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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Tuesday, September 23rd. 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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An Oregon pilot who hit a federal employee with his vehicle in Yellowstone National Park last year was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 10 grand on Monday. Cowboy State Daily's Jackson Walker reports that David Tyler Regnier was facing a maximum of 20 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. But his attorney argued that his conduct did not constitute aggravated assault.

"Apparently, Regniere was on a lot of medication, including a new blood pressure medication that gave him some pretty adverse effects. He was saying that he experienced some high blood pressure, some tightness in his chest, and all of those factors combined made it a pretty stressful experience for him."

Regnier was convicted of a felony for going the wrong way on a park road to bypass waiting traffic before driving into a flagman working for a road crew who commanded him to stop and turn around.

Read the full story HERE.

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Bottlenecked traffic nearly three miles away from the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, wasn't enough to stop a Wyoming state lawmaker from paying his respects to the late Charlie Kirk. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports Wyoming state Representative Scott Smith decided to walk the almost three miles. On crutches, in 100 plus degree temperatures.

"he said he felt led, and there were all these obstacles, but he still felt like he needed to go, and once he was there, he said he felt this urgency to shun evil and pursue good as a nation… Smith is a Christian, and you know, Kirk's death was a lightning rod moment, not for all, but for many Christians. I've found in interviews with people across Wyoming and so Smith was inspired by the man's life and death and felt led to go and learn something from that."

Smith and his wife Charissa said they drove to Denver, then flew to Arizona early Saturday and set out for Kirk's funeral hours before sunrise on Sunday to get into the memorial.

Read the full story HERE.

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A lightning strike killed two elk hunters who went missing Sept. 11 in southern Colorado and were found dead on Thursday.

Outdoors reporter Mark Heinz spoke with the coroner who investigated the incident that killed Andrew Porter of Asheville, North Carolina, and Ian Stasko of Salt Lake City, Utah. He said the two 25-year-olds were found fully clothed and didn't show any outward signs of trauma.

"He said, usually with lightning strikes, it's obvious you have entry and or exit points where the bolt or or the electricity went through the body. That wasn't the case with these two young men… he surmised probably what happened is a bolt struck a tree that they were standing next to, travel down through the tree and went into the ground, and then ground conductivity is what gave them a fatal jolt."

Meteorologist Don Day pointed out that lightning should be taken seriously by anyone who recreates in the outdoors. He says lightning does not follow many rules, a