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Andrew Rossi

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<title>How Wyoming Ranchers Rescued A 1,500-Year-Old… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Great Turtle Shield, a priceless 1,500-year-old rock carving was chiseled away from Wyoming's Castle Garden Petroglyph Site in 1940. Furious ranchers let it be known if it wasn't found, "legs would be broken." Shortly thereafter, it was anonymously recovered.

How Wyoming Ranchers Rescued A 1,500-Year-Old Petroglyph Vandals Chiseled Out Of Cliff Wall

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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>Wyoming Grower Expects To Bring In 525,000 Tons… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

It’s harvest time for Wyoming’s sugar beet growers, and it looks like they’ve had a good season. For Worland-area grower Jim Miller, it’s been a good year. He expect to bring in about 525,000 tons of super-sweet sugar beets.

Wyoming Grower Expects To Bring In 525,000 Tons Of Super-Sweet Sugar Beets

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Jen Kocher

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<title>At 14, Dale Warner Threatened School Killings In… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Dale Warner was 14 when he brought two guns to a Wyoming junior high school and threatened to kill people. Now 20 and serving a 12- to 20-year sentence, he says prison saved his life.

At 14, Dale Warner Threatened School Killings In Gillette; Now He Says Prison Saved His Life

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<title>Wyoming's Two Ocean Creek Is Only Body Of Water… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Parting of the Waters deep in the Teton Wilderness is a uniquely Wyoming wonder where Two Ocean Creek splits, flowing into both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It’s the only body of water on the planet to do that.

Wyoming's Two Ocean Creek Is Only Body Of Water That Flows Into Atlantic And Pacific

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Greg Johnson

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<title>Stubborn Elk Fire Grows To Nearly 85,000 Acres,… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The huge Elk Fire in northern Wyoming continues to be a stubborn, dangerous event, growing to nearly 85,000 acres by Saturday. But firefighters are making significant progress, achieving 32% containment.

Stubborn Elk Fire Grows To Nearly 85,000 Acres, But Now 32% Contained

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Clair McFarland

Public Safety

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<title>Missing Yellowstone Hiker's Note A Clue For… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The father of a 22-year-old hiker missing since Sept. 17 after summiting Yellowstone’s highest peak is coordinating private and volunteer search teams to help find his son. One of their clues is a note the hiker left at the mountain's summit.

Missing Yellowstone Hiker's Note A Clue For Volunteer Search Teams Now Mobilizing

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David Tyrrell

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