Guardian Flight
As temperatures rise, more people want to get outdoors. Getting outdoors can sometimes mean that a person can venture too far off the grid, which can leave someone with no cell service. That combination of being in a remote location with no way to communicate with the outside world exponentially becomes a dangerous, and sometimes…
Gathering around the table and partaking in a holiday meal is a tradition for so many American families. However, food-borne illness can become an issue if proper precautions aren’t followed when preparing the holiday feast. “No one wants to spend their holiday being seen by a healthcare provider for food poisoning,” says Matt Strauss, regional…
Yellowstone Regional Airport (YRA) is holding its first-ever “Santa Fly-In” event on Saturday, November 26th, 2022, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. YRA Airport Director Aaron Buck says, “We wanted to bring the airport and the community together. If it goes well, we hope to continue the event in…
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,…
First responders in Washakie County deal with a tragic situation after an accidental shooting during a hunting excursion leads to a California man’s death. The Washakie County Sheriff’s Office and Worland Police Department shared an update on a tragic incident near Ten Sleep. Washakie County Sheriff Steven Rakness published information on the incident on the…
In a first-of-its-kind exercise, multiple Park County agencies worked together to prepare for times when the team’s assets and attention must be divided. On March 18, 2021, the Park County Search and Rescue conducted an inter-agency training exercise on Sheep Mountain. The staging area was the south shore boat ramp off Stagecoach Road east of…
It was déjà vu for Park County Search and Rescue, as helicopters and snowmobile volunteers were needed in a rescue operation that should never have happened. The call came into the Park County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center at 11 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24. Eight snowmobilers, a group of people from Minnesota and Wisconsin, left Cooke…
Park County Search and Rescue – at it again! The latest call to the county’s elite rescue team was received on Monday afternoon. At 2:30 p.m., the Park County Dispatch Center received a 9-1-1 call regarding Walter Zimbelman, a 61-year-old hunter from Fullerton, North Dakota. Zimbelman and two other individuals were hunting and successfully bagged…
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