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Andrew Rossi

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<title>How The Heck … Can That 75-Foot Square Boulder… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A huge 75-foot-tall square boulder deep in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains has been baffling people since it was discovered. Called Falling Block, it’s all natural even if it looks like it was cut from a quarry.

How The Heck … Can That 75-Foot Square Boulder In The Bighorns Be Natural?

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Mark Heinz

Outdoors

Wildlife

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<title>Videographer Catches Hoback, Teton Park’s… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

It took her six years, but a West Yellowstone photographer finally captured video of Hoback the moose shedding his antler velvet. Hoback is well-known, among wildlife photographers, as one of the largest bull moose in Grand Teton National Park.

Videographer Catches Hoback, Teton Park’s Famously Huge Moose, Shedding Velvet

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Clair McFarland

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<title>‘I believe he killed her’: Boyfriend Of Missing… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The boyfriend of a missing Cody woman got seven years in prison Friday on a gun-related charge. But his sentencing unfolded like a murder trial with grisly evidence, and at one point an FBI agent bluntly testifying, “I believe he killed her.”

‘I believe he killed her’: Boyfriend Of Missing Cody Woman Gets 7 Years On Gun Charge

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Pat Maio

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<title>Kemmerer Coal Mine Sold To Southern California… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Kemmerer, Wyoming, coal mining operation has been quietly sold to a Southern California real estate investment company. No word yet on what the new owner, ECC Capital Corp., wants to do with it.

Kemmerer Coal Mine Sold To Southern California Real Estate Company

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Leo Wolfson

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<title>University Of Wyoming Not Among Four Mountain… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Thursday announcement reveals four Mountain West schools are jumping to the Pac-12, but University of Wyoming isn’t one of them. UW’s fiercest rival CSU is, however, along with Boise State, Fresno State and San Diego State.

University Of Wyoming Not Among Four Mountain West Schools Joining Pac-12

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<title>Gillette Teen Pleads Guilty To Soliciting Kids,… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A 19-year-old Gillette man has pleaded guilty to five instances of soliciting kids for sex acts, while a charge of bestiality will be dropped. He was busted after a 15-year-old vigilante caught him by setting up a fake Snapchat account.

Gillette Teen Pleads Guilty To Soliciting Kids, Bestiality Charge To Be Dropped

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