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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Wednesday, April 2nd. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Brought to you by the Cowboy State Daily Morning Show! From 6 to 10 a.m., Monday through Friday, we bring you news, weather, sports AND in-depth interviews with news-makers from across Wyoming - and this week we've got a fantastic guest host, Charene Herrera, who will keep the conversation lively! Just click on the Cowboy State Daily homepage to join in.

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Drought has been spreading across southeastern and central Wyoming, and that has farmers looking at the sky a little more often than usual.

And Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports that even the recent rain in southeast Wyoming didn't do much to mitigate the dryness, as moisture is still about 50% behind normal in that region.

"I was looking at the Drought Monitor, and we have had significant drought for quite a while now. Headed into spring, we have the whole bottom southeast corner of the state is one big red dot bulls eye looking kind of thing on the state… So farmers are… doing their mental rain dances there. Whatever they do, you know, to bring on the rain, they're doing it right now… December, January and February are the driest months of the year in Wyoming. So these next month, March, it starts to rain a little more, and then April, May, June, those are the wettest months. So that really kind of determines what kind of season these guys are going to have."

The drought that's settled over Wyoming has become severe enough lately that the USDA has announced emergency loans for several Wyoming counties - although many farmers are hesitant to go that route.

Read the full story HERE.

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Now that a controversial Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple in Cody is a few months into construction, it appears that the quickly growing building has only hardened the resolve of people both supporting and opposing the building.

The large steeple emanating from the 101-foot temple has been a source of great controversy and contention. Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson spoke to several residents about the issue - some posited a live-and-let-live attitude, or supported the temple's construction - but neighbors whose daily lives are being impacted by the construction of the temple had a different opinion.

"They're most frustrated about the view shed, for sure, and then just the way that the temple was approved. Those are the kind of the two big things that come up the most. I spoke to the Petit family that were basically saying that their view shed is dramatically affected by this temple. I mean, it takes up at least half the window space looking out on what used to be a beautiful view of Cedar and Rattlesnake mountains… Spoke to the neighbor across the street, Kelly Dingle. And Dingle is basically saying that her crux of her biggest frustration about this temple is strictly the way it was approved, and she just doesn't feel like it's the right location in Cody. Which is the dominating argument of those who oppose the temple… Kelly Dingle is adamant that they will be moving away sometime in the near future. They moved to their home that's across the street from the temple, just before the vote took place to approve the temple."

A similarly-sized temple was built in Casper last summer, facing no oppos