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.
Latest from Andrew Rossi
Wyoming Places: Yellowstone’s Tomato Soup Pool Looks Innocent But It's Deadly
The Tomato Soup Pool in Yellowstone has been off limits to the public for eight years now. With no trails and "hot springs all over the place," it's a highly dangerous location where a casual tourist could meet their demise quickly, park officials say.
Andrew RossiJanuary 22, 2024
Dinosaur World Thrilled Over Allosaurus Found In Wyoming’s Jurassic Mile
A rare discovery of an Allosaurus found in Wyoming’s famous Jurassic Mile has the dinosaur world excited over the bones which are mostly intact with evidence of injuries and even skin.
Andrew RossiJanuary 21, 2024
Frosty Flowers Cover Boysen Reservoir Like A Sea Of ‘Sagebrush’
On an ice fishing trip to Wyoming’s Boysen Reservoir, Ed and Deanna Reish, along with grandson McCrae Puckett, stumbled on to a beautiful phenomenon -- the lake was covered with a field of large hoarfrost crystals that looked like a sea of frosty “sagebrush.”
Andrew RossiJanuary 17, 2024
Thar She Blows! Dormant Geyser In Yellowstone Erupts For First Time in 25 Years
A longtime dormant geyser in Yellowstone's Upper Geyser Basin sprung to life last week and erupted 48 times in one day. It's the first time the geyser has erupted since 1999.
Andrew RossiJanuary 17, 2024
Arctic Deep Freeze Sees Record -36 In Worland, Windchills Of -60 Around Wyoming
Monday brought the coldest of a four-day Arctic deep freeze across Wyoming, with Worland smashing its previous record low by 7 degrees with a 36 below zero, while Buffalo and Gillette saw windchills hit -60.
Andrew RossiJanuary 15, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Monday, January 15, 2024
Cold across Wyoming on Monday with wind chill warnings and snow possible in many areas. Highs mostly in the single digits or negative single digits, but some highs near 20 in southwest and western Wyoming. Lows range from -3 to -23.
Andrew RossiJanuary 15, 2024
Buffalo Bill Avenged Cody Bank Heist By Stopping a Fake Train Robbery
While Buffalo Bill Cody vowed loudly to the press how he’d bring the Hole in the Wall Gang to justice for robbing the First National Bank in Cody, in 1904, truth is they didn’t do it. Instead, he staged a fake train robbery in his Wild West Show.
Andrew RossiJanuary 14, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Sunday, January 14, 2024
Cold and snowy weather to continue on Sunday. Temperatures at or below zero everywhere and wind chills as low as -40. Several inches of snow during the day and overnight in many parts of Wyoming.
Andrew RossiJanuary 14, 2024
The Wild Bunch Didn’t Rob That Cody, Wyoming, Bank In A Daring Daylight Shootout
It made for sensational headlines: Butch Cassidy’s Hole in the Wall Gang brazenly robbed Cody’s First National Bank in a daring daylight shootout, and Buffalo Bill Cody vowed to avenge his namesake town. Problem is, the infamous outlaws didn’t do it.
Andrew RossiJanuary 13, 2024
Historic 119-Year-Old Sandstone Mill Saved And Rebuilt In Shadow Of Devils Tower
When the 119-year-old Toomey’s Flour Mill in Newcastle was torn down to build a gas station, Ogden Driskill bought the remains to save it. A stonemason has spent the last decade rebuilding the structure on Driskill's ranch in the shadow of Devils Tower.
Andrew RossiJanuary 13, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Saturday, January 13, 2024
Most of Wyoming is under a wind chill warning all day Saturday and overnight, with wind chills as low as -60 in northeast and north-central Wyoming. Many communities can expect several inches of snow overnight.
Andrew RossiJanuary 13, 2024
Dangerous Winter Blast Hits Wyoming With Subzero Temps, Snow, -50 Wind Chills
The most significant winter storm of the 2023-2024 winter season has plunged Wyoming into a deep freeze with dangerous double-digit subzero temperatures and wind chills as low as minus 50. Every corner of Wyoming is feeling the brunt of the polar vortex.
Andrew RossiJanuary 12, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Friday, January 12, 2024
High Wind Warnings and Winter Weather Warnings/Advisories across all of Wyoming on Friday. Most communities can expect several inches of snow, wind gusts as high as 55 mph, and dangerously low wind chills between -20 and -55.
Andrew RossiJanuary 12, 2024
Winter Winds Turn Fremont Lake Into A Symphony Of Pops, Cracks And Echoes
A perfectly clear ice sheet on Fremont Lake makes its own music, a veritable symphony of pops, cracks and echoes as Wyoming’s famous winter winds roared in to break it up.
Andrew RossiJanuary 11, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Thursday, January 11, 2024
Wyoming will be breezy with subzero wind chills all day Thursday, with blowing snow and dropping temperatures overnight. Expect more Winter Weather Warnings and Watches on Friday and over the weekend.
Andrew RossiJanuary 11, 2024
Don’t Believe The Sign: It’s Really Not -196 Degrees In Laramie
Although it's been a lot colder recently, the temperature did not reach 196 degrees below zero in Laramie on Tuesday. The owner of the Alpine Animal Hospital said he believes there may be a malfunction with his sign.
Andrew RossiJanuary 09, 2024
Winter To Slam Wyoming By End Of Week With Temps Of -20 Or Below
Cold and snowy weather is headed for Wyoming this week. And the worst of it will come late in the week and over the weekend with temperatures in some parts of the state dipping down to 25 degrees below zero.
Andrew RossiJanuary 08, 2024
Yellowstone's Seismic Activity In 2023: 1,600 Earthquakes, World's Largest Geyser Slowing Down
Looking back at Yellowstone's seismic activity in 2023, it was an average year for earthquakes with about 1,600 recorded. As for geysers, Steamboat, the world's largest active geyser, only erupted nine times. Giant Geyser surprised everyone by erupting for the first time in four years and could be entering an active period.
Andrew RossiJanuary 07, 2024
That Famous Quote About Wyoming Teddy Roosevelt Never Said
Teddy Roosevelt is famously quoted as saying the route between Cody and the East Entrance of Yellowstone National Park is "the most scenic 50 miles in America." But he never said it, and had never been there.
Andrew RossiJanuary 07, 2024
Research Resurrects Dinosaur Debate Over ‘Baby T. Rex’ That Roamed Wyoming
Dinosaur enthusiasts are sparring over the identity crisis of the "Baby T. rex." The debate is over whether mid-sized specimens of tyrannosaur from the Hell Creek Formation of the American West represent juveniles of Tyrannosaurus rex, or a separate dinosaur called Nanotyrannus lancensis.
Andrew RossiJanuary 07, 2024
Yellowstone Shakes Things Up With Two Earthquakes In First Week Of 2024
Yellowstone National Park has been active the first week of 2024 with a pair of earthquakes, the first 3.1-magnitude quake on New Year's Day and a second of similar intensity Wednesday evening.
Andrew RossiJanuary 06, 2024