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<title>A Teen Driver Hit His Car, So Cheyenne Man Bought Her A New One | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Someone slides through an icy intersection and collides with your car, what do you do? If you’re Bryan Pedersen, a Cheyenne financial advisor, you buy the other driver — who was at fault — a new car.

A Teen Driver Hit His Car, So Cheyenne Man Bought Her A New One

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>How A Young Cuban Exile Became A Wyoming Ag Hall-Of-Fame Rancher | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Once an 11-year-old exile from Fidel Castro’s Communist Cuba, Juan Reyes was recently named to the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame. Juan Reyes knew nothing about the U.S. when he arrived, but says ranching in Wyoming became his American dream.

How A Young Cuban Exile Became A Wyoming Ag Hall-Of-Fame Rancher

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Jen Kocher

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<title>Former Wyoming Cop Forgives Bank Robber Who Shot And Left Him For Dead 43 Years Ago | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A bank robber shot a Wyoming cop and left him for dead more than 40 years ago. Now that Mark Corbett is out of prison, former Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Steve Watt says he forgives him and advocates for second chances for other long-term inmates.

Former Wyoming Cop Forgives Bank Robber Who Shot And Left Him For Dead 43 Years Ago

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<title>Hundreds Of Landowners Angry Over Proposed Wyoming Hunting Tag Changes | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission on Tuesday could face hundreds of landowners and residents angry over proposed changes to the landowner hunting tag program. The new regulations could cut as many as 70% of the current allotment of landowner tags.

Hundreds Of Landowners Angry Over Proposed Wyoming Hunting Tag Changes

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<title>The Last Person To Explore The Hidden Tunnels In Ames Monument | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The remote Ames Monument in southeastern Wyoming is a complete oddity. Although there are four levels of tunnels in the pyramidic structure, it's been sealed up for decades. It was unsealed, however, for one day in 2010 and a descendant of the Ames' family was allowed to explore it.

The Last Person To Explore The Hidden Tunnels In Ames Monument

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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>160 Years After It Was Lost, Treasure Hunters Still Search For Lost Cabin Gold Mine | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Hidden away in the Bighorns is a mysterious drawing carved on the surface of a massive granite boulder. Dubbed the “Boot Map,” old-timers have theorized for decades that the drawing, which resembles a Spanish boot, is a map leading to the Lost Cabin Gold Mine. 

160 Years After It Was Lost, Treasure Hunters Still Search For Lost Cabin Gold Mine

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