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Kayla Clark carefully places a sheet of porous handmade paper on top of the laser-cut stencil she's inked.

Wyoming Woman Preserves Art Of Printing With 125-Year-Old, 250-Pound Press

Kayla Clark teaches graphic design at University of Wyoming, but her true passion is in the centuries-old art of printing, which she preserves and teaches with Poco, her 125-year-old, 250-pound “portable” press.

Renée JeanApril 28, 2024

Mark Milliken of Casper holds a practice bomb that was on the B-24 when it crashed. It was found along the plane’s skid path.

Casper Man Pieces Together Decades-Old WWII Wyoming Training Flight Crashes

On New Year’s Day 1945, the Liberator bomber from Casper Army Air Base slammed into Shirley Basin during a winter storm. Pieces of that crash and 90 others from 1942-1945 are still out there. A retired Casper geologist is piecing them together.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

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Rod Miller: Experimenting With Political DNA In The Big Empty

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "The Wyoming Freedom Caucus, or Genetically Modified Republicans (GMRs), as I call ‘em, are the tragic result of a failed experiment in the laboratory of politics."

Rod MillerApril 28, 2024

Barbara Schaffner talks about the details in one of the five historical paintings she painted for interpretive signs at the Lingle turnout.

Historical Artist Recreates Images Of Wild West Wyoming In Exact Detail

A historical artist has recreated images of some of the most important Wild West events in eastern Wyoming history. Goshen County has so much history because it is located at a popular spot along the Oregon Trail.

Renée JeanApril 28, 2024

A group uses paranormal detection technology to tour various areas around historic Fort Caspar.

Ghost Hunting at Wyoming's Fort Caspar

Twice a year, in October and April, Wyoming's Fort Casper allows ghost hunters to investigate paranormal happenings at the 162-year-old fort.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

Casper YMCA Sports Director DC Martinez has a finger on the pulse of Casper’s youth. He is launching the “Blue Heart Collaborative” in honor of 14-year-old Bobby Maher as a means to change the culture surrounding social media and violence and provide positive solutions to help Casper’s youth.

Youth Leader Says Casper Has To Stop Finger-Pointing After Bobby Maher Stabbing

YMCA youth leader DC Martinez says finger-pointing must stop and everyone needs to work together to end violent youth “fight culture.” Martinez grew up in Las Vegas and said he understands gang culture and the pressures facing the city’s youth.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

Hunting with spotlights in Wyoming is illegal, as is doing so for nighttime wildlife watching on public land and in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

Why Nighttime ‘Spotlighting’ Of Wyoming’s Prized Wildlife Is Mostly Illegal

Hunting wildlife with spotlights at night is illegal in Wyoming, and you can’t even “spotlight” to observe wildlife in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

Andrew RossiApril 28, 2024

The Plains Ice Cream Parlor in Douglas originally was a barn on the Dorr ranch, then became a birthing house in the 1920s and 30s after being moved into Douglas.

Iconic Wyoming Ice Cream Parlor Is A Frankenstein Mashup Of Historic Buildings

Plains Old Fashion Ice Cream Parlor in Douglas is a Frankenstein mashup of historic Wyoming buildings. It began as an 1880 barn, the counter is made from the old Henning Hotel doors in Casper with marble is from the old Converse County Courthouse.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

A cowboy tries to stay on his mount in a scene created by Bill Evans.

Wyoming Cowboy Carver Whittled To Pass Time And Created Timeless Western Art

A Wyoming-raised rancher spent decades keeping his hands busy by whittling tiny Western figurines. His great-grandson owns the collection now and calls them timeless and soulful cowboy art that reflects the Code of the West.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

Yeah, they ride reindeer in Mongolia, J.B. Zielke learned.

Globetrotting Wyoming Wrangler J.B. Zielke Has Cowboyed On Six Continents

Saratoga cowboy J.B. Zielke has travelled all around the globe, taking ranch jobs and learning how the world does Western. In Mongolia, he rode reindeer. In Sweden, he coaxed cows into a trailer because roping is illegal.

Jake NicholsApril 28, 2024

This photo shared on Facebook by Cheyenne resident Monica Taylor Lee shows a Wyoming license plate from Laramie County on the outside wall of a seasonal restaurant in the Swiss Alps.

Bucking Horse Makes Wyoming License Plates More Collectible Than Others

International tourists love Wyoming license plates -- like the Laramie County plate spotted outside a mountainside restaurant in the Swiss Alps. Collectors say the bucking horse makes the Wyoming plate, in particular, more popular than most.

Renée JeanApril 28, 2024

Ryan Pasborg, right, receives the Carnegie Medal from Gov. Mark Gordon on April 27, 2024, at the Governor's Mansion in Cheyenne. The medal is the nation's highest civilian honor for heroism. He saved a mother and her young son from a burning trailer on his way to work the morning of Feb. 1, 2022.

Wyoming Man Who Saved Family From Burning House Awarded Nation's Highest Heroism Award

Ryan Pasborg’s life has changed dramatically since he rescued a Green River mother and son from their burning home. Now with a new job, he was presented the Carnegie Medal on Saturday, the nation’s highest civilian honor for heroism.

Leo WolfsonApril 28, 2024

Headlines in Casper newspapers in the early 1930s were filled with reports about bank robberies.

