Wyoming News
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A massive winter storm is heading for Wyoming, which will bring significant snow and dangerous winds all day Saturday, with the biggest impacts in the Bighorn Basin. The National Weather Service Office in Riverton is anticipating an intense late-season winter storm rolling into Wyoming on Friday night, all day Saturday, and possibly Sunday morning. While…
Izzy Radakovich is the latest Cody High School student to receive the prestigious Starr Scholarship. The Starr Award is an educational program open to High School seniors who resided in the State of Wyoming and the Upper Peninsula of the State of Michigan. Starr scholars must demonstrate academic interest and achievement by attaining a grade…
Cheney among five individuals chosen to receive the JFK Profile in Courage Award for defending democracy at home and abroad. In an unprecedented move, the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award will honor five individuals. These individuals include: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona Representative…
Even with the increasing cost of college tuition and current challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, college enrollment (and the number of Americans who successfully earned college degrees) has risen sharply in the past two decades. Unfortunately, the cost of this education has risen sharply as well. For many, a college degree is still seen as…
Being in active combat is a life-altering experience. But through the horrors of war bonds are forged that last a lifetime. Jesse Alcala, a former Marine, knows about the relationships that are created in wartime. “In combat you learn that everybody is on the same team and that we are a brotherhood,” Jesse says. When…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two Idaho men have been sentenced to jail time and banned from hunting for years after pleading guilty to poaching a grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game said in a press release that Rex Baum, 79, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in connection with…
A former Yellowstone contractor will serve nearly four years in prison after assaulting and kidnapping someone within the national park’s boundaries – an automatic federal felony. On April 18, Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal sentenced 40-year-old Gregory Michael Samuel Toth for his actions on Oct. 1, 2021. He was sentenced to 44 months…
Several Park County representatives will attend a signing ceremony tomorrow, celebrating the return of Air Medical Membership Services to northwest Wyoming. On Friday, April 22, AirMedCare Network, America’s largest air ambulance membership network, will host a ceremony at the Guardian Flight’s air medical base in Cody. Nearly all Park County’s representatives will attend the ceremony,…
Earlier this week I had a story about how a Maxpreps poll labeled Taco John’s as the best post-game spot to grab food in Wyoming. Well I decided to do my own poll and the results are in. Their were four total answers you could vote for: Taco John’s, McDonald’s Pizza Hut and Other, which…
Head’s up. According to their Facebook page, the Cody Pride Softball team is selling raffle tickets for Celebrities for a cause. Tickets are $25 each or five for $100. All proceeds go to The Mental Health and Suicide Prevention of Healthy Park County and Mindful Sport and Performance. $5 from each ticket sold goes directly…