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<title>Cody Family Finds Snakes — One Pregnant — Nesting In The Walls Of Garage | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The wall of a Cody family’s garage had to be pulled off to get to a pair of breeding bull snakes. After first fearing they were rattlesnakes, the family instead had a pest control expert get them when they learned they weren’t dangerous.

Cody Family Finds Snakes — One Pregnant — Nesting In The Walls Of Garage

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Clair McFarland

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Politics

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<title>Out Of One Lawsuit, Into Another, As State GOP Argues For Private Group’s Right | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Just as Wyoming Republican Party leaders dropped the party's lawsuit against the Laramie County Clerk, they launched a counter-argument in another case, where the party is being sued on claims it cheated its own election processes.

Out Of One Lawsuit, Into Another, As State GOP Argues For Private Group’s Right

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Fishing

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<title>Wyoming’s Miracle Mile Is Prized For Trout, But Not So Much The Kokanee Salmon | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Miracle Mile on the North Platte River in central Wyoming is prized as a trout fishery. Spawning kokanee salmon can also be caught there, although they might taste awful if caught during fall spawning runs.

Wyoming’s Miracle Mile Is Prized For Trout, But Not So Much The Kokanee Salmon

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Renée Jean

Business & Tourism

Business

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<title>At $3,300 An Ounce, Prices Prime For Southeast Wyoming’s CK Gold Project | Cowboy State Daily</title>

With gold prices trading high at $3,300 an ounce, timing may be prime for the CK Gold Project in Southeast Wyoming. It’s completed most of its state permitting, with a Laramie County hearing for local permits next month.

At $3,300 An Ounce, Prices Prime For Southeast Wyoming’s CK Gold Project

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Energy

Mining

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<title>Companies Say National Push Could Accelerate Need For Wyoming’s Rare Earth Minerals | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming's rare earth mining companies are scaling up for what could be the biggest opportunity in decades with a growing demand for minerals that power everything from smartphones to fighter jets.

Companies Say National Push Could Accelerate Need For Wyoming’s Rare Earth Minerals

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Jen Kocher

Crime & Courts

Public Safety

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<title>Family Grows Desperate To Find Gillette Woman Missing More Than A Month | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Kelsey Johnson left Gillette in a pickup with a man April 14 and has not been seen since. Her family is growing more desperate to find the 32-year-old, who has been traced to Colorado. "There are no words. It’s devastating,” her father said.

Family Grows Desperate To Find Gillette Woman Missing More Than A Month

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