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<title>Baby Safe After Car Thief Abandons Vehicle Near Riverton | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A three-month-old baby who was in the back of a stolen Ford Escape was returned to its mother on Sunday evening near Riverton after the car thief abandoned the vehicle. The perpetrator has not yet been located.

Baby Safe After Car Thief Abandons Vehicle Near Riverton

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Renée Jean

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<title>Special Op Is Being Planned To Rescue An 1893 Tree That’s Part Of Wyoming History | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Deep in the most remote area of the Shoshone National Forest is a unique piece of 1893 history, inscribed on a beetle-killed tree and it's is in danger of being lost. A rescue mission is being attempted, but some money might be needed for a helicopter to sling the artifact out.

Special Op Is Being Planned To Rescue An 1893 Tree That’s Part Of Wyoming History

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Jen Kocher

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<title>Wyoming: A State For Single Dudes | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming ranks as the state with the third highest ratio of bachelors in the United States. For every 100 single women, 106 unmarried men are milling around. In the early 1900s, there were proposals considered that would tax bachelors to encourage them to get married.

Wyoming: A State For Single Dudes

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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>A Rock Found In Worland Could Be Magic Or An Ancient Tool  | Cowboy State Daily</title>

When LeAnn Baker found a rock with a smooth hole in the middle, she was told it was a magic hag stone. However, archaeologist Mike Beis said it was most likely a spindle whorl, a simple tool used by Indian tribes for centuries. 

A Rock Found In Worland Could Be Magic Or An Ancient Tool 

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Mark Heinz

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<title>Are Wyoming Mountain Lions Better At Killing Each Other Than Hunters Are At Killing Them? | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The best hunters of mountain lions? Mountain lions. A study of mountain lions in the Snowy Range Mountains suggests that the big cats can control their own population just as well, or better, than hunters can.

Are Wyoming Mountain Lions Better At Killing Each Other Than Hunters Are At Killing Them?

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<title>Wyoming Family Learns Solar Panels Aren’t For The Faint Of Heart | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Happy Valley family who lives near Cheyenne found out the hard way that solar panels aren’t for the faint of heart. They do work, and they do defray energy costs, but there are a lot of headaches that go along with it. It helps if you have the patience of a saint.

Wyoming Family Learns Solar Panels Aren’t For The Faint Of Heart

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