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Sleeping Giant will stay awake in 2021. In a press release yesterday, the Yellowstone Recreation Foundation announced that the Sleeping Giant Ski Area is quote “committed to winter operations and beyond” unquote. It was only recently announced that Sleeping Giant was ending its winter season after 2020 due to a consistent pattern of unprofitable seasons.…
Is your Park County income sufficient to keep you going? The Wyoming Women’s Foundation has released an updated, 2020 version of their Self-Sufficiency Calculator. The Self-Sufficiency Standard calculates how much income families of various sizes and compositions need to make ends meet at a minimally adequate level without public or private assistance. The calculator determines how…
Don’t grow hemp in 2020. Or 2021. In fact, you should wait half a decade before even considering planting a single seed of hemp. That’s the message the Director of the Wyoming Hemp Growers Association has a message for all Wyoming farmers. Matt Rankin is a firm proponent of the hemp industry and its potential…
The Cody Police Department has a reminder for anyone with a vehicle parked on the street. Officers have noted an increase of vehicles – cars, trucks, and trailers – that are parked in the street with either expired registration or no registration whatsoever. This is against the Cody Municipal Code, which specifically cites street parking…
It’s only been a week since construction began on Sheridan Avenue, but WYDOT wants to clear up some misconceptions on the process. The sawhorses, traffic cones, and loud noises on the northside of 11th and 12th Streets heralded the beginning of the nearly $5 million dollar Sheridan rehabilitation project. But despite the obvious changes to…
Are you a caver? Then you can become a life-saver. Park County Sheriff’s Office Division of Search and Rescue is always looking for volunteers for their team, but in this case they are looking for people with a particular set of skills. Park County has several popular caves, which are often explored by recreational cavers.…
Ramaco Carbon has gotten its wish after years of review. The Sheridan-based tech company has received approval from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s Land Quality Division (WDEQ/LQD) District 3, to mine Brook Mine, its own private coal asset in a historic mining area near Sheridan. The proposed Brook Mine will be the resource element of the nation’s first…
Bison culling operations have once again begun in Yellowstone. The operations of collecting and removing 600 to 900 animals from the estimated herd of 4,900 individuals began on March 1st in conjunction with the Interagency Bison Management Plan. The process begins once the bison migrate from the interior of the park into the Gardiner Basin,…
The Northern Arapahoe Tribe declares a State of Emergency. In a formal resolution from the Northern Arapaho Tribal leaders and elders, they acknowledged and condemned the distribution and abuse of methamphetamine. The entire country is seeing an influx of methamphetamine abuse at epidemic proportions. The Reservation announced the formation of a tribal task force. Mark…
March is Mental Health month at the Park County Library. The Library is hosting a series of panel discussions on mental health, co-sponsored by the Christ Episcopal Church. Every Thursday in March, a different topic will be facilitated by a different panel of mental health experts from the community. The entire series is free and…