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<title>Turkish Company Offers $285 Million To Buy Interest In Huge Wyoming Trona Mine | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Sisecam, a Turkish company, is offering $285 million to buy out a minority stake in one of Wyoming’s huge new trona mines.

Turkish Company Offers $285 Million To Buy Interest In Huge Wyoming Trona Mine

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Wyoming Sues Huge Investors For Pushing “Climate Activist Agenda” To Kill Coal | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming and 10 other states are accusing three massive investors of colluding to downsize coal companies to achieve net-zero carbon emissions goals. They’re using their power as large stockholders to push “a climate activist agenda.”

Wyoming Sues Huge Investors For Pushing “Climate Activist Agenda” To Kill Coal

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Leo Wolfson

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<title>Bird, Not Controversial New LDS Temple, To Blame For Cody Power Outages | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A flurry of angry social media posts say construction of a controversial new LDS temple caused a series of power outages in Cody on Sunday and Monday. But they’re wrong. The city says a bird fried by a power line is to blame.

Bird, Not Controversial New LDS Temple, To Blame For Cody Power Outages

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<title>Hageman Slams Biden For Pardoning His Son After Repeated Promises He Wouldn’t | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman slammed President Joe Biden for unconditionally pardoning his son Hunter Biden on federal gun and tax evasion charges Sunday. Biden had repeatedly insisted he wouldn't.

Hageman Slams Biden For Pardoning His Son After Repeated Promises He Wouldn’t

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<title>Wyoming Man Agrees To Plead Guilty To Trying To Kidnap Teen Girl | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A man from St. Stephens, Wyoming, has agreed to plead guilty to trying to kidnap a teen girl from a Riverton movie theater in 2022. The girl managed to fight Terrence Jenkins off even after he held a knife to her neck, court documents say.

Wyoming Man Agrees To Plead Guilty To Trying To Kidnap Teen Girl

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Mark Heinz

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<title>Hunter Baffled By Elk’s Weirdly Deformed Hooves | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Colorado hunter killed a cow elk last week that looked normal and healthy — except for some weirdly deformed hooves. Biologists say the elk is not a mutant, but the bizarre hoof deformities mirror the effects of an elk disease that’s spreading in other states.

Hunter Baffled By Elk’s Weirdly Deformed Hooves

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