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The governor ordered flags to fly at half-mast across Park County Wednesday in honor of one of Cody’s long-serving civic servants. Governor Mark Gordon has announced that flags will be flown at half mask at the Capitol in Cheyenne and in Park County from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, Jan. 6. The gesture is in…
Closed to all indoor activities since November, the Cody Senior Center is planning to allow people inside once again. The Board of Directors and Executive Director Jenny Johnstone-Smith have announced that inside dining services will resume on Monday, Jan. 11. This is the first time since the end of October 2020 that the Senior Center…
Cody’s Keaton Stone and Nic Talich have been nominated for the Wyoming Scholar-Athlete award. In all, 96 Wyoming High School football players, seven area athletes, have been nominated for the award by the Wyoming Chapter of the National Football Foundation. According to the Foundation, two finalists, one line-man and one back, from each classification will…
Over the coming weeks and months Wyoming’s phased approach to providing free, safe and effective vaccinations to help prevent future COVID-19 infections will continue for established priority groups based on availability. Phase 1 is intended for when vaccine supply is limited and with doses being allocated for specific populations. As of now the state remains focused…
Governor Mark Gordon has announced a return to normal operating hours for bars and restaurants, praising the response by Wyomingites that has resulted in a decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations around the state. On January 9, bars and restaurants can resume onsite consumption from 10 pm to 5 am. The updates to health orders also allow…
NCAA announced Monday that all 67 men’s basketball tournament games including the Final Four will be played entirely in Indiana
Wyoming’s new senator is taking a bold first step by opposing electoral college votes in the same week she was sworn in. On Sunday, Cynthia Lummis was officially sworn in as Wyoming’s junior U.S. Senator. On Wednesday, she stands in opposition to the certification of President-elect Joseph Biden’s electoral votes. Lummis added her name to…
Things will begin easing their way back to normal – for now. Governor Mark Gordon has released the latest amendments to Wyoming’s public health orders, now in its 19th iteration since they were first imposed on March 13, 2020. The changes, which take effect Saturday, Jan. 9, means that many local entities can literally start…
The Irma’s legendary prime rib dinner will also be available that evening before the New Year’s Eve festivities. Sleeping Giant is planning to send 2020 off a bit more ornately…
More details have been released on the twin brothers found dead in their Sheridan Avenue home last weekend. The names of the deceased men are Kurt Riiser Knight and Michael Maston Knight, born on Oct. 20, 1959. They were 61 years old. On Saturday, Dec. 26, the Cody Police Department conducted a welfare check to…
