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Steve Brazelton of Worland began prospecting in the 1990s and was hooked on the hobby after he found his first gold nugget.

Gold Prospecting More Than Flash-In-The Pan Hobby For Worland Man

Steve Brazelton was 10 when he first panned for gold with a tin pan borrowed from his mom. But it wasn’t until he found his first nugget that he “was hooked." The Worland man says his favorite spot in Wyoming is South Pass but there are plenty of places to find "decent gold."

Amber SteinmetzJuly 26, 2025

Alan O'Hashi and his carnival worker friend Anise at the Cheyenne Frontier Days carnival

Alan O'Hashi: My Days As A Carny At Cheyenne Frontier Days

Alan O'Hashi writes, "When I was a newspaper columnist in Lander, I wondered what it was like to work in a carnival, so I decided to give it a try at Cheyenne Frontier Days. It turned out, I’m pretty good at getting people to give me a dollar for nothing."

Alan O'HashiJuly 26, 2025

While tens of thousands of out-of-state visitors flock to Cheyenne Frontier Days every year, locals love it too. And one of the more popular things they do is play CFD Bingo, a light-hearted game of spot the stereotype.

What Do Locals Do At Cheyenne Frontier Days? Play CFD Bingo

Cheyenne's Harvey Deselms shares the Cheyenne Frontier Days Bingo card every year. He says the most entertaining part is seeing how many of the squares you can check off by looking in a mirror. "I had the coolest mullet," he said.

Greg JohnsonJuly 26, 2025

The new University of Wyoming Dining Hall entrance. The Dining Hall is part of the overall North Hall building.

Inside UW’s New $289 Million Gothic, State-Of-The-Art Dorms And Dining Hall

The finishing touches are being put on the University of Wyoming’s new $289 million dormitories and dining hall. Here’s an inside look at the classic Gothic, state-of-the-art buildings that will open for students next month.

Dale KillingbeckJuly 26, 2025

Fossil preparator Rachel Gray oversees a collection of paleontologists and first-time families excavating fossils at the Jurassic Mile. Rather than working in an innocuous spot where they won't find anything, the kids and families work side-by-side with paleontologists from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis and Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands in the spot where the work is needed and fossils are being found.

Small Armies Of Volunteers Dig Up Dinosaurs At Wyoming’s Famous Jurassic Mile

The famous Jurassic Mile in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin has produced some of the world’s most important dinosaur discoveries. It takes small armies of volunteers to excavate the area, including the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis for its Family Dino Dig.

Andrew RossiJuly 26, 2025

Young bull riders are redefining the image of the Western rodeo cowboy. Those like No. 1-ranked Wacey Schalla, 19, prove you don’t have to be grizzled and jaded to embody the grit and style of rodeo’s top athletes.

Wacey Schalla: What It's Like To Be The World's Top-Ranked Bull Rider

Bull riders have been coming to Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo for close to a century. But they arrived this year in a moment when rodeo, and the wider Western culture, has never been cooler, as the entire nation appears enthralled with anything to do with the American West.

Zakary SonntagJuly 26, 2025

Shane Paul loves to get out in the wild and shoot scenery and animals in Wyoming’s great outdoors. The slow motion video he got of this bull ride at Cheyenne Frontier Days is 21 seconds of adrenaline and pain.

Quadriplegic Photographer’s ‘Epic’ Slow Motion Bull Ride Video Is 21 Seconds Of Pain

A 49-year-old quadriplegic photographer from Cheyenne who typically focuses on wildlife and landscapes has been enjoying Cheyenne Frontier Days this week. He caught an “epic” bull ride in slow motion that’s 21 seconds of adrenaline and pain.

Dale KillingbeckJuly 25, 2025

The famous Air Force Thunderbirds have touched down in Cheyenne ahead of their Saturday Wings Over Wyoming show. Its first civilian air show was the 1953 Cheyenne Frontier Days, and the Thunderbirds have been back every year since, but one.

Cheyenne Frontier Days Was First Civilian Show For Thunderbirds 72 Years Ago

The famous Air Force Thunderbirds have touched down in Cheyenne ahead of their Saturday Wings Over Wyoming show. The squad's first civilian air show was the 1953 Cheyenne Frontier Days, and the Thunderbirds have been back every year since but two.

