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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Friday, September 5th. 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 Medical Imaging dot net, forward slash WIVA.

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The vehicular homicide trial for Haitian truck driver accused of killing a Wyoming EMT while driving a New York commercial driver's license started Thursday in Green River.

Prosecutors accuse Saviol Saint Jean of recklessly plowing a commercial truck into two emergency medical personnel who were responding to a crash on Interstate 80 three years ago — killing one and severely injuring the other. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland was in court for day one of the trial.

"It's this early morning scenario where this truck and trailer gets jackknifed, and another semi truck plows into the trailer, and another semi swerves around, manages to dodge the collision. Other cars are passing on the right, and Saint Jean allegedly plows into the center of the crash, striking both EMTs as they walked back to their ambulance… the defense is really positing this idea that this was just a chaotic scene… whereas the prosecutor is emphasizing Like, here's how well other truckers reacted, here's how well other drivers reacted."

The trial is ongoing Friday and into next week.

Read the full story HERE.

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A drilling rig in Sweetwater County punched through nearly 3.5 miles of Wyoming rock, reaching a total vertical depth of nearly 18,500 feet, to complete what's now the deepest Class 6 carbon storage well ever drilled in the United States.

The Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub, a collaboration between the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources and Frontier Infrastructure Holdings, successfully completed drilling operations for its second deep-characterization well last week. Cowboy State Daily's David Madison explains why this matters.

"Carbon capture has been a priority of the University of Wyoming and industry in Wyoming to get CO two out of the atmosphere so it can't contribute to climate change and to reduce the carbon footprint of private industry. Now this, you know, why go so deep? Well, because it's proven that gasses and liquids can be trapped there for millions and millions of years, and so we take them out when we pull oil and other resources out of the ground. Now, through this well, we'll be putting CO2 back down there. And according to the sources I spoke to, the deeper you go, the more assured you can be that it's going to stay there."

The partners described the accomplishment as a key milestone in advancing commercial-scale carbon sequestration in Wyoming.

Read the full story HERE.

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The first operational Minutemen III Silo has been taken offline to make way for a $141 billion upgrade to Sentinel missiles, a huge milestone for the nation's nuclear modernization project.

The decommissioned silo, located at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, is a key step in the Air Force's plan to modernize the land-based portion of America's nuclear arsenal. Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports that all MIII missiles will be replaced with a modernized missile, the LGM-35A Sentinel, which is being led by prime contractor Northrop Gr