Author: Caleb Nelson
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UPDATE: WYDOT IS REPORTING THE ROAD IS OPEN AND CLEAR Cody Beers, the public relation specialist for WYDOT, informed KODI about an accident on WY120 between Cody and Meeteetse this morning. The road is extremely slick. WYDOT writes, “Please stay home if you can. A tow truck is on the way, and the road may…
Todd Fornstrom of Laramie County was elected to his seventh term as President of the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB) at the organization’s 103rd Annual Meeting in Casper. “Being trusted to be a representative for what I believe to be best agricultural organization in our country, if not the world, is an extreme honor,” Fornstrom…
Officials say that the Bureau of Land Management Buffalo Field Office plans to burn slash piles this fall and winter on BLM-administered lands in the Bighorn Mountains and Campbell County. Burning may begin mid-November and continue through April 2023. All prescribed burn projects are conducted in accordance with approved burn plans and burning is contingent…
Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have fallen 9.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.55/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 30.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 14.6 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price…
While WYDOT is facing crew shortages throughout the state, District 5 and the Bighorn Basin have been fortunate – they’ve been able to attract qualified employees and keep them. Cody Beers, the public relations specialist for WYDOT, offers insight into some of the agency’s obstacles and goals. “What I would say about working in the…
The Wyoming Main Street Advisory Board will meet via Zoom for a board meeting on Monday, Nov. 14, from 2 to 3 p.m. Agenda items for this meeting include reviewing board member roles and responsibilities, preparing Wyoming Main Street for new accreditation standards from the National Main Street Center, and re-affirming 2023 board meeting dates. The…
A man named Thomas J. Ducey (or “Tom”) wants to build a statue of George Beck in Cody. Mr. Ducey is not from Wyoming, nor he does not currently live in Wyoming. Ducey is a financial planner who presently resides in Westerly, Rhode Island. However, Mr. Ducey and his wife plan to move to Cody…
Fresh snow was landing on the streets of Cody as a reunion of sorts was taking place inside the Cody Cattle Company. The original members of The Cody Band were rehearsing for an upcoming show on December 8th where they will open for headliner Skip Ewing. Ewing has recorded nine studio albums and has had…
Old Timers and Early Day Women of Cody For his November “Local Lore with Bob Richard” program at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Bob welcomes special guests Al and Pete Simpson, who help him share great stories and photographs about Old Timers and Early Day Women of the Cody area. The event takes place…
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation is announcing the publication of an updated edition of Douglas Nelson’s Heart Mountain: The History of an American Concentration Camp. Initially published in 1976, Nelson’s book was the first examination of life inside the incarceration site for Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain during World War II. According to the Heart…