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Saturday night was “all hands on deck, matey!” for the 49th annual Soroptimist International of Cody Wine Tasting party. With the theme being “Pirates of the Caribbean,” many wine-enthusiasts took advantage of the opportunity to dress up like pirates while tasting a variety of alcoholic beverages. Some even dressed up like Jack Sparrow (the main…
The 2023 Leprechaun Lure Contest is officially in the books! One thing is for certain, the amount of creativity that was displayed in this year’s contest was nothing but extraordinary! This year, we finished with a total of 48 traps, which almost doubled the amount from the year previous. From the time the contest started,…
Although Old Faithful enjoys a 4.7/5 rating on Google with over 20,000 reviews, dozens of users gave the geyser just one star. Not all of these people explained their low ratings, but, lucky for us, plenty of them did.
Wisa Uemura and Franco Imperial from the San Jose Taiko, along with Michael Gould, shakuhachi master, spoke about their appearance at Northwest College on Saturday night, March 18th at the Nelson Performing Arts Center. The program is called “Rhythm and Flow: A Community Performance of Taiko and Shakuhachi.” They discussed the drum and the Japanese…
A coast-to-coast trail is being built from Washington State to Washington D.C. and Wyoming is expected to be included in a nationwide patchwork of hiking a biking trails. The Great American Rail Trail will run across the country, stretching 3,700 miles, with a 500-mile continuous stretching across the Cowboy State. Rail trails are non-motorized paths…
The Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents living in Manderson, Greybull, and Lovell to be wary of a week of potential flooding along the Big Horn River. The Big Horn River is experiencing ice jams, which has led to low-level flooding in areas throughout the river path. Therefore, the Big Horn County Sheriff’s…
It was a zero-tolerance policy for Wyoming’s grizzlies in 2022 – fewer bears were captured, but most were permanently “removed” from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Wyoming Game and Fish has released its annual grizzly bear capture report to the public, which contains data on every grizzly captured and relocated by the department in 2022. The…
Regional reservoirs are getting plenty of water from this winter’s snowmelt – so much that the Boysen Reservoir is planning an earlier-than-normal flushing flow starting Tuesday, March 28. The Bureau of Reclamation released the latest snowmelt forecasts for the major reservoirs in the Bighorn Basin. More snow means more snowmelt, which will make the region’s…
Harvesting hay from Wyoming’s highways doesn’t just mean free forage for farmers but more safety for drivers and wildlife. The Wyoming Department of Transportation reminds citizens that they are free to harvest hay from the state rights-of-way. But to do so, they must first obtain a forage permit from W.Y.D.O.T. Allowing hay harvesting creates beneficial…
The new 24/7 telemedicine program isn’t replacing in-person care, but it can help babies receive expert care without needing to be transferred elsewhere to get it. Cody Regional Health (CRH), Level I Nursery Center, recently announced their Women’s Health and Nursery staff and pediatric team will now have even greater access to neonatal intensive care…