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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Wednesday, September 17th. 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 new top federal prosecutor asked for a delay in the case of a Gillette man accused of tampering with diesel emissions devices.

Levi Krech faces one count of conspiracy to violate the clean air act, and one of tampering with a monitoring device, in the U.S. District Court for Wyoming. Each is a felony.

Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that Krech's defense attorney says the delay signals a nationwide backing-off from federal criminal "delete" prosecutions under the second Trump administration.

"Levi has been fighting the Feds for like, three and a half years, and then all of a sudden, you have the Trump administration 2.0 and they're doing all these things that signify that they're backing off some of this criminal enforcement… his defense attorney, a well known defender in this space said, Yeah, we're hoping he doesn't have to plead guilty at all, because we're seeing so many changes on the federal level, and federal prosecutors being more willing to not pursue this criminally, that we're just holding out hope in Levi's case."

Krech's defense attorney said other cases around the nation are leaning the same direction: they're in negotiations where dismissal is a possible outcome.

Read the full story HERE.

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A 29-year-old hiker sustained serious injuries after being attacked by a bear in Yellowstone National Park.

According to Yellowstone officials, the incident occurred on the Turbid Lake Trail, near the northeastern shore of Yellowstone Lake, on Tuesday afternoon. Cowboy State Daily's Andrew Rossi reports that the victim was hiking alone when he encountered the bear two and a half miles from the Pelican Valley Trailhead.

"The species of the bear has not been identified, but park officials say that based on the location and the evidence they've collected, it was probably a grizzly. The grizzly attacked a man. He was seriously injured in the chest and one of his arms, and he wasn't able to deploy bear spray until the bear was on top of him, and once deployed, the spray drove the bear off, and he was able to walk out with National Park medics and taken to an ambulance."

After being taken to the Lake Medical Clinic, the victim was flown to a nearby hospital. Tuesday's incident was the first human-bear incident resulting in injury in Yellowstone in over four years.

Read the full story HERE.

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The Laramie County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday denied a hotly contested energy development proposal following a lengthy debate from about 50 county residents.

Up for discussion on the commission's agenda was the Laramie Range Wind Project, a wind development backed by Spanish energy giant Repsol. Cowboy State Daily's Jackson Walker was at the meeting, in which community members shared concerns about the project, which they have claimed could disturb local wildlife and become an eyesore.

"The meeting was pretty lengthy. There was a lot of di