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<title>Who Is Timothy Mellon, The Reclusive Wyoming Billionaire Who Gave $130M To Troops? | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Reclusive Wyoming billionaire Timothy Mellon has been identified by The New York Times as the anonymous donor of $130 million to troops during the shutdown. Last year, Mellon funded a billboard on the state line that warned drivers that Colorado was Venezuela.

Who Is Timothy Mellon, The Reclusive Wyoming Billionaire Who Gave $130M To Troops?

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<title>How Barrasso Convinced Trump To Speak At UW Border War Game | Cowboy State Daily</title>

When President Trump welcomed fans to the UW game on Saturday, it was because Sen. John Barrasso convinced him it was a good idea. “You will receive a hero’s welcome,” Barrasso wrote. “[The] election shows that no state supports you more than Wyoming.”

How Barrasso Convinced Trump To Speak At UW Border War Game

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Renée Jean

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<title>Big Boy 4014 May Make Its First Coast-To-Coast Run For America’s 250th | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena says he wants the world’s heaviest operational steam locomotive — Big Boy 4014 — to make its first coast-to-coast tour for America’s 250th anniversary next year. Big Boy has never been to the East Coast since rolling off the assembly line in 1941.

Big Boy 4014 May Make Its First Coast-To-Coast Run For America’s 250th

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Federal Appeals Court Says Wyoming THC Ban Legal, Rules Against Sellers | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A group of shops and people who sell marijuana-like substances that were legal in Wyoming until July 2024 failed to show that the state's new ban on those substances violates their rights, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. 

Federal Appeals Court Says Wyoming THC Ban Legal, Rules Against Sellers

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Andrew Rossi

Business & Tourism

Tourism

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<title>Museum Of The Mountain Man Building Wyoming's Newest Frontier Fort | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming is famous for its historic frontier forts, and will soon have another one more than 150 years since the last was built. Mountain men broke ground on Fort Sublette last weekend in Pinedale, and it's expected to be open by next summer.

Museum Of The Mountain Man Building Wyoming's Newest Frontier Fort

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Casper Man Known Around The Globe For Working Muscle Car Miracles | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Steve Cutler’s love of Mopar and muscle cars began when he was 14 and his dad bought him a $450 1968 Dodge Charger. Now his expertise and huge collection of Mopar parts has people around the globe seeking him out to help restore their cars.

Casper Man Known Around The Globe For Working Muscle Car Miracles

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Justin Ty Jones

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