackson Homeowners Paying Up To $20,000 For Smart Toilets

One of the trends sweeping the U.S. bathroom industry are smart toilets, packed with technology and luxury. Homeowners in Teton County are following that trend and paying up to $20,000 for their pimped-out potties.

Andrew RossiMay 12, 2024

Images from a viral video showing lightning striking an erupting volcano in Guatemala.

The Science Behind The Lightning Storm Over The Erupting Guatemalan Volcano

Mike Poland, scientist-in-charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, said the spectacular lightning storm above the erupting Guatemalan volcano this week, was the result of static electricity generated by the collision of ash particles in the plume of the erupting volcano.

Andrew RossiMay 11, 2024

The carcass of a large silver-tipped grizzly bear, which succumbed to poisonous gases in the area known as Death Gulch in Yellowstone National Park in 1897.

Death Gulch: How One Spot In Yellowstone's Northeast Corner Got Its Morbid Name

Although Yellowstone is beautiful, it's had its fair share of maulings, scaldings, murders, and even cannibalism. But one spot in northeast Yellowstone has rightfully earned the morbid name Death Gulch.

Andrew RossiMay 11, 2024

Nobody was hurt when this single-engine aircraft lost power after takeoff and had to crash-land near Powell on Friday.

Single-Engine Plane Crashes In Powell Garden, Multiple Plants Killed

The pilot of a single-engine plane near Powell, Wyoming, lost power after takeoff Friday, but recovered to execute a crash landing in a backyard garden. Sadly, many plants were killed in the crash.

Andrew RossiMay 11, 2024

One in a series of images Wyoming photographer Dave Bell created of an aurora borealis visible in Wyoming.

Severe Space Storm Could Mean Spectacular Auroras, Blackouts For Wyoming

NASA has issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Saturday. Meteorologist Don Day says for Wyomingites that means brilliant auroras in the night sky are possible Friday and Saturday. But it could also cause disruptions on your electronic devices.

Andrew RossiMay 10, 2024

Cheyenne country music artist Shawn Hess has one of his songs, "World Away," featured in the hit movie "LaRoy, Texas."

Cheyenne Songwriter’s Music Featured In Hit Movie ‘LaRoy, Texas’

The critically acclaimed new movie 'LaRoy, Texas' has a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes and features a song by Cheyenne singer-songwriter Shawn Hess. The writer and director of the movie was a fan of Shawn's and thought his music was perfect for the film.

Andrew RossiMay 09, 2024

Driskill: Wyoming Should Follow Florida’s Lead And Ban Lab-Grown Meat

Senate President and multi-generational cattle rancher Ogden Driskill said Florida passing a first-of-its-kind law banning the sale of lab-grown meat last week is a great template for Wyoming to do the same.

Andrew RossiMay 06, 2024

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