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Greg Johnson

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<title>Star Valley On Edge As New Wildfire Burns Unchecked South Of Smoot | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Another fast-growing wildfire has blown up in Wyoming, this time in Star Valley south of Smoot. The Willow Creek Fire has prompted evacuations and closed U.S. 89. Meanwhile, the huge 125,000-acre Red Canyon Fire is 75% contained.

Star Valley On Edge As New Wildfire Burns Unchecked South Of Smoot

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<title>Shoshoni Police Write Thousands Of Speeding Tickets — But Don’t Call It A Trap | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Although the town of Shoshoni has a reputation for having a speed trap, the chief of police disputes that. He says the reason 2,372 speeding tickets were issued last year is that people were a threat to public safety and without consequences, you can’t change behavior.

Shoshoni Police Write Thousands Of Speeding Tickets — But Don’t Call It A Trap

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Jackie Dorothy

The American West

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<title>Wyoming History: That Time When 400 Coal Miners Went Vigilante To Hang A Man | Cowboy State Daily</title>

In 1899, a Freemason murdered a coal miner in Glenrock, Wyoming. That fueled a mob of 400 miners who went vigilante, marched down the streets of Douglas to break the Freemason out of jail and then hung him.

Wyoming History: That Time When 400 Coal Miners Went Vigilante To Hang A Man

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Renée Jean

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<title>Inside An F.E. Warren Air Force Base Secret Underground Missile Bunker | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Welcome to an F.E. Warren Air Force Base secret underground missile bunker, where the dry desert air tastes like old socks. It’s also where two-person teams man equipment old enough to be in a museum and are ready to press the nuclear button at any time.

Inside An F.E. Warren Air Force Base Secret Underground Missile Bunker

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Agriculture

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<title>Wyoming Rancher Still Has Nightmares About Flesh-Eating Screwworm As U.S. On Alert | Cowboy State Daily</title>

As the threat of a nasty flesh-eating screwworm grows, cattle ranchers across the United States are on high alert. One rancher in Crook County, Wyoming, saw screwworms feast on her family’s cattle decades ago, and says it’s the stuff of nightmares.

Wyoming Rancher Still Has Nightmares About Flesh-Eating Screwworm As U.S. On Alert

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Dale Killingbeck

Business

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<title>Hilton Next To War Memorial Stadium To Become UW-Branded Grad Hotel | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Hilton Garden Inn on the University of Wyoming campus, across the road from War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, is getting a facelift. It’s being remodeled into a UW-branded “Graduate Hotel.”

Hilton Next To War Memorial Stadium To Become UW-Branded Grad Hotel

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William Cary Hackney

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