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The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) board of directors is considering moving the organization’s headquarters, PRCA Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy from Colorado Springs by 2029. The move hangs on funding from the Wyoming Legislature.

Three Wyoming athletes are performing in the 2025 NFR in Las Vegas. The annual event is considered the Super Bowl of rodeo.

This year’s fair celebrates 120 years of tradition and kicks off the national countdown to America’s 250th birthday in 2026.

The National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) wrapped up this past weekend in Rock Springs.

Cheyenne Frontier Days is happening now and goes through July 28. This year, they’re calling it the Year of the Cowgirl highlighting the spirit and strength of western women throughout history.A new novel titled Sunny Gale by Jamie Lisa Forbes was inspired by women who competed in rodeo in the late 1800’s and into the early 1900’s.

Traveling with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show for more than a decade, Vicente Oropeza was a master of trick roping as practiced by the charro culture in Mexico.

The rodeo set records for attendance and event payouts. The rodeo’s board of directors reported a total of 24,807 tickets sold.

The Campbell County Rockpile Museum is hosting the ProRodeo Hall of Fame Takeover, an exhibit from the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Youth rodeo events such as steer, bronc, and bull riding are new this year, in addition to how various rodeo events are judged and live interviews with rodeo contestants.

The Ford Wyoming Center will host the pinnacle of the college rodeo season June 11-17. Approximately 400 student-athletes are competing this year from colleges and universities from across the country.