Training
With the aging population and increasing healthcare needs, there is a growing demand for healthcare professionals. Cody Regional Health and Park County School District 6 are working together to help ensure that they provide students with the skills and training needed to meet this demand. “Working with our local healthcare system can provide our students…
The Park County Sheriff’s Department, the Big Horn Basin Healthcare Coalition, and the Wyoming National Guard are planning a joint training at Northwest College on June 14, 2023. The Big Horn Basin Healthcare Coalition is a group of 33 agencies throughout the four counties in the Bighorn Basin. The purpose of the coalition is “to…
On January 6th & 7th of 2023, the Cody Country Snowmobile Association is hosting an evening class about “avalanche awareness.” The class will be held at the Holiday Inn in Cody at 6:30 pm and food will be provided. On Saturday, there will be a field class at the Beartooth Safety Shelter at 10 am.…
The Cody Country Chamber of Commerce is offering training for local teenagers to get them ready for another summer of high demand for seasonal workers. Summer 2021 was a double-edged sword in Cody. What was possibly the busiest summer in recent memory was sullied by businesses struggling to stay open due to a lack of…
The annual Cody Fire School has been canceled due to “scheduling conflicts,” the second time in five years Cody has gone without the important off-season event. Since 1974, Cody has held a consistently – high-caliber fire school during the first weekend in May. Tradition and the high quality of classes, instructors, and facilities of the…
After doing so much for the community, Park County Search and Rescue receives a donation from a local outdoor organization to help them do their crucial work. The Park County Sheriff’s Office has received a donation of $2,000 from the Cody Country Outfitters and Guides Association. That donation is now in the operating budget of…
Healthy Park County is sponsoring two free courses in March that teach “mental first aid,” showing adults how to support the mental health of young adults. Enrollment is open for two “first-aid” courses to be held in Park County in early March. However, this training focuses more on healing the mind than cuts and bruises.…
In a first-of-its-kind exercise, multiple Park County agencies worked together to prepare for times when the team’s assets and attention must be divided. On March 18, 2021, the Park County Search and Rescue conducted an inter-agency training exercise on Sheep Mountain. The staging area was the south shore boat ramp off Stagecoach Road east of…
Local law enforcement got an early Christmas gift this year – a high-end sniper rifle. The Park County Sheriff’s Office has added a LaRue OBR (Optimized Battle Rifle) sniper rifle in their arsenal. But this gift wasn’t delivered by Santa Claus – it was a donation from LaRue Tactical. LaRue, according to their website, is…
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