Latest from Jake Nichols
Oops! Wayward Trucker Gets Stuck Attempting Shortcut Through Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains
An 18-wheeler got jacked up on a scraggly dirt road high up in the national forest of the Big Horn Mountains in northern Wyoming. The trucker said he was following his GPS.
Jake NicholsMay 16, 2023
Gillette College’s Haiden Thompson Is Really That Good At Rodeo
Haiden Thompson is a favorite to win at the College National Finals Rodeo next month. She has been lighting up for Gillette College in the Central Rocky Mountain Region all season, finishing as goat tying champion, reserve champion breakaway roper, all-around champion and Rookie of the Year.
Jake NicholsMay 14, 2023
Make Way For Trashzilla, Wyoming’s King Of Garbage Trucks
From Trashzilla to Sir Dumps a Lot, kids in Gillette, Wyoming, have named the city’s fleet of garbage trucks.
Jake NicholsMay 14, 2023
Loneliest Mail Carrier In The Nation: Tebra Morris' Daily 300-Mile Remote Wyoming Route
Tebra Morris drives 300 miles a day to deliver one of the longest and most remote mail routes in the nation, where she often travels longer distances between mailboxes than most postal carriers do for their entire routes.
Jake NicholsMay 13, 2023
University Of Wyoming Rodeo Coach Resigns Three Weeks Before College National Finals Rodeo
Beau Clark is resigning as the University of Wyoming rodeo coach comes less than a month from the College National Finals Rodeo.
Jake NicholsMay 11, 2023
Lander High Swim Team’s Historically Great Streak — 27 State Titles And Counting
Nothing seems to distract or derail the juggernaut Lander High School swim program, which has won 27 straight state championships.
Jake NicholsMay 06, 2023
Vintage Photos Of Wyoming’s Snow King 'Chairlift Of Death' Has Internet Buzzing: Is This For Real?
The internet is buzzing over old photos showing people riding the old Snow King Mountain chairlift without safety bars 1,500 feet above Jackson. They’re 100% real.
Jake NicholsMay 04, 2023
Amazon Fast-Tracks ‘Teton,’ TV Show Based On Lifestyles Of Rich And Shameless In Jackson
“Teton” is a new TV show in the works that will feature the difference between the haves and have-nots of Jackson, Wyoming.
Jake NicholsMay 01, 2023
Cowboy Mounted Shooting Is As Western — And Wyoming — As It Gets
Cowboy mounted shooting is a true test of cowboy skills, and the sport's growing around Wyoming and the West. A fast-paced blend of rodeo and shootout, it’s often referred to as barrel racing with an attitude.
Jake NicholsApril 30, 2023
Yes, The Skin From Wyoming's Notorious Wild West Outlaw "Big Nose George" Was Used To Make Shoes
This is the macabre story of a once-common practice of binding books with human skin — and how Wyoming did that one better by skinning notorious Wild West outlaw "Big Nose George" and making him into a pair of shoes.
Jake NicholsApril 30, 2023
Wyoming Couple Has Tricked Out One Far-Out, Groovy And Out-Of-Sight '70s Van
This is a story about how a newly married Wyoming couple found each other, then found a van. Or rather, how the van found them in a totally groovy, far-out time warp to the out-of-sight 1970s.
Jake NicholsApril 29, 2023
Is Professional Pillow Fighting The Next Big Thing?
Professional pillow fighting is for real. There’s a league, star athletes, pay-per-view specials, and international events already underway. The promoter who brought bare-knuckle fighting and Ice Wars hockey fighting to the Cowboy State, said it could work in Wyoming.
Jake NicholsApril 23, 2023
Aggravating Rite of Spring: It’s Pothole Season in Wyoming
No matter how bad it gets, don't try to fill that neighborhood pothole on your own. Leave it to the experts, not the Terminator.
Jake NicholsApril 16, 2023
Why Aren't These Trampoline-Jumping Acrobats Being Towed By A Tractor Flying Off Into Oblivion?
The physics and fun of tractor pull trampoline. Answers to burning questions like why don’t the bouncers fly off? And what would possess someone to do this?
Jake NicholsApril 15, 2023
At Nearly 600 Inches, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Sets All-Time Snow Record
595 inches, or nearly 50 feet of snow, fell at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort this season -- an all-time record.
Jake NicholsApril 11, 2023
Wyoming Rodeo Legend Kenny Clabaugh Makes ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Arvada cowboy Kenny Clabaugh was the consummate rodeo 'pickup man' for more than 3 decades. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame last week.
Jake NicholsApril 08, 2023
Singer Came In 2nd Place In Lincoln County Contest But Keeps Advancing On American Idol
Paige Anne never hit a sour note in her audition for American Idol, but she did manage to share her favorite Sour Patch snow cones for judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, prior to belting out her version of P!nk’s “What About Us” last week. She followed that up with a soulful performance of “Hallelujah” on Sunday in the first round of the hit talent competition’s Hollywood auditions. First, she worked with mentor David Archuleta on maintaining her confidence on stage.
Jake NicholsApril 03, 2023
Wyoming Woman Trains World Champion Border Collie Stock Dogs
Wendy Auzqui loves everything about working with ranch animals, but especially training border collies as stock dogs. She won the 2019 world championship with Frank, and repeated in 2022 with Quirt.
Jake NicholsMarch 29, 2023
Life Is Simpler In Lusk, Wyoming, Where New Owners Of The Local Tire Shop is ‘Braking’ News
Lusk, Wyoming, is about as small-town, slice of Americana as it gets. But when news happens in Lusk, it's news. Take the grand opening of a new tire store, you've never seen a community so collectively excited.
Jake NicholsMarch 26, 2023
Legendary Wyoming Big-Bore Handgun Pioneer John Linebaugh Dead At 67
John Linebaugh became a pioneer in the shooting and hunting community with his legendary .500- and .475 caliber handguns -- some of the most powerful in the world. He died earlier this week at the age of 67.
Jake NicholsMarch 24, 2023
Big Bud, World’s Largest Tractor At 70,000 Pounds, Is Back After 40-Year Break
A legendary piece of giant farming equipment, the 70,000-pound (135,000-pound fully ballasted) Big Bud tractor, is being built again after 40-year absence. It was reintroduced at the Con Expo last week in Las Vegas.
Jake NicholsMarch 20, 2023