Author: Andrew-Rossi
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Certain parts of Yellowstone are rising – which also means they’re getting more active. The talk of the park recently has been the increasing frequent eruptions of Steamboat Geyser, the largest geyser in Yellowstone. 48 documented eruptions occurred last year, with an equal amount anticipated in 2020. Things rarely happen in a vacuum, and this…
A popular cave in the Bighorn National Forest will be closed again this year. Forest officials have once again closed the Tongue River Cave to the general public in 2020. Last year, a maternity roost of Townsend’s big-eared bats was discovered in the cave, which prompted the most recent of several periodic closures of the…
Wyoming has heard the call and is leading the way in the 2020 Census. A new report from the US Census Bureau states that as of April 15th, the statewide self-response rate in Wyoming is 39.6%. This places Wyoming in a six-way tie for the highest daily total self-response rate in the nation, along with…
The Yellowstone River Bridge is undergoing a 3-year replacement, beginning in 2022. After considerable planning and public input, the Park has settled on its plan for what will be one of the most intense infrastructure projects in the park’s recent history. National Park Service Regional Director for Regions 6, 7, 8, Mike Reynolds, signed a…
There’s new initiative and organization behind the effort to coordinate Cody’s homemade personal protective equipment. An influx of Cody residents has taken it upon themselves to assist Cody’s healthcare responders by sewing cloth masks, due to the increasing sparsity of personal protective equipment seen in every part of the country. But all these efforts have…
Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney tackles the bureaucratic questions behind COVID-19. Representative Cheney held a virtual townhall yesterday morning, held by Wyoming Business & Industry Federation. Rather than discussing the medical side of the virus, Cheney focused on the recent passage of the CARES Act, and how soon Wyoming residents can expect to see relief in…
There’s another influx of cash flying into Wyoming airports. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration will award $49,758,279 in airport aid to 33 airports in Wyoming to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This is the Act Airport Grant Program, part of…
There’s a new initiative to aid Wyoming’s healthcare providers. The Wyoming State Board of Nursing is allowing APRNs, RNs, LPNs, and CNAs who may have retired, let their licenses lapse, or placed their licenses on an inactive status to get a temporary permit, provided their last renewal period ended after December 31, 2016. Cynthia Labonde,…
COVID-19 isn’t stopping Wyoming Game and Fish from doing its job to conserve our state’s wildlife. Work on the Department’s spring projects continues regardless of the statewide lock-downs. Pete Dube, president of the Game and Fish Commission, has firmly state they have no plans to cancel the fall hunting seasons, so one of their priorities…
If you don’t see a sign where a sign should be, call the cops – it’s a sign that that sign could have been stolen. The Park County Sheriff’s Office has reported the theft of two Bureau of Land Management signs from the area of 3305 North Fork Highway The theft was thought to have…