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Cheyenne Team Roping Quarterfinals Daysheets, Results and More
Team roping draws and results from the 2024 Daddy of 'Em All. The Quarterfinals are underway at the 2024 Cheyenne Frontier Days with 72 teams in the team roping. The performances run July 20-28, with the Quarterfinals July 20-25, Semifinals July 26 and 27 and the Finals July 28. 2024...
PNW: Lobos Lose to Roosters on Walk-Off Hit Batter
After two major tournament championship game appearances and a host of impressive victories, the Lander Lobos’ 2024 season has come to an end. In Friday’s consolation matchup against the Centerfield Roosters of western Washington, the Lobos lost 4-3 — officially ending their Pacific Northwest Regional Tournament campaign.
Stage 1 of the Electrek American Solar Challenge complete; here are the results
Over the weekend, 16 teams that qualified from the Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) departed from the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, TN, for an epic 8-day 1,550+ mile trek to Casper, WY, using nothing but energy from the sun. Now, the solar vehicles have completed the first stage...
Numerous Cowboys Named to Preseason All-Conference Teams
LARAMIE -- The Cowboy Football season is right around the corner and a pair of national publications released their preseason All-Mountain West squads as numerous Cowboys were named to the teams by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele. The publications named 15 different Cowboys to preseason honors. Athlon Sports released its...
Cowgirl Golfers Keeping Busy on the Course This Summer
LARAMIE -- The Cowgirl golfers have had a busy summer thus far playing in tournaments throughout the United States. The golf season is right around the corner for the Brown and Gold with the Cowgirl roster returning some veterans along with an exciting group of newcomers. Four Cowgirls made the...
Pokes Football: Best of Colorado – No. 1
LARAMIE -- No other state has been more of a recruiting hotbed for the University of Wyoming than Colorado. This list will prove that. Numerous UW Hall of Famers, NFL stars and program record holders began their football journey in that square to the south. The Cowboys' top rival, Colorado State, overlooked plenty of these guys. So did CU. Air Force even whiffed a time or two.
Big Boy No. 4014 rolls through Franklin County
Union Pacific’s legendary Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, passed by Weston on July 22 as it made its’ way from Ogden to Soda Springs as part of the 2024 Westward Bound Tour from Wyoming to California. The engine drew quite a crowd...
Idaho’s Top 2 Overpriced Grocery Stores Revealed
Remember when fast food was affordable? Was buying food at a restaurant or the grocery store not so painful? Americans haven't felt this much pain when purchasing food for forty years. Politicians blame each other, but the high energy cost has spiked the price of everything. Veteran shoppers have returned...
130-mile stretch of I-84 in eastern Oregon shut down because of wildfires
PORTLAND, Ore. — Firefighters in the Pacific Northwest scrambled Tuesday, July 23, to contain two fires that were threatening several small towns in Oregon, and a key stretch of interstate connecting Oregon and Idaho was shut down as flames advanced. Authorities ordered Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon shut down...
Wildfire smoke prompts red/unhealthy air quality warning
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued a red/unhealthy air quality advisory for Tuesday and Wednesday because of continued and worsening wildfire smoke in the Treasure Valley. The IDEQ listed the air quality index at 151 on Tuesday morning; an AQI between 151 and 200 is considered unhealthy. “Some members of the general public may experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects,” airnow.gov said. ...
Bill Gates' company breaks ground on first-of-its-kind project — see how new technology could change the future of nuclear power
This groundbreaking project has the potential to be a real win-win for the community and the environment. In an exciting step toward a cleaner energy future, the world's first coal-to-nuclear power plant has broken ground in Kemmerer, Wyoming. This innovative project, led by Bill Gates' company TerraPower, is set to...
Weird Al Talks Polkamania On Wake Up Wyoming
Weird Al Yankovic is now 64 years old and he's still cranking out bizarre hits. He called Wyoming's morning talk show Wake Up Wyoming and spoke about his career and his latest video. Wake Up Wyoming is heard on several radio stations around the state, so Weird Al got plenty...
Morning Sports: July 22, 2024
High School National Finals Rodeo: The High School National Finals Rodeo concluded this past Saturday in Rock Springs and 2 competitors from North-Central Wyoming finished in the top 10 of their respective event. Wyoming State Champ and recent Sheridan High School graduate Abagail Olson finished as the National Runner-Up in...
Bernard Arnault has been dubbed the Olympics’ godfather. Here’s how he built LVMH’s fortune
PARIS (AP) — These may be the most luxurious Olympics ever. A key sponsor is LVMH, the biggest seller of luxury goods in the world. Think Louis Vuitton bags, Christian Dior fashions, and Veuve Clicquot. Its CEO and chair Bernard Arnault became one of the world’s richest people through shrewd marketing of those storied names and now he’s contributing to the Games as a sponsor. His craftsmen are designing the opening ceremony uniforms for the French team and the medals for everyone, underlining his company’s connection to the City of Lights and its heritage of fashion and design.
Cheyenne Frontier Days festivities continue with the Grand Parade
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - We are continuing our Cheyenne Frontier Days fun with the Grand Parade. Folks from around the world had the chance to take in the sights and sounds of some of the top marching bands, and horse drawn vehicles in the country. The parade started...
Reigning World Champs dominate CFD Quarterfinals 3
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Reigning world champions Zeke Thurston and Ky Hamilton dominated their signature events in Quarterfinals 3 of the 128th Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. Thurston, who won his fourth world title last December, notched the first 90-point ride of the 2024 Daddy of ’em All when he rode Brookman Rodeo’s Ragin Lunatic to win the round by four points.
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