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<title>Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, June 2, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Monday's headlines include:
* Wyo Dems Elect New Chair
* Deadly Parasite Moves Northward
* Holy Cow, Get Ready For Northern Lights

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, June 2, 2025

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<title>Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Monday, June 2, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Chance of rain in much of Wyoming on Monday. Breezy. Highs from the mid 50s to the mid 70s and lows from the mid 30s to the mid 40s.

Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Monday, June 2, 2025

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Wyoming Democrats Elect New State Party Chairman To Replace Barbuto | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming Democrats on Sunday elected Lucas Fralik of Laramie as its new state party chairman. Fralik characterized the party as tolerant toward immigration, diverse library content, same-sex marriage, and the working man.

Wyoming Democrats Elect New State Party Chairman To Replace Barbuto

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Casper Man Loves Steam-Powered Trains So Much He Built His Own Railroad | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Casper man’s lifelong passion for railroading led to a career as a passenger train conductor. The 82-year-old loves trains so much he built his own steam-powered locomotive and railroad in his yard, and gives rides to local kids.

Casper Man Loves Steam-Powered Trains So Much He Built His Own Railroad

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<title>Eating Wyoming: What Italians Think Passes For Western Food | Cowboy State Daily</title>

There’s a chain of Western-themed restaurants in Italy that tries to tap into the popularity of the Wild West, complete with swinging saloon doors and tables that resemble covered wagons. Wyoming got a shoutout on the menu with the "Cheyenne Chicken."

Eating Wyoming: What Italians Think Passes For Western Food

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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>A Las Vegas Investigator’s Decades-Long Search For The Most Famous Wild Horse In America | Cowboy State Daily</title>

For decades, Wyoming native and Las Vegas detective Gill Gillilan hunted for clues to the story behind Desert Dust, once the most famous wild horse in America. Photos of the Red Desert mustang had sold more than 1 million photos in the 1940s

A Las Vegas Investigator’s Decades-Long Search For The Most Famous Wild Horse In America

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