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The Wyoming Education Attainment Council Executive Committee recently announced the launch of the Wyoming Works program. Northwest College, in addition to the six other community colleges across the state, is participating in this partnership to offer new opportunities for students. The primary purpose of Wyoming Works is to provide programs and resources for adult students…

A Cody couple was killed Saturday after colliding nearly head-on with an oncoming SUV while on a motorcycle ride on the Belfry Highway. Wyoming Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeremy Beck says 57-year-old Tim Zeller and 54-year-old Stacey Zeller of Cody died at the scene of the crash Saturday afternoon on the Belfry Highway. Beck says the…

Firearms have played a large part in the shaping of America – and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody has re-imagined the way they tell that story with its new installation of the Cody Firearms Museum. Hundreds of people flocked to the Center of the West Saturday to witness the grand re-opening…

Governor Mark Gordon says the state will do what it can to help coal mine employees who found themselves locked out of their jobs last Tuesday. The West Virginia-based Blackjewel LLC has 580 employees at two open-pit mines in northeastern Wyoming, Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr.  The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on…

The Governor of Wyoming says the state will do what it can to support the coal mine workers who found themselves suddenly out of work last Tuesday morning. Wendy Corr interviewed the Governor on Thursday. Governor Mark Gordon was in Cody Thursday for the Stampede celebration on the 4th of July, riding horseback in the…

A woman from a small town in the Big Horn Basin will be raising awareness about a global crisis – while riding across the state on donkeys and mules. The Basin Republican-Rustler reports that Karen Fettig of Manderson is riding across Wyoming to draw attention to the human trafficking crisis. She was scheduled to leave Belfry,…

A series of public meetings is scheduled in July to address future highway improvement projects in northwest Wyoming. Wyoming Department of Transportation District Engineer Pete Hallsten of Basin says that a key part of the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) process involves annual meetings with public officials and other individuals who play key transportation partnership roles in Wyoming. On…

It’s not the coming, it’s the going. That’s the concern for the Cody Police Department regarding tonight’s concert at Stampede Park. Cody Police Chief Chuck Baker says that while they expect guests to trickle in throughout the afternoon, everyone will want to leave at the same time after the concert is over – and that…

While the 2019 wildfire season has been delayed due to a cooler, wet summer, fuels are building up and fire season could ramp up. That’s according to Bill Crapser with the Wyoming State Forestry Division. Crapser, along with Governor Mark Gordon and representatives from the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and other…

The Clint Black concert Thursday at the Cody Stampede grounds really is free – but bring your wallet with you. It won’t cost a dime to walk in the gates and participate in the event, which boasts two opening acts, food and beverage vendors, an auction and other side activities. But attendees are asked to…