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Bighorn Cinemas will be showing a movie tonight that organizers hope will cause a “ripple effect” for suicide prevention. The Episcopal Church has purchased the rights to the movie “Suicide – The Ripple Effect”, which tells the story of Kevin Hines, who at age 19 attempted to take his life by jumping from the Golden…

Officers from the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation are looking into the suicide of an inmate being held at the Park County Detention Center. 45-year-old Robert Henry Jackson of Cody was discovered Sunday morning, at approximately 10:15 a.m. in the shower area by fellow inmates.  He was unresponsive. According to a news release from the…

A Cheyenne legislator says another effort will be made in next year’s Legislature to repeal Wyoming’s death penalty. This past session a death penalty repeal bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Jared Olsen passed the state House but was defeated in the Senate. Olsen tells the Casper Star-Tribune that he will be doing all he can to ensure…

High housing costs in Jackson have the commission that oversees the Wyoming Game and Fish Department considering moving its workforce out of the region. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports Commissioner Patrick Crank told his colleagues on Wednesday that the agency can no longer afford to live in the “land of the billionaires.” Wyoming’s Economic Analysis…

A workshop in Worland next Monday will help landowners in the Big Horn Basin prepare for wildfire season. Chris Weydeveld, Washakie County Firesmart Coordinator, will lead the class that will help residents in areas that border wildlands to prepare their homes for wildfires that have been increasing in size and intensity in the last few…

Sentencing has been handed down in an assault case that occurred in Yellowstone last July. 30-year-old Jackson Coombs was sentenced yesterday to seventy-eight months in federal prison for assaulting two tourists in Yellowstone National Park in July of 2018. U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Freudenthal imposed the sentence after Coombs pleaded guilty to one count…

Wyoming Rising, a local nonpartisan advocacy group, will hold a combined March for Science and Earth Day celebration this Saturday. The event will begin at 11 a.m. at Cody City Park and will travel through downtown. Afterwards, the public is invited to a free program from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the Coe Auditorium at…

A black bear may have been sighted on the outskirts of Cody Tuesday night. Officials from the Game and Fish Department were alerted to the presence of a bear near Riversbend Trailer Park about 8:30 Tuesday evening. Large Carnivore Biologist Luke Ellsbury says while they can’t be sure what type of bear it was due…

As summer approaches, the manager of the Wyoming Workforce Services office in Cody says that more businesses are looking for employees – but they are finding it difficult to attract reliable workers. Donna Lester says that employers are reporting a lack of industrious, committed employees who will show up to work. Lester and her team…

Yellowstone National Park staff are traveling to nearby communities to talk about fishing in the Park. Prior to the opening of fishing season in Yellowstone on May 25th, anglers and other interested individuals are invited to any of four outreach events to learn about ongoing efforts to restore native fish species, the threat of aquatic…