Author: Mac Watson
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A man from Washington State is being sentenced to jail time for trespassing into a dangerous, and potentially lethal area of Yellowstone National Park. The Department of Justice (DOJ) press release states that the sentencing on June 13 of Lynwood, Washington, resident Viktor Pyshniuk was handed a seven-day jail sentence over the trespassing incident. Officials…
Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have fallen 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.27/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 5.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 27.3 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price…
Scary moments for a group of three rafters happened on Sunday afternoon as their raft flipped on the Shoshone River, depositing all three men in the river. The Park County Sheriff’s office received a 911 call from a caller who had been rafting in the Shoshone Canyon downstream of Hayden Arch Bridge on Sunday around…
Northwest College in Powell is launching a new Associate of Science degree program in Software Development this fall, the culmination of a five-year process designed to build on the basics already being taught in Wyoming K-12 classrooms as part of the state computer science initiative passed in 2018. The program also accelerates Wyoming’s goal to…
After the initial shock at losing it’s main connection to Idaho in a landslide, residents of Jackson, Wyoming are now coming to grips with not knowing when the highway can be repaired and reopen. And that has business and employees in town panicking. Jackson Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Rick Howe has been fielding…
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon says that progress has been made in finding viable options to repair Highway 22 or Teton Pass after part of the highway suffered a “catastrophic landslide.” Wyoming Department of Transportation officials say that a temporary detour around Teton Pass could be open within weeks, which would help commuters and tourists access…
If the past week portends anything about this tourist season in Yellowstone National Park, it’s going to be a summer to remember. So far, two rare occurrences have happened, making people on social media go into a tizzy with excitement and celebration. First, a momma grizzly was captured on video with her litter of five…
An 83-year old woman is lucky to be alive after being gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone Park officials say the bison was “defending its space” when it gored the South Carolina woman near the Storm Point Trail, which is located at the north end of Yellowstone Lake. The bison “came within…
On the last day of school, as the last bell of the semester rang out, signaling the end of another school year, kids from area schools raced to the library for a good reason. A hot air balloon was being inflated on the annex lawn of the Park County Library in Cody, kicking off the…
After a spring snowstorm dumped a ton of snow on the Montana/Wyoming Border last week, the Beartooth Highway (US-212) has remained closed. An avalanche, causing rocks and debris to damage the road, spoiled the National Park Service‘s goal of having the scenic highway into Yellowstone National Park opened by Memorial Day weekend. Mother Nature spoiled…