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Greg Johnson

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<title>With Elk Fire 73% Contained, Locals Try To… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Progress fighting the Elk Fire on the eastern Wyoming Bighorns is accelerating, going from 58% percent contained Friday to 73% Saturday. That’s allowing locals to try and reclaim “some level of normal.”

With Elk Fire 73% Contained, Locals Try To Reclaim “Some Level Of Normal”

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<title>How Rock Springs Almost Collapsed Into Abandoned… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Rock Springs, Wyoming, was built on top of dozens of coal mine tunnels that fueled Union Pacific’s Westward rail expansion. For decades after the mines closed, the town almost collapsed into the abandoned mines it was built on.

How Rock Springs Almost Collapsed Into Abandoned Coal Mines Underneath It

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Jonathan Lange

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<title>Jonathan Lange: Did Any Adults Question Kelly… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "As I watched this disturbing routine, I could not help but ask myself: Who were the adults in the room? Who wrote it? Who choreographed it? Who selected the music? Did anybody, anywhere along the way, question its propriety?"

Jonathan Lange: Did Any Adults Question Kelly Walsh's Bloody Marching Band Routine?

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Guilty Plea For Yellowstone Concession Worker… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Chloe Lynn Tullis, a contract worker in Yellowstone, changed her plea from not guilty to guilty in the U.S. District Court for Wyoming on one charge of assaulting a federal police officer and another of interfering with one. 

Guilty Plea For Yellowstone Concession Worker Who Attacked Park Ranger

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Leo Wolfson

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<title>Park County Saddened By Deaths Of Well-Known… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The deaths of two well-known Park County residents has saddened the communities of Cody and Powell. Cody Bible Church Pastor Jeff McKearney and Steven Werbelow of Powell, a “living legend” in the taxidermy industry, were found dead Wednesday in an RV.

Park County Saddened By Deaths Of Well-Known Pastor, “Living Legend” Taxidermist

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Two Accused Of Running Illegal Online Gambling… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Gillette woman appeared in a Casper courtroom Thursday accused of helping run illegal gambling operations out of coffee shops and a vape store in three Wyoming towns. Her boss, a Casper man, was charged earlier this month.

Two Accused Of Running Illegal Online Gambling Operations In Gillette And Casper

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Wendy Kay O'Connor

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