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Cassie Craven

Opinion

CSD Columnists

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<title>Cassie Craven:  University Of Wyoming Did The… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “Height. Weight. Size. These impact women’s safety. I will not keep quiet about them for a game of virtue signaling and placating yet another man’s emotions. And if one more man lectures me about how I should, I may need to provide a dissertation on childbirth and what it really means to be a woman.”

Cassie Craven:  University Of Wyoming Did The Right Thing In Forfeiting Volleyball Match

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Renée Jean

Business & Tourism

Business

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<title>The New Amish: Raising A Wyoming Horse Barn With… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Although they're Amish men raising a barn in Bear River, Wyoming, they don't exactly look or act the part. These Amish, wearing Under Armour T-shirts, use power tools, heavy machinery and cellphones. At home, however, they're more traditional.

The New Amish: Raising A Wyoming Horse Barn With Power Tools And Cellphones

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Jen Kocher

Outdoors

Public Lands

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<title>Wyoming Inmates Put To Work During Heartbreaking… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

With more than 700,000 acres burned due to wildfires across the state of Wyoming, resources are tapped. Thankfully a crew of inmates known as the Smokebusters are helping the firefighters. So far, they have worked on 26 fires in eight counties.

Wyoming Inmates Put To Work During Heartbreaking Wildfire Season

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Greg Johnson

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<title>Elk Fire Now At 74,000 Acres And Still Out Of… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Elk Fire burning in northern Wyoming remains out of control, dangerous and unpredictable. It’s now at 74,000 acres and growing, but some signs of hope as rancher says “positive energy” helped save her ranch.

Elk Fire Now At 74,000 Acres And Still Out Of Control, But Some Signs Of Hope

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<title>1,285-Pound Pumpkin Explodes Into Bazillion… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Chad Kurtenbach of Lovell won the 2024 Wyoming State Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Saturday with his 1,254-pound pumpkin named Annie Oakley. Then, an even larger pumpkin was dropped from 175 feet and obliterated an 8-foot Wile E. Coyote.

1,285-Pound Pumpkin Explodes Into Bazillion Pieces After Being Dropped From Crane

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Mark Heinz

Hunting

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<title>Forest Service Shouldn’t Trade ‘Hidden Oasis’ Of… | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Critics of a pending land exchange say a remote and rugged piece of federal land in the Laramie Range mountains is a paradise for hunters, and the U.S. Forest Service should keep it. It’s prime elk and bighorn sheep habitat – accessible only by foot or horseback.

Forest Service Shouldn’t Trade ‘Hidden Oasis’ Of Prime Hunting Land, Critics Say

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