Wyoming Conservation Corps (WCC) members Chris Folsom and Lola Philips work on the Casper Rotary Club Park trail on Casper Mountain, one of the first WCC projects of this summer. (WCC Photo) Projects ranging from building trails in the Shoshone and Bridger-Teton national forests in northwest Wyoming to building a yurt at Glendo State Park Read More…
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…
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…
“I think back to the spring, the (Class A state) semifinal night, he had the biggest hit of the year,” Roughriders (12-6) head coach Stephen Greenwood said, recalling Jung’s two-out, game-tying triple in the sixth inning against Fargo Davies. “He’s had a couple of huge hits since then. I think he’s really getting confident in Read More…
Dickinson hosted an in-place recycling and reclaiming seminar this week, which included a live demonstration Wednesday morning. The Asphalt Recycling and Reclaiming Association (ARRA) organized the event to show the processes of recycling existing roads as a more cost-effective and time-saving practice. “Once a road has reached pretty much past its useful life, traditionally and Read More…
The reconstruction project may use either concrete or asphalt, said Andrew Schrank with Highlands Engineering. Construction would be from Second Street Southwest to Sixth Avenue Southeast, skipping over the North Dakota Highway 22 portion of the road. Schrank said the improvements are much-needed. The project would be put out for bid in late fall and Read More…
Mejia (3-3) tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing five hits and a walk while striking out three. The 24-year-old left-hander has not given up a run in 10 2/3 innings over his past two starts. Miguel Sano also drove in his team-leading 53rd run of the season for Minnesota (40-36), which was outscored 13-3 in Read More…
Instead, he got the call at 1:45 a.m. to rejoin the Twins in Boston, where a pair of rain delays had forced them to get six innings from their bullpen in Tuesday’s 9-2 loss. “Just happy to be back and contribute in whatever way I can,” Hughes said. “It’s all good.” Activated for the first Read More…
Cardinal George Pell faces multiple charges of “historical sexual assault offenses,” the Australian criminal justice system’s term for offenses committed in the past, Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton announced at a news conference on Thursday morning in Australia. That morning, Victoria police notified Pell’s legal representative that he has been charged and must appear Read More…
Utah residents Theodore Schrader, 74, and Patsy Holmes, 72, were taking photos on a boardwalk when a bison approached them. The animal “butted” Holmes, who fell into Schrader. Park rangers helped get the couple to a nearby clinic. Schrader had minor injuries, but Holmes was flown to an Idaho Falls medical facility, according to a Read More…
Michael Geiermann, Schwartzenberger’s attorney, had subpoenaed Todd O’Driscoll, who asked earlier this year to be removed as special prosecutor, along with Gov. Doug Burgum, Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford, Leslie Bakken Oliver, counsel to the governor, and Troy Seibel, deputy attorney general. Geiermann contended two letters O’Driscoll sent to to Burgum earlier this year regarding the Read More…
Bull rider Bradie Gray, who was critically injured after being stomped by a bull at the College National Finals Rodeo earlier this month, is out of the intensive care unit and itching to get back on a bull. “He still had a breathing tube in and one of the first things he wrote on the Read More…
The protesters carried signs with slogans—”Healthcare for all,” “Trumpcare is not terrific. It’s terrifying.”—during the noon hour on Wednesday, June 28, to call for the defeat of a Senate bill pushed by Republicans intended as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. The bill stalled earlier this week in the face Read More…
Darryl Jorgenson, the center’s finance director, said there’s a lot of excitement for Spectra, a Philadelphia-based company, to assume management duties from the city. The new company brings expertise and resources to Grand Forks, he said, though with it comes with considerable adjustment. “Obviously, there’s a lot of transition right now. We’re talking about employee Read More…
Bull rider Bradie Gray, who was critically injured after being stomped by a bull at the College National Finals Rodeo earlier this month, is out of the intensive care unit. Gray left the ICU at Wyoming Medical Center on Wednesday morning, walking to his new room, the hospital reported on its Facebook page. “Thank you Read More…
Grand Teton National Park officials killed a 4-year-old black bear Tuesday after it approached three groups of people, destroyed a tent and walked on someone’s porch. The bear was habituated to humans, park officials said in a release. No one was injured by the bear. “Park rangers and biologists determined it was the same black Read More…
