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Local shutterbugs can cash in on their best local photos and videos as the Park County Travel Council seeks beautiful images to bring visitors to the area. The Park County “Gram Slam” is an open call for submissions from area amateur and professional photographers and videographers. Thanks to the 2020 C.A.R.E.S. Act, the Travel Council…
Another day, another fire in Shoshone National Forest where quick action by fire personnel prevented another spark from growing into an inferno. On Thursday, July 29, Shoshone National Forest fire personnel responded to a report of smoke on the Wind River Ranger District near Dubois. The lightning-strike fire was located near the Wolf Creek Trailhead.…
Shoshone National Forest wasted no time in dealing with its first wildfire of Summer 2021, as a lightning-strike fire is found and immediately suppressed. A new fire was reported west of Meeteetse on the afternoon of Monday, July 19. The fire was located approximately half a mile from the Timber Creek Ranger Station in the…
Fire is one seasonal visitor that isn’t welcome in Park County this summer, as the county and federal agencies take action to prevent human-caused wildfires. Throughout northwest Wyoming, the risk of intense wildfires grows every day as Park County continues to get hotter and drier. Now, more activities are restricted to ensure the safety of…
On Tuesday the Wyoming Coaches Association released the 2021 All-State Award winners for the Track and Field season. To earn All-State, one must be top two in an individual event or part of a first place relay. Taking a look at the Cody athletes that would take home All-State honors. Grace Shaffer led the way…
Wyoming Game and Fish captured a beef-hungry grizzly outside Meeteetse and relocated it outside Cody, placing the year’s first bear affair entirely in Park County. At the direction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated an adult male grizzly bear on Sunday, April 11. The…
Park County continues to see a steady increase in vaccines and the vaccinated, with over 13,000 vaccinated residents and ample supply for more first-timers. The latest update from Park County Public Health Nurse Bill Crampton shows how many people are heading the call to get protection from the coronavirus. There were 10,000 people in Park…
A field of science once deemed science fiction has succeeded in giving one of Wyoming’s most famous endangered species another chance at life. On Dec. 10, 2020, a black-footed ferret was born at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. An otherwise positive but unexceptional announcement from the conservation…
The annual 6-man All-Star football game between Wyoming and Nebraska has been set. The game itself will take place Friday June 4th at Chadron State College in Chadron, NE. This game pits the best 6-man players from Wyoming against the best from Nebraska. Farson-Eden’s Trip Applequist will be the head coach for the Wyoming team.…
The Park County Sheriff’s Office was busier in 2020 than in recent years past, but calls have significantly declined over the past 10 years. The Park County Sheriff’s Office has released their 2020 Annual Report. All of the year’s statistics for crime, calls, and achievements are outlined in the 29-page document. Park County Sheriff Scott…