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<title>Fossil Butte Miner’s A-Frame Cabin Tied To Legacy Of Discovery — And Death | Cowboy State Daily</title>

An A-frame cabin at Fossil Butte National Monument was the home for a fossil miner as he discovered Wyoming artifacts. It also is linked through court testimony to the poisoning of Wyoming’s only convicted female cattle rustler.

Fossil Butte Miner’s A-Frame Cabin Tied To Legacy Of Discovery — And Death

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Armed Man Shot By Sheridan Police Early Sunday | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Sheridan Police Department officers early Sunday shot a male who fled a home with a long gun after “several shots” had proceeded from the home. A woman was in distress and said someone wanted to kill her baby, according to the police department.

Armed Man Shot By Sheridan Police Early Sunday

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<title>Voice From Vietnam: Nearly 50 Years After Wyoming Man Died, Family Discovers Tapes | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Nearly 50 years after a Wyoming man died in Vietnam, his family discovered reel-to-reel recordings he sent home. “Just hearing daddy’s voice was overwhelming,” said a daughter about a new perspective of her dad she could never have appreciated as a child.

Voice From Vietnam: Nearly 50 Years After Wyoming Man Died, Family Discovers Tapes

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Greg Johnson

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<title>Saturday Convention: Wyoming GOP OKs Loyalty Tests For Candidates, Will Sue State | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Republican Party decided Saturday that political candidates will need to “strongly” support at least 80% of the Wyoming GOP platform if they want to run as a Republican. The party also declared its independence and will sue the state.

Saturday Convention: Wyoming GOP OKs Loyalty Tests For Candidates, Will Sue State

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Renée Jean

Business & Tourism

Business

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<title>Fan Of Cheyenne-Based Big Boy 4014 Pushes To Make Famed Locomotive Into LEGO Set | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A superfan of the Cheyenne-based locomotive Big Boy 4014 has submitted a motorized, 3,920-piece Big Boy 4014 LEGO kit to the company. If his idea gets 10,000 votes, it will be among designs advanced to LEGO’s review pool for potential production.

Fan Of Cheyenne-Based Big Boy 4014 Pushes To Make Famed Locomotive Into LEGO Set

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Scientists Keep Location Of Prehistoric Squid Found In Eastern Wyoming A Secret | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Scientists are keeping the exact location of a 80 million-year-old giant squid was found in Niobrara County last year a secret. That's because there are likely more giant squid and other prehistoric monsters of the deep waiting to be found there.

Scientists Keep Location Of Prehistoric Squid Found In Eastern Wyoming A Secret

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