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Clair McFarland

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The boyfriend of a missing Cody woman got seven years in prison Friday on a gun-related charge. But his sentencing unfolded like a murder trial with grisly evidence, and at one point an FBI agent bluntly testifying, “I believe he killed her.”

‘I believe he killed her’: Boyfriend Of Missing Cody Woman Gets 7 Years On Gun Charge

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A Riverton, Wyoming, man who initially claimed pouring gasoline inside his house, lighting it on fire and killing his girlfriend an accident got 15-20 years in prison Friday. The judge didn’t buy it, saying that “this was not an accident.”

Riverton Man Gets 15-20 Years For Burning Girlfriend To Death With Gasoline

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Outdoors

Hunting

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<title>Draws Of A Lifetime: Powell Boys Get Sheep,… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Some Wyoming hunters try for decades to draw hunting tags for bighorn sheep or mountain goats and still don’t get one. A pair of Powell farm boy had draws of a lifetime, each getting one — one on his first try and the other his second.

Draws Of A Lifetime: Powell Boys Get Sheep, Mountain Goat Tags On 1st, 2nd Tries

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Pat Maio

Energy

Coal

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The Kemmerer, Wyoming, coal mining operation has been quietly sold to a Southern California real estate investment company. No word yet on what the new owner, ECC Capital Corp., wants to do with it.

Kemmerer Coal Mine Sold To Southern California Real Estate Company

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Andrew Rossi

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There may still be a week left in Summer going by the calendar, but that didn’t mean anything for those caught in a blizzard on Wyoming’s Beartooth Highway on Thursday. The storm was right on schedule, typical for this time of year.

Right On Schedule, Blizzard On Beartooth Highway With A Week Left In Summer

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Greg Johnson

Public Lands

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<title>Evacuations Still In Place As Volatile Northeast… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Firefighters on both side of the Wyoming-Montana border report progress battling the 40,000-acre Short Draw Fire. But evacuation orders remain in place as the fire is still unpredictable and threatening homes.

Evacuations Still In Place As Volatile Northeast Wyoming Wildfire Threatens Homes

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