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<title>First-Day Fireworks In Wyoming Senate Over Abortion, Pick For Committee Leader | Cowboy State Daily</title>

An attempt to prevent Eric Barlow from nomination for chairman of the Senate Health, Labor and Social Services Committee sparked fireworks Tuesday on the first day of the Wyoming Legislature’s 2025 session. The attempt, based on his abortion stance, failed.

First-Day Fireworks In Wyoming Senate Over Abortion, Pick For Committee Leader

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Renée Jean

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<title>Soakers Show Up To Find World Famous Star Plunge Closed Sooner Than Expected | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The world famous Star Plunge pool and hot springs in Thermopolis, Wyoming, has been on a legal collision course with the state. It had been expected to close Wednesday, but soakers showed up Tuesday to find it suddenly closed earlier.

Soakers Show Up To Find World Famous Star Plunge Closed Sooner Than Expected

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Casper Man Accused Of Stabbing Two People, Tells Police One Was An Accident | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A 71-year-old Casper man faces two felonies after police claim he stabbed a 35-year-old woman and 41-year-old man at his apartment Sunday. He allegedly said stabbing the woman was an “accident.”

Casper Man Accused Of Stabbing Two People, Tells Police One Was An Accident

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<title>Wyoming's Powder River Basin Sitting On Untapped Oil And Gas Potential | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The oil and gas industry has been talking up the potential of the Powder River Basin for 20 years. Even so, Wyoming’s busiest play still only has about 11 rigs running. It’s going to take more than an oil-friendly administration to increase production.

Wyoming's Powder River Basin Sitting On Untapped Oil And Gas Potential

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<title>Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Partly to mostly sunny in most of Wyoming on Tuesday with some chances for snow mainly in north central and eastern Wyoming. Highs from the low 20s to mid 30s and lows from negative single digits to low 20s. 

Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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<title>Feds OK Wyoming Idea To Use Old Wind Turbines To Fill In Coal Mines | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming’s innovative plan to allow coal mines to accept wind turbine blades as fill material has cleared the Biden administration, almost four years after the state approved it.

Feds OK Wyoming Idea To Use Old Wind Turbines To Fill In Coal Mines

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