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Northwest College is jazzing up their next festival with Grammy caliber artists. The College will host its 37th Annual Northwest Jazz Festival on February 25th, which will not only feature guest artists in concerts and performances, but have them give instruction and high-quality assessments to the students in the college’s music programs and any young…
A coyote tried to bite off more than it could chew yesterday in Yellowstone. At 9:50 am yesterday, park dispatch responded to a call of a woman bitten by a coyote near Canyon Village. The 43-year old woman was apparently cross-country skiing the Grand Loop near the South Rim Drive when the attack occurred. The…
Senator Mike Enzi’s work for children and families has received one of the highest congressional awards. The National Head Start Association provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition and parent involvement services to low-income families. Their lifetime achievement award is given to members of Congress who have demonstrated their commitment to serving the nation’s underprivileged…
The Cody Police Department is still searching for three suspects involved in the burglary of Brewgards Liquor and Lounge. The details are as follows: at approximately 3:00 AM on the morning of January 20th, three suspects broken in Brewgards. They seemed to me in no rush and lingered long enough to be captured on several…
New studies of the American West will be undertaken in honor of a modern Western hero. The University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center is working with the Buffalo Bill Center of the West to establish the Peter K. Simpson Fellowship on the American West, a new collaboration to fund original research advancing knowledge, understanding and…
Cody Labs. CertainTeed. Several large-scale employers have shut their doors and left dozens of quality Cody workers without jobs. Is there any solace to soothe our fears? Absolutely. Despite the closure of these major employers in Cody, the overall unemployment rate in Cody has been low for several years. While this is usually something that…
The University of Wyoming study has found new ways to reclaim land torn up by strip-mining. The study by Associate Professor Kristina Hufford and graduate student Kurt Fleisher, in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, looked at former uranium and coal mine sites in central and southwest Wyoming using the traditional method of reclamation…
Are you an outdoor recreation outfitter or guide? The Shoshone National Forest wants to hear from you. The Forest has announced their interest in providing new avenues for visitors to experience Wyoming’s wilderness through permitted recreational activities. To accomplish this, they are actively soliciting any interest from business and individuals that would like to extend…
Yellowstone wants to commemorate a quarter of a century of change by taking your questions. The park has announced a series of live Q&A’s in March all about wolves and their impact on the park. Every Tuesday at 11 am MST, Yellowstone staff and scientists will take questions posted on their Facebook page on several…
BLM Cody Office Looking to Purchase 1,800 Acres on Sheep Mountain
Andrew-Rossi
January 23, 2020
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a possible land acquisition. The BLM Cody Field Office has analyzed the purchase of 1,820 acres of private land on top of Sheep Mountain. They have already received an appropriation for the purchase from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The acquisition will improve public…