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<title>Unpopular Choices May Be Ahead To Pay For Wyoming Schools As Minerals Money Shrinks | Cowboy State Daily</title>

How Wyoming can make up for declining oil and gas revenues to fund public schools was a main topic of discussion at a state trust land forum held in Laramie on Tuesday. It could mean some unpopular choices may be ahead to raise money.

Unpopular Choices May Be Ahead To Pay For Wyoming Schools As Minerals Money Shrinks

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<title>Jury Has Case Of Casper Man Who Told Girl ‘I know I Shouldn’t Love You Like This’ | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Natrona County District Court jury started deliberating Tuesday the fate of a Casper foster father accused of sexually abusing multiple young girls. One alleged victim told the jury he said to her, “I know I shouldn’t love like this, but I do.”

Jury Has Case Of Casper Man Who Told Girl ‘I know I Shouldn’t Love You Like This’

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Newcastle Police Find Unexploded Bottle Bombs, Shoot Them To Neutralize | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Newcastle police are investigating the discovery of three 2-liter bottle bombs on a sidewalk in town. Filled with drain or toilet-bowl cleaner and aluminum foil, the bombs were safely exploded from a distance by shooting them.

Newcastle Police Find Unexploded Bottle Bombs, Shoot Them To Neutralize

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<title>Police Say Gillette Dementia Patient Froze After Nursing Assistant Ignored Alarm | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A nursing assistant at a Gillette senior living center was formally charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter for the freezing death of an 88-year-old dementia patient. Police say he ignored an alarm she triggered when she went outside in January.

Police Say Gillette Dementia Patient Froze After Nursing Assistant Ignored Alarm

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Renée Jean

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<title>Downtown Cheyenne Parking Garage A Nightmare, Nearby Business Owners Say | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Cheyenne has taken steps to improve a problem downtown parking garage and make it safer. But business owners say there continue to be nightly noise violations, as well as vandalism.

Downtown Cheyenne Parking Garage A Nightmare, Nearby Business Owners Say

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<title>Hot Springs County Republicans Sue ‘Soviet-Style Politburo’ State Party | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The new leadership of the Hot Springs County Republican Party has sued the state GOP over a decision it made earlier this month to reject county election results and call for a recount. In the lawsuit, the county calls the state party a “Soviet-style politburo.”

Hot Springs County Republicans Sue ‘Soviet-Style Politburo’ State Party

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