LOCAL NEWS

Yesterday’s wet weather didn’t dampen the spirits of the volunteers working at the Habitat for Humanity worksite in Cody. Over 20 employees of Black Hills Energy volunteered at the build site off of 29th Street in Cody that will eventually become the home of Kira Schoonover and her young daughter. Jaime Schmeiser, director of Mountain…

The state of Wyoming saw another increase in non-resident applications for the 2018 elk hunting season. According to the Game and Fish Department, non-residents submitted over 23,000 full-price elk applications for the 7,250 total licenses allocated by Wyoming state law. That’s a 10 percent increase from 2016. Scott Talbott, Wyoming Game and Fish director, said…

More snow in the mountains recently has increased the potential for snow melt flooding in the Big Horn Basin. Mountain snowpack and associated snow water equivalents across central through northwestern Wyoming were generally above to much above average by late March, while basins in southern Wyoming continued to be generally below average. According to the…

After an extended legislative budget session, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has signed a K-12 education funding bill into law. The measure was the last outstanding bill from the Wyoming Legislature’s 2018 budget session that ended March 15. The governor signed it yesterday. Senator Hank Coe of Cody said that the bill did include a reduction…

Despite creating stricter safety measures, the Powell Schools this week faced an internal threat at the Middle School. On Saturday, law enforcement received information of a potential threat to school safety at the Powell Middle School. Police Chief Roy Eckert says that over the course of the weekend the School Resource Officer and school administrators…

Hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, parents and victims rallied across the country on Saturday to demand tougher gun control measures. In Cody, about a hundred people gathered in City Park as part of the national “March For Our Lives,” organized by a handful of high school students, and supported by the activist organization Wyoming…

Bicycle riders of all abilities on Saturday raised more than $65,000 for a good cause. 59 men and 127 women took turns on spin bikes for over five hours Saturday at the Paul Stock Aquatic and Recreation Center as part of a fundraiser that will support the Cody Recreation Foundation and the Cody Regional Health…

After months of taking public input on the future of Wyoming’s wildlife there is now a report available summarizing that input. These thoughts from residents, non-residents and employees will be used by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to chart a path ahead and specifically a first-of-its-kind strategic plan. The public had many ways to…

Two Park County men were arrested Friday in connection with a heroin overdose near Lovell. According to an article in the Lovell Chronicle, 20-year-old Austin Kondash of Cody was arrested after one of his friends, 27-year-old Ren Utter, overdosed in a bathroom at a residence west of Lovell. Sheriff Ken Blackburn told the newspaper that…

While gas prices are rising all over the nation, a small gas war brought prices below two dollars last week in Greybull. According to the website Gasbuddy.com, the average retail gasoline price in Wyoming rose 6.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.42 per gallon yesterday. This compares with the national average that…