1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (1028+ words) Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park has been active since its massive hydrothermal explosion in July 2024. It's also "decidedly unpredictable," erupting twice in two days last week, spewing mud and water 40 feet into the air. Black Diamond Pool in…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago  (938+ words) Wyoming oil and gas operators are cheering a BLM announcement last week to delay a Biden-era 1,400% hike on bonding costs. The huge increase threatened to shutter small oil and gas producers across the state. Wyoming's oil and gas producers say…...

2+ day, 29+ min ago  (1439+ words) Clay Gibbons has made it his mission to visit the site of Wyoming's most notorious historical events, including the shooting of 14-year-old Willie Nickels, the hanging of Tom Horn and the Spring Creek Raid. He does this exactly 100 years after…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1264+ words) Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday announced that $100 million in matching funds will be awarded to BWXT to build a nuclear fuel plant in Gillette. He said the award is about ensuring Wyoming is competitive with other states that are also…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1226+ words) Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has received five clusters of complaints asking him to oust county officials from their offices. Three former Wyoming governors on Friday called that number unprecedented, citing growing political strife. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has received five…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (830+ words) Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: The repeal of the Buffalo RMPA was a wonderful Christmas present to the people of Wyoming." Hageman, Barrasso, and Lummis preserved an entire economic ecosystem for generations to come. I don't think many people in Wyoming…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1076+ words) Wyoming Attorney General Keith Kautz told Cowboy State Daily on Thursday he's appealing a ruling that voided a wind lease on state lands. He said the appeal is bigger than the wind issue, as widespread interpretations of state laws also…...

5+ day, 6+ min ago  (1318+ words) New U.S. wildlife chief Brian Nesvik told Cowboy State Daily on Thursday that It could take another two years to work through an analysis of the data on grizzlies and reach a final decision regarding delisting. As for hunting, he said…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (546+ words) For the second time in as many years, a bipartisan coalition introduced a bill in the U.S. House to ban using snowmobiles to run over wolves and other predators on federal lands. The act was inspired by the alleged wolf torture…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (805+ words) Cody Roberts, the Daniel, Wyoming, man accused of torturing a wolf before killing it is asking a judge to drop a felony animal cruelty charge. His attorney says the state stretched the law to prosecute him. The Daniel, Wyoming, man…...