Author: Andrew-Rossi

If you’ve been waiting for just the right opportunity to choose or change careers, today is a good day to start looking. The Cody Workforce Center will be hosting a job fair for Powell and Cody today at the Cody Club room from 10 am to 2 pm.  It will be open to the public,…

Visitation in Yellowstone National Park last month was lower than the last few years, although the overall number of visitors remains high. The park hosted 936,062 visits in July 2019. This is a .48 percent decrease from last July. So far in 2019, the park has hosted almost 2.3 million visits – that’s down 1.19…

Last fall, a hunter’s abandoned warming fire ignited the surrounding forest and burned more than 61,000 acres, destroying 58 homes in the Roosevelt Fire south of Jackson. Game and Fish staff warn that hot and uncontrolled fall fires, like the Roosevelt, can cause devastating damage to homes and affect hunting seasons and wildlife habitats. Ray…

Starting this month, some 40,000 U.S. Census Bureau workers will fan out to neighborhoods around the country to verify and update addresses in preparation for the largest head count in United States history next spring. The Census Bureau conducts a count of every U.S. resident every 10 years, and the verification of addresses is the…

The City of Powell will see City-wide power outages several days this week in order to do major repairs on the substation that failed in June. According to an email sent out by City officials yesterday, they will be shutting down power throughout Powell this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, from 12 a.m. to 4 a.m.…

After less than two and a half hours of deliberation, a 12-person jury in Park County found a Wapiti man guilty of first-degree murder. 77-year-old Dennis Klingbiel Friday was found criminally responsible for the death of his wife, Donna, on August 5th, 2018, at their home west of Cody. The prosecution had argued that the…

The Big Horn County Courthouse is closed until further notice. Officials there closed the courthouse in Basin on Thursday afternoon. According to their website, some concerns were raised during a routine meeting for the courthouse remodel. The concerns may or may not present an issue for the courthouse, but as a precaution, the decision was…

A fast-moving storm Saturday afternoon gave quite a fright to residents and visitors in downtown Cody. A bolt of lightning struck a tall cottonwood tree at the Cody Country Chamber of Commerce around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, during the storm that brought torrential rain and some hail to the area. A Facebook post by an employee…

Firefighters in the Bighorn National Forest were wrapping up at two fire locations this weekend. The Lick Creek Fire on the Bighorn National Forest was 70% contained as of Friday, with a portion of the fire remaining in an area inaccessible to firefighters – there are safety concerns due to snags and steep terrain.  The…

Only YOU can prevent forest fires. With that simple phrase, Smokey Bear has influenced generations of children and adults alike. Since 1944, the Forest Service has offered advice on how to be good stewards of the lands through advertising and other outreach, with Smokey as the friendly face of the agency. Smokey turns 75 years…