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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Tuesday, October 29th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by 4 Wyoming Pack. 4 Wyoming Pack says, "This November, Wyoming will vote to allow residential homes to be taxed at a lower, fairer rate, even the playing field, and give families a much-needed break." 4 Wyoming Pack wants you to Vote Yes on Amendment A.

The latest weather system will diagonally slice across Wyoming with a blast of winter weather this week. And this time, there will be enough cold and snow to stick around.

The National Weather Service has already issued Winter Weather Advisories and Warnings for most of western and central Wyoming beginning Monday night through Wednesday morning. Cowboy State Daily's Andrew Rossi reports that this slow-moving system will move from the southwest to the northeast, bringing the season's first heavy snow to the plains.

"It's a significant cold front that's bringing snow, not just rain. There's going to be snow across most of Wyoming. And patterns like this are going to keep getting stronger as we get further into the season and toward the end of the year. So everyone should anticipate winter weather driving conditions starting on Monday night and then going into Tuesday and Wednesday."

Meteorologist Don Day said there will be another rebound after the incoming system passes. However, warmer days in Wyoming will be waning, especially as the days get shorter.

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The expected weather system is expected to dump a significant amount of snow on a pair of wildfires that have burned nearly 190,000 acres in northern Wyoming.

Cowboy State Daily's Greg Johnson reports that the forecasts are calling for snow beginning at higher elevations Monday night and continuing through Wednesday. That's welcome news to the nearly 450 firefighters and support personnel who are making accelerated progress on containing the two wildfires.

"The managers of both of these large wildfires, the Elk Fire and the Pack Trail fire, are really looking forward to this next storm system… this winter storm system comes on the heels of another one that came on October 17 that hit, and that one really put a damper on these fires. And now… this one promises to do a lot better."

As of Monday, the Elk fire - which is measured at 98,352 acres as of Monday, is 82% contained, up from the 73% reported Saturday.

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With bear lovers around the world still reeling from the death of Grizzly 399, many remember another immensely popular bear, Grizzly 104, that was also struck and killed by a vehicle.

Grizzly 399 was hit and killed last Tuesday south of Jackson in Lincoln County. Wildlife photographers and bear fans across Wyoming are grieving her loss. Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz reports that those sentiments echo the sadness after the death of Grizzly 104 near just outside the east entrance to Yellowstone, 23 years ago.

"In her time, grizzly 104 lived in Yellowstone Park from the late 80s, and then she was hit and killed by a vehicle in 2001 and in so many ways, her story paralleled 399 it was a grizzly that came out of one of the National Parks got in the habit of bringing her cubs down near the roadway to protect, you know, from marauding male bears that would try to kill the Cubs… and then ended up the sadly, same thing happened to her as happened to 399 ended up in