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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Thursday, September 19th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by ServeWyoming - Wyoming's center for volunteerism and AmeriCorps service for the last 30 years! For volunteer opportunities, visit ServeWyoming dot org"

A 60-year-old tourist from New Hampshire suffered second- and third-degree burns Monday after walking off-trail over a geothermal crust in Yellowstone National Park.

Visiting from Windsor, New Hampshire, the woman — who was not identified — her husband, and leashed dog were walking in a thermal area near Old Faithful, according to Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland.

"That thermal crust on top of some of this scalding water can just be a hardened layer of minerals. I mean, it might look solid, but you can fall through it and scald yourself, and she reportedly suffered third and second degree burns and was lifelighted out to Idaho… we don't know whether she'll be charged with a crime, potentially banned from the park, which they've been known to do, but it might be interesting to watch going forward."

The incident is under investigation. The burns to the woman mark the first known thermal injury in Yellowstone this year.

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Nearly a year after he caught heat for remarks made during a visit to Harvard University about why Wyoming should go carbon negative to address climate charge, Gov. Mark Gordon said he's "sick and tired" of hearing about it.

He struck his most defiant tone on the issue at a town hall energy-focused event at Cam-plex in Gillette on Tuesday night. Leo Wolfson was in attendance at the event.

"The purpose was to kind of showcase some of the efforts that have been taking place at this Integrated Test Center, and to really kind of show to give a better explanation of why he stands up for carbon capture efforts, some of these efforts have been criticized by some Republicans in Wyoming as being unrealistic or a waste of money, or even furthermore, an attack on the coal industry. Gordon says it's completely the opposite, and it's actually a way of keeping the coal industry lasting longer and insulated against some of the more democratic policy positions that are generally opposed to coal."

Gordon said he wants to specifically find audiences like Harvard that are opposed to coal, in order to showcase the efforts taking place to produce this form of energy in Wyoming.

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Interest rates were already moving down ahead of Wednesday's half-percent rate cut by the Federal Reserve, and prepared buyers were cheering.

Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports that the cut was higher than many real estate agents and financial experts in Wyoming expected.

"I talked with a realtor in Casper. She's so excited for her clients, they've been waiting eight months now they at the 7% interest rate. There just wasn't anything they could really afford. Now they're getting into a home that's kind of their dream home, as opposed to, you know, this home will work for now kind of thing."

The realtors that Jean spoke to said they expect most Wyoming buyers to continue waiting for even lower interest rates. However, they could be missing out on what will be a real sweet spot for prepared buyers right now, as some home prices are coming down.

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