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<title>Cheyenne Murder A Web Of Conflicting Statements And Admitted Lies | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Investigators are trying to piece together how an 18-year-old was murdered just after midnight Friday at a Cheyenne mobile home park. The suspect and witnesses have given a convoluted web of conflicting statements and admitted lies.

Cheyenne Murder A Web Of Conflicting Statements And Admitted Lies

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Jen Kocher

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<title>Judge Won’t Overturn Wyoming’s First Fentanyl Manslaughter Conviction | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Greybull man who was the first person in Wyoming to be convicted of manslaughter for selling fentanyl-laced drugs won’t get a new trial. A judge Wednesday rejected a motion that challenged his plea deal, which got him 15-20 years in prison.

Judge Won’t Overturn Wyoming’s First Fentanyl Manslaughter Conviction

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<title>Selling Federal Public Land Draws Massive Backlash From Western Hunters | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Hunters are up in arms over potential federal public land sales included in a U.S. Senate budget bill. Prominent groups like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Wyoming's Muley Fanatic Foundation, and The Boone And Crockett Club all blasted the proposal.

Selling Federal Public Land Draws Massive Backlash From Western Hunters

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<title>Despite Federal Cuts, Company Says Gillette Carbon Capture Project Not Dead | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Department of Energy scrapping a nearly $50 million grant supporting large-scale carbon capture technology in Gillette is a blow, but won’t kill the project, the company says. Work will continue with a push for private investment.

Despite Federal Cuts, Company Says Gillette Carbon Capture Project Not Dead

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<title>By The Way, Montana Is Exempt From Public Land Sales In Budget Bill | Cowboy State Daily</title>

While many in Wyoming and other western states are worried about potential public land sales, our neighbors to the north aren't sharing those concerns. Montana's congressional delegation was able to exempt the state from any potential public land sell-offs.

By The Way, Montana Is Exempt From Public Land Sales In Budget Bill

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Renée Jean

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<title>Wyoming’s First Private 1-Mile Horse Racing Track Faces Delays | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Thunder Plains just east of Cheyenne had planned to open Wyoming’s first privately-owned horse racing track in the fall. A backlog in getting electricity to the site, and a soggy spring, have delayed that opening timeline.

Wyoming’s First Private 1-Mile Horse Racing Track Faces Delays

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