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<title>Go Pokes! Despite Death Of Steamboat's Owner, Lighted Wyoming Santa Rides On. | Cowboy State Daily</title>

For more than two decades, thousands of people each year drive by a Cheyenne house to see a lighted 10-foot Santa riding Steamboat, Wyoming's iconic bucking bronco. Despite the death of its owner earlier this year, her family continues the "Santa Go Pokes!" tradition.

Go Pokes! Despite Death Of Steamboat's Owner, Lighted Wyoming Santa Rides On.

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Jen Kocher

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<title>After Dad Murders Mom And Blames Daughter, She Turns Her Tragedy Into Help | Cowboy State Daily</title>

At 12, Haylee Cole’s father murdered her mother and tried to blame Haylee for the crime. He's since been convicted of the killing and won't ever get out of prison. The Lander woman has turned her family tragedy into help for others.

After Dad Murders Mom And Blames Daughter, She Turns Her Tragedy Into Help

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Greg Johnson

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<title>‘A Gut Punch’: Nebraska Town Shell-Shocked By Tyson Closing Huge Beef Plant | Cowboy State Daily</title>

About 3,200 of Lexington, Nebraska’s 11,000 residents work at a huge Tyson Foods beef processing plant — for another month. News that the plant will close next month was an unexpected “gut punch” many fear will devastate this rural cow town.

‘A Gut Punch’: Nebraska Town Shell-Shocked By Tyson Closing Huge Beef Plant

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<title>Wyoming Awards $100 Million To BWXT For Nuclear Fuel Plant In Gillette | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday announced that $100 million in matching funds will be awarded to BWXT to build a nuclear fuel plant in Gillette. He said the award is about ensuring Wyoming is competitive with other states that are also vying for these projects. 

Wyoming Awards $100 Million To BWXT For Nuclear Fuel Plant In Gillette

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<title>Cow Elk Stomps Mountain Lion In Desperate Bid To Save Calf | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Caught between wolves, mountain lions and grizzly bears, elk are struggling to fend off predators. A trail camera video shows the elk's desperation as it viciously pummels a mountain lion that has her calf by the neck.

Cow Elk Stomps Mountain Lion In Desperate Bid To Save Calf

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Clair McFarland

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Jimmy Orr

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<title>Lummis Announces She's Not Running For Re-Election | Cowboy State Daily</title>

U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, the first woman elected to the Senate from Wyoming, on Friday announced she is not running for a second term. She said, "“in the difficult, exhausting session weeks this fall I’ve come to accept that I do not have six more years in me.”

Lummis Announces She's Not Running For Re-Election

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