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Around Wyoming brings you news from around the state, keeping you informed with brief updates of stories you may have missed.

Around Wyoming, Friday, February 23

A retired Big Horn Basin teacher has published a book. Northern Wyoming News reports John T. Rogers shares his stories from hunting and fishing trips to general observations of the world around him. He hopes “My Various Nature Experiences” will inspire others to reminisce on their own experiences and seek more opportunities to get outside.

There was an unplanned reunion of the show “The Office” in Jackson recently. County10 writes that actors Jenna Fischer, who played Pam, and Brian Baumgartner, who played Kevin, ran into each other while skiing on a Jackson Hole slope.

Beatles fans only have a few days left to see the 60 years' worth of memorabilia on display at the Campbell County Library. The Gillette News Record reports the collection belongs to Marilynn Gillman, a local superfan. The display went up on Feb. 9, the day the band performed on TV for the first time 60 years ago, and has a large range of items.

And WalletHub has named Wyoming as the least sinful state in America for the second year in a row. The ranking came from 55 key indicators of what the company says is immoral or illicit behavior.

Ivy started as a science news intern in the summer of 2019 and has been hooked on broadcast ever since. Her internship was supported by the Wyoming EPSCoR Summer Science Journalism Internship program. In the spring of 2020, she virtually graduated from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in biology with minors in journalism and business. When she’s not writing for WPR, she enjoys baking, reading, playing with her dog, and caring for her many plants.

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