John Ramer made national headlines last fall when he helped rescue over 4,000 beagles from a Virginia facility that bred dogs for medical research after it was shut down by the U.S. Department of Justice for a myriad of violations. Of those beagles, nearly 200 were brought to the Kindness Ranch in southeast Wyoming, while the rest were placed among 120 rescue organizations and shelters nationwide. To date, almost all of those beagles in Wyoming have been adopted, along with more from other sources that arrive all the time.

I stood on the side of a dirt road staring at a wall of trees and vines in front of me. As lightning bristled across the night sky, the pitter patter of rain served as a background to the blaring ring of cicadas who dutifully announced the arrival of that night’s thunderstorm. The warm air became thick with moisture, and the sweet smell of chocolate drifted from the tens of thousands of cacao trees growing across the valley landscape. As a nocturnal lemur called somewhere in the distance, I took off my shoes, clicked on my headlamp and followed my guide barefoot into a sacred rainforest.

When Al Simpson joined the U.S. Senate in 1979, the Cody Republican was the tallest senator in the chamber’s history. At 6-foot-7, he cast an outsized shadow during his 18 years in office, rising to become the Senate Majority Whip.

Grace Foulk reports on news throughout the state from Jan. 30 - Feb. 5.

When Al Simpson joined the U.S. Senate in 1979, the Cody Republican was the tallest senator in the chamber’s history. At 6-foot-7, he cast an outsized shadow during his 18 years in office, rising to become the Senate Majority Whip.

Grace Foulk reports on news throughout the state from Jan. 23 - Jan. 27.

Not everyone is cut out for the realities of ranching. After all, the hours are long, the weather can be problematic and the management of cattle is challenging at best.

Grace Foulk reports on news throughout the state from Jan. 16 - Jan. 22

In media companies’ swanky board rooms in New York, Washington or Los Angeles, it’s rare to find representation from Wyoming. Ruby Calvert is an important exception.

Hunkered down in bitter cold, a semi-automatic Ruger 10/22 rifle in hand, Jessica Casper spotted a furry gray blob – a cottontail rabbit – hiding under the brush. She didn’t have a clear shot at the cute but prolific pest, so she tilted her head to signal to her hunting partner, KLa Watts, and kept as quiet as possible to avoid scaring her prey.

At age 17, Jason Baldes took a trip to East Africa with his father that changed his life: On a 100-mile drive, he witnessed the wildebeest migration for as far as his eye could see—including 30 other species and predators in every direction—and was reminded of the 30 to 60 million buffalo that roamed North America less than 200 years ago.

Grace Foulk reports on news throughout the state from Jan. 9 - Jan. 15

I saw my first picture of Wadi Rum when I was a high school intern at Alpinist, a mountaineering magazine with an office above a small Mexican restaurant near downtown Jackson. I sat at my desk, mystified by the image of a sand-filled valley in southern Jordan: it was dotted with towering sandstone spires and isolated camps of Bedouin who herded camels across the desolate moonscape. Staring out the office window, as heavy snow blanketed the mountains outside, the endless red sand dunes were about as opposite a landscape as I could possibly imagine. It epitomized the allure of travel but resided in my mind as a place I would probably only see in the pages of a magazine.

Grace Foulk reports on news throughout the state from Jan. 2 - Jan. 8

Renee Nelson was hooked on true crime from an early age. While her friends watched Disney movies or TV sitcoms, she was glued to “Unsolved Mysteries” and “America’s Most Wanted.” When it came time for the Cheyenne resident to choose between a career in law or education, she chose the latter. Today, Nelson, 35, teaches English – and true crime literature classes – at Laramie County Community College and is the wife of a firefighter and mother of two small children.

Grace Foulk reports on news throughout the state

Retired certified public accountant and author John DiGirolamo knew nothing about human trafficking until a fateful conversation with a police officer in 2020. His retirement that year coincided with the defund the police movement sparked by the national outcry over the death of George Floyd—and the uproar didn’t sit well with him.

Grace Foulk reports on news throughout the state from Dec. 19 - Dec. 25

Native American issues have made Wyoming headlines this year, whether it’s news about repatriation efforts to return hair samples of Shoshone and Arapaho people from a university museum or state legislation’s attempts to create an alert system that could help Indigenous people who go missing.

Grace Foulk reports on news throughout the state from Dec. 12 - Dec. 18