Author: Andrew-Rossi

There was little growth yesterday on the Fishhawk Fire as crews finished structure protection work in the Kitty Creek drainage. At last report, the fire had consumed around 10,400 acres south of Highway 14/16/20, about 40 miles west of Cody. A new fire management team took over the operations yesterday morning. Vickie Russo, information officer…

With the Fishhawk Fire raging on the North Fork, the Park County Office of Homeland Security reminds residents to be sure they are enrolled in the CodeRed system. CodeRed is a reverse 9-1-1 system where residents can be immediately notified of emergency situations in their vicinity. These notifications include natural disasters such as fire, flooding,…

The Fishhawk Fire west of Cody has expanded rapidly in the last 12 hours. Rocky Mountain Incident Management Blue Team has assumed command of the fire as of 6:00 AM today, and reports that the fire grew to 10,321 acres overnight, according to the infrared flight. The Fishhawk Fire, which is located 40 miles west…

An outbreak of an equine virus has resulted in the cancellation of some events that were planned for Park County in the next couple of weeks. There has been a positive case of Vesicular Stomatitis in the Powell area, as well as several suspected cases. As a result, the organizers of the Northwest College Trapper…

Air quality in the Cody area is declining rapidly. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality says residents in Park County near Cody have been experiencing smoke pollution from the Fishhawk Fire in the Shoshone National Forest, as well as the Stink Water Fire northeast of the Fishhawk. To Park County Public Health office says that a…

More than a hundred people attended a meeting yesterday evening to get information on the more than 4000-acre Fishhawk Fire. At the meeting at Yellowstone Valley Inn, Shoshone National Forest Managers told the crowd about their plans for fighting the fire, and protecting people and area homes and businesses. Penny Preston attended the meeting at…

A new fire has been reported in the Sunlight Basin. Yesterday evening, a fire was detected northwest of Cody, in the Sulphur Creek area. The incident has been named the Stinkingwater Fire, and has been estimated to be about 50 acres as of last night. Shoshone National Forest Officials are attending morning fire briefings, and…

The Fishhawk Fire west of Cody has doubled in size in less than 24 hours. An overflight of the fire, the cause of which has not yet been determined, mapped the fire at 4,048 acres. That’s double the estimated area that was reported Monday evening. Kristie Salzmann with the Shoshone National Forest says that a…

$6500 has been raised in just a week through a GoFundMe campaign to assist a Powell family after their teenage son was in a pickup crash last week. Powell High School quarterback Ethan Asher is in the hospital after injuries suffered in a truck crash last Tuesday morning. Communities throughout Park County have hosted fundraisers…

Yellowstone National Park biologists yesterday released toxins into a river to remove exotic fish. The poisons were discharged into the upper Gibbon River drainage. Park officials say the project targets rainbow trout and brook trout native to the Yellowstone River watershed, but not to the upper Gibbon ecosystem. The region is expected to remain closed…