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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, Thursday, September 4

Sheridan has a new membership-based workshop space. The Sheridan Press reports Phorge Makerspace started in 2018, with a handful of 3D printers at the 307 Discovery Center. Now, it has its own location and just unveiled new equipment, which was dedicated to Denny Gresham. He was the one who started it all, but he died in 2021. Honoring him at the grand reopening was a big focus for Phorge’s board members and community.

This year has been particularly unusual in the world of Wyoming birding. WyoFile reports five “vagrant” species have been seen so far. These are birds that aren’t usually found in the area. The wanderers who have been spotted are a tundra bean goose, usually found in Northern Europe and Siberia; a common crane, also from Eurasia; a crested caracara from Central and South America; a yellow-bellied flycatcher, typically in the eastern U.S.; and a Grace’s warbler, from the southwest U.S. down to Nicaragua.

People meeting for Facebook Marketplace sales or who need to share custody of kids now have a safe space to get together. The Douglas Budget reports there’s now reserved parking in front of the Converse County Joint Justice Center for those times. It’s well lit and under 24-hour surveillance.

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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.