Wyoming
Wyoming’s Free Fishing Day brings events for kids across state on June 6
WYOMING — Dust off the tackle box and get ready, because the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is hosting its annual Free Fishing Day in June.
Once a year, WGFD invites anglers to grab their rods and reels and head to the water for a day of fishing, no license necessary. On Saturday, June 6, anyone can fish in the state without a license. All waters throughout Wyoming are open for fishing without a permit except those in the Wind River Reservation and Yellowstone National Park.
“All fishing regulations, creel and size limits, gear restrictions and stream closures remain in effect,” WGFD said in a news release. Review 2026 fishing regulations here.
WGFD will also host fishing events for children throughout the state. In Jackson, bring the kids to Rendezvous Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to fish, win prizes, and have lunch courtesy of the Jackson Hole Lions Club and Creekside Market. Children should plan to bring their own fishing gear, if possible. Prizes will be provided by Jackson Hole One Fly, WGFD, and Teton County Conservation District. Children must be accompanied by an adult, per WGFD.
In Afton, Kids’ Fishing Day will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the Afton Golf Course Pond, with fishing rods and bait provided. Pinedale’s event starts at 10 a.m. at the Dudley Key Fields Pond, and free gift bags of fishing supplies will be handed out. In Dubois, registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at Pete’s Pond, and fishing will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
The Wyoming High School Outdoor Track and Field State Championships in 2026 are Thursday through Saturday in Casper. Girls’ and boys’ teams from around the state will compete at Harry Geldien Stadium, located at Kelly Walsh High School. The defending girls’ team champions are Lingle-Ft. Laramie, Kemmerer, Lander, and Natrona County. For the boys, Burlington, Big Horn, Lovell, and Sheridan won the team titles last year.
OUTLOOK FOR THE 2026 WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL STATE TRACK MEET
Several individual state champions are returning from the 2025 state track meet. These are broken down by classification.
In Class 1A Girls: Addison Barnes, Cokeville (200 meters, 400 meters, 100 hurdles, & 300 hurdles), Kaycee Kosmicki, Southeast (800 meters), Jordynn Speckner, Lingle-Ft. Laramie (1600 meters & 3200 meters), Sarah McNiven (high jump), Whitney Barritt, Upton (pole vault), Haylee Ekwall, Southeast (shot put).
In Class 1A Boys: Brody Johnson, Saratoga (200 meters & 300 hurdles), Raynce Brott, Lusk (discus).
In Class 2A Girls: Lyla Marney, Big Horn (1600 meters & 3200 meters), Mili Meza Perdomo, Wright (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, & high jump), Logann Farrell, Thermopolis (triple jump).
In Class 2A Boys: Cole Rogers, Kemmerer (100 meters, 400 meters, 110 hurdles & 300 hurdles), Cole Keller, Thermopolis (800 meters & triple jump), Cameron Guelde, Big Horn (1600 meters), Tobyn Teigen, Wright (3200 meters).
In Class 3A Girls: Brooklyn Asmus, Torrington (100 meters & 200 meters), Audrey Johnson, Powell (400 meters), Paisley Hollingshead, Lander (high jump), Brynn Bach, Burns (pole vault), Adalyn Olson, Newcastle (long jump), Avery Walker, Lovell (triple jump), Adelyn Anderson, Lander (shot put & discus).
In Class 3A Boys: Kyler Stinson, Cody (100 meters, 200 meters, & 400 meters), Payson Hollingsworth, Douglas (110 hurdles & long jump), Boston Cronebaugh (300 hurdles), Owen Walker, Lovell (high jump), Matthew Newman, Lovell (triple jump), Hunter Anderson, Douglas (discus).
In Class 4A Girls: Lainey Berryhill, Laramie (200 meters, 400 meters, & 800 meters), Maggie Madsen, East (1600 meters & 3200 meters), Addison Alley, Riverton (100 hurdles), Loralai Ketner, Sheridan (300 hurdles), Bristol Craig, Natrona County (high jump), Peyton Hamrick, Kelly Walsh (pole vault), Lillian Hudson, Kelly Walsh (discus).
