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Wolf policy set the stage for tragedy of tortured animal and public outcry
April 18, 2024
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and state Legislature should revisit the wolf “predator zone,” address animal welfare and increase transparency.
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Eyewitness describes Wyoming wolf’s final hours in the Green River Bar
April 12, 2024
Bar patron who first alerted authorities of Cody Robert’s possession of a live wolf tells WyoFile what happened on a now notorious night in February.
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BL Special Report: Bankruptcy protection denied hospital over $15 million discrepancy
April 09, 2024
San Benito Health Care District intends to appeal.
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Maine to open two public defender offices in rural counties
March 22, 2024
The new law is the latest effort to address the state’s ongoing failure to provide lawyers to poor defendants.
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The massive copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom
March 19, 2024
To fight climate change, the world needs copper. The third largest deposit on the planet is in Arizona, a site the San Carlos Apache say is “like Mount Sinai to us.”
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Q&A: Is Meth Really a Rural Problem?
March 15, 2024
Published in collaboration with The Conversation, an interview with Anthropologist William Garriott on hillbilly stereotypes and the truth about urban and suburban methamphetamine use.
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Nearly 900,000 acres of Montana in access limbo
March 11, 2024
Without a test case to decide the legality of corner-crossing in Montana, nor guidance from lawmakers, public lands in the state remain out of reach.
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Man charged with shooting 3 Palestinian students makes first in-person court appearance
March 08, 2024
The November shooting became international news amidst the Israel-Hamas war, which is still raging in Gaza. Many activists in Burlington (pop. 45,000) and Vermont called for the act to be prosecuted as a hate crime.
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Uvalde city report clears local officers of wrongdoing, outraging families
March 07, 2024
Families were infuriated by praise for local law enforcement in a report on the Robb Elementary School shooting released Thursday by a private investigator.
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City Commission votes to continue with separate police, sheriff departments
February 26, 2024
The unanimous decision follows an active public hearing earlier this month during which several local residents weighed in on the potential merger.
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Can Montana mend its racial gap in foster care?
February 12, 2024
Native American children are dramatically overrepresented in the child welfare system. Experts say that trend is devastating for families and tribal nations, but difficult to solve.
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Tackling Human Trafficking On Cape Cod
February 09, 2024
Watch the video to find out how tourism is connected to trafficking on the Cape.
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Nevada Supreme Court issues major water ruling
January 26, 2024
With significant implications for the management of groundwater in Nevada, the Supreme Court had ruled that the state has broad authority over such management.
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“Cascading failures”: Justice Department blasts law enforcement’s botched response to Uvalde school shooting
January 18, 2024
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that had responding officers followed general procedures, some victims would have survived.
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Corner-crossing hunters: Cattle King era is over
January 08, 2024
In response to a suit claiming they trespassed through the airspace of a ranch, four Missouri hunters trace Western legal history that rebuffed landowners blocking access.
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