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<title>How Sheridan Couple Invented An Automated 'Smart' Coop For Backyard Chickens | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Sheridan couple has invented a smart-home system that automates coop care for people who keep backyard chickens. Their Hen Hub recently won $50,000 in a start-up challenge for seed money to bring their invention to market.

How Sheridan Couple Invented An Automated 'Smart' Coop For Backyard Chickens

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Jen Kocher

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<title>Family Still Desperate To Find Missing Wind River Man After 5 Years | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Rupert Brown vanished from his sister’s Wind River Reservation home on New Year’s Eve 2020, leaving his coat behind. Five years later, his family remains desperate to find him amid circulating rumors and a renewed investigation.

Family Still Desperate To Find Missing Wind River Man After 5 Years

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Renée Jean

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<title>Story's Wagon Box Inn Lands Celebrity Chef Vincent Fiore | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Celebrity Chef Vincent Fiore didn’t have Story, Wyoming, on the itinerary for his new "Cookin' With Cowboys" episodes, which stream on YouTube. But the Wise Guy Kitchen chef is always up for a new adventure - like taking over as chef at Wagon Box Inn.

Story's Wagon Box Inn Lands Celebrity Chef Vincent Fiore

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<title>17 White Bison Thrive At Billionaire Joe Ricketts’ Jackson Fork Ranch | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Billionaire Joe Ricketts’ herd of 17 white bison thrive at Jackson Fork Ranch in Wyoming’s Upper Hoback Valley. To him, the white bison represent a piece of American West history, a spiritual connection to the land and a feature he's proud to share with guests

17 White Bison Thrive At Billionaire Joe Ricketts’ Jackson Fork Ranch

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<title>One More For The Road: Sunday, January 4, 2026 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Tryouts for the new A-Team are not going well.....

One More For The Road: Sunday, January 4, 2026

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Mark Heinz

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<title>Man Leaves Cameras In Grizzly Caves north Of Yellowstone, Captures Decade Of Video | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wildlife filmmaker Casey Anderson left stop-motion cameras in two grizzly dens north of Yellowstone in 2015 and forgot about them. Last summer, he went back to the caves and, to his amazement, recovered the cameras and more than a decade of footage.

Man Leaves Cameras In Grizzly Caves north Of Yellowstone, Captures Decade Of Video

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