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Researchers find as more humans play outside, a smaller proportion are engaged in stewardship that can protect the lands from growing impacts.

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By Vince Tropea, County10.com DUBOIS, Wyo. — Denita Wolf shared the following Ring doorbell camera footage, captured the morning of January 8 on S. 1st Street in Dubois, of a mountain lion making its way across the yard.

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Leigh Lassle has a lot of projects. He’s climbing Devils Tower at least once a month for 100 consecutive months. This January will be number 100. He has a Harley in his garage he built from scratch. He has a dirt bike he takes out for endurance riding. He’s working on a network marketing business […]

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Phil Christopherson, CEO of Energy Capital Economic Development, started out as a truck driver within a family business. He eventually moved into engineering. While he was trying to help improve a community in Washington, he ran up against county commissioners who were largely unresponsive to their needs. So, he and some associates got together and […]

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The Powder River Playhouse is one of Gillette’s community theater groups. It’s known for its complex productions of Broadway-quality musicals filled with an amazing amount of talent. Somehow, in a town of under 33,000, the theater group creates an impressive collaboration of skills and talent from a wide and diverse group of people in town. […]

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The Campbell County Rockpile Museum has been in operation for 45 years, and Robert Henning, its current director, is coming up on his 12th year at the museum. County 17 reporter Kevin Killough discusses with Henning why museums are such an integral part of the community.  Henning discusses just what an enormous task it is […]