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<title>Helicopter Hunters Challenge Ranchers Over Access To Landlocked Public Land | Cowboy State Daily</title>

To access sections of Wyoming public land surrounded by private property, some hunters are chartering helicopter pilots to fly them in, upsetting adjacent ranchers.

Helicopter Hunters Challenge Ranchers Over Access To Landlocked Public Land

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<title>Worland Man Who Riddled His Own Dog With Bullets Gets Probation, Fines | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Worland man who riddled his own dog with bullets was sentenced Wednesday to three years' supervised probation and fined $1,000. He says he’s had death threats over the incident and that that the punishment seems harsh for such a “miniscule” crime.

Worland Man Who Riddled His Own Dog With Bullets Gets Probation, Fines

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<title>$60 Million Wyoming Rare Earth Plant To Challenge China Nears Full Operation | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Construction of a $60 million state-of-the-art rare earth processing and separation demonstration plant is complete in Upton, Wyoming. It’s expected to be game-changing in America’s efforts to break China’s rare earth stranglehold.

$60 Million Wyoming Rare Earth Plant To Challenge China Nears Full Operation

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<title>Wyoming Officials Fear Seminoe Power Project Could Ruin Premier Bighorn Herd | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming wildife officials and others fear a Utah-based company’s plan to build a 900-megawatt power project at Seminoe Reservoir could ruin the state's most-prized bighorn sheep herd and a blue-ribbon trout fishery.

Wyoming Officials Fear Seminoe Power Project Could Ruin Premier Bighorn Herd

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<title>Cowboy State Daily Radio Newscast: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Tuesday's headlines include:
*Gillette Woman Burned, Fights For Life
* Winter Is Back, Crashes Close I-80 For Hours
* Gordon Pitches $11.3B Budget; Gray May Sue Over It

Cowboy State Daily Radio Newscast: Tuesday, December 2, 2025

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Renée Jean

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<title>How A Wyoming Ranch Owner Helped Build Southern Haiti's First Port In 50 Years | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Ann Hauge, third-generation owner of the Snake River Ranch in Wyoming, was instrumental in building the first new port in Haiti’s southern peninsula in 50 years. She says that, like Wyoming, Haiti feeds her pioneer spirit.

How A Wyoming Ranch Owner Helped Build Southern Haiti's First Port In 50 Years

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