The Park County commissioners are listening to their constituents.
On Tuesday, even after the mention of a lawsuit being likely if they upheld denial, commissioners unanimously upheld by planning …
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By Zac Taylor
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2/9/23
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Park County voters who are following local and statewide elections should be acutely aware that nearly all of the primary candidates are registered as Republicans. In a state where the Grand Old …
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By Eric Gill
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6/14/22
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After a near sleepless night on a hard-cushioned couch in a delivery room at a hospital in Athens, Georgia, I had the chance to see my wife hold our firstborn son for the first time. Soon after, I …
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By Zac Taylor
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2/6/24
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Let’s be honest — while election security has been an issue across the country and even in Wyoming, in Park County it seems at least most people can agree that our local elections are run …
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By Zac Taylor
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7/3/23
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Nearly 100 years ago, the infant sugar beet industry in Wyoming counted heavily on Mexican-Americans and native Mexicans to provide the field labor that made the crop work for growers and sugar …
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By Dave Bonner
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10/13/22
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More potential and current students are looking for programs that allow them to more quickly get out into the business world in their career of choice.
At Thursday’s State of the …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/16/24
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Last week, two local residents went to the Park County Commissioners with a proposal to build a facility to store three months worth of food for all roughly 30,000 county residents that could feed …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/12/23
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With all the vitriol bantered about these days between extremists from both major political parties, “bipartisanship” has become a sign of weakness to some politicians, pundits and …
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By Eric Gill
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5/17/22
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As my wife and I sat in the Powell High School Auditorium waiting for our son’s elementary school Christmas concert to begin, we both remarked on the packed house of family and community …
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By Zac Taylor
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12/14/23
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The State Legislature really needs to do something to rein in skyrocketing property taxes.
Unfortunately, this was the sentiment about this time …
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By Zac Taylor
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5/16/23
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Whose job is it to protect the integrity of what people love about Park County: the rural, western feel, the agriculture, the open land?
As Park County goes through the process of updating its …
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By Zac Taylor
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9/13/22
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That could have been a lot worse.
A Northwest College men’s basketball game against Casper College on Jan. 21 ended with a scuffle that, if not for the leadership of most of the coaches …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/31/23
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The Powell City Council should be open to more cackling about hens.
Last week, all but one councilor opposed a proposal to allow more than four birds on city lots. A common refrain for not doing …
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By Zac Taylor
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5/9/23
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Interested in having your work, your design become a fixture of your town?
Here’s your chance.
The City of Powell has been musing about what to do about the aging mural of the …
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By Zac Taylor
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9/5/23
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For me, not much beats the feeling of looking down from a little plane window to see the recognizable, snaking blue of the South Fork of the Shoshone River.
Flying into Cody yesterday, a day late …
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By Zac Taylor
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3/23/23
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Northwest College is quite the local asset.
That may seem obvious to many locals, but as someone who until last summer spent most of my days in Cody, it’s a truth that many in the county …
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By Zac Taylor
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3/14/23
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It’s a good time to be looking for money in the Park County or area municipal governments, because it hasn’t been hard to find the extra funds for raises for employees.
While …
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By Zac Taylor
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6/27/23
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I’m aware I’m speaking to the choir, but isn’t it just aggravating to see people in Washington, D.C. think they know what’s best for Northwest Wyoming, a region they’ve …
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By Zac Taylor
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10/3/23
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It’s incredible to see the support breast cancer patients and survivors receive in October. Everyone is wearing pink shirts, shoes and cleats, there are fundraisers and runs.
But …
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By Zac Taylor
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12/5/23
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On Friday, people across the planet celebrated Earth Day. It’s been 52 years since the original Earth Day drew attention to protecting our air, lakes, rivers and forests from pollution and …
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By Kevin Killough
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4/26/22
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