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<title>Intensive Search On For Missing Wyoming Pilot And Plane Near Rock Springs | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Sweetwater County authorities are searching for a Wyoming pilot and plane that left an airport outside Rock Springs on Tuesday morning and never landed in California as planned. Weather and rough terrain forced the search to suspend in the evening.

Intensive Search On For Missing Wyoming Pilot And Plane Near Rock Springs

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<title>Authorities Say Woman Taped Man To Chair, Tortured Him For Three Days             | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Campbell County Sheriff’s investigators say a woman in Wright, Wyoming, taped a man to a chair at her home and tortured him for three days. She bit his ears, and beat him with a hammer and a pistol, court documents allege. 
 

Authorities Say Woman Taped Man To Chair, Tortured Him For Three Days            

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Mark Heinz

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<title>Bill Would Hike Wyoming Hunting License Application Fees By 300% To 400% | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Hunting license application fees could see huge increases in Wyoming, jumping 300% for Wyomingites and 400% for nonresidents under a legislative bill. Game and Fish would put that money to good use, proponents say. 

Bill Would Hike Wyoming Hunting License Application Fees By 300% To 400%

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Leo Wolfson

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<title>First-Day Fireworks In Wyoming Senate Over Abortion, Pick For Committee Leader | Cowboy State Daily</title>

An attempt to prevent Eric Barlow from nomination for chairman of the Senate Health, Labor and Social Services Committee sparked fireworks Tuesday on the first day of the Wyoming Legislature’s 2025 session. The attempt, based on his abortion stance, failed.

First-Day Fireworks In Wyoming Senate Over Abortion, Pick For Committee Leader

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Renée Jean

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<title>Soakers Show Up To Find World Famous Star Plunge Closed Sooner Than Expected | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The world famous Star Plunge pool and hot springs in Thermopolis, Wyoming, has been on a legal collision course with the state. It had been expected to close Wednesday, but soakers showed up Tuesday to find it suddenly closed earlier.

Soakers Show Up To Find World Famous Star Plunge Closed Sooner Than Expected

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<title>Wyoming's Powder River Basin Sitting On Untapped Oil And Gas Potential | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The oil and gas industry has been talking up the potential of the Powder River Basin for 20 years. Even so, Wyoming’s busiest play still only has about 11 rigs running. It’s going to take more than an oil-friendly administration to increase production.

Wyoming's Powder River Basin Sitting On Untapped Oil And Gas Potential

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