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For over 50 years, Jack Pehringer has taken his pickup truck deep into the Bighorn Mountains, where he has collected firewood to help heat his home. 

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Penny Haynes’ first pickup of the morning is at 8:30 a.m. In the swirling snow and faint morning light, she guides the van down a back alleyway, bumping along the ruts in the ice. Halfway down the alley, inside a red garage with the door open, Mary Filcaske is waiting for her.

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With hundreds of people in the crowd Teila Peters competed in what was likely the most important match of her wrestling career so far. A lifetime of training and over four years of competing had led to a single mat in Casper, as she wrestled to become a part of the inaugural class of girls s…

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On Louise Anderson’s 87th birthday, her husband made bacon and eggs. 

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LANDER —  It was in the back room of Pizza Hut when she first met his eye and held his gaze. She didn’t have a name back then, but while her brothers and sisters were tumbling, as puppies do, out of a basket and all around the PAWS’ adoption event, Aggie stood aside and watched the humans in…

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Driving by, all you can see are silhouettes skimming across the ice. They weave between each other, in and out, hunting for the puck. In the snow-dampened evening, the only sound is the whisper of the skates across the ice, the occasional clatter of sticks — until a shot rings out, the puck …

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Scaling the rock above the Mediterranean Sea in Mallorca, Brad Burns moved like a seasoned professional. Ropeless, with only the water below to cushion a nearly 50-foot drop, Burns accidentally veered from the designated route, but he used his strength to hoist himself to the top, fists in t…

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A forester, a banker, a construction worker and a principal walk into Meadowlark Ski Lodge and they have one thing in common: they’re ski patrollers. 

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CHEYENNE — Ray Montoya passed by what he thought was an abandoned building when he walked to his grandmother’s south Cheyenne house after school each day. One afternoon, the 7-year-old Montoya peeked his head into the building and saw boys hitting punching bags. 

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ROCK SPRINGS — A death of a loved one can be life-changing, as a Green River widow explained at the council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Kimberly Kellum, a single mother from Green River, is a recent graduate from Climb Wyoming, an organization that works with low-income single mothers to ach…

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As Kayla Strouf piped strings of chocolate across the top of nearly four dozen peanut butter cookies this past Saturday, a glob of liquid chocolate leaked out of the top of the piping bag and splattered across her countertop. 

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As two cars cautiously passed the plow rumbling along U.S. Highway 16, Chuck Thompson raised his hand in greeting, morning sunlight glinting off the fresh snow and into his eyes.

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As a teacher, Carol Ruby always believed in involving the community in her classroom and, more importantly, involving her students in the community. 

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POWELL — The number of grizzly bear conflicts continues to trend lower this year, according to state officials. But they caution those recreating outdoors this fall to be wary of bears moving into lower altitudes while trying to fatten up prior to hibernation. 

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Denny Hougard, as usual, was the first bowler to arrive at the Buffalo Bowl on Cedar Street for men’s league night this past Thursday. 

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ROCK SPRINGS — When a family barely has enough money for food after paying household bills, preparing their children for the new school year can be stressful. Some children return to school without the materials they need to succeed.But this year, there are a few organizations that are conne…

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The sound of livestock filled the air and dust flew last week during the Johnson County Fair and Rodeo. Residents from all across the county gathered in Buffalo for the annual event. The Bulletin was there to capture the fair's big and small and we've gathered many of those moments here.

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GILLETTE —“The epic year.”That’s what Debra Jo Chiapuzio is calling this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.At this year’s event, she will celebrate 20 years of attending the rally, her husband Jim will celebrate 28 years, their Labrador/Great Dane Emma Zen will celebrate her 15th year and Baby…

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GILLETTE — What is it that determines a successful legal career? The metric is obviously personal to the lawyer, but for those assessing from the outside, it’s easy to reduce a career into the easily countable.When prosecutors retire after long careers, perhaps they’re assessed on the number…

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POWELL — It didn’t take long for Lee Post to develop a love for the natural world. He was a collector before he could walk — so much so, his parents were forced to check his pockets before he came into the house. “When I was a toddler, my parents had to empty the rabbit pellets out of my poc…