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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Tuesday, August 4th. I'm Mac Watson.

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Gambling sites PolyMarket And Kalshi both favor Steve Friess to win the Republican nomination for U.S. House and Eric Barlow to win the GOP nomination for governor. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that bettors, so far, have wagered $210,000 on these two Wyoming races.

"So these markets, according to pollster Dustin Olson, are not really a crystal ball. They're more a reflection of headlines and chatter, and sometimes publicly released polls, and sometimes internal polls that people know about. So on the one hand, it's kind of a composite of chatter and publicly released polls and headlines. On the other hand, people are at least confident enough that they're willing to put money forward."

Dustin Olson, owner of American Pulse Research and Polling, tells Cowboy State Daily that political wagering is, "one of the more fascinating things to happen in politics in the last decade." But it carries risks of fixed races, dishonest polls, and even inside political maneuvering.

Read the full story HERE.

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Worland athlete Roman Parra died Sunday, eight days after being ejected from his vehicle in Colorado. Cowboy State Daily's Kolby Fedore reports that his mother says her son's purpose in life was to spread kindness."

"A 20-year-old Worland man died eight days after a crash in Weld County, Colorado, that claimed the lives of three others on impact. Roman Parra was traveling in the car with four others when the vehicle got into a rollover collision. All five occupants were thrown from the vehicle, according to the Colorado State Police. Investigators are examining whether alcohol played a role in the crash, as there were opened and unopened alcoholic beverages inside the vehicle."

The Parra family has established a GoFundMe to help cover Roman's medical and funeral expenses.

Read the full story HERE.

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For most of Wyoming, July was the hottest month in recorded history. Cowboy State Daily's Andrew Rossi reports that Worland's scorching 110 degrees on July 12th was the hottest, while many towns saw as many 100-degree days in one month as they usually see in several years.

"The numbers are in – July 2026 was not only the hottest month of the year; it was the hottest month on record for many Wyoming communities, and some of those records go back as far as 1891. In the case of Lander, several communities had many days where there were 100 degree plus temperatures, for example, in Riverton, I think they had at least five, 100 degree plus days. That's as many as they might have in several years."

National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Straub in Riverton, tells Cowboy State Daily that seven communities either set records or tied for the hottest July on record.

Read the full story HERE.

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