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Wyoming backcountry hunter Vance McGahey has tried numerous ways of packing out meat. A few years ago, he settled on using pack goats.

Wyoming Hunting: How to Haul Out Elk Meat

In Wyoming, hunters often kill their game miles away from their vehicles, so it takes a combination of skill, improvisation and pack goats to get the meat back. Knowing how to break down a carcass is just as vital as knowing how to bring an animal down.

Mark HeinzSeptember 07, 2025

A new Wyoming Life Flight helicopter base at Evanston Regional Hospital will expand access to critical care for residents and visitors within 150 miles of the city. Southwest Wyoming will see two-hour response times cut to 15 minutes.

New Evanston Air Ambulance Base Will Cut 2-Hour Responses To 15 Minutes

A new Wyoming Life Flight helicopter base at Evanston Regional Hospital will expand access to critical care within 150 miles of the city. Southwest Wyoming will see two-hour response times cut to 15 minutes.

Dale KillingbeckSeptember 07, 2025

The root section of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. There hasn't been a volcanic eruption in Yellowstone National Park for more than 70,000 years. Whenever the next one comes, it’s likely to be a massive lava flow instead of a humanity-ending explosion.

Yellowstone’s Next Eruption: Flow Of Superheated Ooze, Not Humanity-Ending Explosion

Good news! Scientists say the next time the supervolcano in Yellowstone erupts, it won't be a humanity-ended explosion. Instead, it's likely to be a massive lava flow of superheated ooze. Whenever it happens, it will be the first volcanic eruption in more than 70,000 years.

Andrew RossiSeptember 07, 2025

Liberty Belle Lodge in Aladdin has new owners who hope to breathe new life into it. The owners are a couple who moved away from the state of Washington to escape city life.

Couple Has Ambitious Plan To Restore Liberty Belle Lodge In Tiny Aladdin, Wyoming

If Kyle Meade and Julia Okitsu are successful in restoring the Liberty Bell Lodge in Aladdin, Wyoming, (pop. 15), it will double the number of businesses on the town's main drag (Wyoming Highway 24), raising it from one to two. 

Renée JeanSeptember 07, 2025

Danny Warner talks about a recent comp he did at WyoTech. He graduates in two weeks with a job at a Ferarri dealership in Denver.

Like Star Athletes, WyoTech Grads Recruited For Jobs All Over The Country

Like star athletes, WyoTech graduates are in high demand, recruited to fill high-paying jobs across the country. One grad says the Wyoming school will help him realize a dream of being a mechanic for Ferrari.

Renée JeanSeptember 07, 2025

Piles of random clothing on a bed often don't have much competition for Macradee Aegerter, who is looking for vintage clothing items that were made in America, back when making things to last was still important.

Cheyenne Woman Makes More Money Thrifting Vintage Clothing Than At Her Old Job

Macradee Aegerter started thrifting in high school before vintage clothing was considered chic and in style. Now that vintage is all the rage, her one-time side hustle now brings in more money than her old job ever did.

Renée JeanSeptember 07, 2025

Thermopolis hot spring Denise Lett via Alamy 9 7 25

Thermopolis Claims 'The World's Largest Mineral Hot Spring’ — But Is It?

The Big Spring, the main source of Thermopolis's hot mineral water, has been called "the world's largest mineral hot spring" since 1900. No other place has challenged that, but scientists and Guinness World Records haven't confirmed it.

Andrew RossiSeptember 07, 2025

Five years after Bridger Walker, now 11, stepped in front of an attacking dog to save his younger sister Brielle, then 4, the Cheyenne pair, along with their parents and three other siblings, have experienced a whirlwind of attention from around the globe. Brielle says her brother's her hero, and he says what he likes most in live is being a "normal boy."

