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Clair McFarland

Clair McFarland is a general assignment reporter for Cowboy State Daily and is based in Riverton, Wyoming. She specializes in crime and court reporting and social issues coverage. Clair also writes a twice-monthly column on motherhood and country living.

Previously, Clair wrote for The Ranger, the Lander Journal and the Wind River News. She is an award-winning journalist, columnist and poet, who joined Cowboy State Daily on Valentine's Day, 2022.

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Clair McFarland: Trump's FCC Chair Channeled The Ghost Of Jen Psaki

Clair McFarland writes: "If you wept over RFK getting Psaki’d but you rejoice over Kimmel getting Carred, go back to fourth grade civics. If you wept over Kimmel getting Carred but you rejoiced over RFK getting Psaki’d, go back to fourth grade civics."

Clair McFarlandSeptember 21, 2025

Albany County Dems Buy Billboards To Target Delegation Over Public Lands

The Albany County Democratic Party bought billboards blasting what it sees as a chink in the armor of Wyoming’s Republican members of Congress. The signs depict them as selling off public lands.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 20, 2025

Wyoming Churches See Revival, Shakeup After Charlie Kirk's Death

Attendance at many Wyoming churches surged and services grew more poignant after Charlie Kirk’s death. Leaders cite Kirk's outspoken faith and a wave of spiritual searching, fueled by national grief and widely shared videos of the shot that killed Kirk.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 19, 2025

Six Years After Charged, Man Guilty Of Hiding Woman’s Dead Body In Park County

Six years after he was accused of killing a woman, having sex with her body, then hiding the body in Park County, a Wyoming man has been found guilty of hiding the body. A charge of first-degree murder was dropped when a judge found him incompetent.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 19, 2025

U.S. Marshals who shot and killed Steven Sheesley during a March arrest attempt in Evanston have been cleared of wrongdoing. Uinta County's top prosecutor said Wednesday they were reasonable to think the man, who was on meth, was trying to shoot them.

Fatal Shooting Of Fugitive By Feds In Evanston Justified, Prosecutor Rules

U.S. Marshals who shot and killed man during a March arrest attempt in Evanston have been cleared of wrongdoing. Uinta County's top prosecutor said Wednesday they were reasonable to think the man, who was on meth, was trying to shoot them.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 19, 2025

Scattered Human Remains Found In Wind River Mountains

Hunters found separated human bones scattered in a remote area near the Sweetwater Guard Station Campground in western Wyoming, the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office reported Wednesday. The bones appear to have been there for about five years.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 18, 2025

Rep. Harriet Hageman told Cowboy State Daily the new Jan. 6 committee she’s on is legitimate, while the one Liz Cheney vice-chaired was not. She wants to focus on the security failures at the Capitol but declined to critique Cheney’s work on the panel.

Hageman Says New J6 Committee Legitimate, Cheney’s Was Not

Rep. Harriet Hageman on Wednesday told Cowboy State Daily the new Jan. 6 committee she’s on will seek to probe and remedy security failures at the Capitol. She declined to critique Liz Cheney's prior investigative findings.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 18, 2025

Makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside of the headquarters of Turning Point USA on September 16, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Wyoming Faith Leaders Launch Peacemaker Group In Wake Of Charlie Kirk Killing

It wasn't set to mobilize until next year, but after Charlie Kirk's killing and other violence, its leaders decided now is the time to launch Become a Peacemaker. It's a new interfaith group dedicated to ending hostility and division across Wyoming.