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With more Top 10 hits than Journey, Foreigner, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-nominated band, is announcing the next leg of their farewell tour this fall, with special guests Loverboy and Lita Ford on select dates. And they will make a stop for their fans in Wyoming. After the band wraps up their first…

April Fools’ Day has been “celebrated” or recognized for centuries.  But it’s true origins are murky, even preposterous, and ironically, the stories of how the day came to be may be a prank itself. Most countries recognize April Fool’s Day on April 1st.  Usually, a prank is played on another person like telling someone their…

Easter is a time of renewal, rebirth, and in the Christian religion, it is the celebration of when Jesus rose from the dead after being crucified three days before. So within all the traditions and celebrations the question about Easter eggs invariable comes up.  Why do we dye eggs?  What significance does it play in…

Is the Housing Market Going to Crash? By Dave Ramsey Inflation. Recession. High interest rates. High fuel cost. Labor market disruption, including The Great Resignation. Supply chain shortages. Bear Market. And the hits just keep coming. Are we heading for the end of the American economy? Is the housing market going to crash? Is this…

Country Music star Toby Keith has died after announcing he was diagnosed with stomach cancer 6 months ago. The singer/songwriter, known for such country hits as “Red Solo Cup” and “Should Have Been A Cowboy,” passed away peacefully Monday night, according to his family. “Toby Keith passed peacefully last night on Feb. 5 surrounded by…

With recent events in the middle east causing panic in the markets, gas prices in the Cowboy State have dropped. Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have fallen 7.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.56/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 28.3 cents per gallon…

Musician, singer, song-writer, and animal activist, Lacy J. Dalton will be performing at the Colonel this Saturday, October 28th.  She appeared on “Mac In The Morning” on KODI and spoke about her long-spanning and successful career, how she got into music and mused on “what could’ve been” if she signed a record contract with Rolling…

Three weeks after the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker of the House, a tenure he kept only 79 days, the House of Representatives voted in favor of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to be the next person to preside over the House.  Johnson, who was first elected to Congress in 2016, was the…

The Cody Volunteer Fire Department held an open house to cap off Fire Prevention Week on Saturday.  Many people, including scores of children, checked out the equipment, talked with firefighters, and were instructed about to keep residents safe when it comes to cooking in the home. The theme of this year’s week was “Cooking Safety…

Wyomingites will be treated to a celestial treat this Saturday when a rare solar eclipse will be in the sky. People from Oregon to Texas will be able to see the event when the moon passes in front of the sun and creates an appearance of an illuminated “ring of fire” in the sky.  According…


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