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The Cody High School golf teams were in Lander over the weekend taking part in the Class 3A State Golf Tournament. As a team the Broncs would finish in 4th place with Hunter Hall leading the way, finishing 3rd individually. Hall led the Broncs with a 148 total, shooting 71 on day two. Hall would…
Both fires in northwest Wyoming – the Crater Ridge Fire and Sand Creek Fire – are slowly growing, both in size and containment, as the firefights continue. As September progresses, both of the major wildfires in northwest Wyoming are down but not out – literally. Day by day, both the Crater Ridge Fire and Sand…
Shoshone National Forest ends a relatively quiet summer with a fast-growing wildfire near Lander, which has grown over 700 acres in just a few days. At 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, a Wyoming Type 3 Incident Management Team 3 assumed command of the Sand Creek Fire. It’s the largest wildfire in Shoshone National Forest…
Wyoming is hitting another wall of winter this week, with snow and wind expected everywhere, and the Bighorn Basin will be feeling some of the chill. Tim Troutman with the National Weather Service Riverton Office has released a video laying out the scope of the week’s winter storm potential. Wyoming is due for another snowy,…
Continuing the “Unsolved Mysteries” series today with a story consisting of a young couple that had just arrived in Lander not too long before miss Amy Wroe went missing. Wroe and Steve Bechtel were just 24 and newly married when they moved to Lander. Being the big fitness couple they were, naturally Wroe was going…
The Cody Bronc Swim team took part in the Class 3A State swim meet over the weekend in Laramie. While the Cody Broncs would perform admirably the weekend belonged to the Lander Valley Tigers who captured their 25th consecutive State Championship. Lander won nine of the 12 events. Cody’s Joseph Killpack would finish 6th in…
The sun is shining, the weather is warm – so is it too early to be thinking about firewood? Not according to the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming, which has begun selling firewood permits from several of its field offices. Permits are available for purchase now, on lands managed by the Cody, Buffalo, Kemmerer, Newcastle,…
Shoshone National Forest has an important request before your next excursion into the woods. Last week, all campgrounds and cabins in Shoshone National Forest were closed until at least April 30th – yet another public health measure taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This is following a general discouragement from the top – the…