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Renée Jean

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<title>Get An Oil Change And Lunch At Gillette’s Expresso Lube, But Not A Beer | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Expresso Lube in Gillette already has a unique business model operating an oil change shop on one side and a diner on the other. But you can’t get a beer there after its liquor license was denied this week.

Get An Oil Change And Lunch At Gillette’s Expresso Lube, But Not A Beer

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<title>Tiny Bone Needles From Wyoming’s La Prele Site A Prehistoric Breakthrough | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Archaeologists say Wyoming’s La Prele Mammoth site near Douglas has given up another big prehistoric find. They say the discovery of early 13,000-year-old tiny bone needles could help rewrite the history of early man.

Tiny Bone Needles From Wyoming’s La Prele Site A Prehistoric Breakthrough

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Justin George

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<title>Minerals Mystery: It’s Been 70 Years Since King Coal And The Silver Queen Vanished | Cowboy State Daily</title>

In the late 1800s, Colorado mining magnates built a temple to the coal and silver that made them rich — the Mineral Palace. Inside was home to a 16-foot King Coal statue and an 18-foot Silver Queen statue. They vanished 70 years ago and haven't been seen since.

Minerals Mystery: It’s Been 70 Years Since King Coal And The Silver Queen Vanished

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Mark Heinz

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<title>Lodges That Let People "Sleep With The Wolves" A Bad Idea, Wyoming Wildlife Experts Say | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A wildlife preserve in Canada has lodges where visitors have only a pane of glass between them and a pack of wolves. Billed as a chance to “sleep with the wolves,” Wyoming wildlife officials say it’s a terrible idea.

Lodges That Let People "Sleep With The Wolves" A Bad Idea, Wyoming Wildlife Experts Say

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Rock Springs Man Gives Grisly Account Of Stabbing Victim 30 Times | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Rock Springs, Wyoming, man gave a grisly confession Friday about stabbing a man more than 30 times, killing him, and dumping his body last year. He said it happened after a meth-fueled argument about a woman with whom they were both involved.

 

 

Rock Springs Man Gives Grisly Account Of Stabbing Victim 30 Times

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Leo Wolfson

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Politics

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<title>Insiders Speculate Biden Will Issue Pardon For Liz Cheney | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Although the New York Times and Politico are reporting that President Biden may issue a preemptive pardon for Liz Cheney, Sen. Cynthia Lummis, an attorney, believes it’s an “absolutely absurd” proposal which would turn “justice on its head.”

Insiders Speculate Biden Will Issue Pardon For Liz Cheney

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