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Mountain View High School's Dome, Home of the Buffalos.

‘The Dome’: Tiny Mountain View, Wyoming’s Cathedral To Basketball

Like a lot of Wyoming small towns, Mountain View lives and dies by its basketball team during the long, cold winters. The gym-dandy place they call “The Dome” is where the Buffalos roam, and it’s unlike any other arena in Wyoming.

Jake NicholsMarch 16, 2024

From the Central Wyoming College production of the musical "Peter Pan."

Central Wyoming College Swaps ‘Uggawugg’ Lyrics For Arapaho In ‘Peter Pan’

Central Wyoming College theater director Joey West got his colleague Ron Howard to rewrite the tribal “Uggawugg” song in the “Peter Pan” musical with real Arapaho lyrics and purge the 1954 play’s other Native American stereotypes.

Clair McFarlandMarch 15, 2024

Wyoming author J.B. Zielke has won two 2024 Spur Awards for his Western novel "The Lost Cowboy."

Actually, There’s 1 More Spur Award Winner From Wyoming (And He Won 2 Of Them)

Saratoga's J.B. Zielke has rolled his experiences cowboying on six continents into his acclaimed novel "The Lost Cowboy," which won two 2024 Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America. He joins four other Wyoming writers to be honored.

Andrew RossiMarch 15, 2024

The charred remains of the Watts family home in Hudson, Wyoming, the day after it burned.

Town Of Hudson Rallies Around Family Who Lost Everything In Fire

It took nine fire trucks, four fire crews and nearly 50 firefighters to stop the blaze that took everything from the Watts family in Hudson, Wyoming. But the fire did not take their friends -- and strangers -- who have rallied to help them after the loss.

Clair McFarlandMarch 15, 2024

Eating Wyoming: The Bunkhouse Bar & Grill, A Wagon Wheel-Free Sanctuary

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Their prime rib sandwich is as good a reason I can think of for a cow to die. If you leave the Bunkhouse still hungry, it's your own damn fault."

Rod MillerMarch 13, 2024

Goose Exploding On Power Line Prompts Gunshot Calls In Thermopolis

Several Thermopolis residents called the police on Tuesday reporting loud gun shots near Hot Springs State Park. Turns out it was a large goose which flew into a power line and exploded. No one was injured (except the blown-up goose).

Andrew RossiMarch 13, 2024

Wyoming 2024 Spur Award winners Craig Johnson, from left, Candy Moulton and W. Michael Gear.

Three Wyoming Authors Awarded Western Writing's Highest Honor

Wyoming authors Craig Johnson, Candy Moulton, and W. Michael Gear are winners of the Western Writers of America's 2024 Spur Awards. The Spur Award is considered one of the most prestigious awards in American literature.

Andrew RossiMarch 12, 2024

SpaceX's Dragon Endurance Soaring Over Wyoming Early Tuesday Morning

The SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts will be visible in the Wyoming skies between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. The crew is heading home after six months aboard the International Space Station.

March 12, 2024

Weather Patterns Likely To Collide Over Wyoming This Week, Bringing Snow

When a cold front from Canada collides with Pacific moisture over Wyoming this week, there is growing confidence it will produce heavy snowfall for parts of the state on Wednesday and Thursday. But it all depends on the timing.

Andrew RossiMarch 11, 2024

City Attorney For Rock Springs Captures Video Of "UFO" Near Green River

The Rock Springs city attorney and part-time UFO investigator captured 40 minutes of video early Sunday morning of an unidentified flying object near Green River. He's reaching out to local airports now and radar stations to see what they picked up.

Greg Johnson & Andrew RossiMarch 11, 2024

Built to be the height of modern luxury at the time in 1907, the Emery Hotel in Thermopolis was to be the centerpiece of a tourism destination that would make the town bigger than Denver — at least that was the vision.

The Emery Hotel Was Built To Make Thermopolis Bigger Than Denver, Then It Was Torn Down

The luxurious three-story Emery Hotel opened in 1907 in Thermopolis as the most modern in the West with visions of making the town bigger than Denver. It was demolished in 1965, something that was bitterly opposed by most of the town's residents.

Andrew RossiMarch 10, 2024

Teri and Randy Rowland of Sheridan are happy to have Teri’s wedding ring back. The couple have been married for 25 years, and she lost hers last Sunday at an exit along I-25. Against all odds, she got it back.

Against All Odds, Wyoming Woman Who Lost Wedding Ring Along I-25 Gets It Back

A Sheridan woman traveling along I-25 last weekend lost her wedding ring while stopped at an exit. She posted about it on Facebook, and against all odds she got it back, thanks to a good Samaritan.

