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Sheila Leach has an unexpected plan for the graffiti paint scribbled across Park County Right To Life’s billboard on the Belfry Highway.
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With scorching temperatures having countless impacts on the West this summer, groups are warning of the effect careless fishermen can have on local aquatic ecosystems.
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Former U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi died late Monday after being seriously injured in a bicycle accident in Gillette on Friday.
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The Cody School Board voted Wednesday afternoon to approve Tim Foley as the interim superintendent for the Cody School District.
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Smoke from wildfires colors the Buck Full Moon over Beck Lake red during the weekend. (Photo by Leon Jenson)
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Yellowstone Regional Airport has passed its final budget for the year, a finance sheet significantly boosted by $1.6 million in CARES Act funds.
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Robert Knapp grills burgers at the Heritage Museum Open House on Saturday.
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The Cody School District is dealing with less funding for the 2021-2022 budget, but faculty and staff will still receive raises thanks in part to a trimming of the workforce due to resignations and retirements.
Defense attorneys for a Cody man accused of first degree murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter have requested that the charges be thrown out against their client.
CASPER – The highly contagious Delta variant of the novel coronavirus is now the dominant strain in Wyoming, according to the state health department.
The number of lawsuits between Tri County Telephone Association and the company’s former board director is slowly diminishing, with the former director and fellow plaintiffs set to get at least partial reimbursement for court costs.
A young sow grizzly was released roughly five miles from the East Entrance of Yellowstone National Park on July 23 after being captured for killing cattle north of Pinedale.
SHERIDAN (WNE) – The U.S. Forest Service expected Crater Ridge fire behavior to intensify Tuesday, according to a release Tuesday morning, as it was forecast to be the warmest and driest day of the week.
Cody Middle School students could have the opportunity to get their hunter safety certificates during class at some point in the future.
At dawn Friday-Sunday, six hot air balloons will be lifting off from Mentock Park in honor of a Cody man who spent hours piloting balloons.
Park County’s unemployment rate fell once again in June to 4.5%, well below the state average.
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Heidi Frost buys vegetables from Scott Richard of Shoshone River Farm at the farmers market on July 24.
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When golf pros Matt Gibbens and Chris Hoggan first started working at Olive Glenn Golf and Country Club, people were excited.
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A Crandall rancher had his more than $120,000 request in reimbursement for cattle losses caused by grizzly bears and wolves in 2020 mostly rejected by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission on July 15.
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The Cody School Board accepted the resignation of superintendent Peg Monteith on Friday effective immediately.
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JACKSON (WNE) – An Idaho woman whose carelessness with food at a Grand Teton National Park campsite helped put a young grizzly bear’s life in jeopardy must pay more than $5,800 in restitution.
A sow grizzly bear and her cub were captured Wednesday southwest of Cody and relocated to the Jackson region.
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On a recent smoke-free day, Cedar and Rattlesnake mountains can be seen above the Shoshone River.
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Starting Saturday, Yellowstone National Park’s rivers and streams will close to fishing in the afternoon and evening due to high-water temperatures and unprecedented low stream flows. According to Yellowstone, the closure is meant to protect the Park’s native and wild trout fisheries.
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A lightning-sparked fire near Fox Creek Campground and Willow Park, off the Beartooth Highway and near the Montana state border, drew an emergency response Wednesday morning.
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J.R. Vezain was once again behind the chutes last week at the rodeo grounds, the scene of past successes in both the Cody Nite Rodeo and Cody Stampede.
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Daisy, 6, holds her sister Willa Maier, 5, on her back in the Park County Complex on Friday.
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Nearly three years after charges were filed, Kenneth “Val” Geissler’s solicitation of prostitution case is nearly complete, with a not guilty by reason of mental illness plea read to Judge Bill Simpson’s Park County District Court on Wednesday morning. Simpson still hasn’t formally approved …
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A man who claimed at his initial hearing in Park County Circuit Court to have only $1,200 in his bank account was allegedly found with more than $10,000 in meth, and thousands of dollars of marijuana and heroin when arrested by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigations and Park County …
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The Cody School District is preparing to replace superintendent Peg Monteith, who plans to retire next summer after serving the final year of her contract.
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This weekend, award-winning singer-songwriter Suzy Bogguss will treat her fans in the Big Horn Basin to an outdoor concert in Cody’s City Park. The free concert will begin at 8 p.m. Sunday and attendees are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs and picnic blankets, and be ready to enjoy Bogg…
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Last week Park County passed its annual budget and for commissioner Joe Tilden, now in his 11th year on the job, it was the easiest one he could remember making. He said it was the first time as commissioner that the county exceeded its projected budget, allowing the comissioners to grant ra…
After a long trend of very low case totals and few hospitalizations, COVID-19 numbers have risen slightly in Park County.
A longtime member of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West board of trustees resigned Monday after it was recently revealed that he runs a racist newsletter.
A new fire was reported west of Meeteetse on Monday afternoon. Located approximately a half mile from the Timber Creek Ranger Station on the Greybull Ranger District of the Shoshone National Forest, the 1/10th acre fire was determined to be caused by lightning.
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation will hold a service celebrating the life of curator emeritus LaDonna Zall, who passed away last month. The service will take place at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center on Saturday at 10 a.m., as part of the annual Heart Mountain Pilgrimage. The comm…
People are invited to particpate in the 11th annual Return to Foretop’s Father events Friday-Saturday in the Heart Mountain area.
CASPER —Former president Donald Trump signaled Tuesday that he is making significant moves in his effort to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney.
On July 15, volunteers assisted in the completion of 400 feet of new trail in steep, rocky terrain on the Washakie Ranger District of the Shoshone National Forest outside Lander.
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The former U.S. Sen. Al Simpson is recovering from a fall he took in California last week, requiring a partial hip replacement and surgery.
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Quick actions by neighbors and the fast response of Cody volunteer firefighters kept a house fire Friday off Lane 20 from completely destroying the structure.
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About halfway through the summer tourist season, the effects of the COVID-19 virus are almost a distant memory for many Cody businesses, jampacked with customers since the beginning of May. If the last few months of summer continue the trend of the first two, this summer has a strong chance …
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An author of guidebooks on the Park and a seasonal West Yellowstone, Mont., resident was recently sentenced for seven counts of illegal activities and violations in Yellowstone National Park.
The Northwest College Foundation has been awarded $100,000 from the John P. Ellbogen Foundation to support adult learners at Northwest College through the newly created Ellbogen Opportunity Scholarship. The grant is part of an $800,000 scholarship program distributing funds to all Wyoming co…
When high winds in June scattered limbs all over residential neighborhoods, city council member Heidi Rasmussen asked if there were a way the city could pick up the debris.
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