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<title>Momma Grizzly Doesn’t Mess Around When Wolf Tries To Snatch Her Tiny Cub | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The first grizzly bear to appear this spring with a new cub in Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley wasn’t messing around when she fended off a huge wolf trying to snatch her tiny cub.

Momma Grizzly Doesn’t Mess Around When Wolf Tries To Snatch Her Tiny Cub

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Renée Jean

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<title>Short-Staffed Cheyenne National Weather Service Office Ends 24/7 Monitoring | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The National Weather Service forecast office in Cheyenne is short staffed and has killed its overnight shift, ending the office's 24/7 monitoring. Meteorologist Don Day says that could mean less accurate forecasts and less timely warnings for southeast Wyoming.

Short-Staffed Cheyenne National Weather Service Office Ends 24/7 Monitoring

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Drunk Montana Man Trying To Impress Girls Caught Climbing On Jackson Antler Arch | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A drunk Montana man was reportedly trying to impress girls by climbing on one of the famous antler arches at the town square in Jackson, Wyoming. He got a $100 ticket, and his dumb deed posted to social media.

Drunk Montana Man Trying To Impress Girls Caught Climbing On Jackson Antler Arch

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<title>Wyoming Rancher Hopes Fence Will Prevent Another ‘Absolute Carnage’ Of Antelope | Cowboy State Daily</title>

It's hoped that upgraded fencing on a family ranch in Sweetwater County will save countless antelope, deer and elk. Old woven-wire fence was choking off wildlife migration routes, which contributed to “absolute carnage” during winter 2022-23.

Wyoming Rancher Hopes Fence Will Prevent Another ‘Absolute Carnage’ Of Antelope

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Drug Dealer Wants His Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Conviction Overturned | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Greybull man convicted of manslaughter for dealing the fentanyl pills that led to another man’s fatal 2023 overdose now says he got bad advice. He wants his 15- to 20-year prison sentence overturned and another chance at trial or a new plea deal.

Drug Dealer Wants His Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Conviction Overturned

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<title>Most Remote Place In Lower 48 Is In Wyoming, But State Not As Rural As It Seems | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming rightfully lives up to the distinction as home to the most remote place in the continental U.S. That’s the Thorofare Ranger Station in Yellowstone. But when considering what percentage of each state’s population lives in a rural area, Wyoming comes in 12th.

Most Remote Place In Lower 48 Is In Wyoming, But State Not As Rural As It Seems

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