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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has filed a lawsuit against the City of Cody’s Planning, Zoning, and Adjustment Board. The petition, filed Monday, July 17, 2023 with Park County’s District Court, was submitted in regards to the proposed Temple development. In the petition, it requests the Court to review the “agency action”…
The Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board Chair has called for a special meeting for the Board to discuss the proposed temple that will be held Wednesday, July 19 at 6pm. The meeting will be held in the City Council chambers in the City Hall, located at 1338 Ramsey Avenue in Cody. On the agenda, the…
The Park County Sheriff’s Office Communications Division received a call Friday, July 14 shortly after 2 p.m. about a stranded and injured climber in the area of the Gardner Headwall on the Beartooth Highway. Multiple agencies in both Montana and Wyoming were dispatched to the scene in order to reach the stranded and injured climber…
On Friday, July 14 at 11 a.m., the Park County Communications Division received a 911 call reporting an ATV crash that occurred on the Northfork in a field field at 3461 Hwy 14-16-20 W causing serious injury of the ATV operator. According to a press release, dispatch was informed that a lone male had been…
A 47 year-old female from Phoenix, Arizona was gored by a bison near the Lake Lodge cabins on the north shore of Lake Yellowstone in the morning hours of July 17. The female, along with another individual, were walking in a field in front of the Lake Lodge when they came across two bison. According…
A man was stuck inside a bathroom at Yellowstone National Park Tuesday because a large bison was outside the door. Although the man did the right thing by waiting for the bison to move away from the door, onlookers took a video of the incident. Originally recorded by Taylor Caropolo, the video was shared to…
The future of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is unknown due to longer wild fire seasons and shorter recovery periods between fires, according to a renowned landscape ecologist. Monica Turner, a Vilas Research Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Eugene P. Odum Professor of Ecology, says that due…
Last week, a couple was chased in Yellowstone National Park when they stumbled across an irritated mother elk. Recorded by Audra Byer, the video was shared by TouronsOfYellowstone, a social media profile that showcases bad behavior in National Parks. The video shows two people walking along a path when a cow elk charged toward the…
Keep your eyes to the skies Thursday night as the aurora borealis will dance across the horizon. The colorful cosmic display can be seen as far south as Cheyenne, Wyoming, and will be visible throughout the Big Horn Basin area. According to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute, the northern lights are expected…
Yellowstone National Park officials warn tourists constantly about keeping a safe distance from the wild animals in the park, but despite the danger, some tourists still insist on pursuing an encounter with wildlife. Since Yellowstone opened for the 2023 season two months ago, there have been more tourists caught on camera attempting to interact with…