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

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A cut fiber cable caused issues with 911 service from Monday night through Wednesday in Park County. Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports that Park County 911 Manager says they're working with old technology.

"A lot of the old phone networks still exist and are part of the system, particularly when it comes to 911, it has been trying to update that for a long time, but they've been having trouble getting the funding…if you wanted to report an emergency in Park County, you had to somehow know to go to their Facebook page and find a cell phone number in their posts. That was the number for about three hours to call an emergency in because the office phones were even down, so they couldn't reroute anything. The 911, being on an old analog system, can't really be rerouted, but they can reroute the calls, phone calls, but everybody was down, and so for three hours. That's how you had to report an emergency."

Park County Communications Supervisor and 911 Manager Monte McClain was told in a voice mail message from service provider Lumen Technologies that the cable was cut in Casper.

Read the full story HERE.

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Authorities say human remains found Monday on the grounds of the Sheridan County Airport are likely a Sheridan man missing for nearly nine months. Cowboy State Daily's Jen Kocher reports that a DNA test is pending, but items found nearby, including a wallet, ID the body as James "Bo" Galloway.

"I interviewed Bo's ex wife and best friend, Jamie Banks this morning, and they believe it is him. It's where he was expected to be. They always thought he was somewhere on this expansive property he was renting along the little Goose Creek, and the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office had reported sightings of somebody who looked like Bo on the premises trespassing in early June."

At this time, authorities do not suspect foul play in the death, and they tell Cowboy State Daily that it's still an active investigation.

Read the full story HERE.

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Gov. Mark Gordon on Wednesday recommended Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock be removed from office. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that the governor's announcement follows two different batches of complaints accusing Hadlock of misconduct after inaccuracies surfaced in two races in Weston County.

"The governor's investigation is pretty step-by -step in state law, so electors of that county or county commissioners have to be the ones to file the complaint against their local official, and they did that twice. The first time the governor said it wasn't enough, the second time he said, Yes, it is enough to show misconduct or malfeasance. And so he announced Wednesday, he's recommending the situation to the Attorney General, Keith Kautz is referring it to Keith Kautz to prosecute for removal."

The announcement follows two different batches of complaints accusing Hadlock of misconduct after inaccuracies were found in two unopposed races in the November 2024 general election in Weston County.

Read the full story HERE.

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Mother Nature hasn't been very cooperative this winter as the ice-fishing season in Fremont County has been a disaster so far. Outdoors Reporter Mark Heinz reports that Boysen Reservoir is n