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Clair McFarland

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<title>Blue-Collar Sector To Wyoming Schools: Give Us More Welders | Cowboy State Daily</title>

With voids of unfilled technical education jobs in Wyoming — like welders, plumbers and construction workers — the state needs to adjust its education system to those fields. That was the message from the state’s blue-collar sector to legislators Tuesday.

Blue-Collar Sector To Wyoming Schools: Give Us More Welders

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Justin George

Outdoors

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<title>Carbon County Sheriff Rescues 3 Teens Lost And Stranded On Medicine Bow Peak | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken left a meeting Monday night when he saw an alert that three teens were lost on Medicine Bow Peak. A former search and rescue volunteer, Bakken hiked up the mountain in the dark with another volunteer and found them.

Carbon County Sheriff Rescues 3 Teens Lost And Stranded On Medicine Bow Peak

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Renée Jean

Business & Tourism

Business

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<title>Jackson Council OKs 244,000-Square-Foot Hotel Complex, Largest Ever For Town | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Jackson Town Council on Monday approved the town’s largest ever hotel and condo complex, a massive 244,000-square-foot development by Mogul Capital. It’s a third smaller than the company’s original proposal and will take up a city block.

Jackson Council OKs 244,000-Square-Foot Hotel Complex, Largest Ever For Town

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Mark Heinz

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<title>Angler Shoots, Kills Charging Cow Moose Near Resort In Bighorn Mountains | Cowboy State Daily</title>

An angler shot and killed a cow moose he says charged him Saturday on the North Tongue River near Bear Lodge Resort in the Bighorn Mountains. The cow’s two young calves had to be put down.

Angler Shoots, Kills Charging Cow Moose Near Resort In Bighorn Mountains

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Supercell Thunderstorms Pummel Wildlife, Bust Windows With Baseball-Sized Hail | Cowboy State Daily</title>

June, July and August are “hailstorm season” in Wyoming, Montana and the rest of the Rocky Mountain region. A surge of supercell thunderstorms over the last week have pummeled wildlife and caused widespread destruction with up to baseball-sized hail.

Supercell Thunderstorms Pummel Wildlife, Bust Windows With Baseball-Sized Hail

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<title>Bloody, Beaten Man Found In Wheatland Liquor Store Is Alive, Family Says | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A man found bloody and beaten in a shuttered Wheatland liquor store Saturday night is alive, his family says. Meanwhile, a 39-year-old local man was charged Monday with aggravated burglary on the theory he broke into the store to attack the other man.

Bloody, Beaten Man Found In Wheatland Liquor Store Is Alive, Family Says

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Howard Theodore Kelly

Howard Theodore Kelly, 83