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<title>Homemade Propane Bomb Found In Wyoming Oil Field Equipment Shed | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A homemade propane bomb was found Saturday in the tool shed of a Weston County, Wyoming, oil field equipment company. It was “the real deal,” the sheriff says, adding it’s lucky the device didn’t go off.

Homemade Propane Bomb Found In Wyoming Oil Field Equipment Shed

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Wyoming Starts December Warmer Than Normal, But Expect Snow By Christmas | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Temperatures will be between 10 and 15 degrees above average this first week of December in Wyoming. But that doesn’t mean a white Christmas isn’t on the way. Don Day says there’s a good chance for snow then.

Wyoming Starts December Warmer Than Normal, But Expect Snow By Christmas

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Renée Jean

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<title>Turkish Company Offers $285 Million To Buy Interest In Huge Wyoming Trona Mine | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Sisecam, a Turkish company, is offering $285 million to buy out a minority stake in one of Wyoming’s huge new trona mines.

Turkish Company Offers $285 Million To Buy Interest In Huge Wyoming Trona Mine

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Wyoming Sues Huge Investors For Pushing “Climate Activist Agenda” To Kill Coal | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming and 10 other states are accusing three massive investors of colluding to downsize coal companies to achieve net-zero carbon emissions goals. They’re using their power as large stockholders to push “a climate activist agenda.”

Wyoming Sues Huge Investors For Pushing “Climate Activist Agenda” To Kill Coal

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Leo Wolfson

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<title>Bird, Not Controversial New LDS Temple, To Blame For Cody Power Outages | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A flurry of angry social media posts say construction of a controversial new LDS temple caused a series of power outages in Cody on Sunday and Monday. But they’re wrong. The city says a bird fried by a power line is to blame.

Bird, Not Controversial New LDS Temple, To Blame For Cody Power Outages

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<title>Wyoming Man Agrees To Plead Guilty To Trying To Kidnap Teen Girl | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A man from St. Stephens, Wyoming, has agreed to plead guilty to trying to kidnap a teen girl from a Riverton movie theater in 2022. The girl managed to fight Terrence Jenkins off even after he held a knife to her neck, court documents say.

Wyoming Man Agrees To Plead Guilty To Trying To Kidnap Teen Girl

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