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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>Wyoming Towns Used To Have Their Own Money, Which Is Now Worth Big Bucks | Cowboy State Daily</title>

For 70 years, National Banks in Wyoming could have their own money printed, complete with their names and towns on it. Now these $10 and $20 bills are still legal tender, and worth big bucks to collectors.

Wyoming Towns Used To Have Their Own Money, Which Is Now Worth Big Bucks

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>More Funerals Include Casket Branding, The Most Cowboy Way To Say Goodbye | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A growing trend in Western funerals is for family and loved ones to put hot cattle brands to wooden caskets. It’s the most cowboy way for ranching families and others in the West to say goodbye.

More Funerals Include Casket Branding, The Most Cowboy Way To Say Goodbye

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Leo Wolfson

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<title>Wyoming State Jets Logged 162,000 Miles On 780 Flights In 2024 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming’s two jets were busy in 2024, making 780 flights shuttling 2,460 passengers around the state and nation. Combined, they traveled nearly 162,000 miles around Wyoming and as far away as Virginia and California.

Wyoming State Jets Logged 162,000 Miles On 780 Flights In 2024

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Mark Heinz

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Law Enforcement

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<title>Big Horn ATF Raid Eerily Similar To "Clown Show" In 2002, Former Sheriff Says | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A former Sublette County Sheriff says an ATF raid on a couple in Big Horn, Wyoming, mirrors a 2002 incident in his county. He says his office was misled by the federal agency and calls the response a “clown show.”

Big Horn ATF Raid Eerily Similar To "Clown Show" In 2002, Former Sheriff Says

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<title>Bill Would Ban Illegals Driving In Wyoming, Even With A License From Another State | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A bill that would ban people in the U.S. illegally from driving in Wyoming, even if they have a license from another state, sailed through a House committee Friday. The bills sponsor says Wyoming has to “fight back” against illegal immigration.

Bill Would Ban Illegals Driving In Wyoming, Even With A License From Another State

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<title>Rock Climbers Want Legislature To Make It Easier For Landowners To Allow Access | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Rock climbers are urging the Legislature to make it easier for landowners to allow access to some of Wyoming’s best climbing areas. A bill would specifically say landowners who allows rock climbers onto their property won’t be liable if they’re hurt.

Rock Climbers Want Legislature To Make It Easier For Landowners To Allow Access

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William "Bill" Douglas Barnes, Sr.

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