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<title>Cheyenne Murder A Web Of Conflicting Statements And Admitted Lies | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Investigators are trying to piece together how an 18-year-old was murdered just after midnight Friday at a Cheyenne mobile home park. The suspect and witnesses have given a convoluted web of conflicting statements and admitted lies.

Cheyenne Murder A Web Of Conflicting Statements And Admitted Lies

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<title>Selling Federal Public Land Draws Massive Backlash From Western Hunters | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Hunters are up in arms over potential federal public land sales included in a U.S. Senate budget bill. Prominent groups like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Wyoming's Muley Fanatic Foundation, and The Boone And Crockett Club all blasted the proposal.

Selling Federal Public Land Draws Massive Backlash From Western Hunters

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Clair McFarland

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<title>US Supreme Court Upholds Child Sex-Change Ban That’s Similar To Wyoming’s | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments related to gender changes for kids. That smooths the way for Wyoming's similar ban to survive in federal court, though it's still unclear how it would fare in state court. 

 

US Supreme Court Upholds Child Sex-Change Ban That’s Similar To Wyoming’s

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>Supercell Thunderstorms Pummel Wildlife, Bust Windows With Baseball-Sized Hail | Cowboy State Daily</title>

June, July and August are “hailstorm season” in Wyoming, Montana and the rest of the Rocky Mountain region. A surge of supercell thunderstorms over the last week have pummeled wildlife and caused widespread destruction with up to baseball-sized hail.

Supercell Thunderstorms Pummel Wildlife, Bust Windows With Baseball-Sized Hail

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Casper 19-Year-Old Gets 5-8 Years For Shooting Man In The Back At Park | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Casper 19-year-old was sentenced to 5-8 years in prison Tuesday for a 2024 Fourth of July shooting in a local park. He shot a 47-year-old dad in the back who confronted him about a bottle rocket shot at his children.

Casper 19-Year-Old Gets 5-8 Years For Shooting Man In The Back At Park

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Renée Jean

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<title>Rain Can’t Keep Record Crowd From Kaycee For 15th And Final Chris LeDoux Days | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The 15th and last Chris LeDoux Days drew a record crowd of 4,000-6,000 people to Kaycee, Wyoming, on Saturday. Many waited an hour in the rain to hear Chris LeDoux’s son Ned sing.

Rain Can’t Keep Record Crowd From Kaycee For 15th And Final Chris LeDoux Days

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Virginia Mae (Learned) Schifferns

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