LARAMIE, Wyo. — Wind gusts of up to 90 miles per hour knocked out power and downed trees in Laramie in southeast Wyoming. The National Weather Service recorded a number of wind gusts in excess of 60 mph in Albany and Laramie counties on Tuesday afternoon and evening. The high wind was accompanied in some Read More…
Before UND even officially lands in the Summit League in the 2018-19 school year, however, the conference has lost a member. Indiana Purdue-Indianapolis (IUPUI) announced Wednesday, June 28, it will leave the Summit for the Horizon League effective July 1 and begin competing in the league this upcoming school year. That move doesn’t diminish UND Read More…
In accepting the role as chairman in the gathering in Whitefish, Mont., Daugaard announced the launch of the new WGA initiative on workforce development.. “Economic growth in the West depends upon states having a workforce that is properly aligned with future economic needs,” said Daugaard. “As laboratories of democracy, our states have been employing different Read More…
UND and Montana announced Wednesday, June 28, an agreement to play a home-and-home series during the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The Grizzlies and Fighting Hawks will play in Grand Forks on Sept. 7, 2024, and in Missoula on Sept. 13, 2025. “I think it’s great for our football program and our fans,” UND athletic director Read More…
“I don’t think we would have done that, either,” Heath reflected Wednesday, June 28. “I think we would have lost this game.” But when that script played out Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium, Heath was angry with what he viewed as his players’ passive, possession-based style that netted one point instead of three against Vancouver. Read More…
Despite objections from Wells County State’s Attorney Kathleen Murray, Southeast District Court Judge Daniel Narum.made the ruling at a bond hearing for Johnny Zip Lawson. Lawson was placed under arrest on May 26 on five separate charges – conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance, bribery, false reports to law enforcement or other security officials, public Read More…
The Assiniboine and Sioux tribes on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeastern Montana filed a complaint Wednesday with the Justice Department and the Education Department saying that the Wolf Point School District discriminates against native students and “deprives them of basic rights to which they are entitled in school.” The complaint adds that “the Read More…
A bison rammed into a senior-citizen couple taking pictures on the boardwalk at Mud Volcano in Yellowstone National Park Wednesday morning. Husband and wife Theodore Schrader, 74, and wife Patsy Holmes, 72, of Heber City, Utah, both suffered injuries adjacent to the thermal feature. The couple, which did not receive Park citations for any violations, Read More…
Details of the shooting were contained in a complaint filed in Norman County District Court Wednesday, June 28, against the victim’s girlfriend, 19-year-old Monalisa Perez of Halstad. She was charged with second-degree manslaughter after telling authorities on Monday evening that she and her boyfriend, 22-year-old Pedro Ruiz III, were making a YouTube video when she Read More…
Standing beside portraits of the half-inch pest at a state Capitol news conference, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said the state would boost the number of traps from about 1,000 to roughly 1,500 this year, with the additional devices placed in high-risk areas like nurseries, parks and golf courses. He asked those who purchased “containerized stock,” Read More…
The Washakie County attorney has identified a man shot by law enforcement in Worland on Sunday. Joel Moreno, 32, remains hospitalized in Billings, where his condition has been upgraded to “fair,” according to a release from County Attorney John Worrall. Moreno was described as a former Worland resident. An officer shot Moreno during a disturbance Read More…
“I just think his toughness,” the Timberwolves point guard said Monday night at the Twin Cities Pro Am basketball league, after “coaching” his team to a victory. “Just the grit that he plays with, how physical he is. I think that’s something (where) everyone can follow his lead just as far as how talented and Read More…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Rivers and streams in central and western Wyoming are receding after melting snowpack poured the equivalent of at least 30 inches of water down mountains over the last several weeks, causing widespread flooding, interrupting travel on a route to Yellowstone National Park and cutting irrigation water to farms. But thanks to a Read More…
