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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Monday, July 1st. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Presented by Cheyenne Frontier Days - starting July 19th, from sun-up to sun-down - there's something for everyone! Check it out at C-F-D RODEO DOT COM!

It's been nearly five years since Chance Englebert vanished during a holiday visit to see his in-laws in Nebraska. As his family gets ready to mark the unhappy anniversary, new leads have emerged that may help shed light on the Moorcroft man's disappearance.

Cowboy State Daily's Jen Kocher has been following this story for the last five years. She said the new leads are the result of a private investigator becoming involved in the case.

"Many of these investigators, such as RD investigations, they're former law enforcement. And they get involved for free, volunteer, because they care passionately about the missing people. And they've formed strong relationships with the family members also, as they're working behind the scenes. And in this case, this is the first time - I've been covering the story for five years since Chance disappeared - This is the first time that I've seen any kind of leads unveiled. So I think it's promising."

Englebert, then 25, was last seen on surveillance video walking down a residential street in Gering, Nebraska, the evening of July 6, 2019. The new lead, however, places him at a convenience store in the neighboring city of Scottsbluff, about 2 miles from where he was last picked up on camera.

Read the full story HERE.

The trout fishing at 9-Mile Lake west of Laramie, exclusive to the Alco Rod and Gun Club, has a stellar reputation. The club has a lot invested in the quantity of its trophy-sized fish, so when the quality of angling started to wane, it was a real concern.

Turns out the culprits were birds - but not just any bird, according to outdoors reporter Mark Heinz, who spoke to club president Mark Rozman.

"They finally figured out, he found a study in Idaho that established a clear connection between the number of pelicans in an area and the number of fish - and so put two and two together and figured out the pelicans are gobbling up all our fish out here… through US Fish and Wildlife Service, they had to procure special permits to be able to go out with shotguns and ideally just blast away at the pelicans and scare them, although they do have to actually shoot some now and again… just get them out, get them away, cut down on their numbers. "

The thought of shooting pelicans might not sit well with everyone, but Rozman said it isn't a free-for-all killing spree, and they won't take any shots they think won't be a slam-dunk for quick, humane kill.

Read the full story HERE.

Social media giant Meta Platform Inc. needs Laramie County officials to come to an agreement on future power needs for the massive data enterprise center it plans to build in southern Wyoming.

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is going to need enormous amounts of power to keep the data center running. Energy reporter Pat Maio spoke to Gunnar Malm, vice chairman of the Laramie County Board of Commissioners, about the holdup.

"He's confident that all will be worked out with Enbridge, which is building the big solar farm down in South Cheyenne as well. It's about an 800 megawatt farm. It's the largest in Wyoming, about $1.2B investment. So we got billions of dollars comi