Author: Andrew-Rossi
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A four-legged local legend has passed away. 2020 has claimed another celebrity, as the Park County Animal Shelter announced Monday that their mascot and permanent shelter resident Skillet died Sunday morning. He was 13 years old. Skillet – full name Skillet McGillet – was the greatest living testament to the love and care shown to…
Generous donors have ensured no Cody students will go hungry for the rest of this unprecedented school year. Gen Sheets, Director of Food Services at Cody High School, announced Wednesday that the community has come together once again and supported their efforts to keep Cody’s students healthy and well-fed. That generosity has extended thru 2020…
There’s a light at the end of the COVID tunnel – but we’re not through yet. Dr. Aaron Billin, Park County Public Health Officer announced Sunday night that the first doses of the much-anticipated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped and are making their way to Park County medical centers. He also posted a video…
Winter is coming . . . to Yellowstone National Park. The dates and open amenities for the winter season have been confirmed and the park will soon be open to over-snow travel through the West, East, and South entrances. The North Entrance, as always, is plowed and open to vehicles year-round. This marks the first…
Yellowstone National Park seems to be celebrating 2020 in its own way – a swarm of earthquakes concentrated under Yellowstone Lake. The United States Geologic Survey’ Yellowstone Volcano Observatory has been monitoring an earthquake swarm insider the Yellowstone caldera. Several dozen have been recorded in the same area – midway down the eastern side of…
The Montana Supreme Court sent a message to Lucky Minerals about their proposed Yellowstone gold mine: not now, not ever. The case before the Supreme Court of Montana -– Park County Environmental Council and Greater Yellowstone Coalition versus the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, the State of Montana, and Lucky Minerals Inc – has ended…
Once a COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Wyoming, how will it impact Park County – and yourself? Cody Regional Health, Powell Valley Healthcare, and other Bighorn Basin healthcare providers are preparing for the imminent arrival of a vaccine for the virus that currently has Park County and the entire state under a mask mandate. Park County…
The Thermopolis Mexican restaurant Las Fuentes was engulfed in a fire Monday evening sending flames and black smoke high into the night sky. As of 9 p.m. the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department had responded and was actively trying to stop the flames. They were able to contain the fire, but it consumed the entire building.…
More Bighorn Basin residents have died due to COVID-19. The Wyoming Department of Health confirmed another 23 COVID-19 related deaths Monday afternoon, bringing the total number to 280 Wyoming deaths. Two older adult Big Horn County women died late last month. Both were hospitalized in states outside Wyoming. One woman had health conditions that placed…
Thermopolis got unanimous approval to honor a veteran and long-serving postmaster. Legislation to rechristen Thermopolis’s post office in honor of deceased postmaster Robert L. Brown made its way onto the Senate floor this week. It passed in a unanimous vote. The bill was introduced by Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi and Senator Tom Carper of Delaware…