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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>Wyoming History: That Time A Yellowstone Park Ranger Lassoed Polar Bears | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Carl Dunrud steadied himself against the small schooner. It was 1926 and the Yellowstone Park ranger and Wyoming cowboy had a lasso ready as he eyed his target.  Looking back at him was a polar bear swimming in the cold Arctic Sea.

Wyoming History: That Time A Yellowstone Park Ranger Lassoed Polar Bears

Zakary Sonntag

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<title>Wyoming Suicide: Rock Springs Teen Screamed He Wanted To Die, Then Made It Happen | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The mother of a Rock Springs teen said she desperately tried to get help for her tormented son, even as he refused it. He would scream he wanted to die, until the day he made it happen.

Wyoming Suicide: Rock Springs Teen Screamed He Wanted To Die, Then Made It Happen

David Madison

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<title>Montana Owner Of Oldest Chinese Restaurant In America Considers Closing | Cowboy State Daily</title>

You might think the oldest continuously operating Chinese restaurant in the U.S. would be in San Francisco or New York. Actually, it's in Butte, Montana. Jerry Tam is the owner of the Pekin Noodle Parlor and is the great, great grandson of the first owner.

Montana Owner Of Oldest Chinese Restaurant In America Considers Closing

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Witnesses, Evidence Say Man Arrested At Speech Tournament Was With East High Team | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Despite the school district saying a Cheyenne man arrested Thursday for causing a panic and stampede at the national high school speech competition wasn't associated with the East High team, witnesses and evidence say he was.

Witnesses, Evidence Say Man Arrested At Speech Tournament Was With East High Team

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Jen Kocher

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Courts

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<title>2 Months Before Trial, Search On For Knife Used To Kill 4 Idaho College Students | Cowboy State Daily</title>

There’s less than two months before the trial of the man accused of brutally murdering four Idaho college students. A private investigator hopes to recover a key piece of missing evidence this weekend: The knife used to kill them.

2 Months Before Trial, Search On For Knife Used To Kill 4 Idaho College Students

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Andrew Rossi

Outdoors

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<title>Storm Chaser In Awe After Capturing ‘Once-In-A-Lifetime’ Tornado | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Jim Tang has been chasing storms for a decade, but said the huge Nebraska tornado he got up close and personal with Monday is a “once-in-a-lifetime” encounter. “As a storm chaser, that kind of tornado is your career goal,” he told Cowboy State Daily.

Storm Chaser In Awe After Capturing ‘Once-In-A-Lifetime’ Tornado

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Leonard John Anderson

Leonard John Anderson, 95