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POWELL (AP) — A state legislator from Cody has been fired from his job as Park County’s deputy prosecutor after sending a series of profane and belittling texts to a woman being prosecuted by his office.

Republican Rep. Sam Krone says he was notified of his firing by Park County Attorney Bryan Skoric on Feb. 24 during the legislative budget session, which ended last week in Cheyenne.

Krone...