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Black Bear Shrugs Off Bear Spray To Steal Hiker’s Dog: ‘Holy Crap,’ Says Wyoming Wildlife Official
Despite being sprayed and beaten by a hiker, a black bear in Canada killed a dog and stashed its carcass. A Wyoming wildlife official said his reaction to the incident was, “Holy crap.”
Mark HeinzApril 25, 2023
Wyoming Oil And Gas Insider Says Supreme Court Allowing State Courts To Decide Climate Change Reparations Is Bad News
A Supreme Court decision this week sends climate reparation cases to state courts, which can be more sympathetic to claims of harms caused by fossil fuels.
April 25, 2023
Replacing Minuteman III Missiles Around Cheyenne Will Bring In $2.6 Billion In Construction Money
The economic impact of replacing the Minuteman III missiles located in the Cheyenne area will be gigantic. Not only will the workforce increase by 5,000 people but construction costs alone are estimated to be $2.6 billion dollars.
Renée JeanApril 25, 2023
Hageman Unloads On Interior Secretary After Haaland Says She Hasn’t Heard Term ‘Energy Poverty’
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland found herself unable to answer numerous questions during a tense back-and-forth with Rep. Harriet Hageman. Hageman later told Cowboy State Daily that fossil fuels won't be going anywhere, despite Haaland and President Biden.
April 25, 2023
20 MPH Robot Bear That Simulates Grizzly Attack To Tour Wyoming This Summer
Are you calm enough to deploy bear spray if a 1,000-pound grizzly is charging after you? To help you prepare, a remote-controlled robot bear that can travel 20 mph will tour Wyoming this summer to teach grace under pressure.
Mark HeinzApril 25, 2023
DCI Wrong To Make Casper Man Register As Sex Offender, Wyoming Supreme Court Says
The Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled that the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation was wrong to use its authority and unproven allegations to make a Casper man register as a sex offender 20 years after his misdemeanor sexual battery conviction in Georgia.
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
Cat Urbigkit: Who Has Traditional Ecological Knowledge?
Cat Urbigkit writes: “The Biden administration has adopted the concept of traditional ecological knowledge, but narrowed it to exclude all but ‘indigenous knowledge.’ While attempting to eliminate racial disparities, the administration has a tendency to marginalize or exclude others in the process, furthering inequity rather than resolving it.”
Cat UrbigkitApril 25, 2023
Animal Rights Group Asks Feds To Investigate University of Wyoming Researchers
An animal-rights group is asking the federal government to investigate the University of Wyoming’s research department in response to research misconduct by a former researcher. The complaint alleges that “many mice and sheep died” and their hearts were cut out.
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
Sweetwater County School District: Claims Made In Transgender Student Lawsuit 'False' And 'Fabricated'
Sweetwater County School District No. 1 says the complaints two Rock Springs parents made that school officials kept them in the dark about counseling their child through a gender transition are “false” and “fabricated” with an aim to incite the public.
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
“Epic” Spike In Officer-Involved Shootings Detours DCI From Investigating Wyoming Cold Cases
Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigations Director Robert Jones and other officers say a spike in officer-involved shootings last year is taking valuable time away from the agency’s already limited capacity to investigate cold-case murders.
Leo WolfsonApril 25, 2023
Facebook Settles Privacy Lawsuit, But Wyoming Cybersecurity Experts Say Plenty Of Issues Remain
Wyomingites who were Facebook users anytime during the past 15 years qualify for a sliver of a $725 million settlement over privacy issues.
Renée JeanApril 25, 2023
Wyoming Lawmakers Urged To Draft Harsher Laws For Parents Who Steal Their Own Kids
A Cody couple wants harsher laws for parental abduction in Wyoming, telling the Joint Judiciary Committee on Monday how the father of their 2-year-old granddaughter hid her from her mother and only got “a good scolding from the judge.”
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
I-80 A Corridor Of Death As Wyoming Wildlife Officials May Not Know Extent Of Winterkill Until July
A Wyoming Game and Fish official says it might be months before the full scope of winter death among some of the state’s premier big game herds is known.
Mark HeinzApril 24, 2023
“Yellowstone” Actors Powwow In Wyoming To Spotlight Epidemic Of Missing And Murdered Natives On Reservations
“1883” Actor Stephen Yellowtail is a Tongue River High School graduate who says that in his family, “several relatives that have gone missing.” While only about 100 missing and murdered indigenous people have been reported, estimates are there are more than 5,000.
Wendy CorrApril 24, 2023
Stranded EV Pickup From California A Warning For Others Crossing Wyoming’s Challenging Landscape
The driver of an electric truck from California tried to go from Riverton to Rock Springs in his Rivian. He got there — on the bed of a tow truck.
April 24, 2023
Dave Simpson: Spend Less? That’s Out Of The Question
Dave Simpson writes: “What doesn't work at home shouldn't work in Washington either, and heaping huge, ruinous debt on our grandkids is selfish and evil.”
Dave SimpsonApril 24, 2023
Wyoming Hunter Asks Others To Sacrifice Deer Tags For Prize Drawings
An avid hunter from LaBarge, Wyoming has an idea to save a few deer this fall after a vicious winterkill: Turn deer tags into raffle tickets for expensive prizes.
Mark HeinzApril 24, 2023
Wyoming Bed Bath & Beyond Stores Shuttered As Company Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Bed Bath & Beyond staff told Cowboy State Daily in February that its Cheyenne and Casper stores would likely linger until May, but their last day was Sunday, with the retailer announcing it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Renée JeanApril 24, 2023
Rocky Mountain Power Claims 'Extreme Weather" As Reason For 8% Rate Hike
Rocky Mountain Power, Wyoming’s largest utility, has applied for a 7.8% annual cost adjustment to account for ‘extreme weather’ impacts – on top of other longer-term rate increases.
April 24, 2023
In Argument With Roommate, Gillette Man Threatens “Bloodshed” If Arrest Isn’t Made, So Police Arrest Him
A 52-year-old man who reported being threatened with a gun in an argument with a roommate early Monday morning was himself arrested after warning police of imminent “bloodshed” if police don’t arrest someone.
April 24, 2023
Child Porn Tips In Wyoming Have Quadrupled Since 2018, DCI says
Despite a 100% conviction rate on cybercrimes against children, Wyoming law enforcement are in a constant race to keep up with technology and tactics used to lure kids into cybersex and pornography.
Clair McFarlandApril 24, 2023
Gillette Teen Accidentally Becomes A National Award-Winning Country Singer
Shawn Keller is a 2022 Gillette High School graduate, an aspiring baseball player and now an award-winning country vocalist. The teen won Male Vocalist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year at the North America Country Music Association’s International competition in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, last month.
Wendy CorrApril 24, 2023
No Tourists Attacked Or Killed When Moose Goes To The Movies In Alaska
Unlike what seems to be the norm in the Lower 48, no one was injured or killed when a moose entered a movie theatre in Kenai, Alaska. As opposed to what frequently happens in Yellowstone, no one attempted to pet or ride the wild animal.
Jimmy OrrApril 23, 2023
Is Professional Pillow Fighting The Next Big Thing?
Professional pillow fighting is for real. There’s a league, star athletes, pay-per-view specials, and international events already underway. The promoter who brought bare-knuckle fighting and Ice Wars hockey fighting to the Cowboy State, said it could work in Wyoming.
Jake NicholsApril 23, 2023