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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Wednesday, December 10th. I'm Mac Watson.

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Roping and riding a terrorized cow moose and then dragging it gave cowboys on a Uinta County ranch enough of a thrill to capture the event on video. Cowboy State Daily's Dale Killingbeck reports that now those videos are being used to charge the trio with felony violations for cruelty to animals.

"There is video that came up because of an investigation later, like a year or two later, by the Wyoming Game and Fish. And this video shows these cowboys lassoing the moose, and one of them riding it and spurring it. And then on another date, this was back in May 2021 on another date, another of the three has his Lariat around it and is pulling the moose while the other cowboy videos it…Wyoming, Game and Fish is saying that these violations, there's a felony involved in against all three of these people…they're facing up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine."

Justin Martin, of Evanston, the registered agent for M Arrow Ranch, Range H. Martin of Evanston, and Kylan W. Platt of Malad City, Idaho, have all been ordered to appear on Jan. 15, 2026, to face a variety of charges, including accessory before the fact to felony cruelty to animals, accessory before or after the fact to wanton taking of a big game animal, and felony cruelty to animals, among others.

Read the full story HERE.

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Winds as high as 105 mph were recorded on Tuesday, and most of I-80 and I-25 were closed to high-profile vehicles because of gusting winds. Cowboy State Daily's Andrew Rossi reports that meteorologists say it's a result of cold air trading places with warm air.

"We had a surge of cold air from the Arctic sweep over Wyoming during the weekend, and now there's a warm surge of air sweeping in from the Pacific. That's why Don Day, Cowboy State Daily meteorologist, calls these 50/50 days. If you have a day in winter that's 50 degrees, you have 50 mile per hour winds, because that's what happens when the warm and cold air masses are trading places. It gets super windy in Wyoming because of the winds aloft and the strong jet stream."

Wind gusts as high as 105 mph were recorded on the Chief Joseph Highway, north of Cody. Mount Coffin, one of the windiest spots in Wyoming, experienced wind gusts up to 86 mph.

Read the full story HERE.

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During a tour of the Idaho National Lab on Monday, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright described Wyoming as a "tremendous energy state." Cowboy State Daily's David Madison reports that the Energy Secretary also urged support for nuclear fuel manufacturing.

"When asked specifically about where Wyoming fit into all this, we talked about BWXT. BWXT has work going on out at the Idaho lab. They're providing fuel for a couple of projects, and they have this proposal in Gillette…his advice to Wyoming is, 'Get in the fuel manufacturing business. Welcome BWXT to your state.' He said that he's done work in Gillette himself and hopes to see that that project goes forward."

Energy Secretary Chris Wright toured the Idaho National Lab Monday with INL Director John Wagner, U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Idaho Gov. Brad Little.

Read the full story HERE.

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