A Cody woman was arrested at around 8 p.m. March 19 for driving under the influence of alcohol causing bodily injury to another person after she crashed into the break room of El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant on Big Horn Avenue, pinning an adult male under her truck.
Late last week, Gov. Mark Gordon allowed a piece of pro-life legislation from Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R-Cody) to become law, while declining to sign it.
The Park County commissioners have made one of their largest allocations of federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars to date.
Cody Regional Health CEO Doug McMillan has received a national honor, being recognized as one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “80 Rural Hospital Leaders to Know in 2023.”
The Cody couple charged in November of last year with endangering the welfare of a child due to meth stored in their car and home will be facing separate jury trials, with a plea agreement in the works for one of them.
A proposed RV park on the North Fork Highway is continuing to move forward, following the approval of a floodplain development permit by the Park County commissioners.
The Cody City Council has approved a $10,000 donation to the Cody Fireworks Committee in support of the Fourth of July fireworks show.
Some say crime doesn’t pay, but thanks to the seizure of $258,000 of drug money from a Cessna airplane in 2014, the Cody Police Department may be getting new interview rooms and an updated recording system if the city council gives approval.
The Cody City Council has approved Point Architects as the consultant that will design a new bathroom facility at the Mentock Park splash pad. The fee is not to exceed $19,000.
As food prices increase and supply chain issues impact what is available at the grocery store, more Cody residents than ever are turning to Cody Cupboard for help.
Moshe Williams, one of the two defendants charged with the murder of 2-year-old Paisleigh Williams, was found competent to stand trial for the second time.
The City of Cody is looking into helping the Cody Fireworks Committee raise the necessary money for this year’s Fourth of July fireworks display, potentially by donating $10,000.
The Park County Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a site plan review for a proposed RV park on the North Fork Highway, despite concerns the plan was largely incomplete.
Cody resident Stephen P. O’Donnell Sr. has been appointed by Secretary of State Chuck Gray to serve on Wyoming’s Investment Funds Committee Selection Panel.
The Park County Travel Council has officially amended its Fiscal Year 2023 budget to include $600,000 in Destination Development funding from the Wyoming Office of Tourism.
A total of five local businesses — ranging from a mobile dentistry service to a company that makes clothing and gear for upland bird hunters — have been selected as the finalists in the inaugural Park County Start-Up Challenge.
An arrest warrant was issued March 2 for the Billings man who allegedly burgled his mother and brother’s Cody home twice last year, after he was arrested in Billings Feb. 16 for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.
The Powell man arrested last year after an investigation by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation implicated him as a large-scale distributor of controlled substances in the state pleaded not guilty to all charges Jan. 19.
A recent effort to bring a pair of cannabis-related measures to the voters of Wyoming on the 2024 ballot has failed, but Park County supporters of the measures are still optimistic about a statewide shift in attitudes surrounding the drug.
The Park County Travel Council welcomed a new secretary to its slate of officers during a March 16 meeting.
The Yellowstone Regional Airport has officially entered into a pair of previously discussed contracts.
The third Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Wyoming will be located on the northwest side of Skyline Drive and north of the Cody Canal, according to an official announcement from the church.
The pickleball courts currently being built near the Rec Center may be completed by May of this year, but that will depend on the weather.
After waiting over a year, the city of Cody has finally started to receive some of the vehicles the city council had budgeted for and approved.
As they reflected on the recently concluded general session of the Wyoming Legislature during a March 10 meeting of the Park County Republican Women, local legislators tried to accentuate the positives.
To address the lack of affordable housing and the housing shortage in the city, the Cody Planning and Zoning Board is considering expanding the number of properties that qualify for accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
The April 17 jury trial for Carolyn Aune, who is being charged with the murder of 2-year-old Paisleigh Williams, may be postponed because many of the state’s witnesses are unavailable that week.
The Powell man arrested in January for allegedly harassing his ex-girlfriend by flipping the breaker twice at her workplace in order to “irritate” her, according to the affidavit, pleaded not guilty to the charges March 2.
Deer Creek Ranch LLC and the Army Corps of Engineers are proceeding with a streambank restoration project on the upper South Fork, following the Park County commissioners’ approval of a floodplain development permit.
With a new clinic opening this spring, Intermountain Health Medical Group is working to make patient access to health care seamless and convenient.
Jim Shorb of Cody is the newest addition to the Park County Predator Management Advisory Board.
Horizon Tower has made good on its threat to file a lawsuit against Park County.
Flights from Cody to Salt Lake City via Delta and SkyWest Airlines are not likely to return in the summer of 2023.
After seven years at the helm of the Cody Country Chamber of Commerce, CEO Tina Hoebelheinrich has announced her resignation.
Park County Republican Party Chairman Martin Kimmet of Clark and Vice Chair Bob Ferguson of Meeteetse were unanimously re-elected to their posts during the party’s elections on March 2.
More Park County residents than ever before will have access to the Wyoming Department of Revenue’s property tax refund program following the recent passage of House Bill 99 by the Wyoming Legislature.
With the Cody City Council rejecting the sale of a piece of Yellowstone Regional Airport property to all bidders on Feb. 21, the future of the property is back in the hands of the airport board.
Cody Regional Health is working to highlight important patient safety issues, spread awareness about patient safety and commit to effective community efforts during Patient Safety Awareness Week.
A Cody man was arrested Feb. 17 for reckless endangerment with a firearm after he allegedly shot off five rounds in his garage, which was in a densely populated area.
Months after the West Park Hospital District Board first considered making significant changes to its random drug-testing policy for employees, the board has voted to suspend the testing entirely.
The Cody City Council unanimously approved the Case Subdivision and SunRidge Minor Subdivision during its March 7 meeting, after the city Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval.
West Park Hospital District board members were assigned to a dozen different committees during its March 1 meeting.
A Powell man was charged Feb. 23 with criminal trespass, possessing burglar’s tools and theft after he allegedly stole gas from a Powell junkyard and after he pawned a stolen chainsaw, all in December of last year.
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