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<title>Modular Homes Could Be An Answer To Busting Wyoming’s Housing Crunch | Cowboy State Daily</title>

One estimate shows Wyoming needs more than 38,000 homes. Economic developers say it's hampering efforts to attract new businesses and workforce to the state. Modular homes could be the solution if the stigma can be overcome.

Modular Homes Could Be An Answer To Busting Wyoming’s Housing Crunch

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<title>Winter Storm Drives 150 Antelope To Their Deaths, Including 53 From… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

150 antelope were killed earlier this week when a winter storm blasted eastern Colorado with snow and sent the animals onto the highways. That includes 53 antelope which were plowed down in a single accident.

Winter Storm Drives 150 Antelope To Their Deaths, Including 53 From One Truck Accident

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<title>Wyoming Has Lost 10,000 Mining, Oil And Gas Jobs Over Past Decade | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming has lost 10,000 jobs in the natural resources and mining sector over the past decade, UW economist Anne Alexander said. Other job categories have stayed close to the same, or increased, but the mining category -- which includes oil and gas jobs — has dropped precipitously.

Wyoming Has Lost 10,000 Mining, Oil And Gas Jobs Over Past Decade

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<title>Trying To Get Away With Murder By Staging It As A Bear Attack Is A… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A number of recent human-on-human crimes — including murder — have attempted to be covered up by blaming them on bear attacks. But law enforcement and wildlife officials say it’s a really bad strategy.

Trying To Get Away With Murder By Staging It As A Bear Attack Is A Bad Idea

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<title>Cody's Hippie Cow Creamery Started With 1 Cow And Off-The-Wall… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Hippie Cow Creamery in Cody started with one Jersey cow and an off-the-wall attitude. Their raw, unpasteurized milk business is exploding, and the family is as quirky as ever -- singing to their cows, dancing with their cows, and making farm-inspired music videos.

Cody's Hippie Cow Creamery Started With 1 Cow And Off-The-Wall Attitude

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<title>Mountain West Denies It Snuck In New Rule To Punish Boycott Of Trans… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Mountain West Conference told Cowboy State Daily on Thursday that it didn't suddenly edit its rules to punish schools for boycotting a women's volleyball team with a transgender player. The women suing the conference claim it did.

Mountain West Denies It Snuck In New Rule To Punish Boycott Of Trans Player

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The Hoback Basin Cattle Roundup is a month-long push to gather up 3,000 head of cattle that have been grazing all summer on public lands, separate them by brands and ranch and get them ready for sale. It’s a tradition spanning generations of Wyoming cowboys on horseback.

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Fall Means Cowboys Are Out Rounding Up Cattle In Western Wyoming

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