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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Nothing Stops Cheyenne Frontier Days, Including… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

It will take more than drenching rain expected with severe thunderstorms this weekend to do much to impact Cheyenne Frontier Days. Nothing stops the rodeo, not even the monsoon weather the area gets at this time of year.

Nothing Stops Cheyenne Frontier Days, Including Monsoons

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Jen Kocher

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Law Enforcement

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The body of a man found wrapped in a tarp and dumped at Mirror Lake in southern Wyoming has been identified. He’s a 56-year-old from Colorado, and the case is being investigated as a homicide, the Albany County sheriff said Thursday.

In Brief: Body Found In Tarp At Mirror Lake ID’d As Colorado Homicide Victim

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Clair McFarland

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A worker for a Yellowstone contractor was sentenced to five years of probation Tuesday for threatening a “mass shooting” a day after another died in a shootout with park rangers.

In Brief: Yellowstone Contract Worker Who Threatened Mass Shooting Gets Probation

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Leo Wolfson

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Politics

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Although Wyoming Democrats are mad because Rep. Hageman called Kamala Harris a 'DEI hire,' Hageman said, “If you don’t want people to say she was hired only because she’s a black woman, then maybe Biden shouldn’t have said he was only gonna hire a black woman.”

Wyoming Democrats Angry That Rep. Hageman Called Kamala Harris A ‘DEI Hire’

Legislature

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A candidate forum got heated in Buffalo on Tuesday night when Johnson County Sheriff Rod Odenbach said gun lobbyist and House candidate Mark Jones' support of two gun bills which became law makes it harder for law enforcement to do their jobs.

Tempers Flare Between House Candidate And County Sheriff At Buffalo Candidate Forum

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Mark Heinz

Outdoors

Wildlife

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A grizzly carcass left in the Yellowstone River with its head and paws cut off is that of a well-known Yellowstone bear, Grizzly 769. Wildlife officials said they removed the parts after killing it last week so they wouldn't end up on the black market.

Grizzly Killed, Left In River With Head, Paws Cut Off, Was Well-Known Yellowstone Bear

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