A couple of large data problems from the U.S. Department of Education recently came to the attention of U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. One of those errors uncovered billions of dollars in student loan costs, of which Congress was previously unaware. The other affects potential college students’ ability to make an informed decision about what Read More…
The Microsoft Data Center outside of Cheyenne is “by far the biggest customer on the grid,” Michelle Patron, Microsoft’s director of sustainability policy explained in a recent post on the Microsoft Green Blog. “We needed more energy and wanted to use wind power to satisfy our growing demand, but didn’t want the local utility or Read More…
According to a recent story in the Wall Street Journal, the bankrupt Molycorp’s Mountain Pass Mine – the only major rare earths mine in the US – is being bid on by a Swiss investment fund connected to Russian-born billionaire Vladamir Iorich. The Journal claimed that Iorich established Pala Investments in 2007, and that Pala Read More…
Grizzly bears near Wyoming schools got national attention after Donald Trump’s Education Secretary nominee mentioned them in a Senate hearing. She suggested teachers in Wapiti, Wyoming, near Cody, may need guns to fend off bears. Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, was asked in a Senate hearing Tuesday, “You can’t say today Read More…
Golden State moves on to play either the Cleveland Cavaliers or the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. The Warriors will have nine days to rest for that series, which begins in Oakland, Calif., on June 1. The Warriors have swept all three of their playoff series and are the first team in NBA history Read More…
Colton Sissons’ third goal of the game at 14:00 of the third period broke a tie and led Nashville to a 6-3 win that gave the Predators the Western Conference finals four games to two. The Predators clinched their first trip to the Stanley Cup finals. With the score 3-3, Sissons ripped home a one-timer Read More…
Prime Minister Theresa May said the incident was being treated as a terrorist attack. If confirmed, it would be the deadliest militant assault in Britain since four British Muslims killed 52 people in suicide bombings on London’s transport system in July 2005. Police responded to reports of an explosion shortly after 10:35 pm (2135 GMT) Read More…
Sophomore Jay Liggins and freshman Ty Stanton, both jumpers, will both be competing in the long jump. Stanton will also be in the triple jump. Liggins, in the indoor national meet, was named an All-American, finishing in the top eight of the long jump. Senior Jose Chorro, who was also named an All-American this past Read More…
Dickinson junior Dylan Pokorny carded an 83 to lead the Midgets. Fellow juniors Aidan Levorsen and Hunter Myran followed with an 85 and 87, respectively. Dickinson seniors Jerzy Martin and Davis Donnan each had a 94 to complete the team’s scoring. Team scores: 1, Minot 320. 2, Bismarck St. Mary’s 324. 3, Bismarck Century 329. Read More…
“If you don’t do anything right now, you could very well have half of your department walk out the door,” Tanya Wieler, a human resources consultant for the city, said during the closed meeting. On Friday, City Hall released most of the audio—withholding discussion of medical information—for an executive session held April 3 by the Read More…
Sano went 4-for-6 and also scored three runs. He hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and had three singles. Kepler finished 3-for-6 with three runs. Eduardo Escobar also drove in three runs, which came on a sacrifice fly in the fifth and a two-run double in the sixth that gave the Twins an Read More…
Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election. Coats and Rogers refused to comply with the requests, which they both deemed to be Read More…
They were stuck in Kelowna, B.C., for one more night with no place to stay, because their group had vacated their rental. Rowney heard about the dilemma. “Why don’t you guys just stay with us in the guest house?” Rowney suggested. It may not have been your typical day-after-the-wedding honeymoon, but Gleason and MacWilliam did Read More…
Rhonda Krein Fool Bear has been charged with failing to report child sexual abuse and making false statements in court. If convicted, she could face up to 5.5 years in prison. An indictment filed on May 10 accuses Krein Fool Bear, a teacher at Solen (N.D) High School and thereby a mandatory reporter, of failing Read More…
The White House’s $4.094 trillion budget request for fiscal 2018 calls for cuts that hit Medicaid, food assistance and other anti-poverty programs. It would cut funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides benefits to the poor, by roughly 20 percent next year. All told, the budget would reduce spending on safety-net programs Read More…
