Nick Seeman, University of Wyoming

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Jackie Dorothy

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Renée Jean

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<title>Wyoming’s Oldest General Store In Aladdin Loses Its 127-Year-Old Post Office | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The tiny outpost of Aladdin in northeast Wyoming is home to the state’s oldest general store, which has also served as a local post office since 1898. But no more. The Postal Service has discontinued its contract with the Aladdin General Store.

Wyoming’s Oldest General Store In Aladdin Loses Its 127-Year-Old Post Office

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Andrew Rossi

Wyoming Life

Around Wyoming

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<title>Rare 144-Year Seven-Planet Parade Lines Up Over Wyoming This Week | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars will all be visible in the night skie over Wyoming after sunset Friday, an alignment that only happens once every 144 years.

Rare 144-Year Seven-Planet Parade Lines Up Over Wyoming This Week

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Leo Wolfson

Government & Politics

Legislature

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<title>‘Hugely Disappointing’: House, Senate Can’t Agree On Deal To Cut Property Taxes | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Members of the Wyoming Senate and House couldn’t agree over a proposed property tax cut Tuesday that has fluxuated between 25% and 50%. Thinking a deal had been struck at 25%, one state senator says House members backing off is “hugely disappointing.”

‘Hugely Disappointing’: House, Senate Can’t Agree On Deal To Cut Property Taxes

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Crime & Courts

Courts

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<title>Montana Man Gets 110 Years For Crashing Homemade Truck Bomb Into Neighbor’s House | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A neighborhood feud turned into a scene from “Mad Max” when a Montana man transformed his truck into a firebomb on wheels and sent it crashing into a neighbor’s house. He was sentenced earlier this month to 110 years in prison for attempted murder.

Montana Man Gets 110 Years For Crashing Homemade Truck Bomb Into Neighbor’s House

Politics

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<title>Hageman Doesn’t Trust USPS, Wants More Protection For Rural Post Offices | Cowboy State Daily</title>

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman doesn’t trust the U.S. Postal Service’s latest promise to not take away as much mail processing from the Cheyenne and Casper post offices. She’s filed a bill that would protect rural post offices.

Hageman Doesn’t Trust USPS, Wants More Protection For Rural Post Offices

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Mark Heinz

Outdoors

Hunting

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<title>Wyoming Hunters Say Proposed 100,000-Acre Land Swap Would Be A Raw Deal | Cowboy State Daily</title>

An exchange of roughly 100,000 acres between the federal government and a ranch in southcentral Wyoming would improve recreational access, supporters say. But Cowboy State hunters say the swap would be a raw deal.

Wyoming Hunters Say Proposed 100,000-Acre Land Swap Would Be A Raw Deal

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Quackgrass Sally

The American West

Each of Dick Terme’s painted spheres are unbelievably complex, painted by a masterful artist whose imagination and multifaceted techniques are beyond compare.

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The American West: Termespheres -- A Unique Universe Of Art In South Dakota

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