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As another hunting season nears and I await eagerly the chance to take my Lab out for her first waterfowl hunts, and to take my son out for his first deer hunt, there are some worrying signs around …
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By Zac Taylor
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8/31/23
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Readers may wonder why there is a cutoff of letters to the editor in this newspaper expressing support or opposition to candidates fully 11 days ahead of the Nov. 8 general election.
It is …
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By Dave Bonner
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11/3/22
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Recently, a number of city institutions have been struggling in their attempts to secure funding to get a new building or expand on the current one.
The Powell Senior Center is scrambling to …
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By Zac Taylor
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9/21/23
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The new Northwest College student center construction has a ways to go, but already the final design can be envisioned amongst the beams and openings for windows.
And let me tell you, …
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By Zac Taylor
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12/19/23
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In 2008 I brought a classic New York-style cheesecake to a Super Bowl party with my fiancé’s brother and his family. My future brother-in-law was hoping to see history — the …
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By Zac Taylor
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3/14/24
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Over the past few years, the Powell Tribune has covered a few teen entrepreneurs. Every community has kids who excel at sports, science, or academics, but Powell has an unusual amount of kids running …
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By Kevin Killough
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6/7/22
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The Nov. 8 general election in Park County School District 1 had intense back and forth in the local races for school district trustee positions that often appeared to represent followings with rival …
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By Dave Bonner
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11/17/22
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The City of Powell is so right to take the hiring of a new police chief seriously. This is, after all, the top law enforcement official in the city, the face of the department and someone who should …
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By Zac Taylor
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12/28/23
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In today’s world, with social media firestorms, a widening partisan divide and a worrying breakdown in civility infecting some of the populace (thankfully not too much here), who would …
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By Zac Taylor
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6/22/23
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In Cody, pickleball players regularly take over much of the large gym at the rec center, creating seven courts and playing throughout the morning.
In Powell, unfortunately, players are left with …
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By Zac Taylor
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12/6/22
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In the late 1800s, before he began his meteoric rise to the presidency, Theodore Roosevelt served as a police commissioner in New York City. Being a progressive Republican, he managed to ruffle …
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By Zac Taylor
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6/13/23
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If you haven’t yet gone over to the Park County Fairgrounds, why not?
We’re in the midst of the county fair here in Powell and I dare you to name something dripping with more good, …
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By Zac Taylor
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7/27/23
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The most recent spat of below-zero temps, snow and wind, led to some horrific road conditions around the state and led to a pair of tragedies for our region. On Feb. 24, Shannah and Wendy Nelson died …
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By Zac Taylor
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3/7/23
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Legislators: remember what you heard and what you said about lowering property taxes. The issue isn’t going away.
Candidates in the 2022 primary election heard from voters that rising …
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By Dave Bonner
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9/29/22
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A couple weeks ago my mom texted me old two pictures of me, amongst a crowd of other kids, watching a magician perform during my sixth birthday party at our home at the time in Fort Collins, …
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By Zac Taylor
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7/18/23
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I’m a sucker for long obituaries on important people, especially those who dealt with world affairs, such as presidents, prime ministers, generals and diplomats.
So, I spent the …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/9/24
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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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By Zac Taylor
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10/26/23
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The question was leading, and it took the Northwest College Foundation right where Clay Cummins wanted to go.
“How badly does the Foundation need that $10,000?” asked Cummins …
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By Dave Bonner
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8/16/22
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Inflation eats away at everyone’s income. The national news reminds us constantly of insidiously high inflation rates — at 40-year highs hovering around 8%. The picture in …
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By Dave Bonner
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12/22/22
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There was no political wave of any color amongst local, nonpartisan elections in the Powell area.
There was quite a mix of incumbent and newcomer, more moderate and more conservative, in …
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By Zac Taylor
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11/15/22
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