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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Monday, July 28th. I'm Charene Herrera, in for Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Brought to you by Cheyenne Frontier Days, who thanks everyone for another record‑breaking year. Mark your calendar for July 17 to 26, 2026 for the 130th Daddy of 'em All, celebrating the Year of the American Indian.

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ICE officers arrested multiple foreign nationals in a coordinated early-morning operation across Western Wyoming last week. They also discussed what they may do with a massive funding increase.

Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland rode along with ICE units as they executed targeted arrests in Teton County, which she noted is much different than any other part of Wyoming.

"They only visit Teton County for targeted operations like this a couple times a year. [A] couple times a week, they go and pick up detainees from the jail, people who have been incarcerated for things like DUI and then their fingerprints reveal illegal status. But for targeted operations like this, much rarer, and it's much different than operating in any other part of Wyoming, because, by and large, Teton county residents do not want them there. There's a sophisticated network, you know, where community members alert each other that they're there."

ICE officers noted they could use the increase in funding to build more ICE offices in Wyoming, even in Teton County. State Representative Mike Yin said a satellite office in Teton County would likely make the officers "pariahs of the community."

Read the full story HERE.

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The finishing touches are being put on the University of Wyoming's new $289 million dormitories and dining hall. When UW students return this fall, they'll be greeted by the gothic-style sandstone buildings.

Cowboy State Daily's Dale Killingbeck got an inside look at the new buildings, which were based on the university's older structures and their gothic style that originated in the 1880s.

"Students that have been on campus know all about it, but the freshmen will get to see this imposing, but really cool looking structure with sandstone on the outside… What I was told by the officials there is that they've been building buildings to last 100 years now, for the past maybe five, eight years. Their projects have all been this sandstone, and they're trying to go back to the original look of the campus."

The new buildings also offer something none of the students' old dorms could: Air conditioning.

Read the full story HERE.

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Anyone who has heard about the giant tree roots under Devils Tower, hundreds of cobras let loose on Interstate 25, or a woolly mammoth calf exposed by the explosion of Black Diamond Pool can thank Casper Planet. These stories and more have attracted international attention, as such stories should — if they were true.

Cowboy State Daily's Andrew Rossi spoke with Casper Planet Founder Justin Hathaway, an oil field worker whose satirical page continues to outrage and fool people, which only fuels his desire to keep it going.

"The thing that I think a lot of people find interesting, is that there's really nothing in it for him. He doesn't make any money off of it. It's not a paid position… He gets a lot of hate on the internet because he posts these satirical stories that people don't think critically about, even for a moment, they just go off about these sort of things, but that's also what