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Cold temperatures pose danger for furry friends, too
15/01/2024

Cold temperatures pose danger for furry friends, too

CASPER, Wyo. — Many people believe that dogs and cats, with their fur and padded paws, are easily suited for cold temperatures. However, extreme conditions like...

State Patrol rescues several motorists stranded in rural Nebraska counties
14/01/2024

State Patrol rescues several motorists stranded in rural Nebraska counties

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Nebraska State Patrol said it rescued several motorists who were stranded in whiteout conditions overnight on Friday. In one case, an...

Cheyenne’s Coyote Ridge Elementary welcomes Chelsea Cox as inaugural principal
14/01/2024

Cheyenne’s Coyote Ridge Elementary welcomes Chelsea Cox as inaugural principal

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Chelsea Cox has been officially approved as the principal of the soon-to-open Coyote Ridge Elementary School. The Board of Trustees confirmed her appointment...

Barrasso Supports Bill Making It Federal Crime To Block Roads And Highway
14/01/2024

Barrasso Supports Bill Making It Federal Crime To Block Roads And Highway

A new law proposed in Congress this week would make it a federal crime to purposely obstruct, delay or affect commerce by blocking a public road...

Fossils At Bottom Of Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave Give Up 20,000-Year-Old DNA
14/01/2024

Fossils At Bottom Of Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave Give Up 20,000-Year-Old DNA

In more than 40 years of caving, Juan Laden has plumbed the depths of live caves in New Zealand, Europe, Antarctica and Mexico, dropping as deep...

Road Conditions for January 13th, 2024
14/01/2024

Road Conditions for January 13th, 2024

Slick, Drifted Snow with Strong Winds, Blowing Snow between the Utah State Line and Evanston. Slick, Drifted Snow with Strong Winds, Blowing Snow, Limited Visibility, Black...

Barrasso First In Senate Leadership To Endorse Trump
14/01/2024

Barrasso First In Senate Leadership To Endorse Trump

Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso has made his pick for president and the name is Trump. Barrasso announced in a Tuesday evening press release that he’s...

Hiker Gets Rare Video of Wyoming Mink At Curt Gowdy State Park
13/01/2024

Hiker Gets Rare Video of Wyoming Mink At Curt Gowdy State Park

Warren Burgess frequently mountain bikes in Curt Gowdy State Park, but he’s glad he decided to go hiking instead earlier this week. If he’d been whizzing...

-50 Wind Chills Possible In SE Wyoming This Weekend
13/01/2024

-50 Wind Chills Possible In SE Wyoming This Weekend

The Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service has issued wind chill watches and warnings for much of southeast Wyoming. The agency says wind chills of...

Fire crew responds to collapsed wind turbine near Nebraska-Colorado border
13/01/2024

Fire crew responds to collapsed wind turbine near Nebraska-Colorado border

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Fire crews responded Thursday to a downed wind turbine near...

Wyoming’s Famous Grizzly 399 Still Healthy As She Hits Ripe Old Age Of 28
13/01/2024

Wyoming’s Famous Grizzly 399 Still Healthy As She Hits Ripe Old Age Of 28

Wyoming’s most famous bear, Grizzly 399, reached a significant milestone this month when she hit age 28, but she’ll have to last at least another six...

Cheyenne receives nearly $500K in ARPA funds for Belvoir Ranch Trailhead
13/01/2024

Cheyenne receives nearly $500K in ARPA funds for Belvoir Ranch Trailhead

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation is pleased to announce two additional recipients of the Wyoming Outdoor Recreation American Rescue Plan Act Grant...

‘Cutting us at the knees’: Small business owners say they will lose income, local economy will suffer due to event cente...
12/01/2024

‘Cutting us at the knees’: Small business owners say they will lose income, local economy will suffer due to event center change

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For the past four years, the women-owned Cheyenne organization Simplicity 307 Vendor & Event Planning has hosted its increasingly successful Cowboy Christmas Market...

Whoopi Goldberg begs Liz Cheney to run 3rd-party and stop Trump: ‘I’m on one knee’
12/01/2024

Whoopi Goldberg begs Liz Cheney to run 3rd-party and stop Trump: ‘I’m on one knee’

Whoopi Goldberg and her co-hosts on 'The View' asked former Wyoming lawmaker Liz Cheney about running for president in order to stop former President...

