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Eating Wyoming: The Best Biscuits & Gravy In Wyoming? Try G-Ma's Diner In Mills
One regular describes G-Ma’s Diner in Mills, the local joint that feels like home. Plus, it's the home of the best biscuits and gravy in Wyoming. If you don't believe it, just look at their coffee mugs. They say so.
Dale KillingbeckJune 16, 2024
Anchor Architect Of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Retires After 32 Years
For nearly four decades, Jackson Hole’s highest elevation chairlift has been a superstar. Its fans have their own names for it like Space Mountain, Sublette or The Quad. Few of those fans, however, know the name of the man behind the scenes who made it happen.
Renée JeanJune 16, 2024
Wyoming Family May Never Get Justice For Abused 14-Month-Old Son
A Wyoming couple has been waiting for justice after their 14-month-old toddler was allegedly beaten at a Hot Springs County ranch. Their wait may never come to an end because of the inherent challenges of proving a crime even happened.
Jen KocherJune 16, 2024
Think Wyoming Weather Is Volatile? It’s Nothing Compared To Space Weather
Longtime Wyoming climatologist Jan Curtis spends much of his time studying space weather. So does meteorologist Don Day. And the fantastic aurora borealis display we witnessed last month is just the tip of the iceberg.
Andrew RossiJune 16, 2024
The American West: First Missionary Women At Rendezvous Were True Trailblazers
Eliza Spalding and Narcissa Whitman were the first white women to come west in 1836. Although riding in a wagon across the Kansas and Nebraska was not a smooth journey, they found it to be a great mode of transportation.
Candy MoultonJune 16, 2024
Southeast Wyoming Fishing Off To Slow Start But Will Change Soon
To put it bluntly, the fishing “sucks right now,” in southeast Wyoming, says Josh McPeak, a fishing guide with Four Seasons Anglers in Laramie. But the turnaround, he says, could come as early as this week.
Mark HeinzJune 16, 2024
Wyoming History: June 17, 1921, The Day Lightning Set 7 Huge Oil Tanks Ablaze
A thunderstorm over Casper on June 17, 1921, left disaster in its wake when it struck a huge oil storage tank ablaze, which spread to six others, burning for days and consuming 350,000 barrels of oil.
Dale KillingbeckJune 16, 2024
Wyoming’s ‘Crystal Castle’ Is Made From 30,000 Glass Embalming Fluid Bottles
Wyoming’s “Crystal Castle” is 23 miles west of Cheyenne and about 2 miles from Crystal Lake Reservoir in Curt Gowdy State Park. The vacation cabin was made from 30,000 embalming fluid bottles in the 1960s.
Renée JeanJune 16, 2024
115-Year-Old Last Remaining Wyoming Steel Truss Bridge Put Out To Pasture
The historic 115-year-old Monarch Bridge, the last steel truss bridge in the Wyoming, was officially retired last week and put out to pasture. It once provided thousands of miners and tons of coal a passageway across the Tongue River northeast of Sheridan.
Dale KillingbeckJune 16, 2024
Guest Column: When Dealing With Feds, Wyoming Should Recall The Serenity Prayer
Guest columnist Samuel Western writes, "Maybe Wyoming should start listening to markets rather than tilting at windmills. Let’s stop throwing money at studies and policies that prop up struggling industries."
CSD StaffJune 16, 2024
Rod Miller: Keeping an Eye on AI (While AI Keeps an Eye on Us)
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "My son Vic’s AI-assisted campaign for Cheyenne’s mayor has a lot of folks scratching their noggins. Count me in that crowd. Anything new or unknown creates fear among humans. That’s instinctive and healthy."
Rod MillerJune 16, 2024
Huitlacoche Isn’t Popular In Wyoming, But Worth Trying (If You Can Find It)
Granted, huitlacoche may look horrible. After all, it's a fungus that grows on corn. It's also known as Mexican truffles, corn mushrooms or “corn smut.” Wyoming chef Petrina Peart says the $50 per pound delicacy is hard to get but fun to try.
