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<title>Much Of Carbon County Without Power For 16 Hours After Substation Hit By Lightning | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The power is finally back on across much of southern Carbon County after lightning hit a power substation and left about 5,600 homes and businesses without electricity for more than 16 hours Sunday and Monday.

Much Of Carbon County Without Power For 16 Hours After Substation Hit By Lightning

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Wyoming Classical Academy Opens New $15 Million School In Mills | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Hillsdale College member classical charter school in Mills continues to grow as staff and students started the school year Monday in a new 36,000-square-foot, $15 million building.

Wyoming Classical Academy Opens New $15 Million School In Mills

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Clair McFarland

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<title>After Fatal Wyoming Incident, Sig Sauer M18 Pistol Back In Use At Air Force Bases | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The section of the U.S. Air Force that oversees the military branch’s bases is putting the Sig Sauer M18 handgun back in use, the USAF announced Sunday. It had paused the M18’s use for a month after the July shooting death of a Wyoming-based airman.

After Fatal Wyoming Incident, Sig Sauer M18 Pistol Back In Use At Air Force Bases

Anna-Louise Jackson

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<title>Invasive — And Cannibalistic — Bullfrogs Are Taking Over The West | Cowboy State Daily</title>

States across the U.S. West are declaring war on invasive bullfrogs that eat everything in their path — including other bullfrogs. In Wyoming, officials say they’re a problem, but prefer the public doesn’t hunt them.

Invasive — And Cannibalistic — Bullfrogs Are Taking Over The West

Zakary Sonntag

Law Enforcement

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<title>Shoshoni Police Write Thousands Of Speeding Tickets — But Don’t Call It A Trap | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Although the town of Shoshoni has a reputation for having a speed trap, the chief of police disputes that. He says the reason 2,372 speeding tickets were issued last year is that people were a threat to public safety and without consequences, you can’t change behavior.

Shoshoni Police Write Thousands Of Speeding Tickets — But Don’t Call It A Trap

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Jackie Dorothy

The American West

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<title>Wyoming History: That Time When 400 Coal Miners Went Vigilante To Hang A Man | Cowboy State Daily</title>

In 1899, a Freemason murdered a coal miner in Glenrock, Wyoming. That fueled a mob of 400 miners who went vigilante, marched down the streets of Douglas to break the Freemason out of jail and then hung him.

Wyoming History: That Time When 400 Coal Miners Went Vigilante To Hang A Man

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Mary Jean Hammack

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