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<title>Steve Inman: Friday, February 20, 2026 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

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Politics

RIVERTON- Three Wyoming gubernatorial candidates for the Republican nomination took the debate stage against each other late Thursday, for the last time before next Tuesday’s primary election.

State Sen. and former House Speaker Eric Barlow emphasized pragmatic policy approaches and referenced his nearly 14 years in the Legislature and careers as a rancher and veterinarian.

Retired Marine Corps Col. Brent Bien said he entered this race due to Gov. Mark Gordon’s actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. He voiced enthusiasm, referenced his military career and called for auditing “everything” in state government.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder pointed to her work as the state’s schools chief, and voiced ambitions for Wyoming to lead the nation by litigating, empowering industries at which the state already excels and negotiating strongly with other states. She cast her connection with both President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman as an edge that will help Wyoming advance its own agenda.

[{"type":"text","text":"What If We Got Another COVID?"}]

In response to a question about how she’d respond to another COVID-like phenomenon, Degenfelder said Wyoming should never shut down private businesses or schools.

“I spent time living in Communist China,” she said, reflecting on earning her master’s degree at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. “During the COVID pandemic that’s what it started to feel like.”

In an earlier interview this week, Degenfelder compared her time in China to confronting a lion.

Bien said, “I am standing here right now because of the actions the current governor took in 2020.”

[{"type":"text","text":"He said he’d never shut down the state the way Gordon did."}]

“Without our freedom, we have nothing,” said Bien. “I’ve witnessed the end state of tyranny in multiple theaters.”

In 2020 Barlow was, as now, in the state Legislature. He reflected on how difficult it was to get good information as the pandemic unfolded. 

 he championed into law in 2021, limiting state and county public health officers’ authority to shutter the state to 10 days, and shifting that authority to elected officials after that timeframe.

“Because I understood what I was hearing: frustration,” said Barlow. “People needed to be held accountable. You hold your elected officials accountable, and I ran the bill to make that happen on behalf of all Wyoming citizens.”

Bien answered a question about states’ renegotiation of the Colorado River compact, saying “I’m tired of these other states stepping all over us.”

He said Wyoming should rebuff outside influence, and let “particularly the coastal states” solve their own problems. He listed desalination as an example.

[{"type":"text","text":"“I will fight for that all the way through,” said Bien."}]

Degenfelder said Wyoming needs a strong negotiator. Because the federal government has issued temporary guidelines in this area, Wyoming needs a relationship with the federal government, she said.

[{"type":"text","text":"Degenfelder has been endorsed by both Hageman and Trump."}]

[{"type":"text","text":"She also said Wyoming should invest in its failing water infrastructure."}]

Barlow said the state should protect its “lifeblood” by putting more resources toward scientific and legal advantages.

That’s also been the message of the Wyoming Attorney General’s office, which urged the Legislature this session to equip it to negotiate the compact.

Barlow said he wants Wyoming to build a coalition with the upper basin states and take a strong enough lead in this area to repel the federal government.

“I do not want top-down,” he said. “I do not want the federal government deciding this on our behalf; so we need to have the resources and the people.”

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A shortened, lightning-round segment opened with the prompt, “Wyoming Freedom Caucus.”

That’s a controversial group of Republicans in the state House of Representatives. Its proponents call it the true voice of the political right, while its detractors say it over-relies on national influence and brings sloppy legislation.

“I’m not interested in labels. I’m interested in results,” said Degenfelder.

Bien said he aligns with the Wyoming Republican platform, and will align with the Freedom Caucus as long as it does too.

Barlow, whom the caucus doesn’t favor, gave a joking, “Who?” in response to the prompt.

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Bien said of the University of Wyoming, the state needs “to audit the whole thing.”

“Make sure this money’s being spent statutorily and we’re getting the best bang for the buck,” he said.

Many House lawmakers led an effort this year to cut $40 million from UW’s state budget. That effort did not clear the Senate.  

[{"type":"text","text":"Barlow called UW valuable for the future of Wyoming."}]

Degenfelder said she’s a “proud graduate” and believes the school needs to be “a strong land-grant university” and focus on affordability. 

