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<title>BLM Expects Controversial Rock Springs Plan To Be Final Before Biden Leaves | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Gov. Mark Gordon will make a last effort to fight the finalizing of the BLM’s controversial Rock Springs Resources Management Plan. But a Wyoming BLM official expects the plan to be made final before President Joe Biden leaves office.

BLM Expects Controversial Rock Springs Plan To Be Final Before Biden Leaves

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Gillette Officer Faces Felony Charge For Alleged Sex With Woman On Probation | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Gillette Police Department officer arrested by his own department Monday faces an out-of-state felony charge. He's accused of having sex with a woman who was on felony probation while he was a cop in Utah, which is a felony in that state.


 

Gillette Officer Faces Felony Charge For Alleged Sex With Woman On Probation

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<title>One More Rodeo: Unheard Chris LeDoux Song Released As Duet With Son | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming country music star Chris LeDoux recorded a song before his 2005 death that had gone unheard for two decades. On Wednesday, "One Hand in the Riggin'" was released as a duet with LeDoux's son, Ned.

One More Rodeo: Unheard Chris LeDoux Song Released As Duet With Son

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Justin George

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<title>Work To Start On $37M Project To Protect Wyoming Wildlife In “Messy Death Zone” | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A $37 million wildlife crossing project on U.S. 189 in southwest Wyoming could begin construction next year. The project is viewed as essential to protect drivers and prized mule deer along what officials have called a “messy death zone” for wildlife.

Work To Start On $37M Project To Protect Wyoming Wildlife In “Messy Death Zone”

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Renée Jean

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<title>China’s Ban On Rare Earth Exports Good News For Huge Wyoming Projects | Cowboy State Daily</title>

China issued a ban Tuesday on exporting to the U.S. critical rare earth minerals for semiconductors, infrared, fiber optics and military explosives. But representatives of Wyoming’s huge rare earths projects say the ban is good news for them.

China’s Ban On Rare Earth Exports Good News For Huge Wyoming Projects

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<title>In Brief: Gillette Police Department Arrests One Of Its Own Officers | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Gillette Police Department took one of its own officers into custody Monday, after Utah authorities said the man was wanted on suspicion of a sex crime. The official also is accused of witness tampering and disseminating a private record.
 

In Brief: Gillette Police Department Arrests One Of Its Own Officers

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