Eclipse

On Friday, they launched a practice balloon. They are gearing up for the October eclipse.

One of the biggest secrets a night sky holds is the moon, and Chris Hattings, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Riverton, is saying that Wyoming Residents could get a clear view of a total lunar eclipse happening Sunday, May 15.

It's fascinating when we get the chance to see the moon with its celestial events throughout every year. But when an eclipse happens, it's that much more stunning to see. Especially when it's going to be the longest one that we will get to see for quite awhile.

According to the National Weather Service, for southeast Wyoming residents, ''Total eclipse begins at 511 AM MDT. Greatest eclipse is at 519 AM MDT. Total eclipse ends at 526 AM MDT."

There's a 'Strawberry Moon' Lunar Eclipse happening on Friday (June 5th). Unfortunately, it won't be visible in the sky for all of North America. However, there's still ways to watch it happen live.

Tourism generates about $14 million in sales taxes in Natrona County.

You may have heard of a little historical piece of the cowboy state called Fossil cabin, located just outside of Medicine Bow Wyoming. If you haven't it's a pretty cool little cabin made up of about 6,000 fossilized dinosaur bones. Pretty cool right?

It's somewhat of an anomaly that the 2017 Solar Eclipse was the most streamed event of the year for the Cowboy State.

Most of the travel spending -- $60.6 million -- is attributed to travelers staying overnight somewhere in Wyoming.

There was no precedent for such a crowd and no opportunity for a trial run.

Year-to-date visitation in Yellowstone National Park in 2017 is 17.4 percent higher than in 2012 when the park hosted 2,710,519 visits.

Whether you like pumpkin spice or not, I think we can all agree that this trend is getting a bit out of hand. Here are some Wyoming made pumpkin spice items you should be glad don't exist.