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Wyoming Ranchers Ask Trump For Help In Family's Fence Line Fight With Feds
Wyoming ranchers have asked President Donald Trump to intervene in their daughter and son-in-law’s property dispute with the U.S. Forest Service in South Dakota.
Mark HeinzMarch 28, 2025
Casper Doctor Not Giving Up Fight To Get Back On Wyoming Board Of Medicine
Casper radiologist Eric Cubin has filed an appeal to get back on the Wyoming Board of Medicine after pressure from Gov. Mark Gordon to resign last year. Cubin lobbied for legislation banning transgender surgeries and treatments on minors.
Leo WolfsonMarch 28, 2025
Lummis Wants End To ‘Silly’ Restrictions On Short-Barreled Rifles, Shotguns
Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis is a backing a bill to lift 90-year-old restrictions on short-barreled rifles and shotguns. A Wyoming firearms law expert agrees, calling the restrictions “silly.”
Mark HeinzMarch 28, 2025
Wyoming Man Accused Of Machete, Hammer Attacks Nabbed In Colorado
A 25-year-old Goshen County, Wyoming man was on the run from the law, accused of swinging a machete at his sister. He was caught Wednesday in Colorado — and his sister says he wasn’t really trying to hurt her.
Clair McFarlandMarch 28, 2025
18-Year-Old Good Samaritan Hit, Killed While Helping Injured Driver Near Laramie
An 18-year-old WyoTech student from Montana with dreams of building muscle cars stopped to help the injured driver of a one-car rollover Sunday on Highway 130 near Laramie. While doing that, he was hit by another driver and killed.
David MadisonMarch 28, 2025
Dennis Sun: Beef Producers Are Looking At Record Prices
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Cattle producers and the beef industry are both looking at record prices for beef products. These prices are expected to stay current or rise over the next couple of years as heifer retention has not showed up yet to grow the U.S. cattle herd."
Dennis SunMarch 28, 2025
More Than 100 Wyoming Attorneys And Judges Demand Delegation Protect Judges
More than 100 Wyoming attorneys and judges, including a former governor and two former attorneys general, have sent a letter to the Wyoming congressional delegation. They demand Barrasso, Lummis and Hageman denounce recent attacks on judges.
Leo WolfsonMarch 28, 2025
If Feds Delist Wolves Everywhere, Will Colorado’s Reintroduction Program Crash?
A push is underway to get wolves delisted from federal protection across the Lower 48, but it remains unclear how that might affect wolf management policies in Wyoming and Colorado.
Mark HeinzMarch 28, 2025
Wyoming Cell Tower Worker Hit While Air Force Members Shoot At Targets
A man working on a Verizon cell tower was shot in the thigh Thursday while three U.S. Air Force members were shooting targets on federal land outside Guernsey, Wyoming. The worker was life-flighted, then treated and released from a Cheyenne hospital.
Clair McFarlandMarch 28, 2025
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake — Friday, March 28, 2025
Jake in the 307. Weekday mornings 6-10 a.m.
Jake NicholsMarch 28, 2025
Cowboy State Daily Video News: Friday, March 28, 2025
Friday's headlines include: * Trump Endorses Lummis * Truck Rolls Off Cliff Near Cody * Guy In Bear Suit Scares Off Bear
Wendy CorrMarch 28, 2025
Trump Cuts $40 Million In Wyoming COVID-Era Health Grants
President Donald Trump’s administration eliminated $12 billion in federal COVID-era health grants Wednesday. Wyoming’s cut of that is $40 million, almost all for the state’s Public Health Division.
Leo WolfsonMarch 27, 2025
The American West: Actually, The First Woman To Vote Was In Utah
Wyoming’s role in winning the vote for women is well chronicled and documented in history, and rightly so. But the first woman to actually cast a ballot in an election is less well known, and often a surprise. She was not from Wyoming.
R.B. MillerMarch 27, 2025
Trump Bans Northern Arapaho Tribe's Law Firm From Federal Contracts
The White House this week ordered federal agencies to stop working with a law firm that has earned $500,000 lobbying for the Northern Arapaho Tribe. An attorney at the firm worked on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation in 2016.
Clair McFarlandMarch 27, 2025
Man In Bear Suit Scares Off Black Bear; He’s Lucky It Wasn’t A Wyoming Grizzly
A North Carolina man uses a bear suit to scare black bears off his lawn. Some Wyomingites said trying that with a grizzly would be insane. They could maul you, or worse, try to get frisky.
Mark HeinzMarch 27, 2025
Douglas Woman Accused Of Threats To Blow Up Man’s Business And Poison His Dog
Douglas police claim a local woman threatened to poison a man's dog and bomb his family business to get him to "comply with her demands." Khyrstyn Jackson now faces up multiple felonies, including blackmail.
Clair McFarlandMarch 27, 2025
Cody Towing Co. Parks Truck, Returns To Find It Rolled Off A Cliff
A Cody towing company is facing its most difficult recovery job ever — and it’s for its own Ford F-250 truck. It was left with the parking brake on, but not in gear, and rolled down a rocky cliff overnight last weekend.
Andrew RossiMarch 27, 2025
Trump Endorses Cynthia Lummis For Reelection To Senate
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday night, praising Wyoming Republican U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis. He also gave her an official endorsement for reelection in 2026.
Leo WolfsonMarch 27, 2025
BLM OKs Plan To Store CO2 Under 600,000 Acres Of Southwest Wyoming
The Bureau of Land Management has approved a plan to store carbon dioxide under 605,100 acres of land in southwest Wyoming. Over 30 years, it could store 600 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.
David MadisonMarch 27, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Don't Forget The Lessons Of The Greatest Generation
Dear editor: There is another greatest generation now sacrificing everything to defend their country from totalitarianism. They are the heroes of Ukraine who do not ask for our warfighters, but do need our financial support including weapons and political support.
March 27, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Left-Leaning Judges Trying To Block Trump 'Wrong And Reprehensible'
Dear editor: Trump’s election victory has been a complete waste. Nothing will get done as courts are left-leaning and have proceeded to block all policies he is trying to implement.
March 27, 2025
Sally Ann Shurmur: Let's Reclaim Awesomeness After That Twisted Stalking Case
Columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, “I have had a behind the scenes view of the disgusting, despicable actions of a 41-year-old wife and mother, herself raised in Glenrock, who decided to stalk two teens with suggestive, sexually harassing texts."
Sally Ann ShurmurMarch 27, 2025
Prosecutor Fights To Keep Convicted Child Molester On Sex Offender List
A Sweetwater County prosecutor is challenging a judge’s decision to expunge a Rock Springs man’s 1997 conviction for molesting an 8-year-old girl, court documents show. The man has argued to be removed from the sex offender list.
Clair McFarlandMarch 27, 2025
Al Simpson Makes Final Trip To Wyoming Capitol, Lies In State
Former Wyoming U.S. Sen Al Simpson’s casket was brought into the Wyoming Capitol on Thursday to lie in state for two days. Best friend to President George H.W. Bush and decades-long legislator, Simpson’s March 14 death was international news.
Leo WolfsonMarch 27, 2025