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<title>Cowboy State Daily Video News: Thursday, January 16, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Thursday's headlines include:
* Missing Pilot Found Dead
* Gordon Gives State Of The State
* Billionaire Joe Rickets’ New Luxury Resort

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Thursday, January 16, 2025

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<title>Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Thursday, January 16, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Sunny in Wyoming on Thursday. Windy in some areas with gusts as high as 50 mph. Highs from near 30 to near 50 and lows from the single digits to the mid 20s. 

Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Thursday, January 16, 2025

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<title>Harshman Introduces Bill To Build A Mount Rushmore-Type Monument In Wyoming | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Rep. Steve Harshman told Cowboy State Daily that his bill to build a "Monument to America" in Wyoming would create a monument "similar in size and scope to Mount Rushmore" and feature important historical American figures.

Harshman Introduces Bill To Build A Mount Rushmore-Type Monument In Wyoming

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Missing Green River Pilot Found Dead In Crash Near Rock Springs | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Search crews that have scoured a mountainous region of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, for a missing pilot and plane since Tuesday afternoon found the pilot dead amid signs of a plane crash Wednesday afternoon.

 

Missing Green River Pilot Found Dead In Crash Near Rock Springs

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<title>House Committee Passes Wyoming’s “What Is A Woman Act” After Confrontational Testimony | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming’s “What is a Woman Act” to define men and women biologically cleared its first hurdle Wednesday, passing out of a House committee. But not before the national Gays Against Groomers group took shots at Wyoming’s LGBTQ advocacy organization.

House Committee Passes Wyoming’s “What Is A Woman Act” After Confrontational Testimony

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Renée Jean

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<title>Billionaire Joe Ricketts Plans Luxury Resort With Teton County Ranch He Bought | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Billionaire Joe Ricketts has announced his plans for the Granite Ranch in Teton County, which he bought last fall. It will be a swanky luxury resort, echoing many of the same themes as his abandoned Homestead Resort project in Bondurant.

Billionaire Joe Ricketts Plans Luxury Resort With Teton County Ranch He Bought

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Russell "Rusty" Travis Burgett

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