Renée JeanJuly 25, 2025

Gap Pucci with Mother Marie Wendy McMenamy at his place in Jackson Hole.

Estate Of Legendary Wyoming Spaghetti Westerner Gap Pucci To Be Bought By Nuns

Gap Pucci befriended two nuns 25 years ago after they walked in sandals with no socks in knee-deep snow to see his crosses. Now the nuns say they will buy the legendary Wyoming spaghetti Westerner’s estate with a promise it won’t become a luxury mansion.

Renée JeanJuly 24, 2025

The last week in July is the rainiest time of year in Cheyenne — right during Cheyenne Frontier Days.

It’s True: Cheyenne Frontier Days Happens On The Rainiest Week Of The Year

More than an inch of rain fell on participants at Cheyenne Frontier Days on Wednesday. That's no surprise to meteorologist Don Day, who says the last week in July is the rainiest week of the year.

Andrew RossiJuly 24, 2025

The only U.S.-owned MiG-29 Russian fighter jet was at the Casper airport Wedesday, July 24, 2025, to refuel.

Only U.S.-Owned Russian-Made MiG-29 Fighter Jet Lands At Casper Airport

Anyone who was around the Casper/Natrona International Airport on Wednesday afternoon witnessed a rare sight. The only U.S. privately-owned Russian-made MiG-29 flew in for some fuel.

Dale KillingbeckJuly 24, 2025

It took a Montana company three heavy-duty wrecker trucks hours to recover a semitrailer hanging over a cliff on Wyoming Highway 14A on Tuesday. The driver wasn’t hurt, but it took much more than a regular tow truck to pull the semitrailer back over the highway barrier.

It Took Three Trucks Hours To Recover Semi Hanging Over Cliff On Wyoming Highway

It took three heavy-duty wrecker trucks hours to recover a semitrailer hanging over a cliff on Wyoming Highway 14-A on Tuesday. The driver wasn’t hurt, but it took much more than a regular tow truck to pull the semitrailer back over the highway barrier.

Andrew RossiJuly 23, 2025

Warner Bros. Discovery is creating its own streaming service. That’s fueling hopes among die-hard fans that that the popular “Longmire” series, which Warner Bros. owns, could make a comeback.

New Warner Bros. Streaming Service Fuels Hope For ‘Longmire’ Comeback

Warner Bros. Discovery is creating its own streaming service. That’s fueling hopes among die-hard fans that that the popular “Longmire” series, which Warner Bros. owns, could make a comeback.

Renée JeanJuly 23, 2025

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Whoa: 385-Ft Long, 1.4 Million-Pound Superload Plodding Along I-80 On Wednesday

A slow-moving "superload” will be traveling from Laramie to Arlington on I-80 between 9 a.m. and noon Wednesday. Anyone who doesn't want to spend four hours driving the 44-mile distance should seek alternate routes.

Andrew RossiJuly 22, 2025

One of the abandoned guinea pigs enjoys a clean cage along with food and water on Tuesday.

Casper Humane Society Scrambles To Care For 42 Abandoned Guinea Pigs

After 42 guinea pigs were dumped at its doors on Friday, the Casper Humane Society has rallied to get cages and provide food, water, health checks and future homes for the pets. The little pigs had arrived in poor condition with no water or food.

Dale KillingbeckJuly 22, 2025

Moses J. Brings Plenty atop a horse named Louie, right before the Cheyenne Frontier Days parade with the Cheyenne Capitol in the background.

“Yellowstone” Star Mo Brings Plenty Back In Wyoming As Cheyenne Frontier Days Parade Grand Marshal

“Yellowstone” star Mo Brings Plenty is back again for Cheyenne Frontier Days, this time as grand marshal of the parade. Growing up, the A-lister heard many stories about CFD, and says it’s the most prestigious rodeo in the world.

Renée JeanJuly 22, 2025

It took a Montana company three heavy-duty wrecker trucks hours to recover a semitrailer hanging over a cliff on Wyoming Highway 14A on Tuesday. The driver wasn’t hurt, but it took much more than a regular tow truck to pull the semitrailer back over the highway barrier.

