K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For July 9th, 2018 – Morning

TWO MEN WITH A POPULAR TRAVEL VIDEO BLOG WEBSITE, WHO WERE JAILED FOR CRIMES IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK IN 2016, DIED WHEN TRYING TO SAVE A WOMAN AT THE THIRD-TALLEST WATERFALL IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ON TUESDAY.

NEWS SOURCES REPORT THAT RYKER GAMBLE AND ALEXEY LYAKH WERE HIKING ALONG SHANNON FALLS NORTH OF VANCOUVER WHEN LYAKH'S GIRLFRIEND SLIPPED AND THE OTHERS WENT IN TO SAVE HER.

THEY FELL INTO A POOL ABOUT 100 FEET BELOW.

SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS RECOVERED THE BODIES ON WEDNESDAY.

GAMBLE, LYAKH AND OTHERS FOUNDED A TRAVEL VIDEO-BLOGGING GROUP AND CLOTHING COMPANY KNOWN AS HIGH ON LIFE WITH MORE THAN A MILLION FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM ALONE.

THEY WANTED TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES TO THE FULLEST.

HOWEVER, HIGH ON LIFE GARNERED INTERNATIONAL SCORN TWO YEARS AGO WHEN GAMBLE, LYAKH AND OTHERS WERE SHOWN WALKING ON THE DELICATE BACTERIAL MAT OF THE GRAND PRISMATIC SPRING IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.

THEY PLEADED GUILTY TO VIOLATIONS IN YELLOWSTONE AND DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARKS.

GAMBLE AND LYAKH WERE SENTENCED TO SEVEN DAYS IN JAIL, PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES AND RESTITUTION, WERE BANNED FROM NATIONAL PARKS FOR FIVE YEARS, AND ORDERED TO REMOVE NATIONAL PARK-RELATED VIDEOS FROM THEIR WEBSITE.
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LARAMIE, WYO. (AP) - SOME ARE RAISING OBJECTIONS TO A PLANNED MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, CALLING THE SLOGAN SEXIST, RACIST AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE UNIVERSITY'S RECRUITING GOALS.

THE SLOGAN CLAIMS, "THE WORLD NEEDS MORE COWBOYS."

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS CHAD BALDWIN DEFENDS THE SLOGAN, SAYING ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN'S CENTRAL GOALS WAS REDEFINING THE WORD "COWBOY" TO REPRESENT ALL FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY.

THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING COMMITTEE ON WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR WROTE A LETTER TO BALDWIN AND UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING PRESIDENT LAURIE NICHOLS, ASKING THEM TO "SHELVE THAT SLOGAN AND FIND ANOTHER ONE THAT REPRESENTS THE DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE AND CULTURES THAT WE HAVE, AND WANT TO HAVE, AS UW."

BOULDER, COLORADO-BASED MARKETING FIRM VICTORS & SPOILS WAS PAID AROUND $500,000 TO DEVELOP THE CAMPAIGN.

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CHEYENNE POLICE ARE ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN LOCATING A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO THEY SAY RAN AWAY.

OFFICER KEVIN MALATESTA SAYS HAILEY VIGIL (V-HILL) WAS LAST SEEN GETTING INTO A NEWER, SILVER, FOUR-DOOR SEDAN IMPORT IN FRONT OF TRIUMPH HIGH SCHOOL ON THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 13.

"We do believe that she's being harbored by friends or family and we believe she's safe, but obviously she's still a runaway and we want to get her back to her legal guardians."

VIGIL -- WHOSE PICTURE CAN BE SEEN ON KGAB.COM -- IS A 5-FOOT-5, HISPANIC FEMALE WEIGHING 110 POUNDS, WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HER WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE DISPATCH AT (307) 637-6525.
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CHEYENNE, WYO. (AP) - A FORMER SPECIAL AGENT WITH THE WYOMING DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SAYS HE WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND FORCED TO STEP DOWN FROM THE AGENCY BECAUSE HE'S HISPANIC.

THE WYOMING TRIBUNE EAGLE REPORTS SHAWN PUENTE SUED IN DISTRICT COURT LAST WEEK CLAIMING THAT HIS COMMANDER CALLED HIM A SLUR REFERRING TO MEXICAN-AMERICANS AND THAT HE RECEIVED POOR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS BETWEEN 2011 AND AUGUST 2014.

THE LAWSUIT ALSO STATES THAT IN OCTOBER 2014, SUPERVISORS TOLD PUENTE THAT HE WOULD BE TRANSFERRED FROM CHEYENNE TO CASPER, A MOVE "NOT JUSTIFIED BY A LEGITIMATE REASON."

PUENTE FILED A DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT AND WAS TOLD ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER THE AGENCY PLANNED TO DISMISS HIM. AFTER RECEIVING THAT NOTICE, HE RESIGNED.

ATTORNEY GENERAL PETER MICHAEL, WHOSE OFFICE WILL REPRESENT DCI IN THE CASE, DECLINED TO COMMENT.

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JACKSON, WYO. (AP) - THE COST OF STAYING IN SOME OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK'S MOST HISTORIC LODGES HAS INCREASED BY UP TO A THIRD THIS SUMMER...
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