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Ben McDonald with the Park County Public Works Office announced that effective Thursday, June 1, 2023, the Monument Hill Road (County Road 7UH) from approximately 1.6 miles west of the Belfry Highway, has been opened for general use. Per the Road & Bridge Cody Assistant District Foreman, the road is rough but passable.  At this…

The first Friday of June is a significant sign of summer. But Cody’s weather is determined to rain on everyone’s parade. Because of persistent and ongoing rain and thunderstorms, the Cody Nite Rodeo cancelled the first Friday of 2023. Tickets are not being sold at the Cody Stampede Rodeo Grounds or on the Cody Stampede…

The National Weather Service Office in Riverton has issued a Flood Watch for the Bighorn Basin and several other Wyoming communities. Portions of central Wyoming, north central Wyoming, and northwest Wyoming were placed under a Flood Watch at 9:57 p.m. on Thursday, June 1. The watch remains in effect until the afternoon of Saturday, June…

Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder submitted a public comment opposing the federal Bureau of Land Management’s new proposed rule regarding the conservation “use” of federal lands. In March 2023, the Department of the Interior published a proposal to guide the balanced management of America’s public lands for the benefit of current and future…

The Mineta-Simpson Institute at Heart Mountain has taken another step closer to completion with the awarding of a $149,646 grant from the National Park Service to help fund an exhibit dedicated to the lives and careers of Secretary Norman Mineta and Senator Alan Simpson. The grant, announced Wednesday, comes from the Japanese American Confinement Sites program,…

Summer 2023 will be the first full summer season at Sleeping Giant Ski Area and Ziplines since the mountain’s ownership changed hands in 2020. Much of the activity underway this summer will improve the outdoor recreation experience for future winter seasons. For the first time since 2020, the Zipline Season at Sleeping Giant begins on…

After unexpected cancellations in May, two important meetings for the public to hear and speak on the proposed Cody Wyoming Temple have been rescheduled for June. The group Cody Wyoming Temple has rescheduled its community open house for Tuesday, June 6, from 7 to 8 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Church of…

Less than a week after the image of a man carrying a bison calf made national news, the man in the image has been identified and charged. On Wednesday, May 31, Clifford Walters of Hawaii pleaded guilty to one count of feeding, touching, teasing, frightening, or intentionally disturbing wildlife before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie A. Hambrick…

The State of Wyoming – on behalf of Governor Mark Gordon – has filed a petition for judicial review in the Wyoming Federal District Court. The lawsuit alleges the Department of Interior failed to meet the 12-month deadline for determining Wyoming’s petition to delist the grizzly bear population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Because of…

The University of Wyoming is looking for anyone willing to share their stories of ghostly encounters in historic Wyoming hotels. Dr. Ken Hanson, an Assistant Professor at U.W.’s Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology, is supervising a professional study by primary researcher Deborah Cobb. As part of the study, the research team wants to schedule…


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