Park County
Due to dry conditions and local fire restrictions, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is banning open fires on all Game and Fish Commission-owned and administered lands within Hot Springs and Park Counties. These lands include Sunshine Wildlife Habitat Management Area west of Meeteetse and Sunlight Wildlife Habitat Management Area northwest of Cody. Open fires…
Dossie Overfield and Scott Steward, Park County Commissioners, spoke about how the Land Use Plan is coming along (it’s going on 2 years in the making!) as well as other issues that the Commissioners will be tackling for 2024.
Cody resident Nick Piazza, owner of Sleeping Giant Ski Area, spoke about how Sleepy G is evolving and becoming the ski destination for Wyoming and beyond. With new, groomed trails, a tubing area for beginners and snow bikes, Sleepy G will be open for the season on December 2nd and Nick is encouraging everyone who…
Parts of Park County got over 6 inches of snow as a weather system makes it’s way from the Pacific Northwest all the way across the state. Meteorologist Don Day said it would be “the first winter storm of the season” as places at higher elevations like Wapiti and Yellowstone got significant snowfall. Cody was…
EJ House, CEO of the Cody Country Chamber of Commerce, spoke about the new initiative that will start in January. The Chamber has come up with a 401K plan that members of the Chamber who run small and medium-sized businesses can take advantage of and offer to their employees. With the summer tourist season closing…
Wyoming has been ranked the 5th best place to live, according to a recent study conducted by WalletHub. The national study ranked states on 51 different livability factors including housing costs, income, education, and quality of healthcare. Below are some of the categories the Cowboy State did well in: LIVING CONDITIONS IN WYOMING (1 = Best;…
According to police, man who was driving under the influence of alcohol crashed into an electrical pole Sunday night, July 30, causing many Cody residents to be with no power. Steven H. Shobert, 48, was arrested in connection with the accident, according to court records. The court documents also indicate that this was not Shobert’s…
A collaboration between Governor Mark Gordon, Superintendent Megan Degenfelder, the Wyoming Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the University of Wyoming College of Education, known as “Wyoming’s Future of Learning”, has selected nine school districts into the RIDE Pilot which supports Student-Centered Learning. Seventeen school districts across the state submitted applications, with…
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 Cody Cubs were back in action, Friday, as they played host to their Park County Rivals, the Powell Pioneers. Friday night was also senior night for the Cubs. The Powell Pioneers would come away with the sweep, on the evening, winning game 1 by a final of 6-0 and took game 2, 16-11. Brock…