The possibility of guns in schools may become a reality in Cody. The Cody School Board began brainstorming last week about the next steps on the School Safety and Security Act. The Act passed in February, allows school boards in Wyoming to decide if employees or citizens can be armed on school property. Although implementing Read More…
Tall and laconic, determined, sometimes cranky and creaky, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire chose a challenging profession in a rugged county that seems to be crime-ridden. And he only has an hour to round up the perps. Luckily he gets help from one of his deputies, The Ferg, and luckily the yarns unwind on a television Read More…
A silent alarm, security cameras and a rapid response from Cody police brought an end to an alleged armed robbery at Rocky Mountain Discount Liquor on Monday evening. Five-year minimum Kenyon Miller, 22, is alleged to have walked into the store a little after 7 p.m. wearing a black ski mask. Inside, prosecutors said, he Read More…
Cody will be busy with five days full of patriotic events to celebrate the Fourth of July. Friday, June 30 •Xtreme Bulls, 8 p.m., Stampede Park. Saturday, July 1 •Wild West Extravaganza, noon-5 p.m., City Park. •Stampede Rodeo, 8 p.m., rodeo grounds. Sunday, July 2 •Kiddies Parade, 10 a.m., Sheridan Avenue •Wild West Extravaganza, 10 Read More…
During the annual Cody Stampede Fourth of July celebrations, horses are never absent from the parade down Sheridan Avenue. While horses in the parade are expected, what may not be expected is the amount of training riders and horses must go through to ensure safety throughout the duration of the celebrations. Co-captain of the Cowgirl Read More…
Bicyclists climb a hill just outside Cody on the Greybull Highway towards Shell. Proceeds from the ride went to the People Everywhere Are Kind and Sharing Foundation, which helps relieve the cost of non-medical expenses for Big Horn Basin cancer patients.
Separate public hearings on whether the Cody City Council should issue a new liquor license, renew 43 liquor licenses for a year and adopt a $32.79 million new budget drew no comments from the public and little to no discussion by city officials June 20. No one came forward to speak at a public hearing Read More…
If you’ve put unsightly and unused items outside where people see them, you could be violating the City of Cody’s health and safety law. The nuisance section of city code applies to unlicensed vehicles and junk as well as overgrown weeds and grass on private or public property, on public streets, in alleys or on Read More…
Cody, WY (82414) Today Variable clouds with scattered thunderstorms. Gusty winds and small hail are possible. High 69F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%.. Tonight Scattered thunderstorms early, then mainly cloudy after midnight. Gusty winds and small hail are possible. Low around 50F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Read More…
Due to the Independence Day holiday, City of Cody sanitation workers will not empty dumpsters or individual roll-out garbage containers on Tuesday, July 4. Instead, they will empty Tuesday dumpsters between Wednesday, July 5, and Thursday, July 6. Roll-outs usually emptied on Tuesdays should be placed curbside by 7 a.m. on Wednesday, July 5. For Read More…
The National Credit Union Administration has placed Citizens Community Credit Union, with nearly 11,400 members, into conservatorship after discovering “unsafe and unsound practices,” according to a news release. The NCUA has removed the credit union’s board of directors and senior management as it attempts to resolve those issues. There is no timeline for the length Read More…
The best of Yellowstone National Park is simplicity and purity. People by the thousands drive through marveling at the scenic beauty, from the snow-capped mountains to the densely wooded forests, from the spectacular, clock-work eruption of Old Faithful to the riveting color of the Grand Prismatic Spring. Those are staples that never shift location, always Read More…
The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation will review the Casper police investigation into Mick McMurry’s suicide, though police said there is no new information in the case. “The McMurry Family hopes the Richardson Family finds the comfort they are seeking,” Susie McMurry, Mick’s widow, said in a statement emailed to the Star-Tribune. “We will cooperate Read More…
CASPER — The federal government may jointly administer some services to the two tribes sharing Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation, a U.S. District Court judge ruled last week. The order gives legal force to a long-running but disputed practice and could set a crucial precedent for the government’s obligations to the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes, Read More…