Author: Caleb Nelson
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The historic and record-setting heat wave here in the West continues today and, unfortunately, it will likely last a few more days. According to the National Weather Service, “nearly 54 million people are under excessive heat warnings and heat advisories in the Western U.S. Meanwhile, a broad swath of elevated, critical and extremely critical fire…
The parkwide fire danger level for Yellowstone is currently “VERY HIGH.” There have been three wildland fires in the park this year: 1) The Obsidian Fire on July 20th, 2) the Telemark Fire on August 16th, 3) the Gray Fire on August 29th and all these fires have been declared “out or controlled.” Stay informed…
The bestselling author Anne Hillerman will visit Northwest College on Thursday, September 29th, to deliver the 2022 Wasden Reading. The popular literary series returns this year after a “two-year absence” due the pandemic, but the event has otherwise been held annually since 2008. The free event gets underway at 7 p.m. in the Yellowstone Building…
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation is wishing Senator Alan K. Simpson, one of the inspirations for its Mineta-Simpson Institute, a “happy 91st birthday.” As part of their celebration for the birthdays of Al and his wife Ann, who turns 91 on Oct. 10th, the Foundation is promoting a “Show Your Love” fundraising campaign for the…
On August 26th, 2022, KODI Radio received video footage of a traffic incident near Corbett Bridge around 4:30 p.m. At the time, the details of the incident had not yet been confirmed. Today, Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Blain Mollett was able to share public information about the crash. “On August 26th, 2022, at about 1608…
Despite troubling national trends in education where thousands of teacher vacancies pose immense challenges for school districts, students, families, and administrators, Park County School District #6 has been fortunate, Superintendent Vernon Orndorff says. According to USA Today, “300,000” teachers left the profession between February 2020 and May 2022, creating a significant labor shortage in public…
A vehicle drove into the doors of Elite Nails and Spa this afternoon, a nail salon business in Cody located on Yellowstone Ave. “We were all sitting here and a lady had an appointment to get her nails done at noon, and uh, she accidentally hit the gas instead of the breaks,” manager Tiffany Vu…
Governor Mark Gordon, who easily won his primary election this August, recently launched an education initiative, which has completed its statewide listening sessions and is currently preparing a series of policy recommendations. Capitalizing on the momentum of a statewide survey that garnered “in excess of 7,000 responses,” the Governor’s Reimagining and Innovating the Delivery of…
A recount of the House District 24 race was held this morning in the Park County Elections Office in what was an extremely close contest between incumbent Sandy Newsome and Nina Webber. During Park County’s recent primary elections this August, no ballots were rejected or unreadable, according to First Deputy Park County Clerk Hans Odde…
UPDATE: Traffic has cleared and is moving again, the incident has been cleaned up—more information to follow about accident. KODI Radio has received video footage regarding an incident on the Powell Highway, possible car accident—more details to follow. Current information suggests there was a wreck outside of Cody (8/26). This story will be updated as…