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<title>Winter Of $300 Lift Tickets Looms As Rising Costs Price Out Wyoming Skiers | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Small resort owners in Wyoming are fighting to keep skiing affordable as major mountains push daily lift tickets to record highs. Deer Valley Resort in Utah and Colorado resorts Vail and Beaver Creek will charge $329 for peak single-day lift tickets this season.

Winter Of $300 Lift Tickets Looms As Rising Costs Price Out Wyoming Skiers

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Flood, Fire And Crash That Paralyzed Son — A Powell Family’s Harrowing 3 Months | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Cindy Anzurez’s family is still reeling from a harrowing three months when they were hit by a flood, fire and car crash that paralyzed her 13-year-old son. Then her husband left. Even through all that, the mother of five says her family is “blessed."

Flood, Fire And Crash That Paralyzed Son — A Powell Family’s Harrowing 3 Months

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>78-Year-Old Rancher Scales 130-Foot Flagpole To Fly Massive American Flag Over Star Valley | Cowboy State Daily</title>

78-year-old rancher Darcel Hulse said he wanted to show off his patriotism in a big way, so he flies a 1,500 sq. ft. flag from his ranch in Star Valley. When it needed replaced after a storm, he insisted on doing the work himself. "I'm an old guy, but I'm not afraid of heights," he said.

78-Year-Old Rancher Scales 130-Foot Flagpole To Fly Massive American Flag Over Star Valley

Bill Sniffin

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<title>Bill Sniffin: How To Deal With 2,000 Hippies When They Invaded Wyoming Over July 4 Holiday? | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “It is hard to imagine today what a potential disaster it would be when 2,000 hippies invaded Cowboy Country back in 1973. They ultimately camped at Freak Mountain. Yes, Freak Mountain!”

Bill Sniffin: How To Deal With 2,000 Hippies When They Invaded Wyoming Over July 4 Holiday?

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Mark Heinz

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Hunting

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<title>E-Bikes Transform Wyoming Hunting, Spark Debate Over Backcountry Crowding | Cowboy State Daily</title>

E-bikes are increasingly part of Wyoming's hunting scene. That means more accessibility for more people in the outdoors, which is both good and bad, depending upon the perspective. 

E-Bikes Transform Wyoming Hunting, Spark Debate Over Backcountry Crowding

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Renée Jean

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<title>As Rural Downtowns Across The U.S. Are Dying, Meeteetse’s Makes A Comeback | Cowboy State Daily</title>

It doesn’t take long for a passerby on Wyoming Highway 120 to realize that something wonderful is happening in the tiny town of Meeteetse. Cars are parked every which way along the highway, as people casually stroll up and down the wooden boardwalks.

As Rural Downtowns Across The U.S. Are Dying, Meeteetse’s Makes A Comeback

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Nanci Helen Andrew, 92