Clair McFarland

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Clair McFarland

The state of Wyoming can authorize two businesses to operate on state lands in Teton County — despite the county’s land use regulations and without its blessing — the Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled. So ends nearly three-year conflict between Wyoming state government and Teton County, which has the most rigorous land use regulations in the state. The Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments solicited commercial development proposals for land in the Teton Village Road State Land Parcel.

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Clair McFarland

A Dodge Ram pickup and a Mercedes passenger van collided Thursday evening about 15 miles from the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park, killing seven people: six in the tour van and the lone occupant of the pickup, authorities say. Several minutes after the crash, both vehicles caught fire, an eyewitness says. Idaho State Police responded at about 7:15 p.m. Thursday to Highway 20 near Henry’s Lake for a collision between the pickup and tour van, says a statement the agency released Friday.

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Clair McFarland

A woman accused of furnishing guns to her son, who then went on to shoot and kill a Sheridan police sergeant last year, says the government is withholding evidence that could show her son actually stole the guns from her. William Lowery, 46, fatally shot Sheridan Police Sgt. Nevada Krinkee on Feb. 13, 2024. Lowery fled and took refuge in a local woman’s home. During a two-day standoff he fired on police. Law enforcement personnel gouged the home open Feb.

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Clair McFarland

A Las Vegas man accused of stealing about $14 million in gold and silver from a relative’s home in Lincoln County, Wyoming, has pleaded no contest to one count of felony theft. Michael Reps, 61, was originally accused of taking precious metals and around $200,000 in cash from a family member’s home in southwest Wyoming.

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Clair McFarland

A Riverton jelly-maker has pleaded guilty to having meth and conspiring to deal it. Mary Renee Weymouth, 63, is scheduled to be sentenced in Cheyenne’s U.S. District Court for Wyoming on July 14, under the terms of a plea agreement made last week that federal prosecutors have not made public. Court documents say she sold jelly at the Fremont County farmer’s market, and picked up meth and discarded dumpster marijuana during a journey to Las Vegas.