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In 2023, Food Bank of Wyoming distributed enough food to provide the daily equivalent of more than 23,800 meals.

Food Bank of Wyoming: A relief and resource statewide

Food insecurity in Wyoming has only increased in the past two years, which has led Food Bank of Wyoming to pivot its programs and initiatives to be able to provide state-wide support, … more

4/16/24

Northwest Civic Orchestra presents concert on Saturday

The Northwest Civic Orchestra returns to the stage on Saturday, April 20 for its spring concert at Northwest College. The performance begins at 7 p.m. in the Nelson Performing Arts Auditorium. … more

4/16/24

HMWF/JANM panel to honor Takashi Hoshizaki

The remarkable life and career of Takashi Hoshizaki will be the focus of “The Importance of Telling the Japanese American Resisters’ Story,” an April 27 panel at the Japanese … more

4/16/24

Sen. Dan Laursen (R-Powell), pictured at a recent event in Cody put on by the Park County Republican Women, encouraged the county commissioners to switch to a hand count of ballots for the 2024 elections.

Sen. Laursen: Hand counting ballots may restore public trust in elections

GREYBULL — Still stinging from a defeat in Park County, Sen. Dan Laursen (R-Powell) said last week that while he still prefers a hand count of votes cast in this year’s elections to … more

By Nathan Oster, Greybull Standard Via Wyoming News Exchange | 4/16/24

Game and Fish responds to public concerns about Sublette County wolf cruelty case

Prior to Tuesday morning, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department was tight-lipped about a Sublette County man’s alleged abusive treatment of a gray wolf after he intentionally hit it with a … more

By Mark Davis | 4/11/24

Northwest College nursing student Loui McKinney (right) loads NWC wrestler Josh Womack into the back of a Cody Regional Health ambulance during a mock mass casualty training event at school while Powell Valley Healthcare EMS manager Scott Bagnell and Cody Regional Health EMS Director Phillip Franklin offer instruction. Nursing, Emergency Medical Services and Outdoor Education students dealt with fake injuries to 32 student athletes Tuesday on campus.

Distress rehearsal: Northwest College students learn through mock school shooting

Members of the Northwest College Outdoor Education and Recreational Leadership program rushed to set up a twin-tension rope system in an attempt to save several shooting victims trapped on the roof … more

By Mark Davis | 4/11/24

Suspect in high-speed crash remains in custody

A man who allegedly raced into Powell at 143 mph, crashed into four different vehicles and injured two people last year lacked the mental capacity to understand what he was doing, his attorney says. … more

By CJ Baker | 4/11/24

Commissioners approve precinct consolidation over GOP objection

Over objections from local Republican officials, Park County commissioners have consolidated some voting precincts in Powell and Cody to align them with city wards. The proposal to consolidate … more

By Zac Taylor | 4/11/24

Northwest College is closing in on a final agreement with the City of Powell to allow the city to build a retention basin on campus to assist with stormwater drainage. The basin will be designed not to retain water except during heavy storm events.

NWC, city still negotiating over stormwater basin

After roughly a year-and-a-half of negotiations, Northwest College may be close to finalizing an agreement that would allow the City of Powell to build a stormwater retention basin on the north side … more

By CJ Baker and Zac Taylor | 4/11/24

Northwest College graduation rates still above state average

Northwest College continues to shepherd more students than the state average to graduation each year thanks to a variety of programs its put in place. Of NWC’s 281 first-time, full-time, … more

By Zac Taylor | 4/11/24

Powell quilters, Kim Hicks (right) and Rose French display French’s hand-sewn quilt at a March quilting festival at Homesteader Hall.

Quilters converge on Powell

Rose French began quilting 44 years ago when she began a project for her soon-to-arrive son. Her son is now 43 and while that quilt is still in process, her love of quilting has only grown. … more

By Abigail LeBlanc, Tribune intern | 4/11/24

HUBZone Workshop is April 17 in Powell

Small-business owners can learn how to obtain federal contract dollars through becoming HUBZone-certified companies Wednesday, April 17. Devan Costa Cargill and Deb Farris will present a Wyoming … more

4/11/24

Community invited to free health and natural remedies seminars

People will have the opportunity to learn more about building your immune system through food, healthy cooking, bread making, natural home remedies and more at a multi-day event at the Seventh-day … more

4/11/24

Drainage improvements part of pavement overlay project between Greybull and Basin

A 5.8-mile drainage and pavement improvement project has started between Greybull and Basin on U.S. Highway 16/20. The $3.8 million project includes drainage improvements. That work has … more

4/11/24

Application period open for Woman Entrepreneur Award

CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Council for Women (WCW) is seeking nominations for outstanding female entrepreneurs across the Cowboy State for recognition with the annual Jan Torres Woman Entrepreneur … more

4/11/24

Sage grouse are in leks this time of year and on the mind of the Bureau of Land Management, which is hosting a meeting to discuss its new draft plan for the species in the Big Horn Basin.

BLM to hold public meetings on greater sage-grouse land use plan amendments

CHEYENNE — The Bureau of Land Management is holding public meetings on greater sage-grouse land use plan amendments, including one in the Big Horn Basin. BLM manages the largest single … more

4/11/24

Hunter Education Internet Completion Course available

If you have completed the online portion of the Wyoming Hunter Education Internet course and you need an Internet Competition Class to receive your hunter Education Certificate, you are in luck. … more

4/11/24

Weekend windstorm rattles Laramie County

CHEYENNE (WNE) — Wind gusts reached 91 mph in Cheyenne last weekend in one of the longest sustained windstorms in the area in recent memory. Emergency response teams kept busy on Saturday … more

4/11/24

Wyoming courts play ping pong with abortion case

Two weeks after being asked to weigh in on whether the state’s two abortion laws are constitutional, the Wyoming Supreme Court has declined to answer the thorny constitutional questions without … more

4/11/24

Friends of the Powell Library hold last book sale, longtime organizer retires

Two years after Anita Pilotte moved to Powell from New York she started a book sale with the Friends of the Powell Library. That first sale 30 years ago had two boxes full of books. … more

By Braden Schiller and Zac Taylor | 4/9/24