Ryan Laughlin

Husband, outdoorsman, goaltender, dog-lover, MN-raised and Emmy award-winning storyteller and anchor for @KOB4.

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The Eck-era continues in style.

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Bada Bing! We have times and networks!

#GoLobos | #RealOnes26

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I love following the @VoyaWolfProject and have donated a little to support their work. As wolf populations are being reintroduced out west (no matter how you feel about it) it’s helpful to understand how these amazing animals interact with the world.

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If you value and enjoy the research and outreach we do (like the first ever footage of cougar kittens in Minnesota…some more footage here!), please support the project this year by donating to our annual fundraiser at the link below!

This annual fundraiser is critical to all of the work you see and read about. Our goal is to raise $135,000 this year to help keep our research going strong. We know from past fundraisers that we only need about 3,500 people—out of the >600,000 people following our project—to make a generous donation to our project and we reach our goal.

Our dream and goal is to keep the Voyageurs Wolf Project going long-term but our biggest challenge by far is funding. We don’t receive any financial support from federal or state agencies (i.e., Voyageurs National Park or Minnesota DNR). Further, the University of Minnesota does not provide us any annual funding, cover salaries of researchers, or cover other research expenses, though they do help with some logistical/administrative aspects of the project.

In other words, no organization is bankrolling our project and giving us annual funding that we can rely and plan on. If we stop raising funds, our project would quite literally be over—there would be no salaries for researchers, no funding to purchase equipment or to cover research expenses. As a result, generous donors have been and will continue to be absolutely critical to keeping the project going!

Conducting rigorous and high-quality wolf research is not cheap and requires remote cameras, collars, GPS units, gas for boats and vehicles, salaries, data fees & storage, genetic analysis, aerial surveys, housing, field supplies...the list goes on.

Even though our project has received key funding via grants from the Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund, we still need considerable annual support to keep the project going strong. Further, that funding is not a guaranteed annual source of funding for our project.

We deeply appreciate any contribution to our project regardless of the size and are thankful for everyone who has supported the project in the past!

You can support the project here: https://t.co/kZq9wddP8h

To donate via check, make checks out to the "Voyageurs Wolf Project (Fund 22745)" and send to:

University of Minnesota Foundation
https://t.co/ec51iim0z5 860266
Minneapolis, MN 55486-0266

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@PaulCharchian So it's Target and the MN Wild without an identity right now. Not good.

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It's a hobby, and a lifeline for many New Mexican families. @RyanLaughlinKOB shows you why the "luck of the draw" is causing many hunters to see red.
https://t.co/qK2uduZgGd

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The NMDOJ released a 220 page report of problems with CYFD when announcing its lawsuit against the agency. As @RyanLaughlinKOB shows, there's a lot to go through...

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See the Sheriff's full remarks here and @KOB4 will have continuing coverage tonight. https://t.co/k4BTxNnxYG

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"[People] become anesthetized to the violence, but you can't become anesthetized to humanity," Sheriff Allen said while describing the Good Samaritans who stopped after a semi-truck struck and killed Sgt. Michael Schlattman during a traffic stop last night.

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Full story:
https://t.co/1vmNYHiMIL

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#BREAKING: Following #4Investigates report showing FEMA Claims Office Director Jay Mitchell, and Deputy Director Jennifer Carbajal received 6-figure payouts for their own personal claims an internal email shows both have been placed on administrative leave. More tonight @KOB4

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@hailey_salvian @RussoHockey @TheAthletic Who else is covering hockey in Milan @RussoHockey?

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Lee has been doing this at @KOB4 since 1994. That's the year after I was born. That staying power and consistency anywhere is impressive, in TV news it's becoming increasingly rare. Thanks, @LoboInsider for letting me be a small part of it. https://t.co/AhK10KaC5o

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Hope this doesn't kill momentum. It was fun to see fans in ABQ have something to get excited about. https://t.co/MmdZykkNE0

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According to Pastor Chuck Aragon, this guy was one of the two men who handing out stacks of "I <3 Tim Keller" sweatshirts along Central. Aragon said they came from El Paso and drove a gold SUV with Texas plates. I called around print shops in ABQ and El Paso and came up empty.

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The @GovMLG arrives and says we’re in a vicious cycle with fire, flood, recovery, disaster mitigation. She says Federal Government has reached out which is critical for resource assistance. She says she thinks DHS Secretary Noem plans to visit the damage.

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We’re moments away from hearing from @GovMLG and Village of Ruidoso leadership for an update on the deadly flash flooding @KOB4

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Damage assessment is up to 200-400 homes “impacted.” A staggering increase from the preliminary estimate yesterday. The scope of this disaster is still very much coming into focus.

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#UPDATE: OMI declares Rio Arriba County sheriff Billy Merrifield died from combination of alcohol and fentanyl.

He was found dead in his patrol unit outside his home on Easter. Investigators said he and a woman were in the unit and involved in a minor crash earlier. @KOB4

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@shawn8501 @StilichoReads I don't have glasses.

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A search warrant shows there were no signs of a carbon monoxide leak or poisoning at Gene Hackman's home in Santa Fe where he, his wife and one of their dogs were found dead Wednesday after deputies found the front door open with no sign of forced entry. https://t.co/WoPcgyouWZ