Trucker Survives Accident Which Left Semi Dangling Off Of Cliff On Wyoming Highway

A semi driver is alive and well after his truck careened off U.S. Highway 14-A in northern Wyoming. Somehow the semi managed to hang on and remains dangling perilously over a cliff.

Andrew RossiJuly 22, 2025

A Mounted Juvenile Ceratosaurus Skeleton, Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian Stage

One of a Kind Wyoming Ceratosaurus Sells for $30.5 Million at Sotheby's Auction

A juvenile Ceratosaurus, one of only four known specimens of the rare Jurassic carnivore, sold for $30.5 million at a Sotheby's auction. It was discovered in Bone Cabin Quarry, one of the most significant fossil sites in the world, located near Medicine Bow, Wyoming.

Andrew RossiJuly 22, 2025

Robert Taylor and Craig Johnson pose together for Cowboy State Daily after their "Two Walts" presentation during Longmire Days in Buffalo.

Longmire Star Robert Taylor Comes To Buffalo Every Year Because He Loves Wyoming

If Longmire Days had to pay Australian actor Robert Taylor to attend, it would be far out of reach. The actor doesn’t come for the money. He comes to Longmire Days in Buffalo every year for something else. He loves Wyoming.

Renée JeanJuly 21, 2025

The pessimistic belief that anything that can go wrong likely predates modern history, but calling it “Murphy’s Law” began in Wyoming, a historian says. It dates back to the early 1880s and building the Ames Monument in the wrong place.

Historian Says Wyoming’s Ames Monument Is The Birthplace Of ‘Murphy’s Law’

The pessimistic belief that anything that can go wrong will likely predates modern history, but calling it “Murphy’s Law” began in Wyoming, a historian says. It dates back to the early 1880s and building the Ames Monument in the wrong place.

Jackie DorothyJuly 21, 2025

An emu named Gary that was wandering around Evanston, Wyoming, on Sunday died when his neck was broken while police officers tried to wrangle the large bird. Gary’s owner says it was an accident but questions whether too much force was used.

Emu Gets Loose In Evanston, Has Neck Broken While Police Try To Wrangle It

An emu named Gary that was wandering around Evanston on Sunday died when his neck was broken while police officers tried to wrangle the large bird. Gary’s owner says it was an accident but questions whether too much force was used.

Andrew RossiJuly 21, 2025

Samatha and Austin Hawkins were working at Teton National Forest when she became ill and started experiencing brain hemorrhaging. The couple moved to Lander where she would have a consistent doctor and Austin discovered an urgency to write his book, “Going Nowhere Slow.”

When His Wife Nearly Died, Lander Man Started Writing — And He Hasn’t Stopped

When Austin Hawkins' wife developed life-threatening brain hemorrhages, he realized he couldn’t waste any more time thinking about writing a book. The result was “Going Nowhere Slow,” a dark comedy he had been wanting to write for more than a decade.

Jackie DorothyJuly 20, 2025

A young Laramie native named Walter Doyle, left, left Wyoming in 1909 and returned in 1947. In the years between, he forged a career in the U.S. Navy that included becoming a submarine commander and a friendship with famed Admiral Chester Nimitz.

How A Guy From Laramie Became A Sub Commander And Friend Of Admiral Nimitz

A young Laramie native left Wyoming in 1909 and returned in 1947. In the years between, he forged a career in the U.S. Navy that included becoming a submarine commander and a friendship with famed Admiral Chester Nimitz.

Dale KillingbeckJuly 20, 2025

The Nowood International Airport sign at the Orchard Ranch south of Ten Sleep, Wyoming, has been in place for many years and was a gift to the Orchard family from some hunters.

What Is The "Nowood International Airport" In The Middle Of Nowhere, Wyoming?

Driving down a remote Washakie County dirt road is not the place one would expect to see an “international” airport. But there it is  — a weathered little building with a metal roof and a large sign that declares it’s the “Nowood International Airport.”

Dale KillingbeckJuly 20, 2025

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