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Sammie Cyrus, a senior at Dubois High School, with wrestling coach Brock Baker.

Dubois Double-Amputee Wrestler Has Made The Most Of His Disadvantages

Sammie Cyrus, a senior at Dubois High School, has won over 100 matches and become an exceptional wrestler despite losing the lower halves of both his legs as a child. With the right mentality and attitude, anything can be overcome, he says.

Andrew RossiFebruary 09, 2025

It's Not Your Imagination: The Jerky Meat Industry Is Exploding

Riverton's Brian Tucker saw the writing on the wall in the booming jerky industry. His company, which focuses on the do-it-yourself jerky-makers, is one of the largest in the world. It's a $6 billion industry and could grow to $10 billion in the next 7 years.

David MadisonFebruary 09, 2025

After 100 Years, Cavalryman Steakhouse Closes, Moves To Special Events Model

If you've spent any time in Laramie, you know the Cavalryman Steakhouse. It just celebrated its 100th anniversary and is moving to a special events model. The historic restaurant will only be open for special occasions like holidays, weddings, football games and the like.

Renée JeanFebruary 09, 2025

Amelia Rothleutner with a freezer full of breast milk she donated to Cody Regional Health's milk depot. Rothleutner is the first donor for Cody's milk depot, giving over 500 ounces, roughly four gallons, of excess breast milk.

Cody Woman Donates 4 Gallons Of Breast Milk To New Wyoming Milk Bank

Cody Regional Health has become a milk depot for Mother's Milk Bank, an agency that pasteurizes and distributes donated breast milk to infant ICUs across the nation. A local woman has already donated 4 gallons to the new milk bank.

Andrew RossiFebruary 09, 2025

Summertime Reservations Going Fast At Lodges in Yellowstone, Glacier and Grand Teton

Reservations for the in-park lodges at Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park are starting to fill up for the summer tourism season, though some of the most sought-after lodging options are already booked.

Anna-Louise JacksonFebruary 09, 2025

Christine Meadowcroft and her children posing with their new solar panels

Wyoming Family Learns Solar Panels Aren’t For The Faint Of Heart

A Happy Valley family who lives near Cheyenne found out the hard way that solar panels aren’t for the faint of heart. They do work, and they do defray energy costs, but there are a lot of headaches that go along with it. It helps if you have the patience of a saint.

Renée JeanFebruary 09, 2025

The American West: American David Meriwether Taken Prisoner And Marched To Santa Fe

Anxious to make a trip to New Mexico to investigate stories of abundant gold there, David Meriwether headed West only to be captured by Spanish soldiers and marched to Santa Fe in 1820. When freed, he promised never to return—but he broke the promise thirty years later.

James A. CrutchfieldFebruary 09, 2025

What's In A Name: Dubois, Wyoming

You can always spot a tourist in Dubois, Wyoming, by how they pronounce the name of the town. In Wyoming, it's called Doo-boys, not the French pronunciation of Deh-bwah. How it got called that is shrouded in myth and mystery.

Jackie DorothyFebruary 09, 2025

VIDEO: An Old Horse Trainer Returns To His First Roots

Charles Walks had walked away from horse training for about a decade, but he couldn’t stay away. Now at the Terry Bison Ranch in Cheyenne, he returned to the job he had learned while growing up on the Crow Reservation in southern Montana.

Hannah Brock & Reilly StrandFebruary 08, 2025

Joan Barron: A Revised Tax Reform Bill Is A Test For Local Governments

Columnist Joan Barron writes, "What stood out was the lack of trust many legislators have with their local governments in regard to spending. There were no claims of fraud, just overspending or maybe not being transparent about where the money goes."

Joan BarronFebruary 08, 2025

Bill Sniffin: Wyoming Folks Recall Times When They Were Happiest – How About You?

Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “I asked people to share with us when they were most happy in their lives? What they shared made a big impression.”

Bill SniffinFebruary 08, 2025

The raid on the whiskey cases in 1919 became the first of many in ensuing years. Here is a photo of a raid on a still in the Casper area in later years.

Wyoming History: The 1919 Casper Whiskey Raid Gone Bad

A 1919 raid on a big whiskey stash by lawmen in Casper was a disaster in every way. A shootout killed a deputy and wounded many others. The sheriff never produced a warrant and those raided pleaded ignorance to knowing they were officers. Everyone charged walked away.

Dale KillingbeckFebruary 08, 2025

Shayna Ritthaler was 16 when she ran away with 17-year-old Michael Campbell, whom she'd met online. Within days, Campbell shot and killed her at his mother's home in Sturgis, South Dakota, in October 2019.

