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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Wednesday, October 9th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by the Cowboy State Daily Morning Show with Jake! From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, Cowboy State Daily's Jake Nichols brings to life the latest news, weather, sports and in-depth conversations that matter to you.

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In the early morning hours of Saturday, China Bosh of Gillette was stabbed five times in her arm, twice in her chest and once in the face.

China's husband John Bosh is charged with attempted second-degree murder and is being held in the Campbell County Detention Center on a $750,000 bond.

China told Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland on Tuesday that this is not the first time that her husband has harmed her.

"He attacked her in 2019 at the Keyhole State Park and fled, very similar to what's alleged from Saturday… he was eventually convicted and sentenced to three years of supervised probation… But then so four months after he was sentenced to probation, they got married, and she she became tearful as she was talking about her decision here, saying that she wanted her son to have a father, but that she nothing could persuade her to go back now."

China said her children are doing all right. She's starting counseling, and she's planning to attend a support group.

Read the full story HERE.

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As crews continue to make progress establishing some boundaries around the Elk Fire, which has burned nearly 75,000 acres across the eastern face of the Bighorn Mountains, the evacuation status of the 850 or so residents of Dayton was downgraded Monday.

And Cowboy State Daily's Greg Johnson reports that the efforts of firefighters and local volunteers on the ground protecting property and people haven't gone unnoticed by their neighbors.

"I talked to a lifelong Dayton resident on Tuesday who said that they're emotionally, finally starting to come down the roller coaster a little bit … because, you know, they're no longer being told that they have to be ready at a moment's notice to evacuate… he said that the firefighters, the pros from the incident management team and the locals have just been doing a phenomenal job. He called them heroes. He said that these guys, they're saving property, they're saving people's lives, and that it's just really a big outpouring of thanks from the people who live there for those guys."

Read the full story HERE.

The Double Rafter Ranch has been a fixture in northern Wyoming since 1887. It's still there, thanks in part to what some area residents have taken to calling the "Hillbilly Hotshots" — a group of self-appointed rancher-firefighters — who helped save it from the Elk Fire.

Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports that these ranchers have outfitted their own trucks with water tanks, determined to patrol their ranches and neighbors' homes for embers carried by wind far from the fire's frontlines.