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<title>Wyoming Family’s Winchester Rifle Has Been Dropping Deer For A Century | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Winchester Model 1894 rifle has been in Cheyenne, Wyoming, resident Bob Budd’s family for a century. It still shoots straight and symbolizes a connection with the past.

Wyoming Family’s Winchester Rifle Has Been Dropping Deer For A Century

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Sheridan Man Agrees To 4-6 Years For Punching Hockey Coach To Death | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Sheridan man pleaded no-contest Wednesday to fatally punching a local hockey coach in the head after a dispute about a parking space last summer. He's agreed to a prison sentence of four to six years.

Sheridan Man Agrees To 4-6 Years For Punching Hockey Coach To Death

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Renée Jean

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<title>USPS Does About-Face, Now Won’t Move Mail Processing Out Of Cheyenne, Casper | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The U.S. Post Office did an about-face Friday on its controversial plan to move local mail processing out of Wyoming’s main hubs. Cheyenne and Casper now won’t ship local mail to other states.

USPS Does About-Face, Now Won’t Move Mail Processing Out Of Cheyenne, Casper

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Wyoming Man Who “Wanted To Feel It” When He Killed Woman Gets 40 Years | Cowboy State Daily</title>

An Ethete, Wyoming, man who told police he “wanted to feel it” when he brutally beat and stabbed a woman to death last year was sentenced to 40 years in prison Friday.

Wyoming Man Who “Wanted To Feel It” When He Killed Woman Gets 40 Years

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Leo Wolfson

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<title>Getting DEI Out Of Wyoming, UW “A Long Time In Coming,” Says Sponsor Of Ban | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A bill to ban DEI programs and policies from Wyoming agencies — with exceptions for nonprofits that get public money — easily passed a House committee Friday. The bill’s sponsor says getting DEI out of Wyoming and UW has “been a long time in coming.”

Getting DEI Out Of Wyoming, UW “A Long Time In Coming,” Says Sponsor Of Ban

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<title>Why Cheyenne Had To Give Up Putting Windshield Barnacles On Cars | Cowboy State Daily</title>

With tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid parking tickets, Cheyenne started using the high-tech windshield Barnacle device on cars. Less than three years later, that’s been abandoned because too many Wyoming windshields are chipped or cracked.

Why Cheyenne Had To Give Up Putting Windshield Barnacles On Cars

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