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Renée Jean

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<title>Cattle Ranchers Revive Nebraska Town With Bold Producer-Owned Beef Plant | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Nebraska’s new producer-owned packing plant opened in May and is among the first to be built in America in a generation. It’s also an experiment that’s already rewriting the future for a small western town that was once the fastest shrinking community in Nebraska.

Cattle Ranchers Revive Nebraska Town With Bold Producer-Owned Beef Plant

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<title>At The NFR: Urban Cowboy Ruins A Honky-Tonk Dream At Gilley's In Vegas | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Rodeo fans stampede to Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo, but one obnoxious “Arizona Urban Cowboy” manages to ruin every romantic possibility. Between mechanical bulls and honky-tonk heartbreak, the only place to escape might be the dance floor at Gilley's.

At The NFR: Urban Cowboy Ruins A Honky-Tonk Dream At Gilley's In Vegas

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<title>Lawmaker Questions Wyoming Adjutant General Over Presence Of UFOs | Cowboy State Daily</title>

At an appropriations hearing Friday, Wyoming Adjutant General Greg Porter fielded a question by Senate Committee Chair Tim Salazar about UFOs in Wyoming. Porter said he preferred not to discuss UFOs in open testimony.

Lawmaker Questions Wyoming Adjutant General Over Presence Of UFOs

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<title>Today In Jack Nicholson: Saturday, December 13, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Kevin Pollak shares a hilarious Jack Nicholson story from ‘A Few Good Men’.....

Today In Jack Nicholson: Saturday, December 13, 2025

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<title>Moose, Wolf, Horse And Wombat Cruelty Allegations Staining Wyoming’s Reputation | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The alleged torture of a moose in Uinta County is the latest in a string of Wyoming residents accused of cruelty to animals, raising concerns about the state’s reputation. “It makes us look like a bunch of freaking jackasses,” outdoorsman Zachary Key said.

Moose, Wolf, Horse And Wombat Cruelty Allegations Staining Wyoming’s Reputation

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Casper Woman Charged In Fatal Wrong Way Crash That Killed Mother Of Two | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A 34-year-old Casper woman appeared in court Thursday to face charges in the Nov. 7 wrong-way crash that killed a 43-year-old Casper mother of two and put her father in ICU. Police say the suspect's blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit.

Casper Woman Charged In Fatal Wrong Way Crash That Killed Mother Of Two

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