Cowboy State Daily Video News: Thursday, October 1, 2026

It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Thursday, October 1st.  I'm Mac Watson.

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A Cody photographer heading to Yellowstone found three dead grizzly cubs on the North Fork Highway on Tuesday morning. Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz reports that Timothy O'Leary says the bears were struck along a curve and the driver probably didn't see the bears until it was too late.

"I talked to a local photographer who found one of the carcasses, and then called in Game and Fish, and with the assistance of a Game and Fish person and some dogs. They found two other carcasses. Apparently, we can surmise it's probably triplets. They are probably a set of triplets that got hit and killed. No, no sign of the mother bear in both the photographer who was on the scene and Game and Fish confirmed that they didn't. They didn't find any sign of the mother or any indication that she had been hit, so I guess it's just a sad situation where a mama bear lost three of her cubs in one vehicle strike."

The cubs were hit just past the Shoshone National Forest boundary on US Highway 14/16/20, the North Fork Highway.

Read the full story HERE.

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A proposed partial ban of license plate readers is a first step at regulating the devices, but may already fall short, a researcher told Wyoming lawmakers Tuesday. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that the expert said devices also can now track faces, cellphones and radio frequencies.

"Matthew Cavadon, a researcher at the Cato Institute, was saying, "Hey, great first effort at a partial ban on license plate readers here in Wyoming, but this definition is a little lacking because, hey, guess what? They're lifting radio frequency data, and there's tech that is capable of facial recognition now. And and you know, lawmakers didn't really run with that one on Tuesday, but they do have another meeting where they're supposed to vet this bill in November."

Cato criminal justice project director Matthew Cavedon's remarks unfolded during a meeting of the  Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology held Tuesday in Laramie. The Cato Institute is a nonprofit group focused on advancing liberty-oriented causes, its website says.

Read the full story HERE.

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