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<title>A Missing Heir And Mysterious Bell Haunted The Fountain Hotel In Yellowstone | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A missing heir of a millionaire, disappearing motorists and a mysterious bell ringing for service in an empty room were some of the mysteries shrouding the Fountain Hotel in Yellowstone. Park rangers and guests were pleased when the luxury hotel was torn down in 1926, taking with it its ghosts.

A Missing Heir And Mysterious Bell Haunted The Fountain Hotel In Yellowstone

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Jen Kocher

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<title>More Than 40 Years Later, Search Continues For Clues To Murder Of Buffalo Teen | Cowboy State Daily</title>

In 1982, 18-year-old Naomi Kidder vanished while hitchhiking from Rawlins to Buffalo, Wyoming, and her body was found months later. Four decades later, police still seek answers in the unsolved murder and hope new leads will bring justice.

More Than 40 Years Later, Search Continues For Clues To Murder Of Buffalo Teen

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<title>Wyoming, Other States Must Settle Colorado River Water Fight Or Feds Will Step In | Cowboy State Daily</title>

With rising tensions over a dwindling supply of water from the Colorado River, Wyoming and six other states have until Nov. 11 to hammer out a deal for water allocation or the federal government will step in and settle it for them.

Wyoming, Other States Must Settle Colorado River Water Fight Or Feds Will Step In

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Renée Jean

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<title>Nobel Prize Winner Misses Big News While Off-The-Grid in The Wyoming Wilderness | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The world was calling Fred Ramsdell to tell the California researcher that he’d won a Nobel Prize. He was blissfully unaware, backpacking at 8,000 feet in the Wyoming mountains, until he discovered a flood of messages.

Nobel Prize Winner Misses Big News While Off-The-Grid in The Wyoming Wilderness

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Self-Proclaimed Cartel Member Gets Life In Kidnapping, Torture Of Lander Woman | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Self-proclaimed drug cartel member Adolfo Vargas Lepe filed an appeal this week after receiving a life sentence for kidnapping a Lander woman. He reportedly tortured her with power tools, shot her in both legs and trapped her in a dog kennel.

Self-Proclaimed Cartel Member Gets Life In Kidnapping, Torture Of Lander Woman

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<title>Teen Charged After 100 MPH Elk Crash Kills Friend Near Saratoga | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The case of an 18-year-old Casper woman accused of hitting two bull elk while driving 100 mph on the highway, killing her friend, rose to the felony-level court this week. She faces up to 20.5 years in prison.

Teen Charged After 100 MPH Elk Crash Kills Friend Near Saratoga

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