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<title>Two Rawlins Men, One From Canada ID'd As Green River Tunnel Crash Fatalities | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Authorities Tuesday released the names of the three men who died Friday in a devastating Green River, Wyoming, tunnel collision. They are Christopher Johnson, 20 of Rawlins; Quentin Romero, 22 of Rawlins; and Harmanjeet Singh, 30 of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Two Rawlins Men, One From Canada ID'd As Green River Tunnel Crash Fatalities

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Renée Jean

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<title>Postmaster General, Who Gave Himself An “A” For Gutting Rural Mail Delivery, Is Quitting | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who gave himself an “A” for the controversial Delivery For America plan that gutted rural delivery, announced on Monday he is quitting. Wyoming leaders are thrilled.

Postmaster General, Who Gave Himself An “A” For Gutting Rural Mail Delivery, Is Quitting

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<title>Father Who Lost Entire Family In Wyoming Murder-Suicide Living One Breath To The Next | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Twelve hours after his wife shot her four children and herself, Cliff Harshman sat in a hospital waiting room. “I sat and wept. And I cried to God: ‘Please forgive her. Help me forgive her,’” he told Cowboy State Daily. “I lost my best friend. My kids. Everything.”

Father Who Lost Entire Family In Wyoming Murder-Suicide Living One Breath To The Next

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Jen Kocher

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<title>Family Of Murdered Casper Man Says Wyoming Needs Missing Person Law | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The family of a Casper man who went missing before finally being found murdered says Wyoming needs better protocols to handle cases like his. That’s why they support a new law to do that moving through the Legislature.

Family Of Murdered Casper Man Says Wyoming Needs Missing Person Law

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<title>Wyoming Trooper Faces Worst Nightmare — Responding To His Own Family’s Crash | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper faced his worst nightmare last week — responding to a crash involving his own family. A witness tells Cowboy State Daily about the urgent rescue of the trooper’s 2-year-old son, who remains in serious condition.

Wyoming Trooper Faces Worst Nightmare — Responding To His Own Family’s Crash

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Mark Heinz

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<title>Eastern Black Bears Are Blimps, Dwarfing Wyoming Grizzlies | Cowboy State Daily</title>

In Wyoming, a black bear over 400 pounds is considered a rare trophy. But back East, it would be puny. Bears there gorge on fresh crops and sometimes top 800 pounds.

Eastern Black Bears Are Blimps, Dwarfing Wyoming Grizzlies

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