A meeting Thursday updated the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s efforts thus far to prevent the spread of brucellosis from the elk to cattle near Cody.

In 2004, Wyoming lost its brucellosis-free status when 31 reactor cattle were detected in a Sublette County herd. In 2010, brucellosis was discovered in cattle in the Meeteetse area.

An additional penny for stamps will do little to aid the ailing U.S. Postal Service with a deficit in the billions of dollars, nor will it aid businesses striving to make a buck in a weak economy.

Effective Sunday, Jan. 22, first class stamps at the post office increased by 1 cent, bringing the cost to 45 cents per stamp.

The project to move an approximate 2.5 mile stretch of the Shoshone Municipal Pipeline parallel to the U.S. 14-A right-of-way will be completed this spring.

The 12,500 feet of pipe is being relocated to allow room for the Wyoming Department of Transportation to widen the highway.

“It’s out in the fields 20 or 30 feet,” said Shoshone Municipal Pipeline Manager Craig Barsness.

The project to move an approximate 2.5 mile stretch of the Shoshone Municipal Pipeline parallel to the U.S. 14-A right-of-way will be completed this spring.

The 12,500 feet of pipe is being relocated to allow room for the Wyoming Department of Transportation to widen the highway.

“It’s out in the fields 20 or 30 feet,” said Shoshone Municipal Pipeline Manager Craig Barsness.

Visitation to Yellowstone National Park in 2011 topped 3 million for the fifth year in a row.

Last year, 3,394,321 people visited Yellowstone. That was 6.8 percent less than the record 3,640,184 visitors in 2010. Still, 2011 had the second-highest visitation on record, the National Park Service announced on Friday.

148 baskets distributed throughout community this year

From an observer’s point of view, the Christmas Basket Program giveaway seemed to go without a hitch on Friday, just two days before Christmas.

Dave Blevins, chairman of the Powell Council for Community Services, said there were 148 Christmas baskets this year. In 2010, there were 136.

If it takes a small army to haul all the free clothing to Sally’s Boutique that is run by Sally Montoya, then it must be close to a battalion helping to cart the Christmas baskets of food and new toys to the recipients’ cars.

148 baskets distributed throughout community this year

From an observer’s point of view, the Christmas Basket Program giveaway seemed to go without a hitch on Friday, just two days before Christmas.

Dave Blevins, chairman of the Powell Council for Community Services, said there were 148 Christmas baskets this year. In 2010, there were 136.

If it takes a small army to haul all the free clothing to Sally’s Boutique that is run by Sally Montoya, then it must be close to a battalion helping to cart the Christmas baskets of food and new toys to the recipients’ cars.

On Saturday, the house where Park County Fair managers resided upwards of 60 years went up in flames while a dozen or so folks gathered to watch.

The Park County Commission wanted the house removed, and Powell Volunteer Fire Department was more than happy to help with its removal, using the controlled burn as a training opportunity.

On Saturday, the house where Park County Fair managers resided upwards of 60 years went up in flames while a dozen or so folks gathered to watch.

The Park County Commission wanted the house removed, and Powell Volunteer Fire Department was more than happy to help with its removal, using the controlled burn as a training opportunity.

The room was practically bursting at the seams Thursday evening, with more North End Water Users Inc. customers waiting in the hallway for an update about the pending merger of their water service with Northwest Rural Water District.

North End Water Users voted in favor of the merger in March. Customers were lined up at University of Wyoming Powell Research and Extension Center to get the update and sign up for inclusion in Northwest’s system.