Andrew Rossi

Saturday's fatal semitrailer crash on I-80 closed the eastbound lanes for more than eight hours. The hundreds of drivers stuck there learned the hard way if they're prepared for one of Wyoming's more frustrating highway hazards — the closure.

An intense, but brief, thunderstorm blew through Thermopolis, Wyoming, on Monday afternoon. Strong winds peeled away parts of buildings and lightning sparked fires near town.

An ambulance responded to child hit by a vehicle near Cody Middle School on Thursday morning. There's no information about the status of the victim, but…

Wyoming's famous Aspen Alley in the Sierra Madre Range near Encampment is still stunning, but not what it used to be. Horticulturists say the grove of aspens is merely slowing down in its senior years, but there's a lot of new growth which should bring the autumn spectacle back.

A huge 75-foot-tall square boulder deep in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains has been baffling people since it was discovered. Called Falling Block, it's all natural even if it looks like it was cut from a quarry.

Wyoming's “Wild Man” Earl Durand killed four people after escaping a Cody jail and trying to rob a bank in Powell during an 11-day rampage back in 1939. Before that, he also “was a good neighbor,” says an author and scholar on Durand's life.

It hits like clockwork every four years — as the presidential election season heats up, sales for Wyoming artists and dealers cool off. Although the famed Buffalo Bill Art Show in Cody seems to be immune to the pattern.

Wyoming has been quietly testing highway safety technology called V2X -- an acronym for "vehicle-to-everything," for a decade now. The technology connects roads, traffic lights, and other infrastructure that could enable advanced vehicle safety features to prevent crashes and improve traffic flows.

From a marketing standpoint, renaming Northwest College Yellowstone College could be a marketing “gold mine.” But locals aren't sold on changing a name that's been part of the community for decades.

The Beartooth Highway that snakes through northwest Wyoming and southern Montana is a spectacular drive during September — when it's open. Weather makes it the best, and worst, month for people searching for stunning scenic views.