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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Wednesday, September 3rd. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom… Brought to you by Wyoming Interventional and Vascular Associates. WIVA offers the best solution for treating tired, aching and swollen legs, at Wyoming's only IAC-accredited vein facility. With virtually no downtime and minimal risks, if you're ready for relief, see what WIVA can do for you. Schedule a consultation at Casper Medial Imaging dot net, forward slash WIVA.

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A 13-year-old girl was killed and three people were injured and airlifted to care Monday, after a plane crash in the Bighorn National Forest.

Sheridan County Coroner Robert Byrd on Tuesday morning identified the girl as Amelia Palmer. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that she and three other family members were in a single engine plane that crashed in the Bighorn Mountains late in the afternoon on Monday.

"This all happened very quickly… the plane leaves the airport at like four, and it's down by 410, very quick, eight minute flight. And then someone is calling 911, to say there's injured people in the mountains just before five. So very quick, not a huge like days of of languishing there, but, but they did find the three survivors in serious condition, and had to air lift them out."

The plane is a 1965 single-engine Piper Cherokee registered to a Sheridan man. Its recent flight log shows multiple trips between the Sheridan County Airport and Idaho in the past week.

Read the full story HERE.

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His whip-sharp sense of humor is what New York Times best-selling author Craig Johnson most remembers about actor Graham Greene, who died Monday at the age of 73 after a lengthy illness.

Greene, a member of the Oneida First Nation tribe, had more than 100 television and film credits to his name. Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports that he played several roles that were either filmed or set in Wyoming - including Malachi Strand, a major recurring villain on the hit television series, "Longmire," based on Johnson's books.

"You know, Craig Johnson only met Graham Greene once on the set of Longmire… He was Malachi Strand… the main bad guy… and Graham green played the character to the hilt… he really gave it everything he got, which Craig told me, was really ironic, because when you meet him, he was the most affable, likable guy… Lou Diamond Phillips introduced him as, hey, Graham, this is the creator, meaning the creator of the show - but Greene immediately leaped to Creator of all life in the universe, right? And he's like, 'Oh, I have some questions for you.' Just, you know, deadpan kind of humor. And that's interesting, because Craig, that's the kind of humor he has in his books."

Greene is probably best known for his role as Kicking Bird in Kevin Costner's 1990 film, "Dances with Wolves," which earned 12 Academy Award nominations, including Greene's nomination as best supporting actor.

Read the full story HERE.

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A Cheyenne city ordinance preventing RVs and other oversized vehicles from parking on city streets takes effect again Saturday, and will last until next summer.

The Cheyenne City Council voted