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Greg Johnson

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<title>For 15th Year, Trucker Returns To Decorate Lonely Tree In The Middle Of Nowhere | Cowboy State Daily</title>

For 15 years and counting, a Texas long-haul trucker has decorated a lonely tree in the middle of nowhere north of Sheridan, Wyoming. The locals on the Crow Reservation say the tree holds his soul.

For 15th Year, Trucker Returns To Decorate Lonely Tree In The Middle Of Nowhere

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Federal Judge Rules Against MWC Volleyball Players Suing Over Trans Player | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Colorado-based federal judge declined Monday to remove a transgender player from the Mountain West Conference women’s volleyball tournament. He also didn’t reverse six forfeit losses teams have taken by boycotting matches against that player.

Federal Judge Rules Against MWC Volleyball Players Suing Over Trans Player

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Casper Train Engineer May Have Had Premonition Of Fatal 2001 Wreck, Son Says | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Outside the Casper Depot is a memorial stone for 48-year-old engineer Mike Hoover, killed in a train crash in 2001. Hoover was “nervous about something” before going to work that day, says his son, and may have had “a premonition” of the crash.

Casper Train Engineer May Have Had Premonition Of Fatal 2001 Wreck, Son Says

Daily Darwin

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<title>Daily Darwin: Monday, November 25, 2024 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

This one can be best appreciated with three different levels of slow-motion, which we are happy to provide.....

Daily Darwin: Monday, November 25, 2024

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Mark Heinz

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<title>Polish Army Fought Alongside 600-Pound Bear Who Liked Booze & Cigarettes In World War II | Cowboy State Daily</title>

As a Polish war unit prepared to enter the war zone in Italy in 1943, they hit a snag because animals were not allowed to accompany troops into battle but they got around that rule. They officially enlisted the bear as a private, giving him a salary and a serial number. 

Polish Army Fought Alongside 600-Pound Bear Who Liked Booze & Cigarettes In World War II

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Jackie Dorothy

Public Lands

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<title>Australian Woman Hiking Through Wyoming On Quest To Walk Length Of The Earth | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Australian Lucy Barnard is walking 18,000 miles from the tip of South America to the top of North America to become the first woman to walk the length of the earth. She’s now in Wyoming, getting to Lander after hiking across the Red Desert.

Australian Woman Hiking Through Wyoming On Quest To Walk Length Of The Earth

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Mary Beth Bunn

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