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Vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance at a Sunday campaign stop in Wisconsin said Liz Cheney is "resentful," and has an "obsessive hatred" for the Wyoming voters who ousted her from office.

J.D. Vance Says Cheney Has “Obsessive Hatred” For Wyoming Voters Who Ousted Her

J.D. Vance lashed out against former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney on Sunday. He said her support of Kamala Harris is motivated by an “obsessive hatred” toward Wyoming voters who ousted her.

Justin GeorgeOctober 21, 2024

State Rep. Karlee Provenza, left, and challenger Paul Crouch.

Controversial Laramie Democrat Karlee Provenza Seeks Third Term In House

State Rep. Karlee Provenza is one of the few Democrat fixtures in the Wyoming Legislature and isn’t shy about sharing her liberal views. That’s why her Republican opponent for House District 45 says she doesn’t represent her constituents.

Leo WolfsonOctober 21, 2024

Improvements being made at the Rare Element Resources site in Upton, Wyoming. The company is waiting on one more federal OK to open its nearly completed $53 million rare earths processing plant.

Wyoming Rare Earths Producer Close To Completing $53 Million Processing Plant

Rare Element Resources needs one more thumbs-up from a federal agency to complete its $53 million rare earth demonstration plant in Upton. The rare earth refinery is billed as a game-changer not just for Wyoming, but America.

Renée JeanOctober 21, 2024

A male juvenile was shot at an early morning party in the 3200 block of Hamilton Way in Casper on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.

Casper Juvenile Male In Serious Condition After Early Morning Shooting At Party

A juvenile male was shot by an underage suspect at an early morning party Saturday in Casper. The victim is in serious condition, while little information is being released about the city’s latest in a string of violent youth assaults and killings.

Dale KillingbeckOctober 21, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Two Thumbs Down For Gary Brown For WY House District-41.

Dear editor: I am a fifth-generation Wyoming citizen, a parent of two Wyoming daughters, and a Republican. This is a critical time in our Wyoming’s history. I do not support Cheyenne resident Gary Brown for House District 41.

October 21, 2024

Dave Simpson: Smile When You Call Us 'Far Right'

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “Call us what you want – far right, farther right, right wing, whatever. It looks like good old conservative common sense to me.”

Dave SimpsonOctober 21, 2024

Extra tables had to be pulled from storage to expand the eating area at the Let it Rain Concert in Parkman, even as smoke from the nearby Elk Fire continues to linger in the air.

Parkman Bar Holds ‘Let It Rain’ Concert To Say 'Thank You' To Firefighters

Around 500 people showed up for the Parkman Bar and Grill’s “Let it Rain” concert Saturday to say thank you from the community to the firefighters battling the Elk Fire. Cars lined the highway for a couple of miles before and after the bar but attendees said it was worth the walk.

Renée JeanOctober 21, 2024

Wyoming Troopers Save Kidnapped Teen Girl From Sex Offender And “Wanted Predator”

A 13-year-old South Dakota girl allegedly abducted by a registered sex offender was recovered by Wyoming State Troopers on Sunday. Hours after the girl was reported missing, the suspect tried to outrun the WHP and was caught near Rawlins.

Greg JohnsonOctober 21, 2024

The American West: Using A “Two-Wheeled Man-Tormentor” To Cross The Plains

After crossing the Atlantic, the travelers now faced several weeks of grueling travel pushing and pulling what was called a “two-wheeled man-tormentors” although one historian said it “might be bettered rendered as ‘two-wheeled torture devices.’”

Candy MoultonOctober 21, 2024

Morning Show with Jake - Monday, October 21, 2024

Jake in the 307. Weekday mornings 6 - 10 a.m.

Jake NicholsOctober 21, 2024

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, October 21, 2024

Monday's headlines include: * Texas Brings Hay For Wyo Ranchers * Snow Helps Fires But Warm Weather Back * Haunted Wyoming: Lost Hunter Saved By Ghost

Wendy CorrOctober 21, 2024

Freshman Eli Hill stripping an elk head at the Bugs ‘n Bones class at Wind River High School in Pavillion, Wyoming.

Wyoming High Schoolers Use Bugs, Power Tools To Clean Skulls For Hunters

Bugs and power tools are part of the curriculum for a class of Wyoming high schoolers. It’s the Bugs N’ Bones class at Wind River High, where students learn while they clean skulls for hunters.

Jackie DorothyOctober 20, 2024

Spirit Cave Went From National Attraction To An Abandoned Hole In A Mountain

Buffalo Bill Cody wanted Spirit Mountain Cave to be a huge draw for Wyoming, and President Taft made it a national monument. But the labyrinth of caverns never reached its potential and now is just an abandoned hole in a mountain.

