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<title>All-You-Can-Eat Buffets Are Back In Wyoming And Across The U.S. | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Buffets are back in a big way after the COVID pandemic put a huge hurt on dining out around Wyoming and across the U.S. At Cody’s Irma Hotel and Restaurant, a record 13,000 people loaded up their plates in 2025.

All-You-Can-Eat Buffets Are Back In Wyoming And Across The U.S.

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Greg Johnson

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<title>Evanston To Utah’s ‘Extreme’ Drunk Drivers: Don’t Try To Buy Your Booze Here | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Utahns who are banned from buying alcohol due to “extreme” DUIs won’t find sympathetic liquor dealers in Wyoming. “If Utah says you can’t buy alcohol because you’re too bad of a drunk driver, then we’re not going to sell to you either,” one dealer said.

Evanston To Utah’s ‘Extreme’ Drunk Drivers: Don’t Try To Buy Your Booze Here

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Giant Wyoming Dinosaurs Are The Stars Of New Abu Dhabi Natural History Museum | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The first thing visitors see when they enter the newly opened Natural History Museum in Abu Dhabi are four massive long-necked dinosaurs. Three of these one-of-a-kind giants, and several other fossils in the world-class museum, are from Wyoming.

Giant Wyoming Dinosaurs Are The Stars Of New Abu Dhabi Natural History Museum

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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>Wyoming History: Meet Thornburgh, The Hero Dog Of Fort Bridger | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Thornburgh, an orphaned pup from a 1879 Ute battle, became Fort Bridger’s hero dog by stopping thieves, saving soldiers from knives, and alerting soldiers to Indian raids. Thornburgh was so well-loved he was buried in a fenced grave with a headstone.

Wyoming History: Meet Thornburgh, The Hero Dog Of Fort Bridger

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<title>Wyoming Hunter Bags Coveted Big-Game Trifecta, Including Huge Moose | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Nate Miller beat astronomical odds to draw Wyoming’s coveted three-species “trifecta" hunting tag, then bagged a bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and moose. He joked about selling his hunting rifles, because there’s no way to ever top this hunting season.

Wyoming Hunter Bags Coveted Big-Game Trifecta, Including Huge Moose

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<title>Nearly 12 And Huge, Yellowstone Wolf 1090F Earns Title Of Oldest In Yellowstone | Cowboy State Daily</title>

At the age of 11 years, 9 months, Wolf 1090F has earned the title of the oldest living wolf in Yellowstone, which is remarkable considering the average lifespan of a wild wolf is 5 or 6. Like other members of the pack known as Mollie’s pack, she’s huge.

Nearly 12 And Huge, Yellowstone Wolf 1090F Earns Title Of Oldest In Yellowstone

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