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People Can Sue Police For 'Negligent' Investigation, Wyoming Supreme Court Says

In a split 3-2 decision Tuesday, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled people can sue police who perform “negligent” investigations, a controversial decision to which Justice Keith Kautz wrote a blistering dissent on his last day on the bench.

Clair McFarlandMarch 26, 2024

Feds Want To Put Grizzlies In Washington; Will They Use Wyoming Bears?

After years of speculation over returning grizzlies to Washington’s North Cascades, the federal government has taken the first solid step toward reintroducing bears. Whether Wyoming grizzlies will be captured and transported to Washington’s mountains remains an open question.

Mark HeinzMarch 26, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Gordon Completely Wrong on Gun Free Zone Repeal 

Dear editor: "Given that 94% of mass shootings (including several high-profile school shootings) occur in gun free zones, it was no shock that Wyoming’s lawmakers, who overwhelmingly understand their constituents’ respect for the Second Amendment, got this bill to the governor’s desk."

March 26, 2024

About Face: Driskill, Sommers Now May Call Special Session For Property Tax Bill

After saying Monday morning they wouldn't call for the Wyoming Legislature to reconvene for a special session, Senate President Ogden Driskill and House Speaker Albert Sommers say they're now considering it.

Leo WolfsonMarch 26, 2024

Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Tuesday's headlines include: * Legislative Leaders May Consider Special Session * Northeast Wyoming Already Blowing Up As Wildfire Hot-Spot * Highest Heroism Award For Wrestler Who Saved Teammate From Grizzly

Wendy CorrMarch 26, 2024

Wyoming Meth 'Mule' Says He Didn't Realize He Also Had Fentanyl

A Wyoming man fresh on parole admits to being a drug mule in federal charges leveled on him Thursday, but said he had no idea he was also carrying fentanyl.

Clair McFarlandMarch 26, 2024

Search Intensifies, But Still No Sign Of Missing Gillette Woman

After a second full day of searching, including with a helicopter, drones and dogs Monday, 55-year-old Tami Sturgeon of Gillette remains missing. She disappeared Saturday evening after a day of shed hunting.

Greg Johnson & Andrew RossiMarch 26, 2024

Town of Wheatland officials say they're worried about the destruction that could happen to nearby property if this badly leading 1 million-gallon water tower fully fails.

Legislator Calls Gordon Veto Of Wheatland Water Tower ‘Vindictive,’ ‘Reckless’

State Rep. Jeremy Haroldson says Gov. Mark Gordon was “vindictive” and “reckless” in vetoing $2 million to help replace a failing water tower in Wheatland.

Leo WolfsonMarch 26, 2024

Mountain Lion Kills California Man, But Attacks In Wyoming Extremely Rare

A mountain lion attack in northern California on Saturday left one man dead and his brother severely maimed, but a Wyoming outfitter said such an attack is extremely unlikely here.

Mark HeinzMarch 25, 2024

Evanston resident Quinn Groneman has been charged with a felony for putting these signs up on his property.

Free Speech Lawyer Says Charging Wyoming Man For Angry Signs ‘Really Lame’

A felony interfering-with-a-witness charge for a Wyoming man who displayed strongly worded signs in his yard is “a really lame case,” a longtime First Amendment attorney says.

Clair McFarlandMarch 25, 2024

Kendell Cummings, left, as been awarded North America's highest civilian award for heroism, the Carnegie Medal, for saving his friend, Brady Lowry, right, from a grizzly bear attack.

Highest Heroism Award For Wyoming Wrestler Who Saved Teammate From Grizzly

A Powell, Wyoming, college wrestler who saved a teammate from a grizzly bear attack in 2022 — and himself was badly mauled — has been awarded the Carnegie Medal, North America’s highest award for heroism.

Leo WolfsonMarch 25, 2024

Former Rare Element Resources Brent Berg, right, left his post as CEO to become a senior vice president for Uranium Energy.

Top Executive For $44 Million Rare Earths Project Leaves For Wyoming Uranium Job

Brent Berg, the top executive behind development of a $44 million rare earth minerals project near Upton, Wyoming, backed by the U.S. Department of Energy, has left the company for an in-state uranium job.

Pat MaioMarch 25, 2024

The Campbell County Fire Department responds to an early season grass fire last week.

Northeast Wyoming Already Blowing Up As Wildfire Hot-Spot

Wyoming’s premier national forests might be safe from a nasty fire season, but in the northeast corner of the state, it’s already blowing up — and expected to get worse.

