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Cowboy State Daily Video News: Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Tuesday's headlines include: * Gordon PAC Supports Freedom Caucus Opponents * Wrestlers Who Fought Grizzly Featured In Documentary * Dept Of Defense Won't Force Soldiers To Eat Lab Grown Meat

Wendy CorrJuly 30, 2024

Bill Gates arrives in Kemmerer, Wyoming, on Monday, June 10, 2024, to break ground on the new Natrium nuclear reactor project for TerraPower.

Letter To The Editor: Unhappy With Bill Gates Coverage

Dear Editor: Focusing two news articles on a card game between Bill Gates and citizens in Kemmerer, Wyoming makes light of what Mr. Gates plans to do (June 11 and 12, 2024). It reflects celebrity-style reporting.

July 30, 2024

Gov. Mark Gordon greets members of the Wyoming Legislature before their 2024 session convened.

Gordon’s PAC Hits High Gear With Endorsements, Money For Freedom Caucus Opponents

Gov. Mark Gordon’s political action committee is targeting what it calls a flood of campaign “half-truths and outright lies.” He also has endorsed some state legislative candidates, but none from the Freedom Caucus.

Leo WolfsonJuly 30, 2024

Tom Lubnau: Once Upon A Time, The Wyoming Republican Party Organization Had Integrity

Cowboy State Daily columnist and former Wyoming Speaker of the House Tom Lubnau writes, "Once upon a time, the Wyoming Republican Party Organization had integrity. These days, not so much."

Tom LubnauJuly 29, 2024

Cody Bar Manager Accused Of Skimming Nearly $200K From Gaming Machines

A longtime manager of a Cody bar is accused of skimming nearly $200,000 from gaming machine profits over the past three years. She faces four counts of felony theft in Cody Circuit Court, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Clair McFarlandJuly 29, 2024

Punching An Attacking Grizzly In The Face Might Work, But Not Recommended

A man in British Columbia stopped a grizzly attack by punching the bear in the face. Some Wyoming bear experts say that say might work, but isn’t something anybody should try unless it’s a last ditch option.

Mark HeinzJuly 29, 2024

$Kamala Harris is backing off her previous anti-fracking stance, but former President Donald Trump doesn't buy it.$

Kamala Harris Does 180 On Fracking, Says She Won’t Ban It: Trump Not Buying It

Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, told a national publication that she will not seek to ban fracking if she’s elected. That's a 180 degree flip from what she said earlier.

Pat MaioJuly 29, 2024

A mix-up at this Kim & Go station in Rock Springs had diesel fuel coming out of the regular unleaded pump, and regular gas from the diesel pump.

Kum & Go Apologizes For Diesel-Gas Mix-Up At Rock Springs Gas Station

The corporate office of Kum & Go told Cowboy State Daily it is apologizing for a mix-up earlier this month that switched diesel and regular gas in its fuel tanks in Rock Springs. The company says it will pay for any damage motorists suffered.

Clair McFarlandJuly 29, 2024

Dept. Of Defense Backs Away From Pushing Lab-Grown Meat On U.S. Military

The Department of Defense has backed off spending a $500 million grant it got for laboratory-grown meat. That came after intense pressure from groups like the National Cattlemen’s Beef and Wyoming Stock Growers associations.

Renée JeanJuly 29, 2024

A loaded coal train rolls past the Dry Fork Station power plant about 10 miles north of Gillette, Wyoming.

Wyoming Budget Could Take Big Hit With Coal Production Down 25%

Wyoming revenue collection is ahead of forecasts, but a freefalling state coal industry could change that quickly. A new state budget report warns the impact of a 25% drop in coal production for the first half of 2024.

Pat MaioJuly 29, 2024

Dave Simpson: Harriet Delivered When No One Else Could (Or Cared)

Cowboy State Daily columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Harriet cut through the red tape and somehow got the Forest Service to do what it should have been doing for years.”

Dave SimpsonJuly 29, 2024

Former Wyoming college wrestlers Kendell Cummings, from left, Orrin Jackson, August Harrison and Brady Lowry got a free trip to Alaska to film a documentary on the 2022 grizzly attack they survived.

Wyoming Wrestlers Who Fought Grizzly Featured In New Documentary

A group of wrestlers from northwest Wyoming who successfully fought off an angry grizzly bear in 2022 were in Alaska this summer to face bears — and their fears — again. They’re part of a documentary about their story, which could start streaming in 2025.

Leo WolfsonJuly 29, 2024

Carly Wood, 12, and her 10-year-old brother, who goes by his nickname “Critter,” raise 4-H sheep on the family’s property in Grand County, Colorado.

Rural Colorado Family Says Wolf Was Watching Their Kids And Sheep

A northern Colorado ranch family is on high alert after observing a wolf, they claim, were watching their kids and sheep. It’s one of a growing number of wolf encounters and livestock kills reported since that state reintroduced the predators in December.

