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Mostly Clear
Humidity: 77%
Wind: 4 mph
The swollen creek almost sounds like applause as robins, yellow-rumped warblers and chipmunks pick through the leftovers from late night raids on ripe berries by resident bears. Yellow leaves freckled with brown, hanging on tight in the rain, are still in the minority. But they won’t be for long in the Shoshone National Forest.
A landscaping method used by a contractor likely saved money in 1984, but now its results will likely cost Northwest College millions of dollars in residence hall repairs.
Commissioners decline to bend rules for sign
Park County regulations allowed a Wapiti man to put up a billboard along the North Fork Highway, but they’ll bar him from using it to promote other people’s businesses.
For six weeks, local farmer Dave Johnson worked through a tough harvest to get Elysian West Field ready for the softball tournament. With bases made of corn seed bags and a fence made of hay, Johnson fashioned the field from a piece of flat land, never before tilled, near the base of Heart Mountain.
Prosecutor says kids were living in ‘squalor’
Seven local men and women are facing felony charges for allegedly using methamphetamine in a filthy Cody home they were sharing with several young children.
Not very many people reach their 100th birthday. Even fewer still garden, bake, do housework and live independently after a full century.
For Evelyn Onstine, staying active is just part of life — even as she marks her 36,525th day on earth.
Lobera scores gamewinner as NWC records second straight shutout
Trappers head men’s soccer coach Stan Rodrigues knew a road game against conference rival Laramie County Community College was going to be a tough one.
Trappers place second as a team, Lady Trappers third
The Northwest College rodeo teams competed in Glendive, Montana, last weekend where the men’s team continued its success. The Trappers placed second as a team, while Caleb McMillan won the all-around. The women’s team tied for third place with University of Providence (formerly the University of Great Falls).
The Northwest College women’s soccer team finished up three straight games on the road with a 10-0 loss at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne Saturday. The Lady Trappers are now 0-5 on the season.
The Lady Panthers swim team hosted a dual against Worland Thursday, coming up just six points short of the Lady Warriors’ total of 96. Rachel Kuntz also became the Powell High School team’s 14th state qualifier with a dramatic improvement in time.
Lady Panthers bounce back after loss against Billings Senior
After a tough loss to Billings Senior on Tuesday, the Lady Panthers volleyball team bounced back in Buffalo on Friday, outlasting the Lady Bison in a five-set battle.
Making their best showing in five years, the Powell High School boys golf team finished seventh at the Class 3A State Golf Tournament in Douglas last week; meanwhile, the two members of the girls team finished a season of individual improvement.
As storm clouds rolled over the area and temperatures dropped this week, some of us lamented the sudden end to summertime while others happily welcomed the early arrival of autumnal days.
But few watched the change in weather more closely than local farmers.
The one-two punch of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, while mind-boggling in the devastation caused, will also be remembered for the ordinary, everyday people who stepped up to help their friends, neighbors and complete strangers in their hours of need.
The road from here to Cheyenne is long and often lonely. You can go miles without seeing anyone, and the landscape can be desolate.
The United States government currently stands more than $19.8 trillion deep in debt. As of Thursday, the U.S. Treasury pegged the amount owed at exactly $19,844,586,961,607.12.
And you can expect that figure to only get worse.
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