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Friday's headlines include:
* Fireworks Cause PTSD In Thermop
* State’s Investments Blow Past Projections
* When Will We Ever Quit Changing The Clock?

Cowboy State Daily Video Newscast: Friday, October 31, 2025

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Casper Burglar Who Broke Into Wrong House To Stay In Prison | Cowboy State Daily</title>

One of the two men who broke into a Casper home two years ago — not expecting to encounter a scrappy sheriff’s deputy the deputy’s pregnant, pistol-packing wife — has to keep serving his 22-to-25-year prison term, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Casper Burglar Who Broke Into Wrong House To Stay In Prison

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<title>Federal Plan To Massacre Nearly 500,000 Owls To Save Other Owls Is Back On Track | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The U.S. Senate cleared the way Wednesday for wildlife agents to kill nearly 500,000 barred owls to save spotted owls in the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, barred owls could be moving in on native great gray owls in Wyoming.

Federal Plan To Massacre Nearly 500,000 Owls To Save Other Owls Is Back On Track

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday; Should Wyoming 'Fall Back And Stay'? | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Clocks "fall back” at 2 a.m. Sunday when daylight saving time ends, and many Wyomingites are tired of the twice yearly yo-yo of leaping forward, then back again. Many want the U.S. to "fall back and stay back,” adopting permanent standard time year-round.

Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday; Should Wyoming 'Fall Back And Stay'?

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<title>"Thieves Or Turds" Vandalize Chris Navarro Bronze Bison In Downtown Cheyenne | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A bronze sculpture featuring bison by famous Wyoming artist Chris Navarro placed in downtown Cheyenne in memory of a woman’s late husband has been vandalized. Local art dealer Harvey Deselms said whoever did it are either “thieves” or “turds."

"Thieves Or Turds" Vandalize Chris Navarro Bronze Bison In Downtown Cheyenne

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<title>Barrasso Says SNAP Benefits Illegal In Shutdown; Schumer Blames Trump | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Sen. John Barrasso on Thursday said SNAP benefits cannot legally continue because of the government shutdown. Sen. Chuck Schumer disagreed, saying that President Trump is refusing to fund SNAP.

Barrasso Says SNAP Benefits Illegal In Shutdown; Schumer Blames Trump

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Mary Ellen Oliver

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