Dick Cheney

Cheney, who was Pres. George H.W. Bush’s secretary of defense at the time, was back in Wyoming to receive UW’s outstanding alumni award. He spoke with WPM about how JFK inspired him to pursue a career in politics, his time at UW and the state of geopolitics.

Former vice president and longtime Wyoming politician Dick Cheney saw his status within the Republican Party rise and fall over the course of his career. A former WPR reporter looks back on covering him.

The longtime Wyoming politician died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to his family.

Ten years ago, the Cheney International Center launched on the University of Wyoming’s campus. On Friday, former Vice President Dick Cheney and wife Lynne…

After a hotly-contested primary, Liz Cheney secured the Republican nomination for Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat by a landslide. Cheney took 40 percent of…

Next Friday Wyoming PBS will air its long-awaited documentary called Dick Cheney: A Heartbeat Away. Producer Geoff O’Gara joins us and says the two-year…

Protesters gathered Tuesday at an event on the University of Wyoming campus to protest former vice president Dick Cheney. Cheney and his wife Lynne were…

Lynne Cheney and her husband, former Vice President Dick Cheney, will be in Laramie on February 17th discussing her new book called James Madison: A Life…

Walt Niekamp and his wife, Dorothy, lived in Casper years ago where they taught in the Natrona County schools. He has never forgotten Wyoming’s…

Former Vice President Dick Cheney addressed attendees at the 17th annual Wyoming Oil and Gas Fair Thursday.During his speech he praised the industry for…