Author: Andrew-Rossi

A nine-year-old Florida girl was injured by a bison in Yellowstone Monday. Park officials say that the incident happened on the afternoon of July 22nd near Observation Point Trail in the Old Faithful Geyser area. According to witnesses, a group of about 50 people were within 5-10 feet of the bull bison for at least…

The fire that damaged a substation in Powell last month is causing more problems this week. The City of Powell was without power twice yesterday afternoon, during one of the hottest days so far this summer, and with the added impact of the Park County Fair. Due to the heavy load drawing on the damaged…

A sub-adult male grizzly bear was relocated to the Cody area after it had been captured for killing cattle near Pinedale. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, at the direction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, captured the bear on July 21st on a U.S. Forest Service grazing allotment north of Pinedale.  In…

A Billings-based company has a free backpack give-away this Saturday in Cody. Cody Store Manager AJ Anderson says Verizon-Cellular Plus in Cody will be giving away free backpacks filled with school supplies from 10 am to noon. The packs will contain notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, glue sticks, a sharpener, eraser, folder, highlighter and pencil case.…

Authorities say a motorcycle crash on the popular Beartooth Highway outside Yellowstone National Park killed a 70-year-old man and injured his 69-year-old passenger. The Montana Highway Patrol says the motorcycle was driving north on U.S. Highway 212 near the Montana-Wyoming state line Saturday when it missed a sharp left curve. The motorcycle went off the…

A series of fires are burning in Western Wyoming. The two-acre Box Creek Fire is located on the Bridger Teton National Forest in the Blackrock Ranger District. This new lightning caused fire is burning within the Teton Wilderness, east of Gravel Ridge within the Box Creek drainage.  The fire, which is in relatively dense timber…

Bear research operations have begun in Yellowstone. As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, biologists with the National Park Service and Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team will be continuing scientific grizzly bear research operations in Yellowstone National Park through October 31. Team members will bait…

$8 million dollars, for over 800 species. That’s the commitment that was made, and made good, by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and its partners in 2018. The agency recently released the 2018 Strategic Habitat Plan Annual Report, which outlines the expenditure of more than $1.6 million in funds for habitat projects, and the…

The first wildfire in Yellowstone National Park this year has been reported. Hikers on the Sevenmile Hole Trail reported the small fire, which was caused by lightning. It was just .1 acre in size as of yesterday, located 3 miles east of Canyon Village, near the Yellowstone River. Park officials say that the fire is…

The Park County Office of Homeland Security is working to assist families and businesses affected by Sunday’s major storm event in Powell. On their Facebook page, the Park County Sheriff’s office says that Homeland Security and Road and Bridge aided residents by delivering sand and sand bags in order to attempt to prevent further damage…