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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Wednesday, July 16th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Brought to you by Cheyenne Frontier Days. Ten days of rodeo thrills, Xtreme Bulls, live concerts, carnival rides, western heritage, and unforgettable cowboy spirit in Cheyenne, Wyoming! Don't miss the 129th Daddy of 'Em all July 18-27th.

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A man is dead and a police officer wounded after a Monday shootout in Worland.

Officers were sent to the area under the New River Bridge to investigate a 37-year-old male subject whom the reporting party categorized as under the influence of an unknown substance. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that officers arriving on scene recognized the man from a call earlier that day - but when they went to arrest him, the man put up a fight.

"There was a felony property destruction case. They were investigating him, which he was allegedly involved. And so the as more of them are converging on scene, they're recognizing him, and he's, according to the police department, he's resisting and pulls a gun and starts firing on four officers, injuring at least one, and so two of them fired back, and he was stopped, and then he died on scene."

Wyoming DCI's officer-involved shooting team has been called to investigate what happened in Worland, and have determined there's no continuing threat to the community.

Read the full story HERE.

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The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission on Tuesday ruled to reject hugely unpopular changes to the state's landowner hunting tag program.

Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz was at the meeting, and said that the decision came after the commission listened to hours of testimony from many among dozens of landowners and hunters who showed up at the commission's meeting in Casper.

"The couple landowners I talked to after the meeting were pleased with the results. I mean, a lot of people showed up. You know, testimony went on for hours, and pretty much everybody spoke out against it, but nobody really seemed angry or particularly upset. It's interesting, because there's still two big unresolved issues out there, and that's whether there should be a cap at the percentage of landowner tags that are included in the hunting tag draw, and whether landowners should be able to put those tags up for sale."

Each of those issues would require a change in state statutes, which is beyond the commission's authority. Only the Wyoming Legislature can do that. Those topics might come up during the Legislature's 2026 session.

Read the full story HERE.

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A U.S. House committee advanced legislation Tuesday sponsored by Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman to remove Yellowstone-area grizzly bears from the Endangered Species Act list.

Hageman, a member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, said Tuesday the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly population has fully recovered and now numbers about 1,100. Cowboy State Daily's Sean Barry reports, though, that the legislation has a unique caveat.

"The US Fish and Wildlife Service in 2017 in the first Trump administration, took exactly this action, but a federal court stepped in and said, No, you can't do that. It halted the removal. So what happened is the Republicans, including Rep Harriet Hageman, were not happy about this, so this legislation reinstates the rule that the court threw out. But here's the catch. Rep Hageman put language in it to prevent judicial review of this rule.… all members of the Wyoming congressional delegation have said consistentl