Wyoming’s Turn, which is a Wyoming PAC targeting Barlow with attack ads, has spent at least $1.4 million this election cycle. An issues group registered in Delaware has been attacking him as well.

A Wyoming’s Turn flier asserted this week that Barlow sponsored legislation to raise gas and diesel tax. It cited the 2020 House Bill 63.

Barlow voiced surprise at the claim in a Thursday-morning interview on Cowboy State Daily’s Morning Show With Jake, saying he had not done that.

The 2020 House Bill 63 had proposed a fuel tax hike, but it was sponsored by the Revenue Committee, of which Barlow was not a member. He voted no on that bill Feb. 12, 2020. 

Barlow fielded a question about “dark money” by saying, “if they can’t put their name on it, you don’t  know where it came from – that’s not dark money, that’s black money.”

Wyoming’s Turn PAC lists contributions from the Women For Responsible Government PAC, which hadn’t disclosed its own donors as of Thursday. 

Degenfelder also fielded the dark money prompt with indignation, saying the group attacking her has spent millions helping Democratic candidates.

The Keep Wyoming Working PAC, which has spent $228,534, lists its lone contributor is the Washington DC-based Government That Works PAC. That group’s funding has filtered to multiple Democratic candidates across the nation.

Barlow and Degenfelder both deny involvement with PACs attacking the other.

Bien, who hasn’t been as much of a target, said he’s “absolutely opposed” to dark money.

All three candidates cast themselves as staunchly pro-Second Amendment. Barlow pointed to legislation he championed helping non-violent felons to restore their gun rights.

[{"type":"text","text":"Degenfelder urged Wyoming to be vigilant in this area."}]

Bien said he would have signed the 2026 Second Amendment Protection Act, “without a doubt.”

All 23 Wyoming sheriffs opposed that bill, saying it would bring more local harms from federal agents by making local law enforcement officers hesitant to communicate or work with them at all.

Proponents, conversely, pointed to high-profile and violent street clashes involving immigration enforcers this year, and the Second Amendment generally.

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Bien and Degenfelder both urged removing grizzly bears from threatened status on the endangered species list.

Barlow said Wyoming should be managing its own grizzly population and is getting much closer to that goal.

Regarding data centers, Bien said he’d like to push for constitutional protections to guard “everyone’s data out here.”

Barlow said Wyoming should work to protect water, electrical rates; and give communities good information on the impacts of data centers. But if they’re using Wyoming coal and natural gas, he added, “that’s not a bad thing.”

[{"type":"text","text":"Degenfelder again urged strong negotiation."}]

“We say you’re not going to take from the water supply. You’re not going to increase electrical rates. You’re going to help us fund trade schools,” she said, “and you’re going to be welcomed by the community.”

In a prompt about the Wyoming Business Council, Barlow called it an important partner with local governments and private business that helps to diversify the economy.

Degenfelder said, “government doesn’t create jobs. The private sector does.” But, she continued, there is a role for economic development, and that institution should focus on infrastructure and return on investment.

Bien said the Wyoming Business Council “needs a serious rudder steer” to return to its mission, or it should be defunded.

[{"type":"text","text":"Your Political Hero"}]

[{"type":"text","text":"Bien said his political hero is President Theodore Roosevelt."}]

Degenfelder pointed to Wyoming’s current federal delegation Sens. John Barrasso, Cynthia Lummis and Rep. Harriet Hageman, the late Gov. Stan Hathaway, and said she sees Vice President JD Vance as “ushering in the next generation of conservative leaders.” 

Barlow said he admires as political heroism the partnership between the late Sen. Al Simpson and his wife, Ann Simpson, who died July 31.

[{"type":"text","text":"And, Your Attorney General"}]

Degenfelder said she wants “bulldogs” in every agency and an attorney general who will lead Wyoming, produce legal filings quickly and have “amicus briefs on my desk the next morning” for key issues.

“We’re not going to be the 10th state in the country to sign onto a lawsuit,” she said. “We’re going to lead.”

She said that’s especially important in a time of “lawfare” and “activist judges” nationally.

