Wyoming News

University of Wyoming head football coach Dave Christensen announced Thursday the addition of five new mid-year scholarship players to the program. The five new Cowboys include two student-athletes who graduated early from high school to enroll at UW for the 2013 spring semester and three junior-college transfers. They bring Wyoming’s total of mid-year transfers to nine. Four mid-year transfers were early announced on December 19, 2012. The five new players include two defensive lineman, a linebacker, a tight end and a running back.

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Prompt action by three University of Wyoming students likely saved the life of a woman who was found stranded Monday near Happy Jack recreation area east of Laramie, according to local law enforcement officials.

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Yellowstone National Park is joining all National Park Service sites across the nation in waiving admission fees next Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal holiday.

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Wyoming coach Larry Shyatt has suspended one of the team's top scorers indefinitely after a bar fight.

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Just over two weeks after Luke Martinez fractured a bone in his shooting hand during a bar fight in downtown Laramie, the Wyoming senior guard has been suspended indefinitely. University of Wyoming athletics officials announced Monday that charges have been filed against Martinez over the incident on December 30, 2012.

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For the sixth year running, the Wyoming Film Office is seeking submissions for the Wyoming Short Film Contest.

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Filmmaked Quentin Tarantino talks about filming Django Unchained in Wyoming.

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Several Wyoming lawmakers are proposing legislation designed to protect gun-owners from any potential federal firearm ban. The "Firearms Protection Act" bill, introduced this week, would make any federal law banning semi-automatic firearms or limiting the size of gun magazines unenforceable within the state’s boundaries.

Anyone trying to enforce a federal gun ban could face fe

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Lexie Madden, a student at the University of Wyoming, is one of 53 women in Las Vegas competing for the title of 2013 Miss America. Preliminary competitions are already underway and the final competition will air on ABC this Saturday, Jan. 12th.

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Wyoming Republican Representative Cynthia Lummis is predicting a "real donnybrook" of a budget fight between Republicans and Democrats in congress in a couple of months when a proposal to raise the federal debt ceiling comes up for consideration

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JUST ANNOUNCED! Cowboy basketball has FINALLY broken into the TOP 25!

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