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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Tuesday, July 16th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by Wyoming Senior Olympics, reminding you that this year's Summer Olympics start July 31st in Cheyenne and volunteers are needed, become a volunteer today at Wyoming senior Olympics dot org.

A Sheridan man faces up to 20 years in prison, accused of punching a man so hard he died after a parking argument.

33 year old Cody McCalla was charged with involuntary manslaughter Monday, following a fight Friday outside the local rodeo in Sheridan that ended in the death of local hockey coach and player Patrick Mudd. That's according to Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland.

"There was some sort of a fight or scuffle, and then one hit took him to the ground and he had pretty much no brain activity from that point going forward, and died over the weekend. But what followed was, the hockey community there in Sheridan, put their sticks on their front porch, because he was an apparently beloved hockey coach and mentor and adult league player. "

Mudd's friends from the Sheridan hockey community told Cowboy State Daily he was a loving family man and a passionate hockey player and coach.

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Former President Donald Trump's selection of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate on Monday drew widespread praise from Wyoming's congressional delegation.

Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson said the delegation's support for Vance comes from working directly with the Senator.

"Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis just recently co sponsored a bill with Vance that would end DEI programs in the federal government… Wyoming Senator John Barrasso is someone that Vance has described as a mentor, and likewise Barrasso issued his support for the pick of Vance on Monday, calling him a friend and a colleague."

Congresswoman Harriet Hageman called the Vance decision "a phenomenal choice" and said she "can't wait" to see his debates with Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Earlier this summer, there was a confirmed sighting of a grizzly in southwest Montana's Tobacco Root Mountains. That's a place where grizzly bears haven't been spotted in decades.

Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz reports that the increasing frequency of reports of grizzlies being sighted in places that they've not been previously has biologists wondering if a mingling of Wyoming and Montana bears is imminent.

"The million dollar question on the table is when are the northern Continental Divide grizzly bears, that kind of radiates out from Glacier Park in Montana, and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears, which radiate out from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, when are those two populations going to join and start mixing it up to a significant level? Because a lot of people have said, even people that are otherwise adamantly opposed to Grizzlies being delisted, to have said if and when that happens, that will kind of be the last thing that needs to fall into place for the Grizzlies to be delisted."

About 1,100 bears make up the Northern Continental Divide population, and a roughly equal number of grizzlies are thought to live in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

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