Bien said Wyoming will be pleased with his pick for attorney general; and cast the man as having an exemplary personality, and being constitutionally driven and liberty-minded.

Barlow said he wants an attorney general of high integrity and broad legal acumen who is interested in “not just suing people, but negotiating. Getting to meaningful outcomes.”

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<title>Three GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Face Off In Final Debate Before Primary Election | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Three Wyoming gubernatorial candidates for the Republican nomination took the debate stage Thursday, for the last time before the primary election. Eric Barlow focused on his experience, Megan Degenfelder on her vision and Brent Bien on righting the government's structure.

Three GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Face Off In Final Debate Before Primary Election

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Outdoors

The Powder River at Arvada in Sheridan County has essentially stopped flowing for nearly a month, encapsulating severe drought conditions persisting across the West.

The river’s flow levels there have been sitting at zero to near-zero cubic feet per second (cfs) since mid-July, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) communications specialist Cheryl Miller told Cowboy State Daily.

When the river hits 0 cfs, “there could be a little pool there, but it is not moving," Miller said. "There is no water going downstream from there.” 

The Powder River's main steam flows for 375 miles from the Bighorn Mountains into the Yellowstone River near Terry, Montana. It is susceptible to wild fluctuations because it is one of the last free-flowing prairie river systems in the country.

During a typical year, the Powder at Arvada is flowing at 135 cfs, Miller said. 

[{"type":"text","text":"On June 16, it was at 17.5 cfs."}]

When the river reaches zero cubic feet per second, native fish such as sauger, channel catfish and sturgeon chub have evolved to survive in deeper pools.

“This is not unheard of for that site," Miller said of zero cfs, "but it is uncommon.” 

Records dating to 1930 indicate the Powder River has hit a standstill at Arvada about a dozen times, though there are no records for length of time at zero flow. The Powder also reached 100,000 cubic feet per second in 1923.

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Unusually light snowpack coupled with a relative lack of rain during the spring and summer have contributed to the scarcity of water this summer, Miller said. Irrigation has also taken water from its tributaries, 

fishing guide Gene Pruett told Cowboy State Daily.

Dry ground along the upper stretches can absorb some of the river’s runoff.

The main Powder River’s tributaries include the North, Middle and South forks, which are still flowing.

The Middle Fork is typically fishable until late June or early July, when the water becomes too warm for responsible angling, said Pruett, owner of the Thermopolis-based Wyoming Trout Angler fishing guide service.

He guides anglers on the North Fork in Outlaw Canyon above Kaycee.

Wyoming State Engineer Brandon Gebhart recently told the Legislature’s Select Water Committee that this is one of the 

“Over 83% of the state is in severe or extreme drought,” he said. "Luckily, no parts of the state are under exceptional drought, as of right now.” 

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Flows along the upstream forks of the Powder River is “generally low,” said Mike Cassidy, fishing guide with Rock Creek Anglers, based out of Saddlestring in Johnson County.

It is probably weakest on the South Fork, he told Cowboy State Daily.

“We shut down our fishing on the Middle Fork because of high water temperatures,” he said.

Stretches of the North Fork on private property remain “fishable” because cold water from tributary springs has kept water temperatures lower, he said.

As a general rule, it’s best to stop even catch-and-release trout fishing once the water temperature hits 68 to 70 degrees because of stress to the fish, Pruett said.

In addition to shutting down his operations on the Middle Fork, Pruett said he’s limited trips to early mornings only on other rivers because of rising water temperatures.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department hasn’t mandated catch-and-release fishing shutdowns but is asking anglers and guides to suspend their fishing on numerous waters.

On the Bighorn, the Green, the Salt, the Snake, and the New Fork rivers, there are voluntary closure signs everywhere,” Pruett said.

“I think it’s the guides’ and the anglers’ responsibility to preserve the resource” and refrain from catch-and-release fishing when the water is too hot, he said.

As for the Powder, it was still near zero cubic feet per second at Locate, Montana, but picked up some water by the time it reaches Moorhead, where the flow was 10-12 cubic feet per second Thursday. 

