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Neighbors have LDS temple concerns

CODY - "First and foremost, it's not personal or against all the LDS faithful whatsoever," Terry Skinner said in discussing his opposition to the construction of a Mormon Temple in Cody. "It's really... Full story

 
 By Stephen Dow    Wyoming    May 18, 2023

Citizens still hold key to solving 60-year-old murder

CODY - "Maybe a lot of people don't know that most cases are solved by the average citizen," Cody Police Chief Al Vanderpool said in a Nov. 1, 1962, Cody Enterprise article. "That is, by something... Full story

 
 By Stephen Dow    News    November 24, 2022

Family reunites with dog; collie mix found after 13-day disappearance

CODY — Michele Robles and her husband Braden Barkman thought long and hard when selecting a new family dog earlier this year. The couple’s 3-year-old daughter, Braelynn Barkman, is autistic, Robles said, and they knew not every dog would be a good fi... Full story

 
 By Stephen Dow    News    November 17, 2022

Yellowstone Park's season better than anticipated after June flooding

CODY – Its 150th anniversary — once expected to bring record visitation to Yellowstone National Park —- ended with lower-than-normal attendance, but Superintendent Cam Sholly is still smiling. In a summer during which the park had to be evacu... Full story

 
 By Stephen Dow    News    October 13, 2022

With fewer wearing masks in use, influenza cases expected to rise

CODY — After two years of fewer-than-normal influenza cases due to public health measures implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic, local health officials are expecting the virus to come back in force this flu season. “The last few years there has... Full story

 
 By Stephen Dow    News    June 2, 2022

Survey shows 65% of teachers would quit if they could

SHERIDAN — Results of a survey available on the Wyoming Education Association website shows 65% of Wyoming teachers would quit if they could, researcher Mark Perkins said. During an interim meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Com... Full story

 
 By Stephen Dow    News    June 2, 2022

Survey shows 65% of teachers would quit if they could

SHERIDAN — Results of a survey available on the Wyoming Education Association website shows 65% of Wyoming teachers would quit if they could, researcher Mark Perkins said. During an interim meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Com... Full story

 
 By STEPHEN DOW    News    May 5, 2022

Bighorn Forest examines stickers to solve camping issues

SHERIDAN — The Bighorn National Forest will soon act on dispersed camping solutions brought forward two years ago by the Big Horn Mountain Coalition Dispersed Camping Task Force. The suggestions — which range from requiring a dispersed camping sti... Full story

 
 By STEPHEN DOW    News    December 9, 2021

15-cent fuel tax increase to be considered by Legislature

SHERIDAN —With a 9-2 vote Tuesday, the Wyoming Legislature’s Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee opted to forward a bill that would raise the state’s fuel tax for the first time in a decade. The bill suggests a 15-cent fuel tax i... Full story

 
 By Stephen Dow    News    April 15, 2021

Sheridan County Medicaid advocates continue fight after death of expansion bills

SHERIDAN — Sheridan advocates for Medicaid expansion in Wyoming are used to disappointment. The topic has come up frequently in the state Legislature since a provision in 2010’s Affordable Care Act first called for expansion of Medicaid eli... Full story

 
 By Stephen Dow    News    April 1, 2021

Seat belt legislation dies

SHERIDAN — A missed procedural deadline last week marked the end for a bill that would have allowed law enforcement to pull over drivers solely for not wearing a seat belt. March 22 was the final day for bills to gain initial approval in their chambe... Full story

 
 By Stephen Dow    News    October 8, 2020

Justices uphold sentence in murder case

BUFFALO — The Wyoming Supreme Court has affirmed Fourth Judicial District Court Judge William Edelman's ruling in the re-sentencing of convicted murderer and robber Donald C. Davis last year. “Considering the re-sentencing proceedings in their ent... Full story

 
 By Stephen Dow    News    October 17, 2019

Buffalo wins final approval for vet facility

BUFFALO — After months of legislative debate, the Wyoming State Building Commission has given the final word on the location of the state's first skilled nursing facility for veterans. That word? Buffalo. “This is a big sigh of relief for me and for... Full story

 
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