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Logging Expected To Close More Snowy Range Snowmobile Trails This Winter

Logging is expected to shut down more trails in the Snowy Range this winter, which a local cabin owner says isn’t fair to other forest users.

Mark HeinzNovember 28, 2023

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Cat Urbigkit: BLM Proposes Increased Powers to Restrict Public Land Uses

Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes, "Under its proposal, the BLM would be given the power to determine what is a temporary closure – which could be just days or weeks, or perhaps months or years. The proposal attempts to grant BLM that much power."

Cat UrbigkitNovember 28, 2023

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Guest Column: Education Savings Accounts: A Constitutional Wyoming Solution

House Speaker Albert Sommers writes, "This Education Savings Accounts bill is a Wyoming solution to two concerns raised by citizens across Wyoming, namely, how to fund early childhood education and increase school choice options."

November 28, 2023

A giant sunspot archipelago, or a collection of sunspots, on the surface of the sun covers an area more than 15 times the width of Earth.

Enormous Sunspot 15 Earths Wide Could Give Wyoming Awesome Light Shows

As the sun enters its 11-year solar maximum, Wyomingites can expect a lot more dazzling aurora borealis displays caused by giant collection of sunspots that cover an area as wide as 15 Earths.

Andrew RossiNovember 27, 2023

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Nope, That Heart-Tugging New Chevrolet Ad Was Not Filmed In Wyoming

Readers reached out to Cowboy State Daily over the weekend to ask the location of the Wyoming drive-in theatre featured in a new heart-tugging Chevrolet ad which addresses Alzheimer's disease. It is a real theatre but it's located in Dearborn, Michigan.

Dale KillingbeckNovember 27, 2023

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Hageman Says Biden’s Lead Ammo Ban An ‘Attack’ On Second Amendment

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman says President Joe Biden hates American’s right to bear arms and is attacking this constitutional right with a lead ammunition ban in certain wildlife refuges.

Leo WolfsonNovember 27, 2023

The Natrona County High School marching band performs Metallica's "Lux Aeterna."

For Whom The Band Tolls: Natrona County Marching Band Enters Metallica Competition

The 100-member Natrona High School marching band is the only Wyoming band entered in a nationwide contest to translate heavy metal group Metallica’s songs into an on-field performance.

Dale KillingbeckNovember 27, 2023

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PinYour Wyoming Sunrise: Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Today's Wyoming sunrise was taken in Hoback Ranches near Bondurant on Nov. 27 by Alice Jacobson. Alice writes, "Sunrise reflected on the Wyoming Range as the moon sets above it."

Photo by Alice Jacobson

Today's question to Don Day

Carol Carter from Ogallala, Nebraska
Any tips on how to post a storm photo?? We had a big one tonight at Lake McConaughy.
Don Day
Send your photos to news@cowboystatedaily.com. Make sure to send a horizontal image with the highest resolution possible. Include your name, the location of the sunrise, date you took the photo, and what you liked about it. We look forward to seeing Wyoming from your point of view!
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Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Tuesday's headlines include: * Afton man takes down MMA fighter suspected of being a sex trafficker * More aurora borealis light shows to come for Wyoming * Crook County ranchers won’t be prosecuted for bleaching penises on neighbor’s cows

Wendy CorrNovember 28, 2023

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Jaymes Schulte, who during his MMA career fought under the nickname "The Underdog."

Wyoming Man Helps Catch MMA Fighter Accused Of International Sex Trafficking

Tyler Schwab of Afton, Wyoming, and his international anti-sex trafficking organization last week helped bring down an MMA fighter accused of sexually abusing women and girls.

Clair McFarlandNovember 27, 2023

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Douglas Man Accused Of Killing Cousin Says He Blacked Out, Pleads Mental Illness

A Douglas man claims he wasn't sane enough to comprehend his conduct as wrong or conform it to law enforcement when he allegedly shot and killed his cousin in September. 

Clair McFarlandNovember 27, 2023

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Colorado Man Wanted For Murder Arrested After 130 MPH Chase Near Lusk, Wyoming

James Neal, 23, is accused of shooting a 73-year-old dead in Lone Tree, Colorado. Wyoming authorities arrested Neal Wednesday morning after a state trooper nudged Neal into a spinout during a car chase outside Lusk, Wyoming. 

Clair McFarlandNovember 27, 2023

Clarence Fisher reads the Torah at a local Cheyenne coffee shop. He said finding God saved his soul and changed his perspective on life. After 32 years in prison, he's now living his best second life.

After 32 Years In Prison, Cheyenne Man Making Up For Lost Time

Clarence Fisher hasn’t wasted a minute making up for lost time, and he has a lot to make up for. Fisher was released from the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins in 2020 after spending 32 years there. Now he owns his own business just bought his own home.

Leo WolfsonNovember 25, 2023

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