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Renée Jean

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For the past 20 years, the Occidental has hired students from around the world to work the summer tourist season at the historic hotel that’s also a certified museum. This year, they’ve come from Belarus, Albania, Thailand and Taiwan.

Buffalo’s Historic Occidental Hotel Draws Workers From All Over The World

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Jackie Dorothy

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The Wyoming Backcountry Discovery Route is one of the most remote — and breathtaking — endurance motorcycle rides anywhere. It’s 1,900 miles in 12 days on mostly two-track paths from the Colorado to Montana border.

Wyoming’s Backcountry Discovery Route: 1,900 Miles In 12 Days On Motorcycles

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Mark Heinz

Outdoors

Wildlife

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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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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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Leo Wolfson

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Politics

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<title>Montana U.S. Senate Race: In Tester’s Hometown,… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

In and around U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s hometown of Big Sandy, Montana, opinions are mixed on the incumbent, but most don’t care he’s a Democrat in a red state. His race could tip the scales for control of the Senate.

Montana U.S. Senate Race: In Tester’s Hometown, They Don’t Care He’s A Democrat

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Pat Maio

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Coal

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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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