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<title>Pair Wanted For Murder In Salt Lake City Hotel Shooting Caught Near Green River | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Two men wanted on suspicion of first-degree murder in a drug deal gone bad in a Salt Lake City hotel on Monday were caught hours later near Green River. One of the men called his parents and admitted “he had just shot a man,” police report.

Pair Wanted For Murder In Salt Lake City Hotel Shooting Caught Near Green River

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Kolby Fedore

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<title>Two Arrested In Violent Lander Burglary Spree Face Attempted Murder Charges | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Two people suspected in a series of burglaries around Lander early Tuesday morning are also facing attempted murder charges tied to a stabbing during a violent overnight crime spree. Details remain unclear as police cite the ongoing investigation.

Two Arrested In Violent Lander Burglary Spree Face Attempted Murder Charges

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Wyoming Business Council Giving $50,000 So Tribe Can Study Data Centers | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Weeks after lawmakers tried to kill the agency, the Wyoming Business Council awarded a $50,000 grant for the Northern Arapaho Tribe to study the prospect of a "large" data center on the reservation. "Hell no," said one tribal leader.

Wyoming Business Council Giving $50,000 So Tribe Can Study Data Centers

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Red Lodge Residents Evacuated as 'Rapidly Moving' Fire Burns Near Beartooth Highway | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Firefighters in southern Montana are responding to a growing fire near the Beartooth Highway that had burned about 100 acres on Monday afternoon. The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order that extends to the southern edge of Red Lodge.

Red Lodge Residents Evacuated as 'Rapidly Moving' Fire Burns Near Beartooth Highway

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Mark Heinz

Wildlife

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<title>Yellowstone Visitors Witness Harsh Reality Of Nature As Wolves Attack Bison  | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Yellowstone visitors had a front-row seat to the stark reality of the contest between predator and prey early Sunday, when nine members of the Wapiti wolf pack went after a herd of bison. Stunningly, the bison survived, although some were injured.

Yellowstone Visitors Witness Harsh Reality Of Nature As Wolves Attack Bison 

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<title>'I Thought I Was Going to Die’: Trucker’s Quick Action Saves Woman From Head-On | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Wyoming college student and mother says a commercial truck driver’s quick reaction saved her from a potentially fatal head-on crash on state Highway 210 on Monday. “I thought I was going to die,” she said, adding her mother died in a head-on in 2019.

'I Thought I Was Going to Die’: Trucker’s Quick Action Saves Woman From Head-On

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