LOCAL NEWS
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On Friday, July 14 at 11 a.m., the Park County Communications Division received a 911 call reporting an ATV crash that occurred on the Northfork in a field field at 3461 Hwy 14-16-20 W causing serious injury of the ATV operator. According to a press release, dispatch was informed that a lone male had been…
A 47 year-old female from Phoenix, Arizona was gored by a bison near the Lake Lodge cabins on the north shore of Lake Yellowstone in the morning hours of July 17. The female, along with another individual, were walking in a field in front of the Lake Lodge when they came across two bison. According…
A man was stuck inside a bathroom at Yellowstone National Park Tuesday because a large bison was outside the door. Although the man did the right thing by waiting for the bison to move away from the door, onlookers took a video of the incident. Originally recorded by Taylor Caropolo, the video was shared to…
Last week, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute predicted that aurora borealis could be visible July 13 as far south as a Cheyenne, Wyoming, but that appears to not be the case anymore. Tuesday morning, the university revised their release stating the northern lights will run in an arc further north. The predicted trajectory…
The future of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is unknown due to longer wild fire seasons and shorter recovery periods between fires, according to a renowned landscape ecologist. Monica Turner, a Vilas Research Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Eugene P. Odum Professor of Ecology, says that due…
Bruce Salzman, President of First Hunt Foundation out of Meeteetse, spoke about what the foundation does and how it helps preserve and educate women, youth and families about hunting by helping interested candidates to go on their first hunt and enjoy the experience. First Hunt Foundation was started by a man in Idaho but it…
A photo has emerged of two people wandering off of a boardwalk at Yellowstone National Park to get a closer look at the acidic geothermal, Green Dragon Spring, with one of them crouching down to dip their fingers in the scalding hot water. Captured by Mike Soecht, the fist image shows two people standing by…
Last week, a couple was chased in Yellowstone National Park when they stumbled across an irritated mother elk. Recorded by Audra Byer, the video was shared by TouronsOfYellowstone, a social media profile that showcases bad behavior in National Parks. The video shows two people walking along a path when a cow elk charged toward the…
Tina Barnard, Tiffany Wutzke and Linda Bell, from Youth Clubs of Park County spoke about what this organization does for kids in Cody and Powell, how it is more than just daycare for kids and how people can help support their organization.
The City of Cody’s bi-weekly Planning and Zoning Meeting was preparing to discuss the final permits requirements for the development of the temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints July 11, but that has changed. City Planner, Todd Stowell, has removed all of the items pertaining to the temple from today’s…