Mark HeinzMarch 25, 2024

Dave Simpson: Have The Republicans 'Gone Off The Rails'?

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Nah. The labels have changed, but the debate in the Wyoming Legislature isn't that much different from what we saw decades ago."

Dave SimpsonMarch 25, 2024

Helicopter, Drones Called In To Search For Missing Wyoming Woman

Multiple agencies are searching for Tami L. Sturgeon, 55, a Gillette, Wyoming, woman missing since Saturday afternoon, including using drones and calling in a helicopter.

Andrew RossiMarch 25, 2024

Guest Column: Why We Will Not Call A Special Session

Senate President Ogden Driskill and House Speaker Albert Sommers write, "A special session would require 8 - 10 days and cost approximately $35,000 a day. Should we spend $350,000 of taxpayer money because we couldn’t get our job done within the calendar that we had agreed upon?"

CSD StaffMarch 25, 2024

A railcar carrying 60,000 pounds of Dyno Nobel ammonia nitrate, a chemical fertilizer that also can be used to make explosives, left Cheyenne full and arrived two weeks later in California empty.

Railroad Still Investigating 30 Tons Of Missing Dyno Nobel Explosive

Coming up on a year after 30 tons of ammonium nitrate went missing on a train ride from Dyno Nobel’s Cheyenne plant to California, railroad authorities say they’re still investigating what happened to it.

Pat MaioMarch 25, 2024

Wyoming Senate President Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, left, and House Speaker Albert Sommers, R-Pinedale.

Driskill, Sommers Won’t Call For Special Session To Overturn Governor’s Vetoes

Senate President Ogden Driskill and House Speaker Albert Sommers said Monday they won’t comply with requests from some Wyoming legislators to call for a special session to overturn Governor Gordon’s vetoes.

Leo WolfsonMarch 25, 2024

Guest Column: Governor Gordon Unconstitutionally Plays Politics with People’s Lives

Guest columnist Rep. Jeremy Haroldson writes, "The governor issued a line-item veto to remove funding for an aging water tower in my home of Wheatland - a water tower that is in such poor shape, it could breach at any moment, destroying ten or more city blocks in its wake."

CSD StaffMarch 25, 2024

The text Cowboy State Daily radio is overlaid on an image of a barn with mountains in the background.

Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Monday, March 25, 2024

Monday's headlines include: * Legislators Call for Special Session After Gov Vetoes * Gordon Vetoes Bill To Repeal Gun-Free Zones In Wyoming * There Really Was A Working Nuclear Reactor At UW 60 Years Ago

Wendy CorrMarch 25, 2024

An exact replica of the Liberty Bell that rests in Independence Hall in Philadephia can be found in a Mills foundry’s lobby.

Did You Know: Wyoming Has A Liberty Bell, And It’s Perfect Right Down To The Crack

A perfect 2,080-pound replica of the Liberty Bell has been on display in the lobby of a Mills foundry for more than 30 years — crack and all. Getting it to crack was an ordeal. They tried a sledge hammer, jackhammer, dry ice, and a heliarc torch.

Dale KillingbeckMarch 24, 2024

This illustration created by the Goddard Space Flight Center show's an artist's concept of the Hercules nova.

Once-In-A-Lifetime Nova Explosion Will Lighten Up Wyoming's Skies This Year

Scientists are predicting a once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion before September. The light from the nova explosion, which happened 3,000 years ago, will reach Earth and be visible to the naked eye. Wyoming will be a great spot to view it.

Andrew RossiMarch 24, 2024

Lou Taubert Ranch Outfitters is an anchor of historic downtown Casper.

Lou Taubert: A Boxer Turned Cowboy And Wyoming Western Wear Legend

Casper's iconic Lou Taubert Ranch Outfitters has for three generations been the go-to spot for working cowboys and those who love the Western lifestyle. It all began when a teen boxer from Germany came to the West to be a cowboy.

Dale KillingbeckMarch 24, 2024

Dozens of huge, mature cottonwoods have come down in Cheyenne recently, replaced by saplings.

Clear-Cutting Cheyenne's Parks: 160+ Cottonwoods Chopped Down & More To Come

There aren’t many trees in Cheyenne. It’s hard to grow them. That’s what makes longtime Cheyenne resident Buck McVeigh so angry at the city for cutting down more than 160 cottonwoods and there’s more to come.

Renée JeanMarch 24, 2024

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