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An 83-year old woman is lucky to be alive after being gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone Park officials say the bison was “defending its space” when it gored the South Carolina woman near the Storm Point Trail, which is located at the north end of Yellowstone Lake. The bison “came within…
After a spring snowstorm dumped a ton of snow on the Montana/Wyoming Border last week, the Beartooth Highway (US-212) has remained closed. An avalanche, causing rocks and debris to damage the road, spoiled the National Park Service‘s goal of having the scenic highway into Yellowstone National Park opened by Memorial Day weekend. Mother Nature spoiled…
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department it captured and relocated an adult male grizzly bear outside of Cody last week, according to the website Buckrail. The bear was captured because of cattle depredation on private land west of Cody on Friday, May 24, so says WGFD. The grizzly was released in the Blackrock Creek drainage,…
If you plan to travel to Yellowstone National Park this summer, plan ahead to protect yourself and this wild and awe-inspiring place. Within the park’s 2.2 million acres, visitors have unparalleled opportunities to observe wildlife in an intact ecosystem, explore geothermal areas that contain half the world’s active geysers and view geologic wonders like the…
There’s a vibrant, modern look in Powell as a faded, decades-old mural has been replaced by a big, bold, design that was created by a local artist. For the past three decades, when people drive through the city of Powell on Coulter Avenue, after the second stoplight they were greeted by a picture of the…
A popular restaurant in Powell is announcing that it’s closing it’s doors. Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant on Bent Street in Powell won’t be serving their delicious food in June. In a Facebook post, the restaurant says that, “All good things must come to an end,” and the last meal will be served on June 29th. “It’s…
Since last week’s announcement by McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski saying that the restaurant chain is “laser-focused on affordability,” the Golden Arches will be transitioning away from self-serve beverage stations and some locations may start to charge for refills that were once free. The fast food giant will slowly remove fountain drink dispensers, being completely rid…
The summer tourist season isn’t even a month old and people are having precarious interactions with wildlife in Yellowstone National Park. On a recent visit to Yellowstone, one hiker filming a herd of moose in Round Prairie was surprised to spot two of the huge animals chasing after a park visitor who had chosen to get…
It wouldn’t be Spring in Wyoming without at least one unseasonably heavy snowstorm. Because of that, Yellowstone National Park is announcing that some roads will be temporarily closed due to current and anticipated winter weather conditions and significant snowfall, some roads in Yellowstone National Park are, or will be, temporarily closed due to hazardous driving…
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is encouraging the community to come out to Beck Lake Park on June 1st and take part in their annual “Cody Kids Fishing Day” event. “This is a great opportunity for Cody area youth and their families to spend the day enjoying the outdoors and learning about fishing,” says…