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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Friday, January 30th. I'm Mac Watson.

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Things got heated at Rep. Harriet Hageman's town hall in Thermopolis on Thursday. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that most people just yelled at each other rather than yelling at Hageman.

"There was a little bit of like, jeering, groaning, shouting at Representative Hageman. But there were a lot the two sides of the room really took, really jeered and attacked each other, there would be someone who just, just attacks Hagaman like, 'How dare you this? How dare you that?' And the people on the other side of the room, you know, at the Antique piano, were like, ask a question and let it and move on, so the rest of us can get in here. And then this happened a few times, and one time, a guy stormed out, you know, on his cane, and the people on the other side of the room said, 'Get the hell out of here!' She gave measured responses to a lot of the accusations against her, but she was not afraid to tangle with people and engage in a way that's very reminiscent of her trial lawyer history."

Cowboy State Daily did ask the Representative if she has a solution for the lack of transparency among federal policing agencies working on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Hageman replied she has been working toward establishing "economic development" and "safety and security" in tribal country.

Read the full story HERE.

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Protesters surrounded ICE vehicles at the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Rock Springs and prevented officers from leaving the hotel parking lot on Thursday. Cowboy State Daily's Justin George reports that Rock Springs police responded to help the federal officers, who left town after police removed the blockade.

"They were eating at the time, actually, when people found out that ICE officers were there, they gathered in the parking lot. Looked to be a small group, from videos that I could say a very small group, but apparently that they would try to block officers from leaving in their SUVs, and may have blocked the exits as well. So these officers were trying to leave Rock Springs. Police came upon request from ice and helped sort of clear the path. And the statement from police said the ICE agents were trying to get out of town so they were not, apparently, at that time, looking to do any sort of enforcement actions or anything in Rock Springs. They were just looking to get out of town."

The standoff was just the latest clash between ICE and protesters taking place in the nation with tensions at all-time highs since federal officers shot and killed two protesters in Minnesota this month including 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday.

Read the full story HERE.

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In three days, Teton County Search and Rescue responded to three snowmobiling incidents. Cowboy State Daily's Andrew Rossi reports that there have been two fatalities, both involving snowmobiles that collided with trees.

"Teton County Search and Rescue has responded to four incidents that involve fatalities this year, and two of those fatalities occurred within a few days of each other. We don't have a lot of specifics at this point, I know a lot of people are answering questions. All we know is that the common thread between the two incidents is that the people died after sustaining injuries from hitting a tree with a snowmobile while they were out on a snowmobiling tour. And I got that confirmed with the Teton county coroner. So we don't know what other extraneous ci