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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Monday, April 6th. I'm Mac Watson.

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The family of a Rock Springs college student who vanished without a trace two months ago is desperate for answers. Cowboy State Daily's Jen Kocher reports that a longtime friend of Steven Sanches says, "It's like he's a ghost," "Stephen Sanches disappeared two months ago, and he was last seen leaving Western Wyoming Community College on February 5, at about noon. That was the last trace of him, his family or friends saw he did not return home that night. He did not return to campus later that day, his family has absolutely no idea what has happened to him. The Rock Springs police have attempted to ping his phone, and they're theorizing that it's either dead or turned off because they're getting no activity, they will continue to ping it with his carrier,and the carrier will alert them if there's any activity. His family said this is extremely uncharacteristic of him to be out of touch for three days, let alone two months, and they fear something has happened to them."

His family does not believe Sanches willingly left on his own volition, nor do they think he would have stayed out of contact for this long, and they fear for his safety. Elizabeth Coontz, PIO for the Rock Springs PD tells Cowboy State Daily that so far, there's no indication to suggest that Sanches is a victim of foul play, but the investigation is ongoing.

Read the full story HERE.

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From Wyoming to Maine, residents are demanding answers to concerns about the construction of data centers. Cowboy State Daily's David Madison reports that citizens aren't just concerned about technology..

"I spoke to some folks in Cheyenne, spoke to a utility in Laramie County. The concerns range from using a lot of water to raising utility prices to what if suddenly these million square foot buildings are full of obsolete equipment, these kind of ghost buildings."

Last week, on the same day a closed-door Data + Power summit convened in Jackson to pitch Wyoming as a destination for data center investment, the Maine Senate was considering an 18-month freeze on any new data center construction.

Read the full story HERE.

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The University of Wyoming has hired a new president. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that incoming U.W. President Brigadier General Shane Reeves says he's ready to roll his sleeves up and get to work.

"I said, look, the Wyoming Legislature, particularly in the House, has been having disputes with UW for around three years. Proposed budget cuts and this pronouncement that there's this culture clash, that UW spends a lot of time on social things. And he said, 'There may be excesses in the narrative that we got to correct. There may be bridges that we got to build. We got to avoid drama and silos.'"

Reeves graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1992 then enrolled at West Point, earning a bachelor's degree in European history in 1996, says UW's statement.

Read the full story HERE.

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Desperation had overwhelmed Gillette resident Bruce Brown until he found h