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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Tuesday, August 26th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Brought to you by the Converse County Tourism Promotion Board! Discover Douglas and Glenrock in beautiful Wyoming, where rich history, outdoor adventure, and welcoming communities await. Feel the Energy of Converse County at www.ConverseCountyTourism.com.

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With carefully worded legal terms and patriotic sentiments, President Donald Trump on Monday announced an emphasis on prosecuting people who burn American flags.

While Wyoming's two U.S. Senators voiced their approval, Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that a leading First Amendment expert in the nation said prosecutions stemming from the order would be unconstitutional.

"Trump's executive orders are really careful about, like, we're gonna do this controversial, controversial thing, but we're going to do it within the confines of case law and what's legal and what's allowed. So they try to thread the needle. But even so, with his Monday order against flag burning, a top speech attorney professor in the United States was like, it's still unconstitutional, and that's because Trump tried to bootstrap flag burning to other non speech offenses like property destruction."

The order calls for the U.S. Attorney General to prioritize prosecution of the nation's criminal and civil laws against American flag desecrations that happen in the course of other, tangential crimes.

Read the full story HERE.

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Firefighting crews working a pair of uncontained wildfires in western Wyoming can expect some help from Mother Nature this week.

Late August is usually hot and dry, perfect for turning Wyoming's forests and grasslands into tinderboxes. But Cowboy State Daily's Greg Johnson reports that this week will be abnormally cool and wet.

"These firefighting crews are finally going to get a little bit of help from mother nature here with these wildfires, especially the two burning in the western part of the state. Although they really haven't grown a whole lot in the last couple of days, they are still 0% contained, at least, that's what they're reporting. So they're burning pretty hot, but the weather is really going to come through for them. Don Day says that pretty much for the whole week they can expect it to be cooler, it's going to be more humid, and he won't guarantee it 100% but he says, they'll probably get some rain."

In response to the Dollar Lake and Willow Creek fires, Gov. Mark Gordon signed an executive order Monday declaring those emergencies.

Read the full story HERE.

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A Maryland case of New World screwworm in a human being illustrates an important fact about the flesh-eating parasite that has the agricultural world on edge.

The individual has since recovered, and there is so far no indication of any transmission to humans or other animals. But alerts have gone out across the nation, nonetheless, to other agricultural stak