RockPile is headquartered in Denver, Colo., with its main operations based in Dickinson. RockPile has staging operations in Watford City, Douglas, Wyo., and Midland, Texas. The acquisition announced late last week is expected to be completed by the end of July, but is subject to standard regulatory approvals and satisfaction of customary closing conditions. “We Read More…
He was right. Light winds and cool-but-not-cold temperatures made for ideal running weather and nowhere was that more evident than in the medical tent near the finish line at the Fargodome. There wasn’t much going on. “They were bored and that was OK,” Knutson said. “A bored medical tent is a good medical tent.” Nobody Read More…
Crosby asked city officials to begin informing taxpayers how their property taxes may be affected when the statements are mailed out in November. The Legislature decided to end a 12 percent property tax buydown by the state in exchange for a two-year pilot program during which the state would assume the cost of county social Read More…
Entringer, who was appointed to his post in January 2011 by then-Gov. Jack Dalrymple, will retire Nov. 30 after 35 years with the department. Burgum called Entringer a “fair regulator who provides consistently sound oversight of our state-chartered banks, credit unions and other financial services providers.” Entringer, a Bismarck native, said it was an honor Read More…
“Senior national counter-terrorism officers are assembling in London. Early estimates put fatalities at Manchester Arena in double figures,” a BBC reporter said on Twitter. The BBC and Sky News reported shortly before that local police were treating the blast as a possible terrorist incident. U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing at the arena. A Read More…
Prime Minister Theresa May said the incident was being treated as a terrorist attack. If confirmed, it would be the deadliest militant assault on Britain since four British Muslims killed 52 people in suicide bombings on London’s transport system in July 2005. Police responded to reports of an explosion shortly after 10:35 pm (2135 GMT) Read More…
For one thing, the city had the Bureau of Criminal Investigation verify signatures of the recall petitions, which some have (rightly, I think) seen as somewhat intimidating. For another, the city rejected some 200 signatures of the petition on pretty loose legal grounds. They argue that the law requires that signature collectors be from the Read More…
Floyd, who had starred at wide receiver for the Raiders a decade earlier, had gotten wind of the Scanlans being honored at St. Paul’s Plums Bar & Grill. Mike was his head coach, and Mal an offensive assistant. “He came in and he gave me a nice congratulatory hug and best wishes,” Mike Scanlan said. Read More…
Cynthia Louise Wilder is charged in district court in Minot with criminal conspiracy to commit murder, a Class AA felony, and accomplice to escape, a Class C felony. She could face up to life in prison without parole. Her husband, Richie Edwin Wilder Jr., was sentenced earlier this month to life without parole for stabbing Read More…
MINTO, N.D. — Josh Hefta has 162 stops on his rural mail route in Walsh County. “I’ve gotten to know a lot of people,” he said. One of those people is 94-year-old Alice Paschke, who lived alone on a gravel road. “Alice was just a nice lady, and she was out there by herself,” Hefta Read More…
RIVERTON, Wyo. — The late spring snowstorm that hit Wyoming last week has boosted the state’s snowpack. The Natural Resources Conservation Service on Monday reported that the statewide snowpack increased from 115 percent of median last week to 176 percent. The agency says most of the gain can be attributed to the cool weather slowing Read More…
(Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series. Buffalo Bill Cody, founder of the City of Cody, died 100 years ago and there will be many celebrations of his accomplishments during 2017. The Enterprise will tell the story of his life in a multi-part series throughout the year.) The Pony Express blazed a trail Read More…
One hundred and thirty-nine Cody High School seniors will graduate on Friday. The commencement exercises for the Class of 2017 begin at 7 p.m. in Sweitzer Gymnasium, with a reception to follow in the Stock Activities Center. Austin Alexander has been named valedictorian achieving the honor by enrolling in various advanced placement and honors courses, Read More…
Instead of Mr. Smith going to Washington, Ms. Lawson came to Wyoming. Kathy Lawson, that is, a Washington, D.C.-based official with the U.S. Department of Interior’s Land and Water Conservation Fund. Lawson was in Cody on May 4 to tour about 1,780 acres of land on Sheep Mountain. The parcel is part of a land-swap Read More…
Livingston School kindergartener Kinzie Schramm ropes a steer with help from Jay Reynolds, a parent voluneer, as paraeducator Miranda Hopkin looks on during the kindergarten rodeo on Friday at the school.