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<title>Under Severe Drought Conditions, Wyoming’s Powder River Has Completely Stopped Flowing | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Powder River in Sheridan County has completely stopped flowing for nearly a month due to severe drought conditions and irrigation. During a typical year, the Powder at Arvada is flowing at 135 cubic feet per second, now it's at zero cubic feet per second.

Under Severe Drought Conditions, Wyoming’s Powder River Has Completely Stopped Flowing

Coy Knobel

Don Day Weather

Partly to mostly sunny in Wyoming on Friday with a chance of rain. Chance of rain overnight. Highs near 70 to mid 80s. Lows from the upper 30s to low 60s.

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Mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 83 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before 10 p.m., a low near 54 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph. 

Slight chance of rain after noon, partly sunny today with a high near 79 and partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 9 p.m. and a low near 53. 

  Slight chance of rain after 2 p.m., partly sunny today with a high near 81 and partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 57.

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  Chance of rain mainly after noon, partly sunny today with a high near 71 and mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain after midnight and a low near 43.

   Chance of rain mainly after 1 p.m., partly sunny today with a high near 75 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 7 p.m., a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.

 Chance of rain mainly after noon, partly sunny today with a high near 73 and mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 9 p.m. and a low near 45. 

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 Rain likely, partly sunny today with a high near 69 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before 10 p.m. and a low near 40.

 Rain likely today with a high near 71 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 39.

  Chance of rain, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 71 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 38 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.

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 Rain likely, partly sunny today with a high near 69 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before 10 p.m., a low near 43 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph. 

  Rain likely today with a high near 72 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 39.

Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park

:  Chance of rain, becoming mostly sunny today with a high near 64 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 35.

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Chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 79 and mostly cloudy overnight with rain likely and a low near 54.

:  Rain likely, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 71 and cloudy, gradually becoming partly cloudy overnight with rain likely before 1 a.m. and a low near 52.

  Chance of rain mainly after 5 p.m., gradually becoming mostly sunny today with a high near 78 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 56.

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   Chance of rain, partly sunny today with a high near 70 and mostly cloudy overnight with rain likely and a low near 56.

   Chance of rain, areas of fog before noon, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 74 and mostly cloudy overnight with rain likely, areas of fog after midnight and a low near 51.

:   Chance of rain, areas of fog before 9 a.m., mostly cloudy today with a high near 72 and mostly cloudy overnight with rain likely, patchy fog after midnight and a low near 53. 

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Gradually becoming mostly sunny today with a high near 77 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 53 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.

   Gradually becoming mostly sunny today with a high near 79 and wind gusts as high as 17 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with rain likely, a low near 57 and wind gusts as high as 16 mph.

:  Chance of rain, cloudy during the afternoon today with a high near 75 and wind gusts as high as 18 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 54 and wind gusts as high as 16 mph.

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  Chance of rain after 3 p.m., increasing clouds today with a high near 87 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight and a low near 60.

   Patchy fog before 9 a.m., slight chance of rain after noon, gradually becoming sunny today with a high near 82 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight and a low near 57.

  Patchy fog before 9 a.m., chance of rain after noon, becoming sunny today with a high near 86 and mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight and a low near 62. 

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   Rain likely after noon, increasing clouds today with a high near 80 and cloudy, becoming partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight and a low near 57. 

  Chance of rain after noon, increasing clouds today with a high near 76 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight and a low near 51.

  Mostly sunny today with a high near 78 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 9 p.m. and a low near 50.

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   Slight chance of rain after 3 p.m., otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 75 and mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 9 p.m. and a low near 54.

   Chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 75 and partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight and a low near 49.

   Mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 76 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 9 p.m. and a low near 51. 

Mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 83 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before 10 p.m., a low near 54 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.

Slight chance of rain after noon, partly sunny today with a high near 79 and partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 9 p.m. and a low near 53.

 Chance of rain mainly after noon, partly sunny today with a high near 73 and mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 9 p.m. and a low near 45.

:   Chance of rain, areas of fog before 9 a.m., mostly cloudy today with a high near 72 and mostly cloudy overnight with rain likely, patchy fog after midnight and a low near 53.

