Summer 2021
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After days without a sighting and failed attempts by park rangers to capture it, a family dog may be hopelessly lost somewhere in Yellowstone National Park. For the past two weeks, members of the Facebook group “yellowstone National Park” have been following the tragedy of Delta, the dog. After getting “lost” in the park in…
As Cody businesses struggle to keep their doors open, the Irma Hotel is doing its best to keep its guests and its staff happy so everybody profits. Over the Summer 2021 tourist season, prices of hotels have increased throughout Cody. The Irma Hotel is one of the many places which is experiencing the ongoing shortage…
Tomorrow between 10 A.M. and 3 P.M. Rocky Mountain Power is planning to replace power poles on Cedar Mountain. Big Horn Radio Network’s F.M. channels will all be off during the planned outage. KODI 1400 A.M. however will still be on air during the outage.
CODY, Wyo. July 4, 2021 — The 102nd Cody Stampede came to a close on July 4th with several contestants moving into the money. One of those was the 2018 world champion saddle bronc rider Wade Sundell from Boxholm, Iowa. Sundell played to the crowd after getting off of C5 Rodeo’s horse named Kitty Whistle. The sold-out stands…
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A French treasure hunter has sued the estate of a Santa Fe, New Mexico, antiquities dealer who sparked a yearslong search across the American West by hiding a chest filled with gold, coins and other valuables. Bruno Raphoz is seeking $10 million in a complaint filed last week in U.S.…
After an incredibly dry June and its first fire of the season, Yellowstone joins the rest of northwest Wyoming by implementing Stage One fire restrictions. On July 1st, Yellowstone officials announced Stage One Fire Restrictions were enacted throughout the entire park. Unfortunately, the restrictions were accompanied by raising the park’s fire danger level from High…
A grizzly by Yellowstone River was found without his head or claws and is being investigated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for pouching. A Grizzly bear was found in Gardner, Montana by the Yellowstone River. This was first reported by the Mountain Journal. The United State Fish and Wildlife will be the leaders…
The B.L.M. is enacting fire protections on its lands in several Wyoming counties to avoid potential human-caused wildfires during an increasingly dry summer. Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 Fire Restrictions will begin June 30 on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District’s Cody, Lander,…
As local businesses struggle with staff shortages, the Cody Chamber of Commerce is doing what it can to help with a “systemic problem” that won’t fade away. Cody businesses continue to struggle with a shortage of summer employees combined with the inability to receive foreign workers. Businesses – like local restaurant Zapata’s – are wondering…
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has begun efforts to control an invasive grass in the area of a massive wildfire last fall in Wyoming and Colorado. A helicopter began spraying herbicide Monday to reduce cheatgrass in burned areas of Medicine Bow National Forest. Spraying will continue for about two months, forest officials…