Longtime journalist Susan Anderson dies at 80
CASPER (WNE) — For many in Wyoming, longtime journalist Susan Anderson’s death means the loss of an iconic voice in local media.
Anderson died Monday at 80 years old because of complications from ovarian cancer.
Anderson’s career in journalism spanned nearly 50 years across television, radio and print. For a time, she also served in the state legislature and worked for two governors.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1945, Anderson graduated from the College of Wooster in Ohio and later earned her master’s in journalism from Columbia University. She spent a decade working at television stations in San Francisco before moving to Casper.
“She wanted a different life,” Dale Bohren, her husband of 35 years, said.
Bohren was the executive editor, general manager and then publisher of the Casper Star-Tribune from 2015 to 2020 after the Star-Tribune bought the Casper Journal, of which Bohren was the publisher for 17 years.
A love of the outdoors brought Anderson to Wyoming for good in 1980. She started at KTWO as a reporter and would go on to produce, anchor and eventually become the news director.
Anderson worked for KTWO television as well as its radio program, even hosting her own weekly show, Report to Wyoming, Bohren said.
She interviewed major decision makers and politicians, including former U.S. Senator Al Simpson and former representative and vice-president Dick Cheney in their prime.
“There was no bigger fan of Wyoming. There was no better advocate for Wyoming. There was no voice like hers,” Linda Nix, Anderson’s friend of 42 years, told the Star-Tribune.
Hiking, fly fishing, climbing mountains, and just being outside was “really joyous” for Anderson, Nix said.
Anderson was the editor of the Casper Journal for five years before stepping away from journalism to serve as both a state representative and senator, Nix said.
She worked as an opinion and business editor for the Star-Tribune beginning in 2010 and continued on as a columnist until 2021.
Anderson was diagnosed with ovarian cancer seven years ago, Bohren said.
This story was published on Nov. 15, 2025.