Wyoming News
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On Wednesday, August 30, Our Place Café in Cody, Wyoming announced it will be closing it’s doors for good. The hometown diner has been a staple in the Cody community for over 30 years. The café, which proudly served “home cookin’ and 25 cent coffee”, was selected as one of the top “can’t-miss spots to…
The Wyoming Arts Council is accepting nominations for the 2023 Governor’s Arts Awards. Any Wyoming citizen, organization, business or community may be nominated for a Governor’s Arts Award. The deadline to submit a nomination is October 6. The accomplishments of nominees should reflect a substantial contribution to a long-term commitment to Wyoming’s arts. Special consideration…
Once in a Super Blue Moon is happening this week. Wednesday, August 30 a Super Blue Moon will be in the Wyoming skies. Blue moons are a rare occurrence, but a super blue moon is even more rare. August has been an extraordinary month for the cosmos, because both full moons have been classified as…
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will be giving away approximately 100 cans of bear spray to individuals holding a valid Wyoming Hunting or Fishing license on a first come first serve basis on August 30 at 10 am at their Regional Office in Cody. This is made possible thanks to the Wyoming Game and…
The United States Attorney’s Office, Wyoming District has released information on a recent incident in Yellowstone National Park. Jason D. Wicks, age 49, of Hillman, Michigan, was arraigned in federal court on August 23, 2023, facing criminal charges of off-trail travel in a Yellowstone National Park thermal area and being under the influence of alcohol…
Northwest College has welcomed Ana Vazquez Madera as the Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), for the 2023-24 academic year. Vazquez Madera previously taught in her native Spain and Ireland, and will be teaching Spanish language courses at NWC. From El Rompido in the province of Huelva, Vazquez Madera earned a bachelor’s degree in Preschool Education…
As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone area, scientific capture operations are about to begin within Yellowstone National Park. Biologists who are apart of the Interagency Grizzly Bears Study Team will begin field captures on Aug. 28 and continue through…
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking everyone, especially landowners, to report dead sage-grouse so the birds can be tested for West Nile virus. While there are no signs of an outbreak, Game and Fish asks the public annually for reports to help in the management of the state’s sage-grouse populations. West Nile virus…
The University of Wyoming lost its case in court to censure church elder Todd Schmidt from preaching his anti-LGBTQ ideas in the Union Breezeway. Judge Nancy Freudenthal concluded that “the foregoing reasons, the Court enjoins the UW Officials, and their agents, from censoring Schmidt’s views on the sexual identity of Artemis Langford and enjoins the…
Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated an adult male grizzly bear on Aug. 15 after consulting with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The bear was captured for livestock depredation northwest of Thermopolis on private land and was relocated to the Five Mile Creek drainage approximately 41 miles west of Cody. Bear…