Two committees sorting out details of the Wyoming Capitol renovation will discuss proposals this week that would preserve some office space for Wyoming’s top elected officials.

CHEYENNE – The state’s chief education officer hopes that one day, every K-12 student in Wyoming will visit the state Capitol not once, but twice before graduation.

CHEYENNE – Anyone who walks through the tiled floors of the Wyoming State Capitol can’t help but feel awe at the building’s Victorian-style architecture.

Standing outside a women’s restroom in the Wyoming State Capitol, Rihanna Kelver gazed downward, clasped her hands and took a deep breath.  Like countless times before, Kelver, 27, was about to use ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — An architect and preservation expert told members of a Wyoming Capitol renovation task force last week that his job is to preserve the building’s history yet maintain ...

The Wyoming State Capitol and its campus in Cheyenne have joined statehouses in Idaho, Utah and Colorado in undergoing a major renovation, restoration and expansion.

The Wyoming Capitol rotunda. (Mike Vanata/WyoFile) Gayle and Bret Baugh pay their respects to former United States Senator Alan Simpson at the State Capitol on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

As of 2017, Wyoming was one of 35 states to have its capitol recognized as a National Historic Landmark, a federal list of historic properties with outstanding historical significance.

Governor Mark Gordon has ordered the Wyoming State Flag be flown at half staff at the Capitol in Cheyenne and in Crook County from sunrise to sunset on Sept. 19 in honor and memory of Nels Smith.

This notice is only for the Wyoming State Flag and only at three locations in the state - at the Capitol Building, in Big Horn County and in Park County. Other flags should remain at full-staff.