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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Thursday, November 13th. 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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The court-appointed conservator of a Riverton boy sued the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday over a youth group boat-tubing incident in which the boy lost his foot. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports the lawsuit is asking for damages, costs, interests and other relief.

"There's two varieties of negligence claims, and they want general and special damages, interests, costs and any other, any other relief the court deems appropriate…the case was filed Tuesday. What you'll see next is the church will file, probably an answer and or a motion to dismiss. Like, if the church says the laws you invoke don't match the claims you place, then it may file a motion to dismiss. Otherwise, we'll just see an answer which usually comes out, like we deny wrongdoing all together. Let's go to trial, and then the two sides exchange the information that they are told to exchange to get a fair trial, and then they either both prepare for trial or they negotiate toward a settlement."

The complaint also asserts claims that the boy's sister suffered trauma for watching the boating incident.

Read the full story HERE.

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Longtime Wyoming journalist Susan Anderson has passed away. Although she may be remembered most as the anchor on KTWO-TV, Cowboy State Daily's Jackson Walker reports she had an enviable and ground-breaking journalism career.

"Longtime Wyoming journalist Susan Anderson died Monday due to complications with ovarian cancer, although she may be remembered by most as an anchor for K2 TV, she was also the business editor of the Casper Star-Tribune and served in the Wyoming Legislature. Anderson came to Wyoming after visiting Laramie for the first time and going on a fishing trip there, that experience made her fall in love with Wyoming, and actually caused her to leave her prestigious West Coast News job in San Francisco. She had since gone on to become known as, as Wyoming, as they come, and earned a reputation for being a hard working news hound."

U.S. Sen. John Barrasso knew Anderson personally and told Cowboy State Daily her lengthy career made Wyoming a better state for its residents.

Read the full story HERE.

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A new Senate amendment could allow members to receive big payouts over FBI spying tied to Jack Smith's Jan. 6th probe. Cowboy State Daily's Sean Barry reports from DC that Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis, who was spied on, says she didn't write the measure and hasn't decided if she'll seek damages.

"Senate Majority Leader John Thune adding this late just before final passage in the Senate. You know, I don't know how they came up with that figure…what some Republicans in the House were saying is, it's like…If they want to debate this, they need to have a committee hearing. This has to be vetted. This was stuck in a bill at the last minute. It was stuck in a must pass spending bill to reopen the government at the last minute...Because if you're going to be paying US senators who were the subject of the Jack Smith investigation, if you're going to be paying the Senator's reparations, this needs to be out in the open. That's what a lot of House Republicans said. That's why they were not ha