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<title>100-Year-Old Dee Baker Wears A Crash Helmet When She Takes Shots Of Liquor | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A viral video introduced the world to the oldest bar hopper in the Black Hills of South Dakota, 100-year-old Dee Baker. Baker wears a crash helmet when she takes shots of liquor. The centenarian is known as the life of the party in Lewie's Burgers and Brews.

100-Year-Old Dee Baker Wears A Crash Helmet When She Takes Shots Of Liquor

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Jen Kocher

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<title>Boyfriend Of Missing Gillette Woman Irene Gakwa Set For Prison Release | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The boyfriend of Irene Gakwa, a Gillette nursing student missing for three years, is set to be released from prison this month. Nathan Hightman drained her accounts after she disappeared and remains a “person of interest” in the case.

Boyfriend Of Missing Gillette Woman Irene Gakwa Set For Prison Release

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Crews With Trucks And Chainsaws Have Begun Months-Long Process Of Clearing Yellowstone Roads | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Construction vehicles outfitted with snowplows and blowers have started the months-long process of clearing roads in Yellowstone National Park. Crews also use chainsaws and avalanches to move massive amounts of snow.

Crews With Trucks And Chainsaws Have Begun Months-Long Process Of Clearing Yellowstone Roads

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<title>Too Young To Drive? Not If You’re A Wyoming Farm Kid | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming is one of nine states that still issues “hardship” driver’s licenses to 14-year-old ranch kids. But in reality, growing up rural in the Cowboy State means most farm and ranch kids have already been driving for years by then.

Too Young To Drive? Not If You’re A Wyoming Farm Kid

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Greg Johnson

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<title>Westbound Green River Tunnel May Not Reopen Until Next Winter | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Green River Tunnel on westbound Interstate 80 will take another week to clean up and months to repair, the Wyoming Department of Transportation reports. The goal is to have it open again by next winter.

Westbound Green River Tunnel May Not Reopen Until Next Winter

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Clair McFarland

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<title>'Bitcoin Billionaire' Wanted In All 50 States After Friend Pays, Loses $50K Bond | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Investigators say a man who cast himself as a ‘bitcoin billionaire’ during a Jackson Hole spending spree was committing fraud. He skipped court this week - after convincing a friend to pay his $50,000 cash bond. Kevin Segal is now wanted in all 50 states.

'Bitcoin Billionaire' Wanted In All 50 States After Friend Pays, Loses $50K Bond

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