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Fourth of July service commemorates the Battle and Massacre of Wyoming
Times Leader - Pennsylvania
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July 4, 2025
WYOMING — The 247th anniversary and the 147th annual commemorative service of the Battle and Massacre of Wyoming took place Friday morning at the base of the 63-foot-tall Wyoming Monument. As per custom, the Wyoming Valley Band, led by bandmaster...
Community spends its Fourth honoring the fallen at the Battle of Wyoming
The Times-Tribune - Pennsylvania
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July 4, 2025
WYOMING — The community gathered at the Wyoming Memorial on Friday to mark the 247th anniversary of the Battle and Massacre of Wyoming. Reenactors, veterans groups and patriotic organizations, spent their Fourth of July morning commemorating the...
Trump Justice Department moves to defend Wyoming’s citizen voter law
Just the News
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July 4, 2025
The Trump Justice Department asked a federal court in Wyoming to permit it to file a brief in defense of the State of Wyoming’s citizen voter law. A coalition of nonprofit groups sued Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray on May 9 challenging the...
Wyoming elected officials react to bill's passage
Wyoming News Now
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, and U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, all Republicans, issued statements Thursday following the passage of President Donald Trump’s big multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending...
Fireworks, music and more: Where to celebrate July 4 in Colorado Springs
The Gazette - Colorado
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Ready for hot dogs, cold treats and firework displays? While fireworks are illegal for residents to possess, use or sell within Colorado Springs city limits, nearly a dozen professional displays will light up the sky this Independence Day. This...
Less Than One Month Away Until Wyoming’s BigShow
Sweetwater NOW - Wyoming
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July 4, 2025
Less Than One Month Away Until Wyoming’s BigShow When Wyoming wants to kick up its heels, it does it during The Big Show at the Sweetwater Events Complex. Each summer, Wyoming’s Big Show draws folks from hundreds of miles to Sweetwater County. The...
Cheyenne City Council holds Historic Pumphouse work session, goes on tour of building
Wyoming News Now
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Cheyenne, Wyo. - Thursday, July 3 Historic Cheyenne Inc. presented at City Council's work session a deep history dive into the Historic Pumphouse, why it was created and what the future holds, then offered a tour of the property. According...
Women competitors buck trend, look to grow rodeo sport of ranch bronc riding
OregonLive.com
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July 4, 2025
CALGARY, Alberta — Sophia Bunney launched the first time she tried ranch bronc riding, landing “quite a ways away from the horse.” “I’m very stubborn and I don’t like being defeated,” said the 18-year-old from Cessford, Alberta. In other words,...
ARTx3 Campus presents ‘Memphis’ Musical on July 17-20 at Arts & Science Center
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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July 3, 2025
Radio DJ Huey Calhoun (Will Parkman, left) and club singer Felicia Farrell (Pashu’ar Grissom) are both striving for stardom in the 1950s in the musical “Memphis.” PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Rooted in the soulful rhythms and social unrest of 1950s Memphis,...
The art of the fly: Angler relishes the meditation and creation of tying
WyoFile - Wyoming
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July 4, 2025
Over 21,000 Wyomingites get WyoFile delivered straight to their inbox. Join your neighbors and stay informed with the stories shaping Wyoming. Fish love bugs and small aquatic critters. Anglers like Blake Jackson love to trick them. It’s not just...
How Cheyenne's Historic Pumphouse started, and how it is looking now
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
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July 4, 2025
CHEYENNE — In its 133 years in existence, the capital city’s Historic Pumphouse has been a vital piece of downtown infrastructure, the site of near disaster and a relic with an uncertain future. Now, Cheyenne City Council members are at a...
The Only Main Actors Still Alive From The Virginian
/FILM - Indiana
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July 5, 2025
After "Gunsmoke" paved the way for adult westerns on television, the floodgates opened up with every network trying to ride the success wave with oaters of their own like "Rawhide," "Bonanza," and "Wagon Train." Chief among them was "The...
Proposed gravel mine project raises tensions amongst Wyomingites
Utah Public Radio
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July 4, 2025
This story is part of a series on how some conservatives in the West want states to take over federal land. The first part dives into their perspectives. Near the end of a long dirt road outside the small city of Casper, Carolyn Griffith's tan...
Rising Sundre-area tie-down roper wins first provincial title
Mountain View Albertan
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July 5, 2025
Levi Hunter, 16, won Alberta High School Rodeo championship in Stettler and will be competing in Wyoming MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY – Tie-down roping runs in the blood of a Mountain View County rising contender who recently earned his first provincial...
5 of the Worst Natural Disasters in Wyoming History
106.3 NOW FM - Wyoming
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July 3, 2025
Wyoming is not a hotbed of natural disaster compared to some coastal or tornado-prone regions, but it does face a range of natural hazards. The state is particularly susceptible to wildfires and drought, with flood risk also present. Recent data...
The 80th Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo is Here!
Wyoming News Now
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Casper, Wyo. - This Fourth of July weekend, Casper is buzzing with activity as the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo opening day being on Friday July Fourth. offering a packed schedule of events for the entire family. It’s that time of year again...
CWFR Downtown Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival Returns to Casper
AM 1400 The Cowboy - Wyoming
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July 3, 2025
The Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo is hosting its 15th Annual Downtown Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival on Saturday, July 5th, 2025, in the heart of Casper. The Central Wyoming Fair & PRCA Rodeo Facebook shared the announcement with an awesome photo of...
Wyoming County Commissioners finalize Keystone College/WIER agreement
Wyoming County Press Examiner - Pennsylvania
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July 2, 2025
With Keystone College’s merger with the Washington Institute for Education & Research now complete, final agreements have also been signed by Keystone/WIER, Wyoming County and People’s Security Bank & Trust. At a Wyoming County Commissioners...
Health care advocates warn that Medicaid, insurance cuts in ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ will harm Wyoming
Gillette News Record - Wyoming
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At least 12,000 Wyoming residents are projected to lose health coverage if President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” is signed into law, health care advocates say. The voluminous bill inched closer to passage Tuesday when it cleared the...
Colorado Springs area entertainment events starting July 3
The Gazette - Colorado
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THURSDAY John Wise — 5-8 p.m., Rico's Cafe & Wine Bar, 322 N. Tejon St.; poorrichardsdowntown.com/events. Wayne Wilkinson Trio — 5-8 p.m., The Mining Exchange, 8 S. Nevada Ave.; waynewilkinson.com. Black Forest Summer Jazz Series — With Peak Big...