The Wyoming State Shooting Complex that’s planed for a site south of Cody is moving forward in the state Legislature. Last week, the Joint Appropriations Committee included funding for the …
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By Zac Taylor
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2/6/25
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It was impressive to see the turnout for the public hearing for the first round of Park County’s amended development standards and regulations (DSR).
Showing up, even in the early …
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By Zac Taylor
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2/4/25
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The Wyoming Legislature is in session, and amongst our area legislators I sense a lot of optimism.
Most of them stopped by the Little America Hotel last week during the Wyoming State Press …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/21/25
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At an afternoon work session Jan. 7 to prepare a questionnaire for Park County residents on their thoughts on potential regulations, new Commissioner Kelly Simone was understandably shocked at the …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/14/25
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It’s almost shocking how few qualifications there are to become the assessor for Park County.
To fill retired assessor Pat Meyer’s post, one need only be a Republican, a …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/7/25
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For this first edition of 2025, I wanted to thank all those who have read the Powell Tribune in 2024.
Thanks for not only reading, but supporting this publication. It enables us to …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/3/25
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Unintended consequences.
Commissioner Scott Mangold brought up that phrase at the last Park County Commission meeting of the year after voting to approve a settlement with a company to build a …
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By Zac Taylor
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12/31/24
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Hopefully by the time you read this you’ve had some eggnog or at least Christmas cookies, are preparing for a Christmas Eve service or to read “The Night Before Christmas” to the …
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By Zac Taylor
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12/24/24
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Two summers ago at the Cody Stampede I had a nice chat with a roughstock rider from Powell who had just been bucked off his saddle bronc horse less than a second before hitting the timer.
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By Zac Taylor
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12/17/24
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If you’ve attended the Vespers Concert, the ChristmasFest events last weekend or are planning to attend a school concert or the Nutcracker in the next week or so, then you’ve surely already felt …
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By Zac Taylor
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12/10/24
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For a journalist, the word transparency, especially when connected to government institutions, is one of the best words to hear.
We need transparency in government to be able to accurately do …
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By Zac Taylor
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12/3/24
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It’s the beginning of a season of change for our elected boards around the county.
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of listening to NWC trustee Larry Todd during his final meeting on …
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By Zac Taylor
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11/26/24
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It was interesting that, after trustee John Housel made a motion to table his resolution to change the name of Northwest College to Yellowstone College, those at the Nov. 11 meeting heard some of the …
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By Zac Taylor
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11/19/24
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Amendment A can only be one piece of a much bigger puzzle if we want to really solve the issue with property taxes across the state.
The Constitutional Amendment, which passed with 54% of the …
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By Zac Taylor
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11/12/24
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Nice work, Park County voters.
If the Election Day voting matches the huge surge in early and absentee voting, this could be a record year for voter turnout.
Roughly 6,800 …
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By Zac Taylor
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11/5/24
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Park County School District 1 administrators are being proactive, or at least quick to react, to parents’ concerns regarding some of the most controversial issues being raised across the nation …
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By Zac Taylor
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10/31/24
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Revised regulations that build on the new Park County Land Use Plan can’t come soon enough.
At last Tuesday’s Park County Commission meeting, as the commissioners discussed whether …
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By Zac Taylor
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10/22/24
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The elephant in the room in the stir surrounding a proposed change in the name of Northwest College is declining enrollments of recent years.
It’s true NWC enrollment has fallen off. In …
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By Dave Bonner
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10/17/24
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Voting is one of the most important tasks a citizen of this country can perform, and because of that I was heartened to see how many people had voted Oct. 8, the first day of early voting in Park …
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By Zac Taylor
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10/15/24
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Can seniors really apply to basically cut their property taxes in half on Park County homes next year?
It sounds too good to be true. But under a law passed by the last Legislature, it is …
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By Dave Bonner
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10/10/24
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