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Local organizations work to ensure families have food, children have presents

Growing up Catholic, I experienced Midnight Mass many times on Christmas Eve.  It was usually something of a challenge for me, because I’ve always been horrible about staying up late, …
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For years, the Powell Ministerial Association sponsored a community Thanksgiving dinner in Powell, regularly serving more than 600 meals each year to all those who wanted it.  For the last …
Ever since moving to Park County in 2017, I have been impressed by the support veterans receive here.  I’ve covered Veterans Day events around the county, and I love that my sons have …
As my dad and I walked through the woods with my son a couple of weeks ago trying to get my son his first deer, we reminisced as to when I started hunting. My dad had stopped big game hunting …
When I was growing up in Colorado, trick or treating was a purely neighborhood affair.  I’d run around with my parents, then my friends, dressed as a Ninja Turtle or the bad guy from …
Congrats to the Powell High School girls’ cross country team, 3A state champions after knocking off the four-time reigning champs in Cody. As someone who formerly covered the Cody girls …

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Columns
Mark Davis
My fondest memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with family always include turkey legs. I often flash back to my adolescent pre-meal dreams when Mom would leave the meat on the bone and …
Seth Romsa
At the second meeting of the year for the Wyoming High School Activities Association, on Halloween, the board approved a measure that will see the 35-second shot clock introduced into 3A and 4A …
Karen Horner
The Powell Library is launching a Storywalk at Homesteader Park. Join us Friday, Dec. 1 from 1-3 p.m., as we hold a ribbon cutting and unveil the Storywalk for the community.  Stop by the …
Trena Eiden
I texted my kids yesterday, “I don’t try to be annoying, it’s just a gift from God. I’m thinking I’ll bestow my talent on you this Christmas.” One son shot back, …
Tim Morrow
This year will be my 53rd Christmas. One thing that has intrigued me for some years now is how certain words are used in Christmas sermons, on decorations, cards, signs and Christmas …

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Letters to the Editor
FOAL remains committed to McCullough Peaks wild horses
Dear editor: As a group formed in 2005 to advocate for the wild horses of the McCullough Peaks, Friends of a Legacy (FOAL) has followed the BLM’s plans for its upcoming bait-trap gather …
Traffic light would make Coulter, Mountain View intersection safer
Dear editor: My husband and I are Lovell residents and have spent the last six months going back and forth to the Powell hospital, physical therapists and my doctor at the Powell Clinic. The …
Property rights under assault by land use plan
Dear editor: In his opinion piece on Nov. 8, Cody Enterprise editor Garrett Ammesmaki bemoaned corrections to the Park County Land Use Plan as “bureaucratic semantics.” Despite what …
Loss of McCullough Peaks horse herd would hurt tourism
Dear editor: I recently had the pleasure of visiting your wonderful and historical town of Cody with my best friend this summer. During that time we met your incredible McCullough Peaks …
Be good stewards
Dear editor: I normally would not “argue” with someone for expressing their religious views. But the recent article on the pastor’s opinions got to me.  He obviously …

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