5 Years After Saving Sister From Dog Attack, Bridger Walker Likes Being A ‘Normal Boy'

Bridger Walker of Cheyenne was 6 in 2020 when he made international headlines for rescuing his younger sister from a vicious dog attack. Five years later, he’s now 11 and likes just being a “normal boy” — who calls Bo Jackson "Uncle Bo" and may just have an action figure modeled after him.

Dale KillingbeckSeptember 07, 2025

About 1898, Elmer Chatfield with draft horses and work crew near Ten Sleep, Wyoming. He is the one standing and holding his daughter.

Wyoming History: Nobody Crossed ‘Chatty’ Chatfield, The Toughest Cowboy Pioneer

Against a backdrop of lawlessness and frontier legend, Elmer “Chatty” Chatfield may have been the toughest of them all. Even at birth he wasn’t fazed when a windstorm sent a tent pole onto his head.

Jackie DorothySeptember 07, 2025

The Wyoming hunting outlook for the 2025 season is excellent for elk, cautiously optimistic for mule deer and improving for antelope.

Wyoming Hunting 2025: Elk Plentiful, Deer And Antelope On The Rebound 

The Wyoming hunting outlook for the 2025 season is excellent for elk, cautiously optimistic for mule deer and improving for antelope. But some prime hunting grounds are closed as crews fight a pair of large wildfires in the western part of the state.

Mark HeinzSeptember 07, 2025

Former Laramie County GOP Chairman Khale Lenhart says a 25% property tax cut is causing local governments to go without crucial services. Supporters of the cut, however, say that’s pushback over having to reduce their bloated, wasteful budgets.

Critics Of 25% Property Tax Reduction Grow Louder As Local Governments Cut Back

Across Wyoming, many local governments are growing louder over the steep property tax cuts the Legislature passed earlier this year. They say they're finding it difficult to maintain services but others say the cuts are forcing governments to live within their means.

Jackson WalkerSeptember 06, 2025

Federal prosecutions in Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico say they face mounting challenges enforcing oil and gas waste disposal laws across the U.S. West. Two Wyoming oil field workers from Crowheart Energy near Wamsutter recently convicted for dumping in Utah both got probation.

Wyoming Case Exposes Challenges Of Stopping Illegal Oil Field Waste Dumping

Federal investigators have documented a series of illegal oil field waste disposal cases across the American West. Most recently, two Wyoming oil field supervisors were sentenced for directing crew members to bury contaminated waste in Carbon County.

David MadisonSeptember 06, 2025

Wild patches of weeds poke up out of the filled-in reservoir that used to be located here, in what is actually the backside of the pumphouse.

Clock Ticking For 133-Year-Old Cheyenne Pumphouse, Which Needs $4M Restoration

Cheyenne’s Historic Pumphouse was built in 1892, and now stands neglected as those who want to save it are racing against the clock — and city priorities. It needs a $4 million restoration, but so far nobody seems interested.

Renée JeanSeptember 06, 2025

Wolves in the wild can’t afford to waste time and energy. Even when they seem to romp and play — almost like giant puppies — there’s serious purpose behind it, wildlife biologists say.

Why Wolves Sometimes Play Around Like Giant Puppies

Wolves in the wild can’t afford to waste time and energy. Even when they seem to romp and play — almost like giant puppies — there’s serious purpose behind it, wildlife biologists say.

Mark HeinzSeptember 06, 2025

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Bill Sniffin: Wyoming Could Use A Big New Monument - How About The Historic Oregon Trail?

Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “The Oregon Trail has significant sites and sights all across Wyoming that are still in place which deserve recognition. It is worthy of a more important national designation.”

Bill SniffinSeptember 06, 2025

Clair and dad

Clair McFarland: This Wicked Dodge Charger Really Has Me Thinking

Clair McFarland writes: “‘Oh boy. Dad’s loaner cars are not just loaners. They’re rodded Mustangs or time machines. I’m not kidding – the man once restored a DeLorean. So I got the least conspicuous loaner, really, when Dad handed over Mom’s race rod."

