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<title>Sublette County Celebrates Opening Of Its First Hospital, Ending 100-Year Wait for Local Care | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Nearly 100 years after an article appeared in the local newspaper calling for a hospital in Sublette County, it finally happened. Townspeople celebrated the grand opening of the $74 million hospital complex on Thursday.

Sublette County Celebrates Opening Of Its First Hospital, Ending 100-Year Wait for Local Care

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Clair McFarland

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<title>One Dead In ATV Collision With Truck Near Encampment | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Carbon County Sheriff's deputies and other first responders responded to a fatal collision between an ATV and a commercial truck near Encampment Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Alex Bakken said preliminary reports indicate the ATV was traveling at a high rate of speed.

One Dead In ATV Collision With Truck Near Encampment

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<title>Body Recovered From Montana Lake Believed To Be Missing Cheyenne Marine | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A body believed to be that of a 58-year-old Marine, elite endurance athlete and Cheyenne resident James “Dingo” Dominguez was found Wednesday. He disappeared in July when his rowboat capsized in a storm on Flathead Lake in Montana.

Body Recovered From Montana Lake Believed To Be Missing Cheyenne Marine

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Evansville Man On Parole For Sex Abuse Of Girl Now Faces 22 Child Porn Charges | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A 26-year-old Evansville man convicted of sexually abusing a girl was released on parole last December. Now he faces 22 charges for allegedly uploading hundreds of child porn files beginning less than a month after he was let out.

Evansville Man On Parole For Sex Abuse Of Girl Now Faces 22 Child Porn Charges

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Andrew Rossi

Tourism

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<title>Jackson Photographer Gets Once-In-A-Lifetime Shot Of Bull Elk And Grand Tetons | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Jackson wildlife photographer Savannah Rose got a once-in-a-lifetime image of a bull elk in front of Grand Teton. She said it was an "incredibly tense" moment of excitement, and adds another uniquely Wyoming image to a portfolio already full of them.

Jackson Photographer Gets Once-In-A-Lifetime Shot Of Bull Elk And Grand Tetons

Legislature

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<title>Gordon, Local Officials Expect Critical Budget Shortages After Property Tax Cuts | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Gov. Mark Gordon on Wednesday forecasted critical budget shortages as a result of a 25% property tax cut the state Legislature passed last session. But he agrees with the Freedom Caucus that Wyoming needs a slimmer government.

Gordon, Local Officials Expect Critical Budget Shortages After Property Tax Cuts

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Kenneth Richard Hall

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