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Homesteader Museum set to host gallery exhibit, birthday celebration

The Homesteader Museum is set to open the gallery exhibit Soul Nourishment in the Powell Valley, highlighting the First Five Churches in Powell, from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday. The exhibit highlights … more

11/2/23

Higuchi honored as pioneering Japanese American lawyer

Shirley Ann Higuchi, the chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, will be honored as a leader in the Japanese American legal community by the Asian American Legal Defense Education Fund … more

11/2/23

$68 million K-12 inflation adjustment heads to Gov. Gordon and Legislature

Nearly every fall, the Joint Appropriations Committee meets to finalize its annual K-12 inflation recommendation, signaling to Gov. Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Legislature the additional money the … more

By Aedan Hannon, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange | 11/2/23

Legislative panel looks to preserve hemp while snuffing out delta-8 — again

Lawmakers will soon take a second pass at drafting legislation to ban hemp-derived products like delta-8 — which have similar intoxicating properties as marijuana — while preserving the … more

By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile.com | 11/2/23

Powell Police Department Chief Roy Eckerdt and Wyoming State Sen. Dan Laursen (R-Powell) speak with Gov. Mark Gordon during a mental health town hall event at Northwest College on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The event attracted mental health professionals from around the Big Horn Basin, as well as interested members of the general public.

Lifeline to those in crisis

Though Gov. Mark Gordon picked a lecture hall at Northwest College for his Wednesday Town Hall meeting focused on mental health issues — from funding to collaboration with local organizations … more

By Mark Davis | 10/31/23

One Health receives $2 million from state

State and federal officials recently awarded $2 million worth of grants to One Health, with most of the funds intended to help the organization move into a new building in Powell. One … more

By CJ Baker | 10/31/23

Montana woman imprisoned after shoplifting $5K

A Billings woman who stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the Cody Walmart has been ordered to serve three to five years in prison. Sandra R. Frisby, 36, received the sentence … more

By CJ Baker | 10/31/23

Entrepreneur workshop scheduled in Powell

A University of Wyoming entrepreneurship program will offer a chance for Big Horn Basin residents to seek advice and learn how to develop, market and launch new businesses in the area this coming … more

10/31/23

Members of the Powell Volunteer Fire Department work Sunday afternoon to extinguish a blaze in a garage off Wyo. Highway 295. They were able to keep the flames from reaching the attached home.

Garage and vehicles burn, home damaged in Sunday fire

A fire burned through a garage and two vehicles on Sunday afternoon in rural Powell, and the attached home suffered substantial smoke damage. more

10/31/23

Mia McMinn (left) sits at Cody High School’s CHS Wired news desk alongside Eliza Spencer and Kinsley Merritt. Alongside their peers, the students worked on two short films that tackled international and local issues. Both films were shown at the All American High School Film Festival in New York.

Student films make an impact, earn national and international recognition

Students at Cody High School have learned how to use their voice, some microphones and a couple cameras to make a difference both internationally and in their community. “Be grateful for … more

By Braden Schiller | 10/31/23

U.S. Senate candidate Reid Rasner visits with a pair of local residents during his Oct. 6 town hall at Northwest College. Rasner faces an uphill battle against incumbent Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).

Senate candidate says it’s time for a new generation in politics

Reid Rasner is on the road a lot these days. Rasner doesn’t have the name recognition of U.S. Sen. John Barrasso — the man he intends to challenge in next year’s Republican primary … more

By CJ Baker | 10/31/23

Only pockets of sugar beets caught in freeze

Only about 500 acres of sugar beets remain in the ground, and there is hope they can be salvaged after wet snow and freezing temperatures stopped the harvest late Thursday and Friday, Oct. 26-27 in … more

10/31/23

Powell among sites for tour of Smithsonian exhibit

The Homesteader Museum has been chosen by Wyoming Humanities as one of six sites for the statewide tour of the Smithsonian Institute’s exhibit, Spark! Places of Innovation. The exhibition is … more

10/31/23

Soroptimist of Powell members Paulette Bagnell (from left), Rosanna Janzer, Sherri Simpson, Amy Wells and Dawn Jarrett show off the decorations they made in front of Hunter Clean Care to raise awareness of breast cancer.

Soroptimist group hangs bras, banner to highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The women’s nonprofit Soroptimist of Powell wanted to help raise a little more awareness for breast cancer this month, so they hung bras and a banner right on the edge of downtown. Last … more

By Zac Taylor | 10/31/23

Traffic light, other upgrades coming to Cody’s Big Horn Avenue

In response to increasing congestion on Cody’s Big Horn Avenue, officials are adding a stoplight and planning other changes to the corridor. The busy street doubles as U.S. Highway 14A, … more

By CJ Baker | 10/31/23

Barrasso, Lummis vote to ban federal mask mandates

CHEYENNE (WNE) — This week, U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., praised the U.S. Senate for passing Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s amendment to the Senate minibus … more

10/31/23

A camera trap remotely captured this image of a wolverine in the Bonneville Pass area of the Absaroka Range in 2015.

ESA protections for wolverines likely imminent

An analysis of wolverines in Wyoming and the rest of their Lower 48 range paints a grim picture of a low-density species that’s losing its habitat and facing an uncertain future. The U.S. … more

By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com | 10/31/23

Class action suit over TCT sale tossed out by Supreme Court

The Wyoming Supreme Court says a judge was right to throw out a lawsuit that challenged the 2014 sale of a Big Horn Basin telecommunications company. A pair of former Tri-County Telephone … more

By CJ Baker | 10/26/23

Members of the East Yellowstone Chapter of Trout Unlimited guide volunteers from Powell and Cody high schools through the Garland Canal, electro-shocking fish in an effort to save native trout at the end of the irrigation season. Last year about 100 trout (mostly brown trout between 22- and 27-inches in length) were saved and returned to local waterways.

The future of conservation

Volunteers from Powell and Cody high schools had barely got their boots wet when the first 2-foot-long brown trout was pulled from the Garland Canal. They got bigger through the day as the East … more

By Mark Davis | 10/26/23

Northwest College enrollment dips only slightly

Northwest College enrollment has come close to steadying while national community college enrollment continues to plummet. According to a report by NWC Institutional Research Manager Lisa Smith, … more

By Zac Taylor | 10/26/23