As the college rodeo season winds down, the race for an automatic bid to the College National Finals Rodeo is about as close as it can get in the women’s race for second place.  A late season surge by the University of Wyoming, has given Cowgirls a 27 point lead over Central Wyoming College.  Gillette [...]

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The Denver Broncos continue to make news away from the football field.  head Coach Josh McDaniels has traded away the Broncos best receiver, and now made former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow a first round NFL draft pick, a move that surprised fans and many in football.  The Broncos picked wide receiver Demaryius Thomas of Georgia [...]

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Now that the American Legion baseball season is underway teams are looking to get into shape for midsummer runs.  Cheyenne Post Six is the defending champ and if it’s any indication on who the favorite is in Wyoming, just look what they did in the opening weekend, scoring 41 runs in three games, all wins [...]

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Employment says it paid out more than $161 million in unemployment benefits last year, the highest amount since 1982. The department says more than 37,300 people lost their jobs in Wyoming in 2009 and collected unemployment insurance during the year. By the end of the year, more [...]

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The Wyoming Department of Education is seeking private nonprofit and religious organizations interested in participating in the Summer Food Service Program. The program helps children up to the age of 18 get the nutrition they need during summer months when they don’t have access to other meal programs. It is administered at the federal level [...]

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The Wyoming All-Stars for this summers basketball series with Montana have been announced.  The boys team includes: Cam Jackson and Matt Mordecai from Gillette, Dan Estes from Laramie, Slade Spoonhunter from Wyoming Indian, Dylan Reece of Pinedale, Collin Herold from Thermopolis, Beau Ehlers of Evanston, TJ Stender from Sheridan, Patrick Wicks of Tongue River, and Kolton [...]

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A lawsuit filed in federal court in Cheyenne seeks a court order allowing former 1960s radical William Ayers to speak on the University of Wyoming campus. The lawsuit filed Thursday is being brought by Ayers and UW student Meg Lanker. It contends the university violated their constitutional rights to free speech [...]

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Wyoming men’s basketball coach Heath Schroyer not only has to fill needs on the court with new players, but now has to fill a seat on the bench within his coaching staff.  Shaun Vandiver is leaving Wyoming to take a similar position with Boise State.  Schroyer says he has three or four candidates in mind right [...]

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Last fall was a whirlwind for freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels.  He went from fall practice as a back up to a starting quarterback by the fourth game of the year.  Carta-Samuels led the Cowboys to a New Mexico bowl win and earned Freshman of the year honors from the Mountain West Conference.  Offensive coordinator Marcus [...]

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Treasurer Joe Meyer says he’s getting ready to make an announcement on his re-election plans The veteran Republican politician says he says he plans an announcement Monday in Cheyenne. He declined to say in advance whether he will run again. Meyer was elected state treasurer in 2006. He also has [...]

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