Wyoming News

Over Star Valley, a 78-year-old rancher scales a 130-foot flagpole to fly a huge American flag

Over Star Valley, a 78-year-old rancher scales a 130-foot flagpole to fly a huge American flag

A 130-foot-tall flagpole supports a 1,500-square-foot American flag atop a prominent hill in Star Valley. When the massive flag needs to be replaced, ranch ...

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An Idaho woman discovers her calling Two years after her lover died in a collision, she suffered serious injuries

An Idaho woman discovers her calling Two years after her lover died in a collision, she suffered serious injuries

IDAHO FALLS — It’s been just over two years since Hannah Britton, 26, was involved in a devastating car accident that changed her life ...

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Texas Recruits Police Officers With Cowboy Hats — It's the culture, not a benefit, in Wyoming

Texas Recruits Police Officers With Cowboy Hats — It’s the culture, not a benefit, in Wyoming

The Dallas Police Department (DPD) is making a big deal about recruiting new officers by adding cowboy hats to their uniforms. Hats off to ...

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Willow Creek Fire expands to over 4,000 acres as firefighters contain other regional fires

Willow Creek Fire expands to over 4,000 acres as firefighters contain other regional fires

The Willow Creek Fire near the Idaho-Wyoming border remains the dominant wildfire in the region, spanning 4,065 acres with 28 percent containment as of ...

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Wyoming's Wild West: Sheridan filmmaker creates documentary about Hole-in-the-Wall landmark

Wyoming’s Wild West: Sheridan filmmaker creates documentary about Hole-in-the-Wall landmark

SHERIDAN — A narrow valley 30 miles southwest of Kaycee contains well-kept secrets about the American West. Hole-in-the-Wall is a fertile grazing valley surrounded ...

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A state senator accuses the Gillette City Council of making closed-door nuclear deals

A state senator accuses the Gillette City Council of making closed-door nuclear deals

The political squabble in Gillette over a nondisclosure agreement with nuclear company BWXT is the latest in a string of local clashes involving residents, ...

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A Sturgis man was sentenced for trying to kill an officer

A Sturgis man was sentenced for trying to kill an officer

A Sturgis man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Friday after shooting at a police officer and a law enforcement center. Fredrick ...

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A Wyoming prisoner who was sentenced in Campbell County in 2016 passes away in a Mississippi jail

A Wyoming prisoner who was sentenced in Campbell County in 2016 passes away in a Mississippi jail

GILLETTE, Wyo. — A Wyoming man was pronounced dead in a Mississippi correctional facility on Friday. Keith Matteri was nine years into a 12-year ...

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Two months after a crop duster in Pine Bluffs was shot and killed, there are still no arrests

Two months after a crop duster in Pine Bluffs was shot and killed, there are still no arrests

CHEYENNE — After two months of investigation, the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office has yet to make an arrest in the shooting that killed Pine ...

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History of Wyoming: In 1914, an outlaw and Sheridan undersheriff were shot and killed by friendly fire

History of Wyoming: In 1914, an outlaw and Sheridan undersheriff were shot and killed by friendly fire

If not for a governor’s pardon, Earl Foree would have spent a week in Wyoming’s state prison in June 1914 after riding into the ...

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