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<title>Latest Tactic To Keep Wolves Away From Livestock: Dive-Bomb Them With Drones | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Dive-bombing wolves with drones equipped with lights and speakers have scared them away from cattle in Oregon and a wolf conservation advocate hopes to work with ranchers in Colorado and Wyoming to see if drones have a similar effect here.

Latest Tactic To Keep Wolves Away From Livestock: Dive-Bomb Them With Drones

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Cassie Craven

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<title>Cassie Craven: Lawsuit Challenging Wyoming Voter ID Law Treats Women Like Idiots | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Columnist Cassie Craven writes, "The Left appears conflicted on women, as if we were only a means to an end: Take our sports, our definitions and our dignity – but moralize about women’s rights when we’re asked to get our voting documentation in order."

Cassie Craven: Lawsuit Challenging Wyoming Voter ID Law Treats Women Like Idiots

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Renée Jean

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Tourism

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<title>More Tourists Discovering Small, Rural Wyoming Counties | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming has long had a goal of encouraging tourism in other parts of the state other Teton County. In 2024, more tourists discovered small, rural Wyoming areas, with Crook and Sublette counties showing the biggest boost.

More Tourists Discovering Small, Rural Wyoming Counties

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Jen Kocher

Crime & Courts

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<title>Richard Pitt: Wyoming Pilot And Vietnam Vet Who Smuggled Drugs For Pablo Escobar | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Richard Pitt grew up in Thermopolis and lived a life straight out of 1980s drug-running movies like “Scarface.” Decades later, he’s coming clean while also divulging details of his sordid career smuggling for the likes of Pablo Escobar.

Richard Pitt: Wyoming Pilot And Vietnam Vet Who Smuggled Drugs For Pablo Escobar

Business

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<title>Canadian Company Says There’s Still Plenty Of Gold Near Former Boom Town | Cowboy State Daily</title>

"Thar's gold in them thar hills!" That's what a Canadian company is saying about the area near the old Carissa Mine near South Pass City. Thousands of miners went there in 1867 but never found the mother lode. This company says they have the technology to find it.

Canadian Company Says There’s Still Plenty Of Gold Near Former Boom Town

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Abandoned 163-Foot Bridge In Albany County Is All But Forgotten | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The history of an abandoned steel bridge which resides inside a 10,000-acre private ranch in Albany County is a mystery. It is thought to be the second oldest bridge in Wyoming and was part of the historic Lincoln Highway. Outside of that, no one knows much about it.

Abandoned 163-Foot Bridge In Albany County Is All But Forgotten

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