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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>Sidelined By Smoke-Damaged Lungs, Career Wildland Firefighter Now Reports Fires | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Forced to retire because of his smoke-damaged lungs, Darren Clifford of Lander now keeps people informed about wildfires. Clifford, who needs a lung transplant, created a popular Facebook page called  "Caught The Fire Bug" which reports up-to-date information available about large wildfires in Wyoming and across the West.

Sidelined By Smoke-Damaged Lungs, Career Wildland Firefighter Now Reports Fires

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Renée Jean

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<title>Inside An F.E. Warren Air Force Base Secret Underground Missile Bunker | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Welcome to an F.E. Warren Air Force Base secret underground missile bunker, where the dry desert air tastes like old socks. It’s also where two-person teams man equipment old enough to be in a museum and are ready to press the nuclear button at any time.

Inside An F.E. Warren Air Force Base Secret Underground Missile Bunker

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Hilton Next To War Memorial Stadium To Become UW-Branded Grad Hotel | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Hilton Garden Inn on the University of Wyoming campus, across the road from War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, is getting a facelift. It’s being remodeled into a UW-branded “Graduate Hotel.”

Hilton Next To War Memorial Stadium To Become UW-Branded Grad Hotel

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<title>Burned To Bone In Welding Explosion, Jeffrey City Father Of 5 Faces A New Reality | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Travis Clyde’s world changed forever last month when a welding explosion burned him to the bone, fractured his skull and left him clinging to life. Doctors say the Jeffrey City husband and father of five faces at least a year of recovery.

Burned To Bone In Welding Explosion, Jeffrey City Father Of 5 Faces A New Reality

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Dead Body Discovered Along Road Near Prison Farm North Of Riverton | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The discovery of a dead body Saturday morning on Honor Farm Road near the prison farm just north of Riverton brought at least a dozen law enforcement vehicles and prompted an hourslong investigation. In an update, the sheriff's office reported that a juvenile male was stabbed fatally.

Dead Body Discovered Along Road Near Prison Farm North Of Riverton

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Greg Johnson

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<title>Desperate And Worried: Locals Watch As More Evacuated Near Dollar Lake Fire | Cowboy State Daily</title>

All homes and campsites within a 5-mile radius of the volatile Dollar Lake Fire in Sublette County have been evacuated as the blaze continues to spread out of control along the eastern side of the Green River.

Desperate And Worried: Locals Watch As More Evacuated Near Dollar Lake Fire

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Clyde R. Helms

Clyde R. Helms, 83