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Wyoming Basketball Loses Freshman to NCAA Transfer Portal
LARAMIE -- Both Noah Reynolds and Nate Barnhart entered college basketball's version of free agency the day the NCAA Transfer Portal opened a season ago. Seven others would soon follow, including the Mountain West's Preseason Player of the Year Graham Ike, leaving Wyoming's basketball roster in ruins. Fast forward one...
Elvis Impersonator To ROCK Cheyenne
The real Elvis stopped in Wyoming for a dink in Medicine Bow at the Virginian Hotel. That was at the beginning of this career, back before we had such a thing as the interstate highway system. Today there are still Elvis impersonators out there. George Gray and the Elvis Experience...
Exciting Video Of Luke Combs Performing In Wyoming
Let's take a minute and flashback to 2020. Not for the reasons you think, but in 2020, Luke Combs joined Steven Rinella from MeatEater near Douglas, Wyoming, for an Antelope hunt. That hunt was videoed and eventually made its way to Netflix as the first episode of Season 10 of MeatEater.
“Shocked My Socks Off” Wyo Rep’ Hageman Responds to BLM
During a House Natural Resources Committee hearing earlier this month, Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) spoke about the Bureau of Land Management's ability to lease out federally owned lands. The BLM has lost its way. Its mission is to sustain lands for the enjoyment of current and future generations. Instead, it...
Teach ‘Em Young: 1-Year-Old Already Has a Truck and a Boat [VIDEO]
Never in a million years did I ever think I would be jealous of a toddler, but I will 100% admit that I am. A video of a one year boy "driving" a Power Wheels-sized Ford pickup while towing a cute little homemade speedboat has been going viral on Facebook.
Everything New on Disney+ in April 2024
No surprise here: Disney’s latest animated feature is ready for its streaming premiere on, where else, Disney+. Wish was intended as a celebration of all things Disney in the venerable animation studio’s 100th year — a tale about a young woman saving her kingdom and their magical wishes. In practice, it didn’t quite work out as intended. But that’s part of the magic of streaming. If you didn‘t think something was worth paying to see in a theater, you can catch up with it at home, plus a bunch of other stuff, for one flat monthly fee.
Barrasso Opposes Proposed Rule to Change State Governance of Apprenticeship Programs
U.S. Senator John Barrasso sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor urging the Biden administration to withdraw its proposed changes to the National Apprenticeship System. The proposed rule, entitled “National Apprenticeship System Enhancements, aims to revise the regulations for registered apprenticeship and state governance provisions. Barrasso believes...
Eleven Cowboys Set to Compete at NFL Pro Day
LARAMIE -- University of Wyoming Football will hold its annual NFL Pro Day on Tuesday morning. Doors will open to Wyoming's Indoor Practice Facility at 8:45 a.m. The event will be open to the public. The testing will include: 225 bench press, vertical Jump, 40-yard dash, broad jump, 3-cone test,...
NCAA Releases Wrestling Championship Brackets
LARAMIE -- The NCAA released its brackets Wednesday for the 2024 Wrestling Championships held March 21-23 in Kansas City, Missouri. All three University of Wyoming student-athletes that earned an automatic bid via the Big 12 Tournament now know their seed and first-round matchup. Jore Volk (125) garnered the No. 5...
March Madness: How to Follow the Mountain West Conference
LARAMIE -- A record six teams from the Mountain West Conference earned a bid Sunday to the upcoming NCAA Tournament. New Mexico claimed the only automatic bid after rolling through the league tourney last week in Las Vegas. San Diego State, which fell to the Lobos 68-61 in Saturday's championship...
Wyoming High School Girls Soccer Scoreboard: March 19-23, 2024
The second week of Wyoming High School girls’ soccer has a mix of conference matches and tournament play. Class 4A teams play their first league games of the 2024 season. Nine of the 13 Class 3A schools are playing in the Pinnacle Cup in Worland on Friday and Saturday. There are a couple of schools that are not playing this week. Kelly Walsh is participating in a tournament in Alabama.
The Best & Worst Times To Travel Wyoming
If you live in Wyoming you'll want to know when to visit some of the state's most beautiful places without the crush of tourists. Then again, people around here know to expect a sudden turn in the weather at the worst possible times. They are used to it. Early Spring...
How To Tell A Cowboy From A Yellowstone Fan
The popularity of the Dutton family has inspired many to try out the cowboy look. Guys who had never given a single thought to buying a pair of boots, wranglers, or a cowboy hat have gone into a store looking like a city boy and have walked out trying to pull off looking like Rip, Kayce, or one of the other cowboys from the show.
BREAKING: Cheyenne’s Edge Fest Says ‘Bye’ with a BANG in 2024
Cheyenne will see the end of an era on August 24, 2024, as the sloping green lawn of Civic Commons Park welcomes Edge Fest to the stage one last time. Edge Fest, Wyoming's largest outdoor music festival, has brought fresh musical finds to the capital city for a decade, growing in popularity every year and garnering a cult following for alt-music lovers in the region.
Popular YouTube Channel Lists the ‘Top 10 Reasons Not to Move to Wyoming’
There are a lot of videos out there explaining why you shouldn't move to Wyoming. Some of them are accurate and from a Wyomingities point of view, but most are from outsiders that have either never spent any real time in the Cowboy State, or they gleaned all their information strictly off the internet.
1 Dead, 1 Injured After Pickup Collides With Semi in Wyoming
The Wyoming Highway Patrol says driver inattention may be to blame for a head-on collision that left one driver dead and the other injured. The crash happened around 1:07 p.m. last Monday, March 11, near mile marker 239 on U.S. 30/U.S. 287, near Walcott Junction in central Carbon County. Wyoming...
Wyoming High School Boys Soccer Standings: March 18, 2024
High school boys' soccer in Wyoming started last weekend with a mix of regular and jamboree matches around the state. Even a couple of conference games were played. While some schools played, others opted to train before opening their season later this week. This is the first standings update in the 2024 season.
Do You Really Need to Check Out the New Buc-ee’s in Colorado?
When word got out that Buc-ee's would be bringing a location to Colorado, it nearly broke the internet. That location opened in mid-March of 2024 in Johnstown, right off the interstate. It has over 100 fuel pumps outside and is very large on the inside, but is Buc-ee's worth all...
Cowgirls Get WNIT Bid For Third Straight Season
FORT COLLINS, Colo., – For the third consecutive season and the 12th time in program history the Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team has been selected to play in the 48-team Women's National Invitational Tournament. The WNIT’s full bracket, with UW’s opponent, date of the first round game and location, will...
Wyoming Governor Vetoes Bill To Allow Legislature To Sue Feds
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the legislature to sue the federal government. He vetoed a second bill that he said would "create confusion for consumers, meat processors and producers." All the bills were passed during the recently concluded session of the Wyoming Legislature....
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