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Powell Middle School’s Mathcounts team repeated last year’s first place win at the state competition March 23 in Laramie. Eighth grade student Landon Petersen, (front row, center) placed in the top four individually, which means he will compete on the national level in May. Back row, from left: coach Dale Estes, Tyler Krueger, Jim Black, Gianreye D’Alessandro, Hunter Taylor and Brady Kuenn. Front row: Tucker Muecke, Landon Petersen and Huston Dearcorn.

Last year Powell Middle School’s Mathcounts Coach Dale Estes traveled with Wyoming’s best students to Florida to compete at the national level. This year Powell Middle eighth grader … more

By Braden Schiller | 4/16/24

Northwest College to host UW seminar on revenue diversification in agriculture

From alpaca ranching to conservation easements, Wyoming residents will present innovative approaches to revenue diversification in a seminar facilitated by the University of Wyoming and hosted by … more

3/30/23

ERAP’s end brings concerns from those helping local families

Final payments from the Wyoming Emergency Rental Assistance Program will come in June. Those helping families with the program in Sheridan County expressed concern about potential impacts of the … more

By Joseph Beaudet, The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange | 6/1/23

Application deadline approaching for admittance into Northwest College paramedic program

The application deadline for admittance into 2022-24 cohort of the Northwest College paramedic program is Sunday, May 1. This four-semester program is based in Cody and accepts only 12 students every … more

4/26/22

A bison bull wallows, kicking up dust in the Hayden Valley during the annual rut season for the largest land animal in North America. Males weigh in as much as 1 ton, while females weigh half as much. The species has hurt more visitors at Yellowstone National Park than any other native to the park.

Yellowstone visitor gored by bison

A 25-year-old woman from Grove City, Ohio, was gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park when she approached the animal Monday morning. The bison was near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin … more

By Mark Davis | 6/2/22

Park County man held on $350,000 bond

A Park County man is being held in the Park County Detention Center on three counts of sexual abuse of a minor. Robert Andrew McCoy, 55, has pleaded not guilty to sexual abuse of a minor in the … more

By Braden Schiller | 11/8/22

Multimedia presentation on Timor-Leste set for April 4 at Northwest College Intercultural House

Explore the little-known Southeast Asian country of Timor-Leste with a multimedia presentation at the NWC Intercultural House on Tuesday, April 4 at noon. The presentation features an overview of the … more

3/30/23

Powell, Cody schools among those targeted by hoax calls

Thanks to advance planning by the Powell Police Department and Park County School District 1, officials were able to quickly debunk a hoax that falsely claimed there had been a shooting at Powell … more

By CJ Baker | 4/3/23

Cody man in custody after speeding, fleeing from law enforcement

A Cody motorcyclist is facing multiple misdemeanor charges on allegations that he fled from authorities after being caught driving 118 mph. Kalven P. McPherson, 25, faces misdemeanor counts of … more

By CJ Baker | 5/18/23

Final draft of Park County Land Use Plan gets first public hearing

The Park County Land Use Plan is going to get at least one more Planning and Zoning Commission meeting and one more public hearing before the commission certifies it and sends it on to the next steps … more

By Zac Taylor | 6/1/23

One of grizzly bear 399’s four yearling cubs nuzzles its mother as the family travels along Teton Park Road in the spring of 2021 in Grand Teton National Park.

Grizzly 399, cubs, leave Grand Teton

Grizzly 399 and her four cubs have left Grand Teton National Park, taking a southern tack much earlier than officials and wildlife watchers expected. “As far as we know, this is the farthest … more

By Billy Arnold, Jackson Hole Daily Via Wyoming News Exchange | 4/26/22

Officials come to the rescue to save hundreds of travelers stranded in storm

The Memorial Day weekend forecast called for snow at high elevations, yet few could have guessed the severity of what was about to transpire. It started harmlessly with some welcome rain … more

By Mark Davis | 6/2/22

Local residents are being asked to contribute quilts and blankets for those in need in Ukraine, Israel and other places. Donations will be accepted on Dec. 2 and 9 around the Basin.

Quilts, blankets sought for those in crisis overseas

As people around the world suffer through wars and disasters, Big Horn Basin residents are being invited to blanket them with kindness. In early December, residents across the Basin can donate … more

By CJ Baker | 11/24/23

Cows graze a field in northeast Wyoming.

UW releases new findings on the economic impact of agriculture

Rebekah Burns, executive director of the Powell Economic Partnership, is thrilled to finally have a document that shows what she already knows — just how valuable agriculture is to this area of … more

By Zac Taylor | 12/12/23

Lawyer appeals case to remove Trump, Lummis from Wyoming ballot

A Laramie lawyer has appealed the dismissal of his attempt to bar former President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., from the Wyoming ballot to the Wyoming Supreme Court. … more

By Hannah Shields, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange | 1/25/24

Dr. Jim Heitholt shows a handful of dried beans from his research at the University of Wyoming Research and Extension Center north of Powell. The university’s research will also feed hungry residents as the center’s harvest is scheduled to be donated through commodity distributions at the Post 26 American Legion over the next few months.

UW research center to donate to families in need

University of Wyoming crop physiologist Jim Heitholt is fairly unique in the agricultural world. He didn’t come from an ag family and didn’t consider agriculture as a vocation until … more

By Mark Davis | 11/8/22

From left, Caitlin Belmont, Jimmy Dees, Kinsley Braten, David Polson, Hannah Sears, Joe Bucher, Allie Gilliatt and McKenna Alley dance in a climatic ballroom scene of ‘Annie Get Your Gun.’

Hannah get your gun

Being a deadly combination of show-woman and sharpshooter is something that both Annie Oakley and Powell High School senior Hannah Sears have in common. On May 6-7, Sears, who is an accomplished … more

By Braden Schiller | 5/18/23

Park visitors lucky after accident with cement truck

A cement truck carrying a full load rolled off the road and onto a minivan with five passengers near Tower Junction in late August. The five unidentified occupants of the minivan were extricated … more

By Mark Davis | 9/12/23

Eighth candidate files to run for county commission

An eighth and final candidate has filed to run for Park County Commissioner. Tyson Williams joins an all-Republican group eyeing one of three open seats on the commission. In addition to Williams, … more

By Eric Gill | 6/2/22

Larry Boggiano restores vehicles with his father Gary, like Bertha, a bright red 1945 Chevy. Bertha and the Boggiano family have a deep history.

It’s all in the little details

The 1945 Chevy that would later be affectionately named Bertha started life as an army truck, built too late for service in World War II. Nearly 70 years later it’s been handed down … more

By Emma Johnson | 11/9/23