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<title>Wyoming Closely Watching Aggressive Colorado Bill To Ban Semiautomatic Weapons | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming gun owners are watching the progress of an aggressive proposed ban on semiautomatic firearms in Colorado. It would ban many guns with detachable magazines, including many modern pistols and even some duck hunters' shotguns.

Wyoming Closely Watching Aggressive Colorado Bill To Ban Semiautomatic Weapons

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Renée Jean

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<title>Wyoming's Powder River Basin Sitting On Untapped Oil And Gas Potential | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The oil and gas industry has been talking up the potential of the Powder River Basin for 20 years. Even so, Wyoming’s busiest play still only has about 11 rigs running. It’s going to take more than an oil-friendly administration to increase production.

Wyoming's Powder River Basin Sitting On Untapped Oil And Gas Potential

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Lander Man Claims He Was Delusional When He Killed Visitor With A Piece Of Rebar | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A jury trial began Monday for a Lander, Wyoming, man accused of killing a visitor by bashing his head in with a piece of rebar. He claims he was delusional and reacting to a sexual advance when he attacked the other man.

Lander Man Claims He Was Delusional When He Killed Visitor With A Piece Of Rebar

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<title>Feds OK Wyoming Idea To Use Old Wind Turbines To Fill In Coal Mines | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming’s innovative plan to allow coal mines to accept wind turbine blades as fill material has cleared the Biden administration, almost four years after the state approved it.

Feds OK Wyoming Idea To Use Old Wind Turbines To Fill In Coal Mines

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Get Ready To Shiver — Cold Wave To Plunge Wyoming Below Zero This Week | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A surge of polar air from Canada will move into Wyoming by the end of the week, plunging much of the state into below zero temperatures. It’s the start of what could be a prolonged period of serious cold.

Get Ready To Shiver — Cold Wave To Plunge Wyoming Below Zero This Week

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<title>Bill Splitting Deer Seasons Would Just Get More Mule Deer Shot, Biologist Says | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Advocates of legislative bill to split Wyoming hunting seasons for white-tailed and mule deer say it will help save mule deer. A retired wildlife biologist says that would just get more mule deer killed.

Bill Splitting Deer Seasons Would Just Get More Mule Deer Shot, Biologist Says

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