In Class 4A Boys: Flynn Arnold, Laramie (400 meters), Ryder Charest, Sheridan (800 meters), Kameron Nath, East (high jump).
Several members of the first-place relays last year also return.
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State Track Meet Schedule
The state track championships begin at 2 p.m. on Thursday and finish at approximately 5:30 p.m. Both Friday and Saturday’s action starts at 9 a.m. Friday will be done around 6 p.m., while Saturday will wrap up at about 4:15 p.m.
The track meet will run on a timed schedule.
Wyoming State Track Championship Entries in 2026
Here are the meet programs. This will tell you which athletes are competing in which events. These are broken down by classification.
The results will be posted to our state track scoreboard story, which will be updated after each day’s action.
2026 Okie Blanchard Invite Track Meet
Action from the Okie Invite in Cheyenne at East HS during the 2026 outdoor track season.
Gallery Credit: Courtesy: Shannon Dutcher
2026 Glen Legler Early Bird Track Meet
Athletes competed in Casper at NCHS during Week 2 of the 2026 season in the Glen Legler Early Bird Invite.
Gallery Credit: Courtesy: Shannon Dutcher
Wyoming
Influencer who caused outrage in Australia for snatching baby wombat faces jail time in Wyoming for hunting violations
A hunting influencer who received thousands of death threats after being filmed taking a baby wombat from its mother is in hot water again.
Samantha Strable, who also goes by the name Sam Jones, fled Australia after the incident caused a national outcry last year.
Even Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denounced her actions after video of Strable picking up a baby wombat from the side of the road while its distressed mother chased her went viral.
It has now emerged that Strable will face a three-day trial in Wyoming over allegations she lied about where lived in order to obtain hunting permits for black bears, elk, mountain lions, antelope and fishing.
According to the Herald Sun, Wyoming Game and Fish Department received an anonymous tip that Strable “continues to buy resident tags even though she hasn’t resided in Wyoming for over two years – and brags about it on social media to over 90,000 followers”.
According to Wyoming hunting laws, people lose residency if they live out of state for 180 days.
An affidavit filed to the court claimed Strable was only in Wyoming for a week in 2024 and a month in 2025 but still applied for hunting licenses.
Strable faces one year in prison and a $10,000 fine if she is found guilty.
She denies the charges.
The Cody Wyoming and Wichita Kansas temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be dedicated a week apart this fall, the church’s First Presidency announced Monday in a press release.
The Cody Wyoming Temple, to be the faith’s third temple in Wyoming, will be dedicated Sunday, Oct. 25, in a single dedicatory session to be broadcast and rebroadcast at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to all church units in the area.
Preceding the Cody temple’s dedication, guests of all faiths and ages will be welcome to tour the temple structure during a free public open house period that will run every Monday through Saturday from Aug. 27 to Sept. 12.
A media day for the Cody temple will also be held Monday, Aug. 24, and tours for invited guests will be held Aug. 25-26.
The Cody Wyoming Temple was first announced during the church’s October 2021 general conference by then-church President Russell M. Nelson.
Once dedicated, it will help serve Wyoming’s nearly 67,000 Latter-day Saints. The Star Valley Wyoming and Casper Wyoming temples were dedicated in 2016 and 2024, respectively.
The Wichita Kansas Temple will be the first-ever Latter-day Saint temple in Kansas.
Elder Patrick Kearon of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the Wichita temple on Sunday, Nov. 1.
The dedicatory session will be broadcast and rebroadcast to all church units in the Wichita Kansas Temple district at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Before the dedication, the Wichita temple will also open for a free public open house period that will run every Monday through Saturday from Sept. 24 to Oct. 10 (excluding Saturday, Oct. 3, for the faith’s semiannual general conference).
The media will be invited to tour the Wichita temple on Monday, Sept. 21, and private tours for invited guests will be held Sept. 22-23.
As the first Latter-day Saint temple in Kansas, the Wichita temple will help serve the state’s nearly 40,000 Latter-day Saints.
The Wichita temple was first announced by President Nelson in April 2022 general conference.
Learn more about the Cody Wyoming and Wichita Kansas temples and others worldwide on the Church News’ temple almanac.
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