Andrew RossiOctober 20, 2024

The American West: Marie Dorion - Toughest Woman in the Old West

Despite a life of adventure, hardship, and bravery, Marie Dorion does not receive the recognition in history she earned and deserves. Other than a scattering of cursory historical markers, there are few reminders of the woman who may well have been the toughest in the Old West.

R.B. MillerOctober 20, 2024

A dead pack rat dubbed Packy Le Pew found in Wyoming's Natural Trap Cave in 2015, a year after the rodent corpse was discovered.

Scientists Learn A Lot Watching A Pack Rat Rot In Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave

When paleontologists uncovering Ice Age fossils in Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave found the remains of a modern pack rat, they didn’t throw it away. Instead, they gave it a name "Packy Le Pew,” and studied it as it decomposed.

Andrew RossiOctober 20, 2024

The ghost town of Kirwin, Wyoming, is about 40 miles southwest of Meeteetse.

Haunted Wyoming: Kirwin Is A Ghost Town Haunted By Real Spirits

A fortune was spent building the mining boom town of Kirwin, Wyoming, only for the people living there to abandon it, terrified by ghostly voices. They didn’t even bother to pack their tools and other belongings, they just left.

Jackie DorothyOctober 20, 2024

Lander pilot and Vietnam veteran Andy Gramlich spent the past few years uncovering a revelation about his late father, a World War II glider pilot. He characterizes it as an “emotional game changer.”

Lander Vietnam Vet On Mission To Uncover Dad’s Heroic WWII Past

Lander Vietnam veteran Andy Gramlich knew his dad as an angry man who drank. It wasn’t until decades after the fact he found out about his heroic past as a World War II glider pilot. The revelation was an “emotional game-changer," he says.

Dale KillingbeckOctober 20, 2024

Conversation at the Tuesday coffee confab in Casper can range from oil and gas news, the latest headlines, to observations and experiences in the community from the past week.

Wyoming Coffee Klatch: Casper Old Guys Solve World’s Problems Over Coffee, And A Little Liquor

Cowboy State Daily is visiting coffee klatches across Wyoming to see what issues are front and center before the election. In Casper, the "Old Guy's Club" meets on Tuesdays at 10am. Coffee is the main drink, although some spice it up a bit with booze.

Dale KillingbeckOctober 20, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Amendment A Gives Special Tax Breaks To A Select Group

Dear editor: It is best not to enable the Legislature to discriminate in favor of a select group of taxpayers -- ones who are actually likely to be better off than the rest -- and against others.

October 20, 2024

Opertions at the Spring Creek coal mine in Decker, Montana.

Hundreds Of Wyoming Coal Jobs Threatened By Federal Regulation, Legislator Says

A state legislator says the future of a coal mine that employs hundreds of Sheridan County people is threatened by proposed federal regulation. Cyrus Western is worried the feds will cut the Spring Creek mine’s available coal by half because of a proposed revision to an environmental impact statement.

Leo WolfsonOctober 20, 2024

Even with the rain and snow that fell on the Pack Trail Fire on Thursday and Friday, there are still plenty of hot spots burning.

Almost No Growth For Wyoming’s Large Wildfires, But Weather Reprieve Is Over

A two-day blast of winter dropped significant rain and snow on Wyoming’s two large wildfires, slowing them to almost no growth. But that reprieve is over, with warmer temperatures and more fire activity expected.

Greg JohnsonOctober 20, 2024

The Texas Fire Relief effort has helped Wyoming ranchers impacted by a number of huge and devastating wildfires this season.

Thank you Texas! Texas Ranchers Hauling Hay To Wyoming

When wildfires devastated ranches in Texas in 2022, Wyomingites were quick to haul trucks of hay for livestock there. Now ranchers there are returning the favor after fires have burned more than 810,000 acres across Wyoming.

Renée JeanOctober 20, 2024

Rod Miller: Snow Is Just Another Four-Letter Word

Columnist Rod Miller writes: “I sincerely believe that hell will not be a hot place. It will be a cold, dead, snow-covered ridge-top where the wind never stops blowing and you forgot to put on your long johns.”

Rod MillerOctober 20, 2024

Cassie Craven: Critical Race Theory Is Repackaged Racism

Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “Teaching our kids that because they are white, they are the 'oppressor' and should feel 'white guilt' is deceptive Marxist distortion. It promotes what it claims to eliminate.”

Cassie CravenOctober 20, 2024

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