Articles for Wyoming

14 Stunning National Park Hotels You Need To Put On Your Bucket List ASAP
1 week, 1 day ago

14 Stunning National Park Hotels You Need To Put On Your Bucket List ASAP

Huff Post  

Rebecca Harding via Getty Images Many lodges and hotels near National Parks offer a one-of-a-kind experience to make the most of your trip. Below, travel experts share their picks for the best hotels at or near National Parks: The Stanley Hotel at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado Helen H. Richardson via Getty Images While not on the park itself, …

National Parks Hotels National Parks California Oregon Maine
Holiday spirit hits the brakes: Car decked in Christmas lights pulled over in US
1 week, 1 day ago

Holiday spirit hits the brakes: Car decked in Christmas lights pulled over in US

India Today  

A Ford Mustang adorned with colourful Christmas lights turned heads in Wyoming, but not all the attention was welcome. The Wyoming Highway Patrol stopped the festive vehicle as it drove down the highway, warning that such decorations are illegal and potentially hazardous. The Highway Patrol shared a photo of the illuminated Mustang on Instagram, reminding drivers of state laws prohibiting …

Highway Lights Wyoming Christmas Lights
How does a new presidential administration look from the American West?
1 week, 3 days ago

How does a new presidential administration look from the American West?

NPR  

How does a new presidential administration look from the American West? The governors of New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming assess President-elect Donald Trump's incoming agenda — from energy to immigration. And I asked them to say something that's happening right now in each of their states, starting with Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM: Holiday seasons …

States Trump Administration West New Mexico Mexico Western
New approach to Rocky Mountain grizzlies sought ahead of the second Trump presidency
1 week, 4 days ago

New approach to Rocky Mountain grizzlies sought ahead of the second Trump presidency

Associated Press  

— Environmental groups are asking the U.S. government to do more to protect Rocky Mountain grizzly bears before the next Trump administration decides the big bruins’ future. “Overwhelming scientific consensus agrees that a naturally connected metapopulation of grizzly bears will lead to improved genetic diversity and greater demographic resiliency of the species,” says the petition submitted by Earthjustice lawyers on …

Wildlife Trump Montana Plan Grizzly Bears Idaho
Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment
1 week, 4 days ago

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment

Associated Press  

Scores of schools have changed conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened as schools search for more stability and more revenue in the college athletics arms race. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2023 : …

Georgia Florida Tech Navy Rice Miami Texas
Chase Forte scores 25 to help South Dakota fend off Wyoming 82-81
1 week, 5 days ago

Chase Forte scores 25 to help South Dakota fend off Wyoming 82-81

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! — Chase Forte scored 25 points and South Dakota held off Wyoming 82-81 on Tuesday night. His jumper with 17:08 left in the second half gave South Dakota a lead it never relinquished. Stewart scored 13 in the first half as South Dakota and the …

South Dakota Points Wyoming Scored 25
Wyoming visits Bruns and South Dakota
1 week, 6 days ago

Wyoming visits Bruns and South Dakota

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Wyoming Cowboys at South Dakota Coyotes Vermillion, South Dakota; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Coyotes -1.5; over/under is 158.5 BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota takes on Wyoming after Isaac Bruns scored 22 points in South Dakota’s 95-82 loss to the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks. South …

South South Dakota Cowboys Points Wyoming Dakota Bruns
Missing Wyoming man with dementia spotted by wife on Salt Lake City TV dies after return home
1 week, 6 days ago

Missing Wyoming man with dementia spotted by wife on Salt Lake City TV dies after return home

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A missing Wyoming man with dementia whose wife spotted him on the nightly TV news hundreds of miles away in Salt Lake City has died soon after returning home. Michael Black had wandered away from home Nov. 25 and hitchhiked more than 200 miles to Salt Lake City. By Nov. 27, he had gotten a ride …

Black City Salt Lake Wyoming Salt Lake City Michael Black
Bruns leads South Dakota against Wyoming after 22-point game
2 weeks ago

Bruns leads South Dakota against Wyoming after 22-point game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Wyoming Cowboys at South Dakota Coyotes Vermillion, South Dakota; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota hosts Wyoming after Isaac Bruns scored 22 points in South Dakota’s 95-82 loss to the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks. South Dakota averages 87.3 points and has outscored opponents by …

South Dakota Cowboys Points Wyoming Dakota Leads South
A missing Wyoming man with dementia is safe after being spotted on TV hundreds of miles away
2 weeks, 4 days ago

A missing Wyoming man with dementia is safe after being spotted on TV hundreds of miles away

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A Wyoming man with dementia who wandered away from home and hitchhiked to Salt Lake City is safe after his wife spotted him in a TV news segment about helping those in need. Ninety-one-year-old Michael Black ended up at Rescue Mission of Salt Lake, over 200 miles away from the couple’s home in Afton in western …

Black Wyoming Salt Lake City
Archaeologists discover key tool that helped early Americans survive the ice age
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Archaeologists discover key tool that helped early Americans survive the ice age

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “We had assumed they would be made out of bison or mammoth bone, which comprise most of the animal bones found at La Prele and other sites of its age in the High Plains and Rocky Mountains of North America,” said Wyoming state archaeologist Spencer Pelton, lead author of a new study …

Age Bones North Likely Site Bone North America
Evan Svoboda throws late TD pass to John Michael Gyllenborg as Wyoming beats Washington State 15-14
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Evan Svoboda throws late TD pass to John Michael Gyllenborg as Wyoming beats Washington State 15-14

