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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Tuesday, September 2nd. 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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Paul Norfleet is one of dozens of Wyoming landowners partnering with NextEra Energy on a new wind and solar project in southeast Wyoming. The Chugwater Energy Project could potentially produce an estimated 600 megawatts of power.

Cowboy State Daily's Jackson Walker rode along with Norfleet last week as he tended to his land and his animals. Norfleet said he feels the turbines and panels don't impact the landscape any more than cell towers, oil rigs and transmission lines.

"I got to visit his ranch. I got to meet his 13 dogs. Got to learn all about why he's in favor of this project. And this rancher told me, as we're here, looking out over the landscape, there's cell towers, there's defunct missile silos, there's even steam from the nearby power plant. All of these man made things across the landscape. And his argument, to me, was that…if there's wind turbines, if there's solar panels, how is that going to be any different from any of these other objects?"

NextEra's plan involves building up to 107 wind turbines and solar panels on about 47,000 acres in Platte County and 6,100 acres in Goshen County, and onsite batteries will store some of the generated power for future use. Should the project receive approval from state and local officials, it would proceed in December 2027.

Read the full story HERE.

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People already buy clothes, kitty litter, dog food and home appliances on Amazon. Now you can add your next car to the list.

Some Wyoming dealerships are on board, offering new Hyundai vehicles and used Hertz rental cars on the popular online shopping clearing house. But Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean spoke to both customers and retailers, who aren't so sure that buying your new ride from the same online site that you order kitchen organizers and facial wash from is a good option.

"You can go online and you can look, and if you're in the Cheyenne area, you'll be shown Hyundai cars in Frederick, Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming together, all on the same page… it's kind of cool. You can go through and you can pick the color interiors you want, the mileage… but how many people actually buy a car that way?... The people I talked to were like, I want to see the car. I want to drive the car, you know, I want to talk to the salesperson. I want to negotiate the best deal that I can get for the car, which, the online buying I don't feel is very amenable to that kind of negotiation."

Dallas Tyrrell, manager of Tyrrell Chevrolet in Cheyenne, is skeptical. In his experience, you can't sell cars in Wyoming without a brick-and-mortar store and a service department.

Read the full story HERE.

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Five years after energy an