57°F
Showers
Humidity: 32%
Wind: 25 mph
Warm weather finally arrived over the weekend with lawnmowers running, kids playing outside, birds tweeting and another familiar sound filling the air: fire sirens.
The trees in our community have become an interesting topic of discussion of late, ranging from replacing trees along the canal on Coulter Avenue following last summer’s median removal to the impending demise of about 21 trees lining Absaroka Street as part of the street widening project. (Those living on Absaroka Street can find solace in that the trees removed will eventually be replaced.)
Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced it was backing off its plans to more than double the entrance fees charged at the country’s most popular national parks, including Yellowstone.
It may not be surprising to hear that a survey showed only 17 percent of Americans were in the middle of reading a book. But what may come as a surprise is that the survey was conducted in 1957.
Though recent weather may not reflect it, spring is here, bringing with it change in all forms and in all aspects of life. And as the weather continues to get warmer, those changes will become more apparent.
As a rural community in northwest Wyoming, Powell may not seem like a very diverse place.
This nation just can’t seem to get over the Civil War.
It’s been more than 150 years since Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant, so you would think we would have put that war in the past, but it keeps coming back.
One of the truths about life is things change, and the truth about change is that it is inevitable.
Spring started last week, and I missed it.
Bonjour de Paris!
Yes, I’m writing you from the heart of Paris, France, where I finally have arrived to explore the land of my dreams for just over a month. Not only did I cross 4,771 miles to arrive here from my hometown of Cody, but I also have traveled back in time.
Earlier this month, the honorable Rev. Mark Price said, “I now pronounce you man and wife.” Just like that, I had a new sister-in-law and another endless supply of Tupperware.
The philosopher George Santayana once began an essay on war with these words: “To fight is instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other’s looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions.”
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