Cedar Harper Named Chamber’s Student of the Semester
12/01/2024

Cedar Harper Named Chamber’s Student of the Semester

ROCK SPRINGS – A student from Black Butte High School received recognition from the school and the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce for her dedication to...

Wyoming Sheriff’s Office To Auction Cars, Bids Start At $100
02/02/2023

Wyoming Sheriff’s Office To Auction Cars, Bids Start At $100

The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office will auction off several cars as well as a couple of trailers on Feb. 7. That's according to a post on...

Omaha police fatally shoot armed man in Target store
02/02/2023

Omaha police fatally shoot armed man in Target store

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man with an AR-15-style rifle and more than a dozen ammunition magazines opened fire inside a Target store in Omaha, sending panicked shoppers and employees scrambling for safety before he was fatally shot by police Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. No injuries were reporte...

Cheyenne BOPU: Protect Your Pipes From Freezing
01/02/2023

Cheyenne BOPU: Protect Your Pipes From Freezing

With temperatures forecast in the sub-zero range...

Mountain View-Kemmerer’s Owen Burnett is the Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year
31/01/2023

Mountain View-Kemmerer’s Owen Burnett is the Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year

Kemmerer senior Owen Burnett was chosen as the 2022-23 Gatorade Wyoming Boys Cross Country Player of the Year on Monday. Burnett competes for Mountain View High...

Univ. of Wyoming Raked In Awards At The Annual Wyoming Press Association
31/01/2023

Univ. of Wyoming Raked In Awards At The Annual Wyoming Press Association

University of Wyoming Institutional Communications and Marketing specialists and UW Extension communications team members received nearly 20 awards during the annual Wyoming Press Association (WPA) Associates...

BEWARE: Wyoming Is Open Again, But Roads Are Sketchy
31/01/2023

BEWARE: Wyoming Is Open Again, But Roads Are Sketchy

Many Wyoming highways had closed before that last big weekend storm, 01/28-01/29. That was due to blowing snow that left drifts and large patches of ice...

-25 Wind Chills Forecast For Cheyenne, Laramie
31/01/2023

-25 Wind Chills Forecast For Cheyenne, Laramie

Cheyenne and Laramie could both see wind chills of -25 degrees over the next couple of days. That's according to the Cheyenne Office of the National...

Why It’s So Hard To Plow Wyoming Roads
30/01/2023

Why It’s So Hard To Plow Wyoming Roads

If you have ever had to go outside and shovel snow, you know it's hard work. It's nice when the snow is dryer. That makes it...

LCCC Cheyenne, Laramie Campuses Closed Monday Due To Weather
30/01/2023

LCCC Cheyenne, Laramie Campuses Closed Monday Due To Weather

Laramie County Community College has canceled classes at both its Laramie and Cheyenne campuses on Monday,...

Large Stretches Of I-80 and I-25 In Wyoming Closed By Winter Storm
30/01/2023

Large Stretches Of I-80 and I-25 In Wyoming Closed By Winter Storm

Large parts of Interstates 80 and 25 are closed in Wyoming this morning due to crashes and winter storm travel conditions. You can access the WYDOT...

Wyoming Highway Patrol Responding to Giant Crash on I-80, Interstate Closed for ‘Extend Amount of Time’
29/01/2023

Wyoming Highway Patrol Responding to Giant Crash on I-80, Interstate Closed for ‘Extend Amount of Time’

The Wyoming Highway Patrol announced a large crash on Interstate 80 in Carbon County. That's according to a Facebook post from the...

Pro-life advocates emphasize activism on community level
29/01/2023

Pro-life advocates emphasize activism on community level

CHEYENNE — The Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade last June was the easy part. For pro-life supporters, the real battle is making an impact at the state level, especially in Wyoming. Saturday morning, more than 200 people gathered in the sun of the Cheyenne Depot Plaza before parading down Capi...

LCSD1 Responds to ‘White Privilege Cards’ Incident
29/01/2023

LCSD1 Responds to ‘White Privilege Cards’ Incident

It was just three months ago that a Ku Klux Klan picture was removed from a Cheyenne English teacher's classroom, and now Laramie County School District...

Dangerous Travel Conditions for Casper-Area, Use Extreme Caution
29/01/2023

Dangerous Travel Conditions for Casper-Area, Use Extreme Caution

The Wyoming Department of Transportation has posted high impacts for all roads in...

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