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Another out-of-state winter enthusiast needed the help of Park County Search and Rescue. At 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, the Park County Sheriff’s Office got the call of a snowmobile accident in the Beartooth Mountains just west of Beartooth Lake. Sandy Seright, age 69 of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho was snowmobiling with a group…
In the world of emergency response, you might not get the opportunity to say thank you. But thanks to Facebook, the Park County Sheriff’s Office got just that. This Monday, the Sheriff’s Office posted a summary of their evacuation of 42-year-old Richard Dvorak from the Broken Heart Ice Flow after he fell and broke several…
A clearer picture of the upcoming Sheridan Avenue project was literally presented at last night’s meeting. Representatives from the Wyoming Department of Transportation and S&S Construction gave several Cody residents, mainly store owners along Sheridan, an idea of the intensity and timeline of the construction project set to begin on March 2nd. There was a…
The Wyoming Wildlife Federation has clear message: yes to the Governor, no to the House. The Federation is strongly opposed to House Bill 29, which proposes an alternative to Governor Gordon’s migration corridor executive order. Their bill has similar goals but, according to a strongly worded email from the Federation “The steps outlined in the…
Community leaders gathered yesterday to celebrate a 100-year-old tradition. On Tuesday evening, the Cody Chamber of Commerce hosted a light reception at the historic Chamberlin Inn to celebrate 100 years – to the day – of the first Cody Club Lunch Meeting. The Chamberlin Inn was specifically chosen as it was the site of that…
Wild horses have a new ally in the Bureau of Land Management. In 2018, Congress sent excess wild horses and burros removed from public lands to become work animals for government agencies on every level. In Wyoming, this means that they end up at the Wyoming Honor Farm near Riverton. Here the horses are trained…
There’s changes to the Requests for Proposal to run concessions in Hot Springs State Park. The RFP for the state park was extended recently, due to new plans and opportunities. Nick Neylon, Deputy Director of Wyoming State Parks explains that the State Joint Appropriations has set aside half the amount the department requested for an…
Park County Search and Rescue mobilized for a daring rescue this weekend. A climbing party of 10 was climbing Broken heart ice flow, about 38 miles down the South Fork, when 42-year-old Richard James Dvorak fell at least 30 feet during the Saturday morning climb. After a call was placed to the Sheriff’s 911 Communication…
Wyoming is set to get a big influx of mine reclamation funding. The US Department of Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced the disbursement of millions of dollars in Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation grants. “AML grants” to quote Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt “provide states, tribes and local partners with important…
After a long and successful tenure, Christine Bekes is moving on to new opportunities. The six-year leader of the Powell Economic Partnership announced she is resigning as the executive director and relocating to Reno, Nevada. She says this was a difficult decision and largely personal, so she can be closer to family. But her support…