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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Thursday, September 18th. 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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Wyoming's lone delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives has been appointed to serve on a new committee investigating the Capitol attack of Jan. 6, 2021.

Rep. Harriet Hageman took care in a Wednesday interview with Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland, to differentiate her role on the new committee, from the J6 investigation in which her predecessor, former Rep. Liz Cheney, participated in 2021 and 2022. Hageman said, in fact, that she believes that Cheney's panel was not a "legitimate committee" under the House rules.

"Because it didn't follow the house rules that underpinned it. A federal judge had disagreed with that in 2022 saying, 'Yeah, you know, it works, and because of the doctrine of judges being deferential toward the legislative branch, we're just going to back off here.' That decision did get appealed, but the appeal was, the whole case later scuttled, because the committee changed course and stopped pursuing the subpoena that prompted the court challenge in the first place."

Along with Hageman, House Speaker Mike Johnson selected Republican Reps. Morgan Griffith of Virginia, Troy Nehls of Texas, and Clay Higgins of Louisiana, to serve on the panel, led by Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia.

Read the full story HERE.

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A new period of tension is looming over the waning availability of water from the Colorado River. Water-use negotiations and infrastructure operations are up for renewal after 2026 and officials from upstream states, including Wyoming, claim that downstream states continue to use more than their fair share.

Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz reports all four of the upper basin commissioners expressed extreme frustration over how they perceive the situation.

"The lower basin continually is demanding more and more and more from the upper basin states, and it's getting to the point where the upper basin states are starting to see water shortages, which from their perception, from our perception, that's not our fault. We're not short of water because we're not managing our water well or in a responsible manner, we're starting to see shortages of water because the people downstream from us are being irresponsible and keep coming to us and demanding that we send more and more downstream."

Bottom line? The commissioners say, for now, they are committed to a seven-state solution.

Read the full story HERE.

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A former Green River teacher and school board member whose wife is accused of beating him with a bottle of Baileys as he sat disabled in his recliner has died, Sweetwater County's elected prosecutor confirms.

Linda Malone was charged on September 11th with second-degree attempted murder, and three counts of abusing a vulnerable adult. But with the death of her husband, John, Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports