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Andrew Rossi

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<title>People Spend More Than $100,000 On Old ‘Welcome To Wyoming’ Highway Signs | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Wyoming Department of Transportation raised more than $100,000 for auctioning off old “Welcome to Wyoming” highway signs. That includes one for nearly $10,000 sold to a Jackson real estate agent.

People Spend More Than $100,000 On Old ‘Welcome To Wyoming’ Highway Signs

David Madison

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<title>Overlooked And All Over Wyoming, Yucca Can Be Your New Prickly Landscaping Choice | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Rita Lovell didn’t plant the yucca that stole her heart. It volunteered, showing up on its own in the dry, rocky soil just outside her home. Often overlooked, yucca is all over Wyoming and is gaining popularity as a prickly choice in landscaping.

Overlooked And All Over Wyoming, Yucca Can Be Your New Prickly Landscaping Choice

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Mark Heinz

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<title>When Hunters Would Massacre Entire Flocks Of Waterfowl With Giant Punt Guns | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Punt guns are essentially waterborne cannons that can slaughter up to 100 waterfowl in a single blast. Because punt guns were so devastating to the bird populations, some states started banning them for hunting as far back as 1860.

When Hunters Would Massacre Entire Flocks Of Waterfowl With Giant Punt Guns

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Meet Dennis Arner: Casper’s Bike Guy Who’s Not Giving In To MS And Dementia | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Dennis Arner is 65 and battling MS and dementia, but most people around Casper know him as the bike guy. He’s biked thousands of miles around town, posting photos of nostalgic spots as part of a mission to fight his disease and inspire others.

Meet Dennis Arner: Casper’s Bike Guy Who’s Not Giving In To MS And Dementia

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Jen Kocher

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<title>Still No Trace Of Popular UW Professor Missing For Nine Months | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Despite extensive searches of areas University of Wyoming Professor Nash Quinn of Laramie was known to bike, searchers have found no trace of him since he disappeared last July.

Still No Trace Of Popular UW Professor Missing For Nine Months

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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>For Wyoming Greenhouse Operators, Spring Starts When The Snow Is Deep | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Spring started in January for the Sprout family in Lander. They planted their seeds while snow was still deep now are climatizing their perennials to the Wyoming weather.

For Wyoming Greenhouse Operators, Spring Starts When The Snow Is Deep

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Deborah "Debbie" Kay Shughart

Deborah "Debbie" Kay Shughart, 70