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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Thursday, November 27th. 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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Authorities reported Wednesday that Chance Englebert's death was likely an accident by falling off a Scotts Bluff National Monument cliff. Cowboy State Daily's Jen Kocher reports that the Englebert family and others don't buy the cause of death.

"Chance's mother told me that they don't have a problem with the cause of death. They do believe that he, based on his injuries, that he did fall from the top of that cliff. However, what they do have a problem with is the fact that he would have gone out of his way to walk up that trail. It's several miles at that trail to get to the top of this monument. When it was a dark, stormy night and he was intending to head back to Torrington, that was his plan not to climb a monument in the middle of a storm. The family has a problem with the term accidental, and they cannot believe that he walked up to the top of that cliff by himself, and they believe he was either driven or taken there."

The Moorcroft, Wyoming, man was missing for more than six years before his remains were found in mid-October by a pair of hikers on a rugged cliff on the north side of the Scotts Bluff National Monument.

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Wyoming U.S. Attorney Darin Smith dropped felony diesel "delete" charges Wednesday against Gillette-raised mechanic Levi Krech. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that the dismissal, and a Trump pardon for another delete mechanic, may signal a less aggressive approach toward the practice.

"When the Trump administration took over this year, things kind of started to shift, and we can see that with the pardon of another delete mechanic Troy lake and then, on Wednesday, the Federal District for Wyoming, helmed by Darin Smith, went ahead and dropped its felony level case against Levi crutch. Darin Smith called it the best interest of justice. It's still illegal to delete diesels, but this administration has a very different approach to it than the Biden administration, and just some signs that there's a softer, potentially, stance on it."

31-year-old Levi Krech was charged this summer with one count of conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, and another of tampering with a monitoring device, in the U.S. District Court of Wyoming.

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The ex-boyfriend of Wyoming Rep. Nina Webber is suing her on claims she cheated him out of $6,000 for an African hunting trip. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that a bench trial in the case is ongoing.

"It's a small claims lawsuit…well, small claims action. So it's limited to $6,000 it happens in the lower level court there in Park County…and so you have two very different stories at the heart of whether the state representative owes this $6,000 to her ex-boyfriend…Her attorney called it a political witch hunt, and she says I had nothing to do with planning this trip."

The first day of the bench trial in Cody Circuit Court unfolded Nov. 12th, under Judge Joseph Darrah. The second day is set for Dec. 10th.

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