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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Monday, September 8th. 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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Monday is day three in the trial of a Haitian truck driver accused of slamming into two emergency medical technicians and killing one of them.

The EMT who survived weathered intense questioning Friday in Sweetwater County District Court. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland was in the courtroom for the testimony of former Carbon County EMT Tiffany Gruetzmacher, who was struck and injured by a semi driven by Haitian national Saviol Saint Jean.

"The one surviving EMT, whose colleague died and who herself was hit and back broken multiple places, skull and neck both fractured, she weathered around two hours of questioning on Friday from the state, and then from the defense, where the defense especially was like, Are you supposed to park where you parked? Are you supposed to park on the other side of the debris? And just she basically said, that is what was in line with my employer's systems. And that is the judgment call we made."

Saint Jean faces one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, another of aggravated assault and a third of not merging away from emergency vehicles, and could face up to 30 years in prison plus fines if convicted.

Read the full story HERE.

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Bridger Walker says not all of his sixth-grade schoolmates at Cheyenne Classical Academy are aware of the incident five years ago that led to an appearance with Spider-Man actor Tom Holland on a movie set, and nearly yearly opportunities to hug and high-five boxing legends at the World Boxing Council.

As a 6-year-old, Bridger stood in front of a charging, vicious dog and protected his then 4-year-old sister, Brielle, from an attack. The result was 90 stitches to his face, plastic surgeries and, as Cowboy State Daily's Dale Killingbeck reports, a turning point in his life that continues to take him places.

"His family really wants to use the situation to communicate about, you know, to be a superhero doesn't mean that you have extraordinary powers, but it means kindness and other things. And both Bridger and his dad have been speaking at different conferences and opportunities over the years. And this fall they are headed to a security conference in Dallas, and they'll speak there, and then, additionally, you know, they're looking to speak at some schools around the state… I asked Bridger, you know, hey, what do you want people to know about you?... And he just goes, I'm a normal kid."

There may be opportunities this year to speak at Wyoming schools, as well, about the "superpowers" that everyone has. And an action figure modeled after him may be coming in the future.

Read the full story HERE.

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When the Buffalo Bills played their season opener at home on Sunday night, the Bills Mafia got an assist from a relatively new legion of fans thousands of miles away.

Many football fans in Wyoming have adopted this NFL franchise as their own in the seven years since Josh Allen was drafted as the quarterback for the Bills — and