A rainbow is seen as the sun reflects off the spray from water pouring out of the spillway and outlet gates at Buffalo Bill Dam on Saturday. The water released from Buffalo Bill Reservoir was flowing at 6,046 cubic feet per second.
A case that’s been moving through the legal system for a half decade may finally be in its final stages. Donald Foote Jr., who in October 2015 pleaded not guilty to embezzling around $6,000 from a now-defunct search and rescue organization, has requested a change of plea hearing in his case. Foote’s change of plea Read More…
On Memorial Day, May 29, the City of Cody will not empty dumpsters or roll-out garbage containers. Instead, sanitation workers will collect trash from dumpsters (normally scheduled on Mondays) between Tuesday, May 30, and Wednesday, May 31. Likewise, Monday-scheduled roll-out containers will be picked up Tuesday, May 30. Roll-outs must be placed curbside before 7 Read More…
Lodging taxes continue to trend downward for Park County in 2017 compared to 2016. The harsh winter slowed visitation, while the closure for renovation of the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel in Yellowstone National Park means fewer rooms are available this summer season. Through April, collections are down 28 percent compared to a year ago. The Read More…
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Wyoming’s top elected officials have demonstrated confidence in a growing beef snack stick business in Cody by approving a $748,360 grant to expand production capacity. The $1.1 million project will nearly double the size of a building in southeast Cody, providing Wyoming Authentic Products more area for raw meat preparation, packaging and smoking as well Read More…
Merrilee Michael of Douglas took some roping lessons at Old Trail Town on May 13. Mom Clarice Hartung was asked if her 5-year-old were going to grow up to be a cowgirl. “She is,” Hartung said. Turns out the kid already has a pony, is already on the cowgirl path, and was just adding roping Read More…
JACKSON, Wyo. — A couple of horses that had escaped from their electric-fence enclosure last week in Wyoming have been found safe. The two gelding horses named “Salt” and “Boots” had been found Saturday by a man searching for horns. Get news headlines sent daily to your inbox They had gone missing May 14 from Read More…
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park is looking for more public comment on potential effects of a project involving the historic Mt. Washburn Fire Lookout. The National Park Service proposes to erect a three-sided mounting structure around the lookout. This proposal is part of a larger project to improve the park’s wireless infrastructure. Read More…
A five-day hearing begins Monday to decide whether a controversial new coal mine will be able to move forward in Sheridan County. But the proposed Brook Mine on the bank of the Tongue River is contested by a handful of local landowners and another coal company, Big Horn Coal, which operated in the region until Read More…
Three young leaders from Asia are in the Cowboy State learning about government and U.S. democracy. Zahkung Tu Mai, Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen and Ooi Tze Howe are participating in a program in which leaders under 40 visit the United States. Young American political leaders then visit foreign countries as part of the exchange. The Read More…
CODY, Wyo. — Business owners in northwest Wyoming are concerned about losing customers because of proposed road construction in 2018 in Yellowstone National Park. Road construction planned around Fishing Bridge inside the park next year could involve road closures that would affect the park’s East Entrance road, which connects Yellowstone to Cody. “We’re concerned that Read More…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Transportation has expanded free Wi-Fi availability at rest stops, welcome and information centers around the state. The newest locations with Wi-Fi are the rest areas located at Chugwater, Dwyer Junction and Orin Junction, all on Interstate 25 between Cheyenne and Casper. The agency says Wi-Fi will also soon Read More…
The Cody Boot and Bottle Club held its first Horsefair Expo on Saturday. The free event included a parade of breeds, tack swap, horseshoeing, pony rides, the Cowgirl Up Rodeo Drill Team and a silent auction to fundraise for the club among other things.