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! PULLMAN, Wash. — Evan Svoboda threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to John Michael Gyllenborg with 24 seconds remaining to rally Wyoming to a 15-14 victory over Washington State on Saturday night in the Cowboys’ season finale. Wyoming only scored on John Hoyland field goals covering 40, …

Pass Washington State Wyoming Svoboda Mateer Hoyland
Pic: Hawkeye actor Hailee Steinfeld gets engaged to NFL quarterback Josh Allen
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Pic: Hawkeye actor Hailee Steinfeld gets engaged to NFL quarterback Josh Allen

India Today  

Actor and singer Hailee Steinfeld, celebrated for her roles in True Grit, Hawkeye, and The Edge of Seventeen, as well as for hit tracks like Capital Letters and Starving, recently announced her engagement to Josh Allen, the quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. The image features Allen, who was selected seventh overall by the Bills in the 2018 NFL draft after …

Gets Engaged Hailee
Wyoming Cowgirls and the Norfolk State Spartans square off in Carolina, Puerto Rico
Trending News
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Wyoming Cowgirls and the Norfolk State Spartans square off in Carolina, Puerto Rico

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Norfolk State Spartans vs. Wyoming Cowgirls Carolina, Puerto Rico; Friday, 1:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Norfolk State and Wyoming square off in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Wyoming makes 42.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.5 percentage points higher than Norfolk State …

State Carolina Norfolk Puerto Rico Spartans Cowgirls Norfolk State
Wyoming Cowgirls face the Drake Bulldogs
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Wyoming Cowgirls face the Drake Bulldogs

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Drake Bulldogs vs. Wyoming Cowgirls Carolina, Puerto Rico; Thursday, 1:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Wyoming takes on Drake at Coliseo Guillermo Angulo in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Wyoming is sixth in the MWC with 23.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Allyson Fertig averaging 5.4. Wyoming’s …

Game Bulldogs Drake Wyoming Cowgirls
Biden’s public lands director named to lead environmental group
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Biden’s public lands director named to lead environmental group

Associated Press  

— A senior official in President Joe Biden’s administration who oversaw its contentious efforts to address climate change by curbing oil drilling and coal mining on federal lands while expanding renewable power was named Tuesday as the next president of a prominent environmental group. U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning will become president of The Wilderness Society effective …

Land Washington Senate Public Lands Republican Montana Democrat
Judge rejects request to sideline a San Jose State volleyball player on grounds she’s transgender
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Judge rejects request to sideline a San Jose State volleyball player on grounds she’s transgender

Associated Press  

A judge on Monday rejected a request to block a San Jose State women’s volleyball team member from playing in a conference tournament on grounds that she is transgender. Crews’ ruling referred to the athlete as an “alleged transgender” player and noted that no defendant disputed that the San Jose State roster includes a transgender woman player. San Jose State …

Players Volleyball Transgender Judge Nevada Tournament State
No. 12 Boise State holds off stubborn Wyoming 17-13 and advances to Mountain West title game
4 weeks, 1 day ago

No. 12 Boise State holds off stubborn Wyoming 17-13 and advances to Mountain West title game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 12 Boise State to a 17-13 win over Wyoming on Saturday night and a berth in the Mountain West Conference title game. Boise State finished the Mountain West unbeaten, extended its winning streak to nine games and beat Wyoming for the eighth straight time, dating to …

Football Game Mountain West Play State Season Cowboys
In Wyoming, an already-conservative legislature shifts further to the right
1 month ago

In Wyoming, an already-conservative legislature shifts further to the right

NPR  

In Wyoming, an already-conservative legislature shifts further to the right While swing states were going for Donald Trump, Wyoming was an already red state that saw its legislature move even further to the right — with the Freedom Caucus taking charge. Chris Clements of Wyoming Public Radio reports on the outlook for his state, where the Freedom Caucus is in …

Freedom Right Republican State Legislature Npr Wyoming
14 Stunning National Park Hotels You Need To Put On Your Bucket List ASAP
1 month ago

14 Stunning National Park Hotels You Need To Put On Your Bucket List ASAP

Huff Post  

Rebecca Harding via Getty Images Many lodges and hotels near National Parks offer a one-of-a-kind experience to make the most of your trip. Below, travel experts share their picks for the best hotels at or near National Parks: The Stanley Hotel at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado Helen H. Richardson via Getty Images While not on the park itself, …

National Parks Hotels National Parks California Oregon Mountain
Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills
1 month ago

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state constitution bans abortion except …

Health Women Abortion Rights State Laws Owens
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
1 month ago

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy

Associated Press  

— A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state constitution bans abortion except to protect to a pregnant …

Health Pregnancy Women Rights State End Owens
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including its explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
1 month ago

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including its explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy

LA Times  

Mifepristone, a medication used in combination to end a pregnancy, was banned under a law struck down by a state judge in Wyoming. A state judge this week struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state …

Pregnancy Women Abortion State End Amendment Ban
Biden administration to restrict drilling, renewables in the US West to help struggling bird
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration to restrict drilling, renewables in the US West to help struggling bird

Associated Press  

— President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles of federal land in the U.S. West to protect a declining bird species. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Friday’s science-based proposal would boost sage grouse while allowing development on government lands to continue. They noted that loopholes …

Energy Development Trump Land Proposal Administration West