Author: Mac Watson
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Tam DeRudder Jackson is a very successful romance novelist who has lived in Cody for over 30 years. Starting out as an English teacher at Cody High School, it wasn’t until recently she decided to publish a romance novel. She also spoke about how big the romance novel market is and an event at the…
A series of literary articles and poetry published by first-generation Japanese immigrants incarcerated at Heart Mountain during World War II has been awarded the best website prize by the Wyoming Historical Society. Known as the Heart Mountain Bungei, the literary journal was published in Japanese in Heart Mountain during World War II. The Bungei articles…
Janie Curtis and Tiffany Mannion from That Other Project spoke about wanting the City of Cody to have an Active Transportation Plan that can be utilized by everyone. Hike, bike, horse trails and green spaces would all connect Cody. The 501c3 says they’ve hired an engineering firm out of Lander and will work with Engineering…
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation is recognizing the contributions made by its longtime Vice Chair Douglas Nelson by presenting him with a lifetime achievement award. The Douglas W. Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award acknowledges Nelson’s more than 50 years of commitment to telling the story of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and Heart…
Brook Grant, who started Compete 4 A Cause five years ago, is gearing up for another event on August 12th at the Wynona Thompson Auditorium. This year they have added a Visual Arts Competition and will have a special guest singer. A little girl named Nylah Marx is the recipient this year and the goal…
The United Farm Workers (or UFW) Foundation is now accepting applications for the USDA Farm and Food Worker Relief (FFWR) Grant Program. The FFWR Program is a program that would allow UFW Foundation to provide a one-time payment of $600 to farmworkers affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Under the FFWR Program, relief payments will be…
For decades, the fossil fuel industry has played a major role in the economy of the Cowboy State. According to a study, in 2019, the industry directly and indirectly supported 68,600 total jobs (28,300 direct and 40,300 indirect) or 16.6 percent of Wyoming’s total employment. The fossil fuel industry has also generated an additional 1.4…
More than 10 trillion gallons of water has evaporated from the Colorado River Basin between 2000 to 2021, according to a new study. That’s about the size of Lake Mead in Nevada, which is fed, coincidentally, by the Colorado River System. UCLA researchers are blaming the disappearance on the climate crisis that has been exacerbated…
Wyoming Representative Harriet Hageman spoke to Mac Watson from “Mac In The Morning” and spoke about how “gender affirming care is a dystopian, George Orwell 1984 term” and should be abolished. She also called sex change operations “sexual lobotomies” and predicts the likelihood of a Biden Impeachment.
For the past three years, Ryan Brown makes numerous phone calls across the country to current and former professional athletes as well as celebrities. His message is simple and to the point: Come to Cody, Wyoming, right next to Yellowstone National Park, spend some time with the locals, put on some kid’s clinics, play some…