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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Friday, November 14th. I'm Mac Watson. This newscast is "Brought to you by the University of Wyoming Center on Aging. Did you know that 1 in 3 Wyoming adults have pre-diabetes, and most don't realize it? Are you tough enough to know your numbers? Take the quiz at: Find Out WY dot org."

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A massive power outage left most of northeast Wyoming in the dark Thursday, along with areas in Montana and South Dakota. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that nearly 100,000 customers were without power at one point.

"It's been in the 10s of 1000s all afternoon. And Dubois is dark. Douglas was dark in the late afternoon, up to northeast Wyoming into South Dakota. Western South Dakota was having outages."

The cause of the widespread outage is believed to be a pair of 500-kilovolt power lines that tripped near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, according to a statement from the Western Area Power Administration.

Read the full story HERE.

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Detectives have interviewed multiple people in connection with a Wednesday night gun buy gone bad in northwest Cheyenne that left one person dead. Cowboy State Daily's Scott Schwebke reports police are still gathering details.

"An 18 year old male was shot, he was found dead by police, and apparently he had gone there with his friend to purchase a gun from a 16 year old. And an altercation ensued, and then there was a shooting. And the thing is, the gun deal was obviously legal, because a 16 year old and 18 year olds aren't allowed to possess firearms according to federal law...several people were interviewed by detectives, and apparently the 16 year old this this point, was not under arrest, but charges are being submitted to the district attorney's office."

According to one witness at least seven people were detained, put into police cruisers, and taken away.

Read the full story HERE.

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The Wyoming Supreme Court on Wednesday paused a judge's order requiring school upgrades like more computers and school counselors, and better teacher pay. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that the pause gives lawmakers more leeway in the 2026 budget session.

"The Wyoming Supreme Court on Wednesday went ahead and paused that order that was kind of over lawmakers that they were facing as they made their funding decisions, and so that gives them a little more leeway going into the 2026 budget session. But, you know, a lot of them told me on Thursday, 'Well, we were going to do what we were going to do, and we were going to hope that it shook out well with the court.'"

Some legislators who serve on the Select School Finance Recalibration Committee responded to the news Thursday with relief, and some with dismay. But some voiced indifference, saying they were revamping the state's education plan either way.

Read the full story HERE.

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The town of Burns has locked up its compost dump site after an influx of what officials claim are Cheyenne businesses dumping there to avoid paying their local fees. Cowboy State Daily's Jackson Walker reports the town has options on how to remedy the situation.

"Burns, Mayor Joel Nicholson told Cowboy State Daily his town is considering a number of solutions to this issue, such as placing a key card reader at the site…Another