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<title>88-Year-Old Patient Found Dead Outside Gillette Assisted Living Center | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Gillette, Wyoming, police confirmed Thursday they are investigating the death of an 88-year-old assisted living patient found dead outside in a courtyard of the Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center. A cause of death hasn’t been released.

88-Year-Old Patient Found Dead Outside Gillette Assisted Living Center

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Subzero Surge To Bring Snow Squalls, Black Ice And Dangerous Wind Chills | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Between Friday and Tuesday, Wyomingites will experience the coldest temperatures of the winter season so far. Don Day says to expect dangerously low wind chills, black ice and wind-driven snow squalls.

Subzero Surge To Bring Snow Squalls, Black Ice And Dangerous Wind Chills

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<title>Barrasso Looks To Trump Interior Nominee To Stop Feds From “Punishing The West” | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum pledges to boost America’s energy supply as secretary of the Interior. During his confirmation hearing Thursday, John Barrasso implored him to stop the feds from “punishing the West.”

Barrasso Looks To Trump Interior Nominee To Stop Feds From “Punishing The West”

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Renée Jean

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<title>Controversial Eminent Domain Bill Passes Over Protests From Ag, Energy Industries | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming legislators passed a controversial eminent doman bill Thursday that would revived a ban on anyone except public utilities from using eminent domain to take land for electrical systems. Both the state’s ag and energy industries argued against it.

Controversial Eminent Domain Bill Passes Over Protests From Ag, Energy Industries

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<title>Cowboy State Daily Video News: Thursday, January 16, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Thursday's headlines include:
* Missing Pilot Found Dead
* Gordon Gives State Of The State
* Billionaire Joe Rickets’ New Luxury Resort

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Thursday, January 16, 2025

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Missing Green River Pilot Found Dead In Crash Near Rock Springs | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Search crews that have scoured a mountainous region of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, for a missing pilot and plane since Tuesday afternoon found the pilot dead amid signs of a plane crash Wednesday afternoon.

 

Missing Green River Pilot Found Dead In Crash Near Rock Springs

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Linda Fay (McElhaney) Bray

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