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Renée Jean

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<title>Feds OK Wyoming Idea To Use Old Wind Turbines To Fill In Coal Mines | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming’s innovative plan to allow coal mines to accept wind turbine blades as fill material has cleared the Biden administration, almost four years after the state approved it.

Feds OK Wyoming Idea To Use Old Wind Turbines To Fill In Coal Mines

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Leo Wolfson

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<title>Expect An Even More Conservative Focus With A Freedom Caucus Majority In House | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The 68th Wyoming Legislature begins its 37-day session Tuesday with the Freedom Caucus holding a majority of seats and leadership positions in the Wyoming House. The group has a number of conservative issues on its agenda.

Expect An Even More Conservative Focus With A Freedom Caucus Majority In House

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Man Accused Of Disfiguring Girlfriend Claims Judge Illegally “Interrogated” Him | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Wyoming man accused of beating and disfiguring his girlfriend wants evidence against him in a separate case thrown out. He claims a lower-court judge illegally “interrogated” him, but in a Friday filing the prosecutor says he's wrong.

Man Accused Of Disfiguring Girlfriend Claims Judge Illegally “Interrogated” Him

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<title>Wyoming Woman Charged With Impersonating Police Officer While Boarding Plane | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Shoshoni, Wyoming, woman is accused of impersonating a police officer while trying to get onto an airplane in Riverton. Wearing a security officer badge on her waist, she allegedly claimed she was transporting DNA evidence for the FBI.

Wyoming Woman Charged With Impersonating Police Officer While Boarding Plane

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<title>Bill Splitting Deer Seasons Would Just Get More Mule Deer Shot, Biologist Says | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Advocates of legislative bill to split Wyoming hunting seasons for white-tailed and mule deer say it will help save mule deer. A retired wildlife biologist says that would just get more mule deer killed.

Bill Splitting Deer Seasons Would Just Get More Mule Deer Shot, Biologist Says

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Fossils Of 47 Million-Year-Old "Alien Plant" Raise More Questions Than Answers | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Researchers have found nearly every plant part they need to trace the prehistoric history of a 47 million-year-old "alien plant" from Utah. That’s why it's baffling that it remains so elusive and unlike anything else ever found on the planet.

Fossils Of 47 Million-Year-Old "Alien Plant" Raise More Questions Than Answers

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