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<title>BLM Finalizes Controversial Rock Springs Plan, Now Only Congress Can Stop It | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The BLM on Friday finalized its controversial Rock Springs Resource Management Plan for more than 3 million acres in Southwest Wyoming. Now only Congress can reverse it.

BLM Finalizes Controversial Rock Springs Plan, Now Only Congress Can Stop It

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Dale Killingbeck

Energy

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<title>Cluster Of Wind Turbines Sitting Idle Outside Casper Won’t Turn Anytime Soon | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A cluster of turbines sitting idle in the December winds outside Casper will remain idle into the next year. Chevron is citing “telemetry issues” with PacificCorp for why they’ve not been used for much of the past few years.

Cluster Of Wind Turbines Sitting Idle Outside Casper Won’t Turn Anytime Soon

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<title>Feds Grab Suspected Venezuelan Gang Member From Cheyenne Jail | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Federal immigration authorities took custody Friday of an illegal immigrant the local sheriff suspects of being in a Venezuelan gang. The man had just been released from a five-month jail sentence in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

 

 

Feds Grab Suspected Venezuelan Gang Member From Cheyenne Jail

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<title>Fueled By Wyoming Talent, Montana State Guns For National FCS Championship | Cowboy State Daily</title>

If undefeated Montana State University wins a national FCS title this season, it will have Wyoming fingerprints all over it. The Bobcats feature a host of former Wyoming high school players and are coached by a longtime UW assistant.

Fueled By Wyoming Talent, Montana State Guns For National FCS Championship

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Leo Wolfson

Politics

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<title>Musk-Trump Spending Overhaul Has Congress Scrambling To Avoid Shutdown | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman supports President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s overhaul of a 1,500-page spending package. Their 116-page version failed Thursday night with a Friday shutdown deadline looming.

Musk-Trump Spending Overhaul Has Congress Scrambling To Avoid Shutdown

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Around Wyoming

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<title>Locals Shellshocked After Historic Wyoming Union Pacific Water Tower Torn Down | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A historic water tower along the Union Pacific line near the Wyoming-Colorado state line was a local landmark for about 80 years. Now it’s gone, torn down Tuesday without notice or discussion, leaving locals and railroad buffs shellshocked.

Locals Shellshocked After Historic Wyoming Union Pacific Water Tower Torn Down

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Dick Perue

The American West

Historians write of one fanciful event that took place about 1895 when the Bender Gang, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Elzy Lay treated the residents of the Brown’s Park to Thanksgiving dinner.

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The American West: A Holiday Dinner with Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch

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The American West: A Holiday Dinner with Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch

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