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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Wednesday, September 16th. I'm Mac Watson.

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A truck driver allegedly stabbed a man 17 times inside an I-80 rest-area bathroom near Rock Springs on Sunday before fleeing in his semi. Cowboy State Daily's Kolby Fedore reports that less than 90 minutes after the first 911 call, Wyoming Highway Patrol had 45-year-old Andrew Kris Bzdak in custody.

"Witnesses say Bzdak then fled the area. He got into his truck and he started to head towards Rollins. Then the man who had entered the bathroom first stumbled out. He was screaming in pain and bleeding. He left a trail of blood as he walked about 30 feet to the side of his semi, and he collapsed. The victim in this case was taken to the hospital. His medical status at this point is unknown."

Charging documents obtained by Cowboy State Daily reveal that a family at the rest area heard the attack, saw a man run from the building, and then followed his semi-truck east toward Rawlins long enough to photograph identifying information from the truck and trailer. Bzdak has been charged with attempted first-degree murder.

Read the full story HERE.

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Sweetwater County School District No. 1 Superintendent Joseph Libby was placed on administrative leave Monday night after a tense school board meeting that included police presence. Cowboy State Daily's Kate Meadows reports that the board also eliminated the assistant superintendent position.

"School board chair Cole Wright announced the decision after the board came back from executive session, and then they took action, agreeing unanimously to put Superintendent Dr. Joseph Luby on paid administrative leave and eliminate that assistant superintendent position. There was a police officer called. No one knows who made that call, but a police officer was there to effectively keep the peace, make sure that you know there was no bad behavior. Kari Cochran, a parent who has been outspoken against the district ever since she's been trying to get school records from her son, who committed suicide back in 2023. She talked to Cowboy State Daily from the parking lot late Monday after the announcements. She told me we are all shaking and we're coming to grips that action has been taken."

The Wyoming Department of Education has not yet responded to Cowboy State Daily's request for comment.

Read the full story HERE.

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The famous Mollie's wolf pack is safe, for now, after returning to Yellowstone National Park just before the start of Wyoming's hunting season Tuesday. But Outdoors Reporter Mark Heinz reports that hunters are hopeful they will stray back out of the park before hunting season closes in December.

"There's been this long-standing worry on the part of wolf advocates that if they were caught outside the park in the wolf hunt area when the season opens. Some of them, including maybe Wolf 1090F, which is that really famous 12 year old wolf, might get shot by hunters. So for now, at least that doesn't seem as if it's going to happen. I talked to a couple biologists, once they get to be about six months old, they can go fully mobile. What happened is they just picked up and moved, and they happen to move into the part of their territory that is still in Yellowstone National Park."

Wolf advocate Samantha Miller tells Cowboy State Daily that the wolf pack should get special protection from hunters because of the pack's scientific value and its value to the wolf tourism industry.