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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Monday, December 8th. I'm Mac Watson.

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Move over Jackson — two national business publications are claiming a place called Sleepy Hollow (allegedly near Laramie) is Wyoming's richest small town. Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports that not only the town does not exist, but this is an example of how artificial intelligence can sometimes not be 100 percent accurate.

"I've seen articles about Wilson being the most expensive ski town, Hoback being the most expensive place to live. These places are not towns. They are census designated areas. They are a cluster of streets that are near town, but they're not towns, Sleepy Hollow, in this case, is a little suburb, kind of off of Gillette, southeast corner of Gillette, but it's not a town. It's not near Laramie, like realtor dot com was telling us. But if you're looking for know the a Sleepy Hollow near Laramie in the mountains, you'll be looking for a long time."

Sleepy Hollow, Wyoming, according to Realtor.com, is Wyoming's wealthiest small town. It has a population of 1,812 people with what Realtor.com says is a median household income of $119,451 and a median home price of $399,800.

Read the full story HERE.

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So far this year, 71 grizzlies have died in and near Yellowstone, compared to a record of 72 in 2024. Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz reports that experts are saying it's not surprising, it's actually a good thing.

"Every bear that is known to have died or been killed, or every grizzly that carcass that is discovered in the Greater Yellowstone Area gets tallied on this report from the USGS…he total mortalities are the total number of carcasses or bear remains that turned up in 2025 was 73 however, 71 of those mortalities occurred in 2025…Last year had very similar numbers. You go back much further than that, number start dropping down into the 60s, and people will the consensus seems to be that a lot of it has to do with the fact there's just more bears."

The most common causes of death remain the same. Some include roughly 30 grizzlies killed for attacking livestock, at least eight struck by vehicles and seven killed by other bears. Twelve of the bear deaths remain "under investigation," with no official cause yet listed.

Read the full story HERE.

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Wyoming rancher Doug Samuelson expected to hear lions while camped out in Mozambique but was crushed to hear poaching had wiped them out. Cowboy State Daily's David Madison reports that Samuelson and his coalition has pulled off the largest international relocation of lions ever attempted.

"He met a guy named Ivan Carter, and they dreamed up this notion of bringing back lions to landscapes that could clearly support wild lions, but didn't have any because of poaching. And so he convinced Ivan Carter, who runs a Wildlife Foundation in South Africa…They believe it's really the first time this has ever happened, that this size of translocation from one country to another just hasn't been done."

Samuelson and his team flew the lions from South Africa to Mozambique, which is over a thousand miles, where the lion population has been devastated by civil war and poaching.

Read the full story HERE.

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Alta, Wyoming