‘The Casper Vigilantes’: A Secret Group Of Wyoming Prohibition-Era Crime Fighters

Bob David, a World War I veteran and businessman, got fed up with crime and corruption within law enforcement during Prohibition in Casper so he formed a secret group that called themselves "The Vigilantes." They took on an "epidemic" of bank robberies in the area.

Dale KillingbeckApril 27, 2024

Wyatt Morgan on his first day of first grade at Carpenter Elementary School, left, and in his hospital bed in Colorado.

Wyoming 8-Year-Old Shows Plenty Of Fight While Heart ‘Slowly Giving Up’

Wyatt Morgan, an 8-year-old first grader from Carpenter, Wyoming, remains hospitalized after battling a progressively worse ailment that was filling his lungs with fluid and had his heart “slowly giving up.”

Leo WolfsonApril 27, 2024

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Joan Barron: "We Want It To Be As Pure As Can Be"

Cowboy State Daily columnist Joan Barron writes, "Does a Wyoming third political party have any chance at all to gain power this election year given the yawning fissures in the state’s dominant Republican party?"

Joan BarronApril 27, 2024

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Bill Sniffin: I Own 2 Million Acres Here In Wyoming — And You Do, Too

Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “About 90 minutes north of us is the 2,221,766-acre Yellowstone National Park. That is one helluva piece of spectacular real estate. We share that with 4 million other owners each summer.”

Bill SniffinApril 27, 2024

This deer dollhouse is the work of Los Angeles-based rouge taxidermy artist Brooke Weston.

The Creative, Fun And Slightly Twisted ‘Rogue Taxidermy’ Movement

A dollhouse built into the cavity of a deer is an example of the creative and slightly twisted “rogue taxidermy” movement. It involves turning taxidermy mounts into clocks, pieces of furniture, vehicles and other things.

Mark HeinzApril 27, 2024

The base model 2024 Nissan Sentra starts with a short list of equipment that just meets the term “adequate” for most modern buyers.

Aaron Turpen: 2024 Nissan Sentra Proves That Sedans Are Still a Great Place To Start

Columnist Aaron Turpen writes, "There aren’t many sedans left on the market today. The Nissan Sentra remains one of the few truly affordable options outside of the subcompact genre."

Aaron TurpenApril 27, 2024

A man known as Lee The Horselogger was in Wyoming this week on a cross-country journey by horse-drawn wagon with an ultimate destination of Boston. He explained to Cowboy State Daily that he likes huge draft horses better than “little horses.”

Man Who’s Spent 18 Years In A Horse-Drawn Wagon Is Rolling Across Wyoming Again

A man calling himself Lee The Horselogger has lived on the road in a horse-drawn wagon for 18 years. He's making his way across Wyoming again on his fifth trip across America. Cowboy State Daily caught up with him near Hanna.

Mark HeinzApril 27, 2024

A train crosses the Dale Creek Bridge, the longest and highest bridge the Union Pacific Railroad constructed as part of the transcontinental railroad.

Wyoming History: The Incredible, And ‘Terrifying,’ Dale Creek Bridge

In 1868, the Union Pacific Railroad’s Dale Creek Bridge southeast of Laramie was an incredible engineering marvel that was 650 feet long and 150 feet high. Train engineers said it was so “terrifying to cross” that few would agree to do it.

Dale KillingbeckApril 27, 2024

Jessica Walker, left, and Michael Thompson, right, helped finish the cocktail their coworker Melissa Anderson started right before she died. The Sweet Melissa, foreground, is a chokecherry brandy with cream, 7-Up, and amaretto served on the rocks with a Bordeaux cherry as garnish.

Drinking Wyoming: Sweet Melissa, The Secret Cocktail At Miners and Stockmen’s

Wyoming’s famous Miners and Stockmen’s Steakhouse -- the oldest bar in Wyoming -- always gets rave reviews for its high-end steaks. Now it’s got the Sweet Melissa, a cocktail on its secret menu that’s named after their beloved late colleague.

Renée JeanApril 27, 2024

The exterior of the famous Bedford Castle in Wyoming is every bit a fairy tale, including appropriate architecture around the 40-acre grounds.

100-Foot-Tall, 40-Room Castle For Sale In Bedford, Wyoming, For $14 Million

Many children grow up dreaming of one day living in a castle, but Deon Heiner of Bedford, Wyoming, actually did it. The 40 room, 100-foot-tall Heiner Castle -- which took 8 years to build -- is listed for $14 million.

Renée JeanApril 27, 2024

This illustration generated by PhotoShop's artificial intelligence generator shows what it could look like if prehistoric wooly mammoths were introduced into Yellowstone National Park.

Woolly Mammoths In Yellowstone? Biotech Company Says It Has The Technology

Biotech company Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth by 2028. They think Yellowstone could be a good place for reintroduction as the environment is pristine and isolated enough for them to thrive.

Andrew RossiApril 27, 2024

Ur-Energy’s in-situ mining field for uranium with water rigs set up in the background.

Inside Wyoming’s Uranium Revival At Lost Creek, Largest Producer In The US

Wyoming dominates the uranium sector mining about 95% of all production last year. Ur-Energy’s Lost Creek operation in Wyoming’s vast Red Desert is the leading the uranium boom and is largest producer in the U.S. Cowboy State Daily visited the operation last week.

Pat MaioApril 27, 2024

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