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Blair’s Super Market is once again providing the food for Powell Christmas Baskets this year, including a turkey, sides and a pie.

Powell Christmas Baskets returns for season of giving

Applications are available starting Nov. 1 for Powell Christmas Baskets, the nonprofit organization that works to ensure families in need have a good Christmas meal and, for the kids, presents under … more

By Zac Taylor | 10/23/25

Park County Elections Deputy Katie Johnson (at right) showcases some screenshots from an electronic pollbook software program that the clerk’s office plans to use in next year’s elections, as First Deputy Clerk Hans Odde and Clerk Colleen Renner look on at left.

Park County switching to electronic pollbooks

The Park County Clerk’s Office plans to switch to electronic pollbooks for next year’s elections, believing the change will slash wait times at the polls, reduce the workload for poll … more

By CJ Baker | 10/23/25

Annex renewal lease denied for Northwest Healthcare

Northwest Healthcare needs to begin looking for a new Powell location after Park County commissioners voted to deny a lease renewal for the health care organization, which had been renting a small … more

By Zac Taylor | 10/23/25

Building phase: New teacher looks to build program, provide welcoming environment

Powell High School’s new family and consumer science teacher hopes to build her program while also providing an environment students want to be in. “I don’t turn on the big … more

By Braden Schiller | 10/23/25

The historic Cassie's Supper Club has been a fixture in Cody since it first opened in the 1930s. Now, a new group of business owners in Cody is working to open it once again.

Cody restaurateurs take over Cassie’s

CODY — A new era is beginning for one of Cody’s most historic landmarks. Cassie’s Supper Club, first opened in 1933 by the legendary Cassie Waters, is officially under new … more

10/23/25

Powell attorney named to Wyoming State Bar board

Attorney Scott Kolpitcke of Powell has been tabbed to represent the Big Horn Basin on the Wyoming State Bar’s governing board. As a bar commissioner, Kolpitcke will help oversee all of the … more

10/23/25

Woman alleged to have battered, stabbed boyfriend

A woman is alleged to have attacked her boyfriend with an iPad and a knife on an early morning in Cody last week. Joy E. Haskell, 44, is facing a felony count of aggravated assault and battery … more

By CJ Baker | 10/23/25

The Irma Hotel was completed in 1902 in the still young town of Cody after town founder Buffalo Bill made a deal with the Burlington Railroad to build a hotel to get a rail line to Cody.

Irma Hotel holds free program on building’s history

Robyn Cutter, archivist at the Park County Archives, local historian Bob Richard, and Mike Darby of the Irma Hotel will be presenting a program on the History of the Irma Hotel at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday … more

10/23/25

After five years of legal wrangling, the U.S. Supreme Court backed a lower court ruling allowing public access to public land in the checkerboard landscape of Wyoming and five other states.

Corner crossing remains legal across much of the West after Supreme Court rejects appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Carbon County ranch owner Fred Eshelman’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that corner crossing to reach public land is legal. The decision … more

By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com | 10/23/25

Northwest Wyoming Board of Realtors wins cybersecurity competition

The Northwest Wyoming Board of Realtors recently won a cybersecurity award. On Oct. 3 at the Cyber Cheyenne conference at Laramie County Community College, Northwest Wyoming Board of … more

10/23/25

Dove and pigeon disease found in Wyoming

The detection of avian paramyxovirus, a viral disease that often affects doves and pigeons, was recently found in Wyoming. Eurasian collared-doves from Casper, Green River, Riverton and Rock … more

10/23/25

A doe whitetail deer approaches a ridgeline while migrating into the Absaroka Range in June 2023.

Whitetail deer, not known for migration, spotted traversing Yellowstone region high country

A state biologist who maintains a network of remote trail cameras along known ungulate migration routes in the Absaroka Mountains has been detecting a new cervid species that isn’t exactly … more

By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com | 10/23/25

‘No Kings’ protesters hold handmade signs and cheer on motorists who honked in approval Saturday afternoon in Cody. The protest was peaceful, though one man wearing three sidearms heckled the opening speeches, reportedly saying he brought his guns for protection because ‘liberals killed Charlie Kirk’ and singing ‘Ice, Ice Baby.’

Hundreds protest ‘dictatorship’

With handmade signs, American flags and a cheerful spirit, hundreds of area protesters took to downtown Cody to let all passersby know they do not want a king leading the country. Organized by … more

By Mark Davis | 10/21/25

In what organizers hope will be an annual event, the Heart of a Patriot Run/Walk and Bike event Saturday at Homesteader Park crosses the starting line to a path filled with flags, including one memorializing Charlie Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA prior to his assassination on Sept. 10.

Run memorializes Charlie Kirk

After Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10 in Orem, Utah, Powell resident Emily Denney immediately began to mourn. The public shooting of the popular leader hit her hard. … more

By Mark Davis | 10/21/25

Sheriff’s office purchases four new Chevy trucks

The Park County Sheriff’s Office is purchasing four new Chevy Silverado 1500 crew cabs to replace three higher mileage trade-in Chevys and one that was wrecked in a July crash. The … more

By Zac Taylor and CJ Baker | 10/21/25

The Wyoming State Shooting Complex Joint Powers Board (including Chair Glenn Ross, standing) hosted an open house Wednesday night at the Park County Courthouse to show off the conceptual design for the complex. Attendees crowded into just about every available chair in the room.

Shooting complex design unveiled to public

The Wyoming State Shooting Complex’s conceptual design, unveiled Thursday evening at the Park County Courthouse, features space for sporting clays, archery, rifle, action shooting, extreme long … more

By Zac Taylor | 10/21/25

Powell High School boasts high ACT score, graduation increase

When you take a look at Powell High School’s 2025 ACT scores, students’ Panther pride is evident — Powell’s students scored an average of 20.3, 1.2 points ahead of the state. … more

By Braden Schiller | 10/21/25

Dr. Logan Vincent, who works at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, and has done groundbreaking procedures, trained at Powell Valley Healthcare more than a decade ago while in school.

Former WRITE student performs groundbreaking surgery

A former Powell Valley Healthcare medical student is now making waves in the medical field. In 2012, Dr. Logan Vincent was involved with the WRITE (WWAMI Rural Integrated Training … more

By Nalani Jordan, Tribune intern | 10/21/25

Tourism in late summer, early fall a ‘pleasant surprise’

Tourism remained a pleasant surprise in September in Park County, especially around Cody and in Yellowstone National Park, as evidenced by the increase in lodging tax collections over last … more

By Zac Taylor | 10/21/25

Missing Sheridan man’s remains found west of Cody

More than seven years after a Sheridan man went missing, his remains were located west of Cody. The Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that remains found over the summer in … more

By CJ Baker | 10/21/25