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Renée Jean

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<title>Gillette Man Who Admitted To Child Sex Crimes While Applying For Job As Jailer Gets 24 Years | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Gillette 19-year-old was sentenced Monday to up to 24 years in prison for molesting three young girls. He confessed to the sexual abuse during a polygraph test when applying for a job at the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office.

Gillette Man Who Admitted To Child Sex Crimes While Applying For Job As Jailer Gets 24 Years

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Trespassing bull elk

<title>Hunter Who Shot Huge Bull Elk On Public Land Accused Of Trespassing During Hunt | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Gillette hunter who says he shot the bull elk of a lifetime is facing a trespassing charge. A land manager says the hunter had to cross his private property to get to the public land where the bull was killed, and he was cited by a game warden.

Hunter Who Shot Huge Bull Elk On Public Land Accused Of Trespassing During Hunt

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<title>Lawmaker Who Hates Nuke Subsidies Denies Claim He Leased Land To Wind Farms | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming Rep. Bill Allemand has adamantly and publicly opposed public money for nuclear energy projects. On Monday, he denied a claim by Bar Nunn's Public Works director that he leases land to wind farms.

Lawmaker Who Hates Nuke Subsidies Denies Claim He Leased Land To Wind Farms

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<title>Furious Albany County Residents Gather At Court For Felony Horse Torture Hearing | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Dozens of outraged residents gathered at the Albany County courthouse on Monday to witness the arraignment of a man accused of charging a wild horse with an ATV, leading to it being euthanized.

Furious Albany County Residents Gather At Court For Felony Horse Torture Hearing

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Andrew Rossi

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Tourism

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<title>Yellowstone Photographers Scramble After Bison 'Comes Out Of Nowhere' | Cowboy State Daily</title>

About 40 photographers in Yellowstone abandoned their thousand-dollar cameras and were sent running last week when a bison "came out of nowhere" and ruined their photo op. They had been watching a grizzly eat a carcass when the animal crashed their party.

Yellowstone Photographers Scramble After Bison 'Comes Out Of Nowhere'

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Coal

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<title>Wyoming Cheers As Trump Injects $625M Into U.S. Coal, Opens 13M Acres For Leasing | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming’s coal industry is cheering Monday’s announcement that President Trump’s Department of Interior is injecting $625 million into coal-fired plants and mining. They’re also opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal leases.

Wyoming Cheers As Trump Injects $625M Into U.S. Coal, Opens 13M Acres For Leasing

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