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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Wednesday, May 7th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Brought to you by the Wyoming Community Foundation, who asks you to give back to the place you call home. "5 to thrive" is YOUR opportunity to leave a legacy for generations to come. Support the community nonprofits you care about with a gift through the Wyoming Community Foundation. Visit wycf.org to learn more.

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Guy Edwards ended a long day of working his sheep ranch north of Wright a little after midnight Monday morning. About five hours later, he watched in disbelief and anguish as his large barn, and the 170 pregnant ewes inside, burned.

Edwards told Cowboy State Daily's Greg Johnson that he didn't have a chance to let the sheep out, because the fire was so hot.

"It's like, really early Monday morning, he got done with the sheep. He had them all in the barn. Went in to get a little sleep. About 4: 30 his wife came in, and his wife came in and checked on the barn, and everything was fine. And then just less than an hour later, like 5:15 he went out, and he said the barn was fully engulfed, so intense, so hot, he couldn't even get close to it to open. It is really devastating for this family… That was his entire lamb crop… He said it took them years and years to breed the genetics of these lambs that they had. And now that's all gone. "

Now, Edwards said he feels a little shellshocked as he deals with the aftermath, which includes the burned remains of 170 ewes, along with cleaning up. Edwards said he believes all those sheep died from breathing the smoke from the fire before they burned.

Read the full story HERE.

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Fans of Wyoming's beloved Grizzly 399, still saddened by her death from a vehicle strike last fall, were dealt another blow on Tuesday. An offspring from her world-famous 2020 litter of quadruplet cubs was confirmed dead after apparently being hit by a vehicle days earlier in Grand Teton National Park.

Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz reports that Grizzly 1058, a 5-year-old male, was found dead near Highway 26 inside the park.

"Park Service did not report the exact date when they think he was actually hit by the vehicle, but apparently he made it a ways off the road and died in the brush. And they found the carcass, and they were able to confirm the identity today that, yes, it was, in fact, Grizzly 1058, that's another one of grizzly 399's quads… we're still to this day, not certain about her last cub, spirit, that was with her when she was struck and killed. We don't know if he's still alive."

Now, only two of Grizzly 399's famous 2020 quads are thought to still be alive. Another male from the quad litter, Grizzly 1057, was killed by wildlife agents in July 2022 for displaying "dangerous behavior" toward humans.

Read the full story HERE.

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In a lengthy Senate floor speech Monday evening, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed that a cryptocurrency bill co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis needs "critical fixes" to prevent corruption such as bribery, in light of President Donald Trump and his family's recent involvement in meme coins.

Trump on Monday used his Truth Social platform and an associated website to encourage