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Life in the Fire: Wyoming Hotshot captain Kyle Miller opens photo exhibition

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October 28, 2024

Life in the Fire: Wyoming Hotshot captain Kyle Miller opens photo exhibition

CODY, WY — Kyle Miller’s photo exhibition entitled Fire on the Mountain opened at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West for its member reception on Friday.

“Do I have really nice light? Do I have a limited number of colors, a non-busy background, a good subject? Can I put all of those elements together? Is that picture in front of me,” said Miller, sharing his thoughts while shooting wildfires.

He has been working as a firefighter for 21 seasons since discovering his passion for the work while taking on a job between college semesters fighting fires.

“What I’m seeing is a lot of hard work, first of all, long days, extreme conditions,” said Rebecca West, executive director and chief executive officer of the museum who discovered Miller’s work through his Instagram.

Miller began photographing fires on his first fire assignment in Alaska in 2004, taking pictures with a disposable Kodak camera.

“Science is incredibly important, and we need to make decisions that are data-driven; however, reaching broader audiences requires a compelling story,” said Corey Anco, curator of the Draper Natural History section of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.

He said the gallery provides a sample of events expected to become more frequent and more intense resulting from Wyoming’s increasingly hot and dry conditions due to climate change.

“We want to feel up close and side by side with the wildland fire fighters,” said Anco, “This is putting people inside that fire.”

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Wind advisory includes Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties

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November 20, 2024

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What Wyoming coach said about Boise State, Ashton Jeanty

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November 20, 2024

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What Wyoming coach said about Boise State, Ashton Jeanty

Wyoming head coach Jay Sawvel had high praise for No. 12 Boise State during his weekly press conference.

“This is probably the best Mountain West team that I’ve seen in the five years I’ve been in this conference,” Sawvel said of the Broncos (9-1, 6-0), who travel Wyoming (2-8, 2-4) this Saturday.

“It’s a big challenge when you’re playing a team that’s on track to play in the playoff. They’re very well-rounded. They’ve got experience on defense, and they’re productive and opportunistic on that side of the ball. And then obviously Ashton Jeanty, who is kind of ridiculous. … We’re obviously going to have to play our best game we’ve played all year defensively to hang in with them.”

The Cowboys are coming off a 24-10 road loss to Colorado State.

Here are the highlights from Sawvel’s press conference.

On Boise State’s offense

“There’s a large model of what they do that is what we want to become. When you look at the blueprint in a sense, nobody is going to have Ashton Jeanty, I get that … but there’s a lot of things foundationally to what they do that is like ‘OK, this is what we want to look like.’”

On Boise State’s balance

“(Ashton Jeanty), great player there. But to be honest with you — he’s amazing and he deserves the credit that he gets, Heisman consideration and those types of things — but the quarterback, Maddux Madsen, really makes them go. Because … you can load the box on everybody run-game wise, but his accuracy and what (offensive coordinator) Dirk Koetter does with him offensively creates a balance for them that makes them that much harder to defend.”

On maintaining eye discipline, spying Madsen

“You’ve got to do your job and you’ve got to have your eyes in the right spot. That’s something that’s foundational to anything defensively. But if you start looking around too much in the run, (Madsen) is a very good quarterback. They’ve got good skill that opens things up. Just his movement, his ability to move. He’s a hard guy to sack. He’s got 19 touchdowns and three interceptions, so there’s an accuracy there that’s important, too.”

On ‘getting up’ to play Ashton Jeanty

“Well, let’s be careful a little bit about that. There’s a guy from San Diego State that chirped a lot about Ashton Jeanty, and that didn’t work out very good. So look, anytime there are good players on the field, I think players want to play good when there are other good players on the field.”

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Two Awesome NFL Stars Visited Wyoming On Their Off Week

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November 20, 2024

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Two Awesome NFL Stars Visited Wyoming On Their Off Week

Being an NFL star has to be rough. Their bodies get beat up every game and experience huge collisions multiple times. NFL schedules have bye weeks that allow players to recover and relax.

I’m sure if you were to ask Wyoming NFLers Logan Wilson and Teven Bryan, or former UW QB Josh Allen they would agree.

By the time those weeks arrive, you can bet they’re ready, and some will take a short vacation to get the relaxation they need.

When the San Franciso 49ers had a bye week this season, two superstars came to Wyoming to take a break from football.

At least, that was the idea.

QB Brock Purdy and TE George Kittle still had football on their minds and wanted to stay fresh and ready for their next game.

They didn’t tell each other beforehand but brought a football to toss around and improve their timing and skills.

More proof that the two were here in Wyoming is on the YouTube channel 49ers Miners, which is a 49ers fan-based channel. In a video from the beginning of November, some fans highlight Purdy’s videos and pictures of his trip to Wyoming.

Purdy and Kittle have a common bond: Besides playing for the 49ers, they played college football in Iowa. Not for the same school, but both in the same state.

Purdy played QB for the Iowa State Cyclones, and Kittle was a standout TE for the Iowa Hawkeyes.