Mark HeinzJuly 29, 2024

Friend Says Naked Man Passed Out In Stranger’s Home Usually “A Pretty Good Guy”

Upon returning to his home in Alpine, Wyoming, a man found his house wrecked and a naked stranger passed out there last month. The intruder had his case elevated to felony-level court last week, while a friend says he’s usually “a pretty good guy.”

Clair McFarlandJuly 29, 2024

Many of the graves in the Gebo cemetery hold children.

Dedication Will Remember Gebo’s Children, Forever Home In Wyoming Ghost Town Cemetery

A society that specializes in the absurd will get serious Saturday when it dedicates the Wyoming ghost town of Gebo. The former mining boom town is also the final resting place for many of Gebo’s children, who died during epidemics.

Jackie DorothyJuly 29, 2024

Jacob Wang from Laramie, Wyoming wrestles his steer in 7.2 seconds to place 4th in the Championship round at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 28, 2024.

Cheyenne Frontier Days Photo Gallery: Monday, July 29, 2024

Cowboy State Daily photographer Matt Idler is at Cheyenne Frontier Days all 10 days of the event and will be producing photo galleries daily. Enjoy!

July 29, 2024

Three members of the Gospel Hall of Fame group The Nelons were killed in a Wyoming plane crash Friday. They include, Jason Clark, left, Kelly Nelon Clark, second from right, and Amber Nelon. Not on the plane was Jason and Kelly’s daughter, Autumn Nelon Clark, second from left.

Bad Autopilot May Have Contributed To Wyoming Air Crash That Killed 7

The single-engine turboprop plane that crashed in northeast Wyoming on Friday, killing all 7 on board, indicated an “autopilot issue during flight,” the NTSB reports. That would be in line with that model aircraft, a crash investigator told Cowboy State Daily.

Clair McFarlandJuly 29, 2024

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, July 29, 2024

Monday's headlines include: - Autopilot System Blamed In Gillette Crash - Bill Gates Wind Energy Project Raising Money - Gigantic 3,000 Pound Celebrity Steer Moving 'to Wyoming

Wendy CorrJuly 29, 2024

Denise’s Diner is for sale and the Teapot Motor Lodge is closed in Edgerton.

Edgerton: The Wyoming Oil Field Town That Refuses To Die

Like many areas around Wyoming, tiny Edgerton sprang up as an energy town and endured many booms and busts. It never died with the last bust, and the 120 or so people who still live here are working on a revival.

Dale KillingbeckJuly 28, 2024

John Prentice, a Union soldier in the Civil War from 1861-1865, kept a diary of his experience, which was recently discovered by his great-grandson, Doyl Fritz of Sheridan, Wyoming.

Sheridan Man’s Family Civil War Diaries Is A Glimpse Into America’s Deadliest Conflict

Doyl Fritz of Sheridan, Wyoming, spent a year transcribing the diaries of his great-grandfather John Prentice, who fought for the Union Army during the Civil War. The lessons gleaned from the account of America’s deadliest conflict are priceless, he says.

Amber SteinmetzJuly 28, 2024

Noah Yenny, 3, pets the shell of Sweet Pea, a 12-year-old sulcata tortoise. Sweet Pea escaped the yard of his owner, Sabrina Hanson, and wandered a block away before being discovered grazing on a neighbor's lawn.

Sweet Pea, The Rescued Pet Tortoise In Cody, Keeps Escaping

Sweet Pea is a 12-year-old tortoise in Cody who keeps escaping his yard to graze on the front lawn of neighbors. And if there's something in his yard that doesn't like, he'll move it. His siblings, two giant mastiffs, know he runs things, so they stay out of his way.

Andrew RossiJuly 28, 2024

Street paster Nick Schindler is passing through Wyoming on his journey to Washington, D.C. He said he carries his cross “the length and the breadth” of every town and city he comes to, inviting people to converse with him.

Cross-Carrying Street Preacher Walks Across Wyoming On Way To D.C.

Nick Schindler has made his walk with Christ an arduously physical thing, and he’s bearing his cross — a literal 75-pound solid-wood cross — through Wyoming on his way across America.

Mark HeinzJuly 28, 2024

Wade Farrow, 36, is one of 20 male inmates at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution earning a bachelor’s degree through the University of Wyoming’s Pathways from Prison program.

For Some Wyoming Inmates, Prison Is Their Best Shot At Education

For some Wyoming inmates, being in prison is their first best shot at getting a real education and not repeating their crimes. Critics worry, however, it takes resources from other students.

Jen KocherJuly 28, 2024

Lynn McColl has been volunteering for Cheyenne Frontier Days for 55 years with the parades committee. He's a member of the mounted marshals.

55-Year Cheyenne Frontier Days Volunteer Recalls When It Was Wilder

With more than 2,500 volunteers, Cheyenne Frontier Days has more helpers than many Wyoming towns. Lynn McColl, who has been a volunteers for 55 years, says it was wilder when he started. “I drank my first beer in Cheyenne riding down the street at 13 on a horse,” he said.

Renée JeanJuly 28, 2024

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