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Free program for access to public lands renews

A popular program granting elementary schoolers free access to national parks across the country returns this week. The Every Kid Outdoors program renews for another year this week, providing … more

9/4/25

Western Writers of America to host symposium in Cody

EMPORIA, Kan. — Western Writers of America will host the inaugural James Ersfeld Writing Symposium on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West … more

9/4/25

Volunteers clean up recreation areas at Keyhole State Park during the 2024 National Public Lands Day events.

Celebrate National Public Lands Day with service

CHEYENNE — This year, National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest single-day volunteer event, falls on Sept. 27. The Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources is proud … more

9/4/25

Cody Regional Health's MRI upgrade is expected to take three to four months.

Cody Regional Health launches major MRI upgrade

CODY — Cody Regional Health (CRH) has begun a significant MRI replacement project in an effort to provide cutting-edge diagnostic technology and patient-centered care to the Big Horn Basin. … more

9/4/25

Bible Study Fellowship studies start Sept. 11

Bible Study Fellowship, a worldwide interdenominational Bible study, is announcing a brand new study starting this fall. All residents of the Big Horn Basin are invited to come and study God’s … more

9/4/25

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman engages with Sublette County residents during a July 2025 town hall meeting in Pinedale.

Hageman to hear testimony in Teton Park on public land funding

A congressional panel will hear testimony in Grand Teton National Park on Friday about the 2020 Great American Outdoors Act amid worries Republicans might cut a line of funding to expand public … more

By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com | 9/4/25

Heart Mountain Interpretive Center Japan Outreach Initiative coordinator Haruka Takaku and Historic Site Caretaker for the Center Johnny Tim Yellowtail pray at the grave sites of three Japanese incarcerees who died before the war ended and whose remains were never claimed by family members. The Heart Mountain cemetery was removed to make room for homesteaders and Crown Hill Cemetery agreed to reinter them.

'We won’t forget you' — Three unclaimed internees honored at Crown Hill

Haruka Takaku and Johnny Tim Yellowtail worked alone in front of three headstones in one of the older sections at Powell’s Crown Hill Cemetery. They brought incense and fresh garden mums, … more

By Mark Davis | 9/2/25

PCSD1 strategic plan narrows focus

Park County School District 1 is turning an eye to staff recruitment and retention, a growing problem in the state, as part of its new strategic plan. The district’s draft strategic … more

By Braden Schiller | 9/2/25

Sen. Tim French, R-Powell, pictured at a summer Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee meeting, was recently appointed to the Joint Appropriations Committee.

French joins influential appropriations committee

For over a decade, Park County was without a voice on the Wyoming Legislature’s powerful Joint Appropriations Committee. But the panel now includes two lawmakers from Powell. Sen. Tim … more

By CJ Baker | 9/2/25

Catching AI classwork

Northwest College is beefing up one of its main tools to catch students using AI. The college will pay Turnitin roughly $19,545 this year for not just its normal services, but also an … more

By Zac Taylor | 9/2/25

Chase Anderson (left) walks with Cowboy Joe V at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Anderson is a first year member of Cowboy Joe’s handling team.

Game time with Cowboy Joe

Powell grad Chase Anderson’s job, alongside three other women, is to keep a pony and a yearling calm on a football field and, naturally, various other high profile events. These … more

By Braden Schiller | 9/2/25

Conservation districts offering discounts on water tests

Rural residents in the Powell and Cody areas wondering about the quality of their well water have a golden opportunity to get some answers. As part of a Rural Well Test Day on Tuesday, Sept. 9, … more

By CJ Baker | 9/2/25

Santa waves from his fire truck as he makes his way through Powell to visit with kids at Plaza Diane during Christmas Fest. This year’s event will once again be supported by a Park County Travel Council grant.

Travel council gives grants to Powell, Cody events

Some of Powell’s biggest events coming up can rely on all the grant funding they asked for from the Park County Travel Council, which approved all that was requested for Plaza Diane’s … more

By Zac Taylor | 9/2/25

Ribeka Igari, an international student from Japan, tries a plate of Sri Lankan food during the first Wednesdays Around the World lunch of the new school year. Japanese food will be featured Wednesday.

‘Wednesdays Around the World’ and ‘What’s The Tea’ return to NWC

Following its overwhelming success during the spring 2025 semester, “Wednesdays Around the World” and “What’s The Tea” are returning to Northwest College this fall with … more

9/2/25

Missing hiker’s body found in Bighorns

Grant Gardner, the hiker from Minnesota who went missing after summitting Cloud Peak in the Bighorns, was found deceased Aug. 26 by a group of climbers. According to a Big Horn County … more

9/2/25

West Nile virus cases increasing in Wyoming

SHERIDAN (WNE) — West Nile virus was first detected in mosquitoes collected from Sheridan County in July. Since then, additional infected mosquitoes have been discovered in Sheridan County and … more

9/2/25

New rules and funding changes mean big differences in enrollment

CHEYENNE — Wyoming residents who get health coverage through the health insurance marketplace should expect differences when enrolling, including cost increases and a smaller staff at a … more

9/2/25

BLM lease sale set for December

CHEYENNE — The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office's Dec. 3 oil and gas lease sale will offer 86 oil and gas parcels totaling 79,169 acres in Wyoming, including a few parcels on … more

9/2/25

Blue roan bachelor stallion Ultra Blue communicates with fellow members of the Pryor Mountain wild mustang herd as black stallion Orlando looks on near Pen’s Cabin in the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range Friday afternoon.

Decades of cooperation threatened

For 57 years, local wild horse advocates have had a close working relationship with the Bureau of Land Management in the ongoing management of the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range. The Pryor … more

By David Peck, Lovell Chronicle Via Wyoming News Exchange | 9/2/25

Curtis Rohrer poses with an impala during an early August hunt in South Africa.

August in Africa

It was a surprisingly cold six days of hunting for Powell residents Jonathon Robbins and Curtis Rohrer, who were two-and-a-half hours outside Johannesburg, South Africa earlier this month. … more

By Braden Schiller | 8/29/25