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Wyoming Startup Business Builder Grant awardees announced

LANDER — In 2024, the Wyoming Regional Food Business Center (WYRFBC) team launched the Startup Business Builder grant program. The program gives small and medium sized producers and food makers … more

8/5/25

This map shows the approximate location of Monday night's officer-involved shooting. The Greybull Highway was closed overnight as a result of the incident.

UPDATED: Man fatally shot by Cody police after allegedly pulling knife

A 22-year-old man was shot and killed by Cody police on Monday night after he allegedly led officers on a pursuit and then "advanced toward" them with a knife. more

By CJ Baker | 7/31/25

Powell fire department to again be dispatched from Powell

For the first time in two decades, the Powell Volunteer Fire Department will again be dispatched from Powell. The fire department’s calls for service and radio traffic have been handled by … more

By CJ Baker | 7/31/25

Park County School District 1 budget approved for 2025-2026 school year

Due to a number of factors, Park County School District 1 will have an extra $1.53 million in its budget as it heads into the 2025-2026 school year. PCSD1 is seeing a bump in the budget largely … more

By Braden Schiller | 7/31/25

Park County Animal Shelter again looks for new director

The Park County Animal Shelter has a new head of operations and is on the lookout for a new director as the seven-month tenure of Ryan Johnson came to a close Monday. Johnson, who was … more

By Zac Taylor | 7/31/25

Powell Tribune Publisher Dave Bonner (middle) is presented the 2025 LaDonna Zall Compasionate Witness Award by Heart Mountain Interpretive Center Executive Director Aura Newlin (right) during their annual Pilgrimage programming last week. Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation board member Ray Locker records the presentation (left).

Tribune honored by Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation

The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation awarded the Powell Tribune the LaDonna Zall Compassionate Witness Award at their pilgrimage event Saturday, calling the newspaper’s coverage during and … more

By Mark Davis | 7/31/25

Powell Valley Healthcare Nutrition Services Director Travis Tucker (left) and EMS Manager Scott Bagnell man the grill during last year’s community barbecue.

Powell Hospital summer food program boasts record numbers

As it wraps up its final week of its eighth summer, the Powell Summer Foodservice Program, which provides free lunches for children, has hit a new milestone. Travis Tucker, the director of … more

By Zac Taylor | 7/31/25

Both a Toyota truck (first photo) and a Volkswagen sedan (second photo) were severely damaged and two people injured in Monday collisions with cows.

Two injured after vehicles collide with loose cows

A Powell man and a Basin woman were injured on Monday night, after their vehicles collided with two cows that got loose on U.S. Highway 14A. The crashes occurred around 9:40 p.m. at milepost … more

By CJ Baker | 7/31/25

Teen severely burned near Old Faithful

A 17-year-old male suffered significant thermal burns to his foot and ankle area Monday while hiking in the vicinity of Lone Star Geyser near Old Faithful. The unidentified juvenile’s foot … more

By Mark Davis | 7/31/25

Verizon-Cellular Plus to host free backpack giveaway

Verizon-Cellular Plus in Powell is once again gearing up to help local students start the school year strong by giving away free backpacks filled with school supplies on Saturday, Aug. 2, from 10 … more

7/31/25

Cody Regional Health employees Brad McKee (from left), Hannah McRae, Julie Steward, Phillip Franklin, Danielle Mong, Keith Ungrund, Shyla Arnold and Casey Sheets accept the award recognition.

Cody emergency department earns Pediatric Emergency Readiness recognition

Cody Regional Health’s Emergency Department has been designated as a Recognized Pediatric Receiving Facility by the Wyoming Office of EMS and the Wyoming EMS for Children (EMSC) Program. … more

7/31/25

Wyoming gasoline prices fall by 4.7 cents per gallon in past week

CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have fallen 4.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.04 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 … more

7/31/25

Gordon among nation’s most popular governors despite criticism from right flank, poll finds

Despite ongoing attacks from the Republican Party’s right flank, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon remains one of the country’s most popular state leaders, a Morning Consult poll released earlier … more

By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com | 7/31/25

Conservation District helping ranchers mitigate fire risk, clean up after recent flood

Downed branches and loads of mud and silt litter the Little Tongue Ranch near Dayton. A flash flood in the Little Tongue River July 15 left significant amounts of debris on Larry and Vicki … more

By Joseph Beaudet, The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange | 7/31/25

Pete and Lynne Simpson, of Cody, have a long connection to the University of Wyoming. The Pete and Lynne Simpson Student Enrichment Fund in the Humanities will support internship opportunities in the humanities for students in the UW College of Arts and Sciences.

New UW fund honors Pete and Lynne Simpson, supports student internships

A newly created fund at the University of Wyoming honors Pete and Lynne Simpson, longtime advocates of the arts and humanities and devoted UW supporters, by supporting meaningful and transformative … more

7/31/25

Retired Lovell doctor dies in boating accident

A longtime Lovell doctor was remembered this week for his skill as a physician and surgeon and his care and compassion for his patients. Dr. David Hoffman, 72, perished last Wednesday, July 23, … more

By David Peck, Lovell Chronicle | 7/31/25

Students watch senators debate how much to cut public education funding in Cheyenne in 2018.

Citing a lack of evidence, state asks Supreme Court to overturn school funding decision

First Lady Jennie Gordon served students at Douglas Upper Elementary on Wyoming’s inaugural Farm to School Day in October 2024. (Wyoming Department of Education) A February … more

By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com | 7/31/25

Denver Taiko members Hanna English, Iko Okimura (on flute) and Emi Shimur entertain visitors at Heart Mountain Interpretive Center’s original barracks during the nonprofit organization’s pilgrimage event this past weekend at the facility and in Cody.

Tears flow at Pilgrimage: First annual memorial celebration without Simpson and Mineta

The absence of former U.S. Sen. Al Simpson at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center’s annual pilgrimage to Wyoming’s World War II internment camp, turned Smithsonian affiliated memorial … more

By Mark Davis | 7/29/25

Young man charged for gunshot now facing sex crime allegations

A young Powell man who’s alleged to have accidentally shot a woman this spring is now facing new sex crime charges, while his attorney is raising questions about his competency. Guadalupe … more

By CJ Baker | 7/29/25

Aspen Brazelton shows one of the three pigs she brought to the fair this year. At 18, it was her last year to sell her pigs in Saturday’s Livestock Sale.

Local youths, and parents, stay busy at fair

Aspen Brazelton stays busy. Thursday morning, the 18-year-old Powell High School grad was taking care of the four chickens she showed during the fair. She treats them well, provides each … more

By Zac Taylor | 7/29/25