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<title>Cowboy State Daily Video Newscast: December 23, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Tuesday's headlines include:
* Massive Avalanches
* Cleaning Up Huge Train Wreck
* Snowmobile Tours To Old Faithful Canceled

Cowboy State Daily Video Newscast: December 23, 2025

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<title>Crew Clears 100+ Derailed Freight Cars From Track Near Cheyenne In 18 Hours | Cowboy State Daily</title>

After a massive derailment near Cheyenne on Friday, the BNSF Railway was left with an enormous task — clearing more than 100 blown-over freight cars and getting trains moving again.

Crew Clears 100+ Derailed Freight Cars From Track Near Cheyenne In 18 Hours

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<title>Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Tuesday, December 23, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Some clouds in the northwest, otherwise partly to mostly sunny in Wyoming on Tuesday. Breezy in some locations. Partly to mostly cloudy overnight. Highs from the low 40s to the low 60s and lows in the 30s and 40s. 

Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Daily Darwin

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<title>Daily Darwin: Tuesday, December 23, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

For everyone’s safety, Christmas is cancelled this year!

Daily Darwin: Tuesday, December 23, 2025

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<title>Contractor Accused Of Cheating Lusk Homeowners Fires Lawyer, Delays Sentencing | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The sentencing hearing for a contractor who pleaded guilty to cheating the people of Lusk out of thousands of dollars for unfulfilled home repairs imploded Monday after the man fired his lawyer. 

Contractor Accused Of Cheating Lusk Homeowners Fires Lawyer, Delays Sentencing

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<title>Avalanche Buries Teton Pass Under 30-Foot-Tall, 500-Foot-Long Wall Of Snow | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Teton Pass was closed all day Monday as the Wyoming Department of Transportation used bulldozers to clear a wall of wet, heavy snow 30 feet tall and 500 feet long from Highway 22. It took crews about 14 hours to reopen the pass, but work continues Tuesday.

Avalanche Buries Teton Pass Under 30-Foot-Tall, 500-Foot-Long Wall Of Snow

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