  Chance of rain after 3 p.m., increasing clouds today with a high near 87 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight and a low near 60 

  Patchy fog before 9 a.m., chance of rain after noon, becoming sunny today with a high near 86 and mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight and a low near 62 

   Rain likely after noon, increasing clouds today with a high near 80 and cloudy, becoming partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight and a low near 57.

  Chance of rain after noon, increasing clouds today with a high near 76 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight and a low near 51. 

  Mostly sunny today with a high near 78 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 9 p.m. and a low near 50. 

   Mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 76 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 9 p.m. and a low near 51.

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<title>Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Friday, August 14, 2026 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Friday, August 14, 2026

Mac Watson

Daily Video News

It’s time to take a look at what’s happening around Wyoming for Friday, August 14th.  I’m Mac Watson.

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The Wyoming's Turn PAC that has been attacking Sen. Eric Barlow in his run for governor is the state's biggest-spending PAC in the primary election. Cowboy State Daily’s Clair McFarland reports that’s nearly $1 million more than last cycle’s top spender.

“That PAC spent about $1.4 million in this election cycle last year. Some of the biggest spenders we saw were right about half million, or actually closer to 300,000, 400,000. This year we saw Make Liberty Win, often a top spender with just over half million, and so they got beat by the big governor's PAC. There is also a PAC that's spending around $200,000 that has been attacking Degenfelder.”

 reports receiving over $1.5M in contributions this year, meaning it has a little over $95,000 remaining in the final week before Tuesday’s primary election.

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The mother and grandfather of a 2-month old baby found dead in a sweltering, feces-filled camper pleaded not guilty Tuesday to numerous charges surrounding the infant's death. Cowboy State Daily’s Kolby Fedore reports that caseworkers did have contact with the family earlier in the year.

“DFS had tried to go and see inside of the camper and check on the baby's welfare, and Travis' study basically told them to leave his property and would not give them access to come inside. After a high risk pregnancy, the baby soon lost 11% of its body weight. When one caseworker went to the house, she noticed signs of debris everywhere, including a strong odor of cat urine coming from one of their vehicles. DFS tried to make contact, and when they came up to the camper, Travis Study told them to leave and would not give them access to come inside or to check on the baby.”

Both defendants have pleaded not guilty. 22-year-old Destiny Study faces only misdemeanors, and she will have a pre-trial conference in November. 57-year-old Travis Study also pleaded not guilty, so now the case awaits the trial date.

The national social media influencer Libs of TikTok blasted a Laramie High School counselor on Thursday for saying he wishes Wyoming House Speaker Chip Neiman had been aborted. Cowboy State Daily’s Clair McFarland reports the influencer wrote, “Would you want this person in charge of your kids' mental health?”

“She blasted a commenter who also happens to be a Laramie High School counselor for saying he wishes House Speaker Chip Neiman had been aborted. So Neiman said the comment was horrific, undermines the pro-choice argument. But he also said he feels for the counselor.”

When asked to comment about Jason Uitterdyk’s post, Albany County School District No. 1 declined to comment via its communications coordinator Madison Green.

A dimwitted tourist posted a video of himself illegally climbing above the Upper Falls of the Grand Canyon in Yellowstone earlier this week. He bragged about the “risky view” and how it gave him adrenaline. Cowboy State Daily’s Andrew Rossi reports that the unidentified, for now, hiker’s Instagram post could result in charges.

“You are not allowed to go off trail in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Off-trail travel in that area is prohibited, and climbing onto the perch over the upper falls of the Grand Canyon is considered off-trail travel. Climbing falls under that jurisdiction, so certainly should not have been where he was. And the worst thing you can do if you're going to do something like that in Yellowstone is post about it on social media, which he also did. So not only is that discouraging because it might encourage other people to do the same thing, it's self-incriminating.”

Rock climbing isn’t prohibited in Yellowstone, but going off-trail is. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is one of those areas. The exact language of the prohibition can be found in the 

Yellowstone Superintendent’s Compendium

, which is reviewed annually and updated as needed. 

I’ll have more news from Cowboy State Daily right after this.

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