Clair McFarlandSeptember 06, 2025

Wyoming's historic Pitchfork Ranch outside Meeteetse is for sale, listing at $67 million.

Wave of Legacy Wyoming Ranches Are Hitting Market In Historic Land Shift

Antlers, Pitchfork, PK, Midland and Pathfinder — a wave of long-held family ranches across Wyoming are hitting the market in a historic land shift. The Boomer-driven sales trend has the potential to remake the state’s rural landscapes.

Renée JeanSeptember 06, 2025

A Clearpath Robotics Warthog unmanned ground vehicle — aka a robot — fitted with cameras and sensors in action at a Mississippi State University research center.

Robots Are Herding Cattle, But Wyoming Wranglers Say They Can’t Replace Them

Could robots replace real Wyoming cowboys? Researchers are building cattle-herding and other ag industry robots that could transform livestock management across the American West. But real wranglers on horseback say they're irreplaceable.

David MadisonSeptember 06, 2025

Part of the team in the cave, from left, Katie Slenker, Adam Fitch, Mikey Rowe, Andy Grass, and Jean Krejca.

Massive, Near-Complete Mammoth Skeleton Discovered In Natural Trap Cave

The latest discovery in Natural Trap Cave in the Bighorn Mountains, considered one of the world's premier Ice Age fossil sites, is the nearly complete skeleton of a massive mammoth. Getting out of the 85-foot-deep hole will be cold, wet work.

Andrew RossiSeptember 06, 2025

Three years after rising country music star Luke Bell died, his friends and family have announced a new album of his unreleased music. Sales from the Cody singer-songwriter’s new album, “The King is Back,” will help those who struggle with depression.

‘The King Is Back’: Three Years After His Death, New Luke Bell Album Announced

Three years after rising country music star Luke Bell died, more than two-dozen of the promising Cody, Wyoming, artist’s songs are being released. Sales will benefit those who struggle with the same depression and darkness that claimed him at 32.

Dale KillingbeckSeptember 06, 2025

A group of Josh Allen fans in Buffalo for a game, including 7220 Sports founder and Wyomingite Cody Tucker, second from right. The sign shows Buffalo appreciates Wyoming as much as the Cowboy State has embraced the Bills.

Buffalo To Wyoming: Thanks For Josh Allen, And Welcome To The 'Bills Mafia'

Since former University of Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen was the No. 1 draft pick of the Buffalo Bills in 2018, many Wyomingites have adopted the team as their own. In return, Buffalo has bonded with Wyoming, welcoming its fans into their rabid “Bills Mafia."

Anna-Louise JacksonSeptember 06, 2025

An aerial view of Aspen Alley in Medicine Bow National Forest. The surrounding forest has been cleared of dead and dying aspen and lodgepole pine trees as part of an effort to revitalize the aspen grove, reduce fire danger, and improve wildlife habitat. New aspen saplings are already growing in the newly cleared area.

One Man's Mission To Resurrect Wyoming's Aspen Alley

Dennis Faerber's mission is to restore Wyoming's famed Aspen Alley back to its full glory. Half of the trees on Forest Road 801 off the Battle Pass Scenic Byway in southern Wyoming were dead and another 25% were dying. So, they're starting over.

Andrew RossiSeptember 06, 2025

Baggs

Cowboy State Daily Morning Show — Saturday, September 6, 2025

It's the Saturday morning show with John Baggett from 6-10AM.

Jake NicholsSeptember 06, 2025

After businessman Reid Rasner sued former Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard for defamation over public allegations of sexual misconduct, Bouchard doubled down on his claims in a series of court filings.

Bouchard Doubles Down On Misconduct Claim Against Rasner In Court Filings

After Wyoming businessman Reid Rasner sued former state Sen. Anthony Bouchard for defamation, Bouchard doubled down, in a series of court filings, on some of the sexual misconduct allegations that landed him in court in the first place.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 06, 2025

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