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Local and county board members are growing exasperated with what they call undue influence from state lawmakers, who are sometimes ill-informed, at public meetings. Lawmakers countered, saying they're giving their constituents a stronger voice. 

Contentious Public Meetings Highlight Rift Between State, County Leaders 

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<title>83-Year-Old Basin Woman Bags Elk And Packs It Out By Noon On Opening Day | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Take that, Father Time! At 83-years-old Neda Herman, from Basin, Wyoming, shot her elk on opening day. By noon, she quartered the elk with her son and packed it out.

83-Year-Old Basin Woman Bags Elk And Packs It Out By Noon On Opening Day

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<title>First Major Snowfall Drops A Foot On Beartooth Highway & Parts of Wyoming | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming's mountains got a foot of snow over the weekend, enough to close Beartooth Highway and many roads in Yellowstone, in the first big snowfall of the winter ahead. Photographer Dave Bell called it a "winter wonderland."

First Major Snowfall Drops A Foot On Beartooth Highway & Parts of Wyoming

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<title>Popular Casper Walmart Cashier Loses House, Pets In Fire | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Casper woman and popular cashier at Walmart is recovering from 2nd and 3rd-degree burns in a Denver Hospital following a fire that destroyed her house and all of her family's possessions. Her husband and son escaped the fire with just the clothes on their backs.

Popular Casper Walmart Cashier Loses House, Pets In Fire

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<title>‘Rot in Hell,’ Victim’s Mother Tells Man Sentenced for Crimes Tied to 2019 Killing | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Joseph Underwood was sentenced Monday to 14.5 years for a slew of crimes related to the death of a Cheyenne woman in 2019. The murder case was dropped in 2022 due to his mental state. “Why couldn’t you kill yourself?” wailed the woman’s mother in court.

‘Rot in Hell,’ Victim’s Mother Tells Man Sentenced for Crimes Tied to 2019 Killing

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Columnist Ray Hunkins writes, "Even after interest in the story faded, those involved continued to write about it. And the son of then-Wyoming Attorney General James Barrett has provided me with his father’s personal files relating to the Black 14 event. This is the 'rest of the story,' stitched together from those careful accounts."

Ray Hunkins: The Part Of The Black 14 Story The Press Never Told

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