Grandparents Of Murdered Upton Teen Plead For Missing Persons Bill

By the time authorities were legally able to enter the home on Oct. 7, 2019, it was too late. Shayna Ritthaler was found dead in a closet covered with clothing. Wyoming is one of six states that don't have missing person reporting requirements.

Jen KocherFebruary 08, 2025

Several fossils and minerals on display in the Geoworld showroom during the 2025 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.

Wyoming's Everywhere At The World-Renowned Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

Hundreds of vendors from dozens of countries converged in Tucson, Arizona, for the annual Gem and Mineral Show, where the best and most impressive gems, minerals, and fossils turn the past into profit. And everywhere you looked, Wyoming was represented.

Andrew RossiFebruary 08, 2025

Rep. John Bear, R-Gillette, chairman of House Appropriations, presented the budget on the House floor

Wyoming Senate Outspends House By $109 Million In Supplemental Budget

The Wyoming Senate and House wrapped up their supplemental budgets on Friday night, with the Senate outspending the lower chamber by $109 million. Both added some support for local governments and schools in the event that a major property tax relief bill passes into law

Leo WolfsonFebruary 08, 2025

The Rainbow Room at Big Sky Resort in Montana.

Inside the Smoke Shack Underworld At A Ski Resort Near You

You won't find any smoke shacks listed on a trail map, but they're there. Across the Rocky Mountain West, fort building ingenuity lives on in the shadows of ski areas where friends gather to defog their goggles and fill makeshift structures with marijuana smoke.

David MadisonFebruary 08, 2025

Pete Bass talks about his life with Cowboy State Daily at his coffee shop in Evanston, For Pete's Sake, where he likes to say he serves good coffee and bad puns.

The Coffee Comes With Redemption At Pete’s Sake In Evanston

"For Pete's Sake" coffee shop in Evanston serves more than just coffee. For owner Pete Bass, it's a mission. That mission is to tell his story of redemption to anyone who feels like they need a second chance. Prison, he says, was God’s way of offering him another chance -- every time.

Renée JeanFebruary 08, 2025

Tiny, A 2,000-Pound Texas Longhorn Is An Officially Registered Emotional Support Animal

Meet Tiny, A 2,000-Pound Texas Longhorn And Officially Registered Emotional Support Animal

Fed up with the “emotional support animal crock of crap,” a Texan decided it would be funny to try registering his massive longhorn steer as an emotional support animal. It worked.

Mark HeinzFebruary 08, 2025

Wyoming Legislative Recap: Day 19

Supplemental budget discussions took up most of Day 19 at the Wyoming Legislature, while some critical bills were also killed in committee hearings.

Leo WolfsonFebruary 08, 2025

Wyoming Committee Kills 'Sweeping And Almost Vindictive' Anti-Obscenity Law

A Wyoming Legislative committee killed a broad anti-obscenity bill on Friday. Republican Rep. Tom Kelly said lawmakers shouldn't lose sight of the real problem of sexually-graphic books in kids' library sections, but the solution isn't to advance a “sweeping and almost vindictive law."

Clair McFarlandFebruary 08, 2025

The Roundup: A Conversation With Eli Bebout

This week, host Wendy Corr visits with longtime Wyoming legislator Eli Bebout. From his childhood in Shoshoni to his leadership in both the Wyoming House and Senate, Eli has lived a unique and meaningful Wyoming life!

Wendy CorrFebruary 08, 2025

Appropriations Committee Advances Sweeping Immigration Bill That Would Make It Felony To Harbor Illegals

A Wyoming immigration bill that would levy state-level felony charges against people who harbor or transport illegal immigrants kept its $1 million price tag Friday, when the Senate Appropriations Committee approved it. The state Senate will debate the bill next.

Clair McFarlandFebruary 07, 2025

Mark Gordon and Wyoming red desert 12 4 24

Feds Will Listen To Wyoming This Time About BLM Rock Springs Plan, Former Trump Interior Official Says

A former high-ranking Dept of Interior official told Cowboy State Daily that the BLM's Rock Springs area plan will likely be heavily revised toward Wyoming’s liking and will be "very respectful" of Gov. Mark Gordon's recommendations.

Mark HeinzFebruary 07, 2025

Bill Would Give Wyoming Strongest Laws In Country To Fight Frivolous Defamation Lawsuits

A Wyoming legislative committee advanced a bill on Friday that legal experts say would give Wyoming the toughest laws in the country to prevent the filing of frivolous defamation lawsuits.

Leo WolfsonFebruary 07, 2025

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