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Mail Order Brides: When Wyoming Men Outnumbered Women 10-1, They ‘Imported Wives’
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (1820+ words) Back in the early 1900s, when Wyoming men outnumbered women 10-1, they formed matrimonial clubs to bring out mail-order brides from back East. Historians say many fourth- and fifth-generation Wyoming families may trace their roots to these "imported wives." A list of…...
1.2-Gigawatt Data Center Near Evanston In Talks With Meta And Microsoft
1+ day, 7+ min ago (1274+ words) Prometheus Hyperscale has been coy about who is shopping for space at its flagship,1.2-gigawatt data center near Evanston, saying only that the companies it has been talking to are household names anyone would recognize. Now, however, some clues are…...
Today In Prank Phone Calls: Saturday, January 17, 2026
4+ week, 1+ day ago (24+ words) Clair McFarlandJanuary 17, 2026 Ren'e JeanJanuary 17, 2026 David MadisonJanuary 16, 2026 Jen KocherJanuary 16, 2026 David MadisonJanuary 15, 2026 Mark HeinzJanuary 15, 2026...
Prometheus Hyperscale Sets New National Standard For Data Center Sites
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (416+ words) Prometheus Hyperscale commits to community benefit agreements, local hiring, and transparency for all Wyoming data center sites. The announcements build on Prometheus's broader Build Wyoming campaign, launched to ensure that the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure in the state delivers…...
Broken Fiber Line In Park County Exposes Fragility In Wyoming's 911 System
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1223+ words) A cut fiber cable caused issues with 911 service from Monday night through Wednesday in Park County. "We are working with 57-year-old technology to make 911 work in the state of Wyoming," Park County 911 Manager Monte McClain said. That's because the office'phone…...
Tom Lubnau: The Great Spam Debate
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (813+ words) Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "What Honor Wyoming is really complaining about is that the Microsoft Office has a spam filter. Apparently, some of Honor Wyoming's emails are finding themselves in a spam filter. Honor Wyoming contracts with a bulk emailer…...
Coffee Trumps Internet In Thermopolis, A Throwback To Old-School Social Networking
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (989+ words) In Thermopolis, Wyoming, coffee groups meet all over town in person for old-school social networking rather than scrolling social media and the internet. Regular groups meet wherever coffee is served, even McDonald's. Conversations flow back and forth with innumerable cups…...
Sparks Fly At Management Council Over Honor Wyoming 'Blocked' Email Claims
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1734+ words) Sparks flew Wednesday as the Legislature's highest-ranking members rejected a controversial bill to keep a list of emails people send to legislators. Conservative political group Honor Wyoming says the list is needed because its emails have been "blocked." A panel…...
Wyoming History: Early Rural Telephones Were Convenient — And Dangerous
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (1364+ words) In 1881, telephone service arrived in the modern city of Cheyenne, Wyoming. But for most rural residents, phones did not become common until decades later partly because without insulators, lightning strikes proved dangerous. Wyoming pioneer Nellie Gattliff Sargent had a great…...
You Still Here? Thursday, October 23, 2025
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (24+ words) Scott SchwebkeOctober 22, 2025 Mark HeinzOctober 22, 2025 Clair McFarlandOctober 22, 2025 Dale KillingbeckOctober 22, 2025 Jackson WalkerOctober 22, 2025 Mark HeinzOctober 21, 2025...