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Dale Killingbeck

Killingbeck is glad to be back in journalism after working for 18 years in corporate communications with a health system in northern Michigan. He spent the previous 16 years working for newspapers in western Michigan in various roles.

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Dr. Joe McGinley of Casper has been on a 10-year mission to climb the highest peak on all seven continents. He attempts Antarctica just after Christmas, which would be No. 6.

Off To Antarctica: Casper Climber’s Quest For 7 Peaks On 7 Continents Continues

Dr. Joe McGinley of Casper leaves the day after Christmas for Antarctica to climb that continent’s tallest peak, the 16,050-foot Mount Vinson. It will be the sixth of his quest to conquer the highest mountains on all seven continents.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 22, 2023

Longtime Wyoming Journalist Sally Ann Shurmur Joins Cowboy State Daily

She's back! Glenrock's Sally Ann Shurmur spent 43 years writing about the people, places and events in Wyoming. On Friday, she launches her new weekly column on Cowboy State Daily.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 21, 2023

Casper Woman Sues City, 2 Police Officers Claiming Rough, Illegal Arrest

A Casper woman filed a lawsuit against a pair of police officers and the city claiming her civil rights were violated when she was roughed up during an illegal arrest at a party in January 2020.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 19, 2023

A new Lutheran Classical College is planned for Casper. It will be located next to Mount Hope Lutheran Church.

Lutheran Church Plans To Build Wyoming’s Second Classical College In Casper

A second classical college is headed to the state of Wyoming to provide in-state, out-of-state and international students of the Lutheran faith a place to dig into the primary documents and “great thinkers” of Western culture.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 17, 2023

CY Avenue in Casper begins at the intersection of 9th and Ash streets.

Casper’s CY Avenue Began As A Cattle Trail Connecting Region To The Railroad

You know people are new to the Casper area when they pronounce CY Avenue as “Sigh” Avenue. It’s C-Y Avenue, and it began as an important cattle trail connecting the region to the railroad.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 17, 2023

Snow removal teams clear the runways at Casper-Natrona International Airport after a winter snowstorm.

It Takes A Monster Effort On Monster Machines To Keep Casper’s Runways Clear

While not a major metropolitan airfield, there’s nothing small-time about how Casper-Natrona International Airport attacks Wyoming’s windy and snowy winters. It takes a monster effort on monster machines to keep the runways clear.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 16, 2023

Medicine Bow Rallies Around Family After Father Of 3 Killed In Head-On

The Medicine Bow community in rural Carbon County is rallying around a local family after a Nov. 30 head-on crash claimed the life of a young father of three.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 15, 2023

Vatican: Catholics Can Take Ashes Home; Casper Funeral Home: No Big Deal, Already Happening

The Vatican on Tuesday issued guidance that said Catholics can now take a small portion of cremated remains home with them, but a Casper funeral home director said Catholics are already doing it.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 14, 2023

Twenty-two animals taken from a north Casper home are rehabilitating at the Metro Animal Shelter.

22 Animals, Some Emaciated And Sick, Removed From Casper Home

As authorities in Casper investigate a case of animal hording in a local home, the 22 animals taken from it last week are rehabilitating at an animal shelter. Some of them were emaciated and sick.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 12, 2023

Casper Police Department officers and Natrona County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call at this home early Saturday on a report of shots fired. One person was hospitalized with a non life-threatening gunshot wound.

One Person Hospitalized, No Arrests After Early Morning Casper Shooting

An early morning shooting in Casper’s west side Saturday morning send one person to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, the Casper Police Department reports. No arrests have been made.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 11, 2023

Sidadel Jewelers’ owner Sid Anderson has been in business since 2010.

Wyoming People: Sid Anderson, An Old-School Jeweler Who Creates Art And Heirlooms

It’s easy to miss Sid Anderson in his tiny, hole-in-the wall jewelry shop that blends into the downtown Casper storefronts. He spends hours upon hours there creating works of art he hopes will become family heirlooms.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 10, 2023

The University of Wyoming Family Practice Clinic cares for 6,000 underserved and uninsured people of Casper.

Casper Program Teaches State's Next Generation Of Doctors, And Treats 6,000 Patients

A unique University of Wyoming residency program that trains the state’s next generation of doctors serves more than 6,000 patients, whether they can pay or not.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 10, 2023

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The Civil War remains one of the focal points of American history, inspiring academic and amateur researchers to compile information and reenact important battle and events of the time.

Casper-Based Database Revolutionizes Virtual Access For Civil War Buffs

Casper's Steven Dacus has done a lot of cool things — cruised through Casper streets with lights and siren as a firefighter, led a horse-mounted cavalry at Gettysburg, and this summer launched a new website for Civil War historians that saves them a lot of time and money.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 10, 2023

Noland Feed at 268 Industrial Ave. on the west side of Casper’s downtown, with owner Jamie Haigler.

Casper’s Noland Feeds Has Been The Go-To Place For Ranchers For 106 Years

The fresh, sweet smell of ground feed and the cool period signs emblazoned with ads for Purina, John Deere and Hubbard Phase Feeding go perfectly with the original, well-worn wood floors that date back to 1917.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 09, 2023

Chris Navarro's 13-foot-high, 28-foot-long T. rex not only is frightening, it lights up.

How World Famous Wyoming Sculptor Chris Navarro Got His Start

Famed Casper bronze sculptor Chris Navarro wasn't a 'natural' artist. But when he saw a bronze of famed rodeo bronc Steamboat on a hunting trip and couldn't afford the $35,000 price tag, he decided to teach himself how to sculpt. So he went to the library...

Dale KillingbeckDecember 09, 2023

Gordon Reiterates Climate Change Is "Urgent Crisis" On 60 Minutes This Sunday

Despite the massive criticism he received in Wyoming after speaking at Harvard about climate change, Gordon reiterated his stance on "60 Minutes," which will air on Sunday.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 08, 2023

Members of the Jackson Jewish community celebrate lighting their menorahs in 2022.

Wyoming Holds Public Hanukkah Celebrations As Other US Cities Cancel Theirs

Jewish communities in Wyoming say they’re going ahead with their public celebrations of Hanukkah even as other cities around the U.S. are canceling theirs out of fear of conflicts with pro-Palestinian protesters.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 08, 2023

Casper City Council Moves To Close Loophole Exposed When Former Mayor Quit

Casper City Council is considering closing a loophole exposed when former Mayor Bruce Knell resigned in September to allow the mayor or vice mayor to quit without having to resign from the council.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 06, 2023

The current Casper Business Center at 123 W. First Street will be the future home of the Casper Police Department, after extensive renovations expected to cost $38 million are complete.

Inflation Balloons Casper Police Department Renovations By 52% To $38 million

City of Casper officials say inflation has ballooned the price of renovating police department space by 52% to $38 million.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 04, 2023

Tumble Inn as seen in the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive in the Library of Congress.

Wyoming’s Iconic 28-Foot Neon Tumble Inn Cowboy Will Have New Home In Casper

There’s still a lot to do, but the restoration of Wyoming’s iconic 28-foot Tumble Inn neon cowboy has hit overdrive, and when finished is expected to have a prominent new permanent home in Casper.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 03, 2023

A pair of POWs work in a beet field near Wheatland in 1944.

How World War II POWs From Italy And Germany Saved Wyoming Harvests

Douglas author Lee Ann Siebken recalls how a Wyoming World War II prisoner of war camp with with soldiers from Italy and Germany grew to outnumber the small town it was in — and helped save the crops of local farmers.

Dale KillingbeckDecember 02, 2023

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