Renée JeanJune 16, 2024
Amazon Hit ‘Outer Range’ Is Latest Example Of Wyoming Filmed Elsewhere
“Outer Range,” the Western/sci-fi thriller supposedly set in Wyoming, dropped Season 2 last month. While the show’s crew goes to great lengths making sure what viewers hear and see is authentically Wyoming, those who live here might be able to spot the goofs.
Jake NicholsJune 16, 2024
Wyoming History: Battle Of The Rosebud Started Great Sioux Wars Of 1876
Battle of the Rosebud was the opening shot of the Great Sioux Wars of 1876, bolstering Sitting Bull and his allies to a historic victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Dale KillingbeckJune 16, 2024
There Are Plenty Of Coyotes And Wolves In Wyoming, So Why No Coywolves?
in the eastern United States, coyotes people encounter are likely to be coywolves, or coyote-wolf crossbreeds. But in Wyoming, wolves and coyotes tend to avoid each other and coywolves have not been documented.
Mark HeinzJune 16, 2024
Keeping Bulls From Being Bullied Just Part Of The Gig For CNFR Stock Manager
For 25 years, Kirsten Vold has conducted a symphony of controlled chaos managing the bulls and broncs from 10 College National Finals Rodeo stock contractors. That includes keeping bulls from being bullied.
Dale KillingbeckJune 15, 2024
Forget The Calendar, Cody’s Ishawooa Snow Horse Is The True Sign Of Wyoming Summer
Every year, the snowpack in the southern stretch of the Absaroka Range melts to reveal the Ishawooa Horse's Head. Ranchers on the South Fork have looked at it as a sign of summer and they've done it for more than a century.
Andrew RossiJune 15, 2024
Bill Sniffin: I Am The Pater Familias – But How Did I Get Here?
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Family legend has it that my grandpa rode into town on his motorcycle and swept Allie off her feet. They defied old Irish family traditions, drove off, and got married. That event was critical to me ultimately being here.”
Bill SniffinJune 15, 2024
Drinking Wyoming: Pine Bluffs Distillery’s Coming-Of-Age Whiskey And Spirits
Pine Bluffs Distillery is Chad Brown’s American dream, creating his own unique whiskey and spirits in a town with more elevation than people. It’s an all-around Wyoming coming-of-age story.
Renée JeanJune 15, 2024
American West: The Rendezvous Was — And Still Is — One Hell Of A Party
In 1825, Gen. William Ashley introduced a system known as the rendezvous, a methodology that revolutionized, but also simplified, the entire concept of trading with the American Indians. A total of 15 annual rendezvous were held between 1825 and 1840 and 11 of them were in Wyoming.
James A. CrutchfieldJune 15, 2024
It’s Mating Season, Which Means Bears Are Beating The Crap Out Of Each Other
When love is in the air among bears, it’s not exactly lovely. This is the time of year when male bears beat the crap out of each other, because it's mating season. That means bears in Wyoming and all over are fighting for access to females.
Mark HeinzJune 15, 2024
‘Catastrophic’ Teton Pass Failure Had Been Building For Decades
WYDOT is a week into an all-hands-on-deck response to get a temporary fix to a “catastrophic” failure of Teton Pass, but it wasn’t a surprise. It had been unstable and building up to a collapse for decades.
Jake NicholsJune 15, 2024
Wyoming's Loneliest EV Chargers Sits In The Middle Of Nowhere
Many may ask why the heck someone would put a solar-powered EV charger in the middle of nowhere in central Wyoming. Turns out it's left from Rivian's testing of EV trucks in the rugged and brutal Cowboy State terrain and weather.
Andrew RossiJune 15, 2024
Wowzers! 50 Rare $4 Million Pagani Supercars Converge On Jackson, Wyoming
Spotting a rare $4 million Pagani, an Italian-made supercar, isn’t unusual in Jackson, Wyoming, during the summer. But 50 of them were spotted in Jackson earlier this week.
Jake NicholsJune 15, 2024