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"At least this time they showed up." That was the comment by one of the local Marine veterans who attended Monday afternoon's Memorial Day ceremony at Cheyenne National Cemetery.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which oversees national cemeteries, didn't update its website with a cancellation last year, prompting people from around the state and region to travel to Cheyenne for a ceremony that didn't occur.

Cowboy State Daily's Greg Johnson was part of a crowd of about 200 people that gathered for the first Memorial Day remembrance event after last year's observance was quietly canceled.

"It had been raining all weekend, and it cleared up just in time to start the ceremony, and came back just in time for it to end. So it was a little prophetic that way… there were people there who showed up last year expecting a ceremony and didn't have one, and they came back again this year… even the person who oversees the national cemetery that yes, that miscommunication is not going to happen again… it was a very nice, appropriate Memorial Day ceremony, probably what people expected last year."

Tony Thomas, director of Fort Logan National Cemetery Complex in Colorado, told attendees that the 620 veterans buried in the cemetery deserve all the honor and respect people can give them.

Read the full story HERE.

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Ask anyone who knew Kim Love, and they'll tell you, he was never at a loss for words. It didn't matter what the occasion was. It could be a job interview, a board meeting or a party - Love was going to say whatever he felt needed to be said, whenever he felt it needed to be said.

Love died on Saturday at Sheridan Memorial Hospital after a bout with cancer. The 79-year-old was a prominent figure in Wyoming's broadcasting industry and one-time restaurant owner, as well as a civic leader, who helped build up Sheridan's downtown and Main Street.

"The work that he's done speaks volumes for him, and is going to continue to speak volumes long, long long into the future. Not only did he build Sheridan media empire, basically from scratch. He started with a little dumpy radio station that was above a flower shop… But it doesn't end there. I mean, he thought a lot about, you know, how he can make his community better. And if you look on Main Street, you're going to see signs of him everywhere. For one thing, that Frackletons restaurant, he helped save that not once, but twice… he was the driving force behind all those art sculptures on Sheridan… and he's also the one who brought that Da Vinci horse… he read the story about that in an art class, and he was like, Sheridan has to have that… he wasn't afraid to think big."

Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.

Read the full story HERE.

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A motorcycle rally organized in response to the torture and killing of a wolf in Daniel will return to the western Wyoming town June 14, despite a hostile reception from many locals last year.

The main organizer of Hogs for Hope is dog trainer and social