Dale KillingbeckMarch 10, 2024

A south-facing roof made of polycarbonates like those used for greenhouses seals the walipini from the outdoors.

Year-Round Produce: Wyoming Gardener Outsmarts Winter With Underground Greenhouse

Sara Ross loves gardening but lives in Daniel, Wyoming, where there are only 57 growing days a year. So she's outsmarted Wyoming’s brutal winters by building an underground Bolivian greenhouse called a walipini.

Renée JeanMarch 10, 2024

Growing up with his crop-duster father taught Dallas a few things about airplane mechanics. As an aeronautical engineer graduate, he learned a lot more. He still enjoys working on his airplane.

Casper Pilot Has Been Navigating Wyoming’s Wild Weather For 70 Years

Casper's Dallas Chopping, who's been navigating Wyoming's wild weather for 70 years, isn't slowing down. He helps the Civil Air Patrol, search and rescue missions, and teaches ranchers how to fly in and out of their ranches.

Dale KillingbeckMarch 10, 2024

For more than 50 years, the unique angular 90-foot-tall First United Methodist Church in Laramie has been a landmark, nicknamed the "Boat Church."

Iconic Laramie 90-Foot-Tall ‘Boat Church’ To Be Demolished

Laramie’s “Boat Church," which opened in 1968, towers 90 feet tall. But acoustically, it's always been terrible. When it first opened it had a 7-second echo. Plus, it's falling apart. So, it's scheduled to be demolished next week.

Mark HeinzMarch 09, 2024

Harold and Ruth Shelden would be married only a short time. After Harold was killed in the Netherlands, his Purple Heart was sent to Ruth, who had already remarried. (Note: The War Department misspelled his name on the decoration)

After More Than 80 Years, Wyoming Paratrooper’s WWII Purple Heart Comes Home

Last week, relatives of a Douglas native who died in World War II’s Operation Market Garden received the Purple Heart that the paratrooper earned more than 80 years ago.

Dale KillingbeckMarch 09, 2024

Summer is a draft horse up for adoption through the Broken Bandit Wildlife Center near Cheyenne.

Wyoming Animal Rescue Adopts Massive 2,500-Pound Draft Horses

Patricia Wyer of Cheyenne has rescued many small animals through her Broken Bandit Wildlife Center. Recently, she started also fostering massive 2,500-pound draft horses.

Mark HeinzMarch 09, 2024

Ranger chases grizzly bears that get too close to Brooks Lake Lodge, earning him the nickname "Ranger Danger."

Meet Ranger, The Wyoming Cowdog That Chases Grizzlies At Brooks Lake Lodge

Guides at Brooks Lake Lodge affectionately call this black-and-white pooch “Ranger Danger” — and with good reason. Ranger has proven himself time and again by fearlessly chasing off grizzly bears. It’s not what Hangin’ Tree dogs were bred for, but with him, it’s instinct.

Renée JeanMarch 09, 2024

Daylight Saving Time: Wyoming Passed A Law To Kill Changing Of Clocks But It's Still Here

Wyoming is one of nearly 20 states that want to just make daylight saving time permanent and get rid of the twice-a-year clock changing, but can’t because federal regulations won’t allow it.

Andrew RossiMarch 08, 2024

Cheyenne Frontier Days Announces 2024 Night Show Concert Lineups

Cheyenne Frontier Days on Thursday announced its 2024 night show concert lineups including Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett, Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll, Machine Gun Kelly, T-Pain, and Ludacris.

March 08, 2024

University of Wyoming student athletes are emotional during Wednesday's memorial for three swim team members who were killed in a car crash Feb. 22, 2024.

UW Swimmers Killed In Crash Remembered As Dedicated, Loving Teammates

Three University of Wyoming swim team members killed in a Feb. 22 car crash were remembered Wednesday as dedicated, fun-loving and caring teammates.

Clair McFarlandMarch 07, 2024

Don Day Says Women In Viral Video Lucky They Weren’t Fried By Lightning

Two women laughing and smiling in a viral video with hair standing straight up from static electricity were likely in the path of an imminent lightning strike and are lucky they weren’t fried, Don Day says.

Andrew RossiMarch 06, 2024

Snow Moves 3 Feet Up Wyoming Stop Sign In A Week, Boosting Odds It Gets Buried

A week ago, the outlook was bleak that a lonely stop sign on Togwotee Pass in the middle of nowhere in Wyoming would be buried in snow. But by Wednesday morning, the snow had moved 3 feet up the sign, upping the odds it gets buried by April 1.