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Lily Trandahl, senior at Upton High School, is entering the Wyoming Army National Guard, pursuing a lifelong dream to follow in her father’s footsteps as a soldier. A young Trandahl is pictured with her father, Nick Trandahl, when he was on leave during his deployment in 2009.

NEWCASTLE — Lily Trandahl’s admiration for her father, Nicholas Trandahl, for his military service began when she was very young. Since she was a toddler, she’s dreamed of likewise … more

By KateLynn Slaamot, Newcastle News Letter Journal Via Wyoming News Exchange | 11/14/23

Hunters reminded to submit harvest surveys

CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department wants to know how your Wyoming hunt went this year. Many hunters have received a harvest survey via email or the U.S. Postal Service. The … more

11/14/23

The sun rises over the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park on a foggy morning. The origins of early public lands in the west were largely credited to preservationists and conservationists in the late 1800s and early 1900s and often associated with President Theodore Roosevelt.

The origins of public lands

Access to public lands is just as hotly debated today as it was when the U.S. initially started setting aside large tracts of land, saving them from development. That the philosophical idea of … more

By Mark Davis | 11/9/23

Southside Elementary School celebrated its second National Blue Ribbon School designation on Oct. 26. Southside Elementary first earned the title in 2014. This year students wore shirts that declared 2023 a ‘Blue Year.’

Southside Elementary School celebrating a blue year

Field trips and programs that accommodate all students make Southside Elementary School worthy of being a Blue Ribbon School, fifth grader Pele Rapp confidently declared to a crowd of hundreds in … more

By Braden Schiller | 11/9/23

Young Cody man charged with sexual abuse of minor

A 22-year-old Cody man is facing the potential of a multi-decade prison sentence for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl. Park County prosecutors have charged John M. Creech with two … more

By CJ Baker | 11/9/23

The Park County Planning and Zoning board including, from left, Randy Mair, Guy Eastman, chair Kimberly Brandon-Wintermote, vice chair Duncan Bonine and Brian Peters, worked out final changes to the proposed new land use plan Tuesday with the Park County Commissioners in front of dozens of people.

Land use plan changes to be sent to consultant finalized

Aiming to address concerns raised by property owners, Park County commissioners and Planning and Zoning board members have made several changes to the county’s proposed land use plan. A … more

By Zac Taylor | 11/9/23

Rick Johnson (left) and Kory Johnson pose beside their trucks, Bad Bowtie and Mr. Awesome, inside the Johnson Motorsports shop. The father and son travel East each summer to compete in truck pulls and have seen strong results.

Family’s love of motorsports reaches into fourth generation

When the Park County Fair truck pull rolled around in 1979, Rick Johnson’s father was vacationing in California. So Rick decided to go ahead and borrow his dad’s brand new GMC pickup for … more

By CJ Baker | 11/9/23

Kalen Sapp sits on top of his 1975 Dodge Power Wagon. The truck has spent its entire life in Powell but laid dormant until Sapp saw potential in the old truck that had been sitting on his family’s lot for 15 years. The truck was up and running for his last week at Powell High School.

For the love of cars

Cars have always been important to Powell resident Kalen Sapp, which is why he has an uncountable amount in different shapes and sizes with duplicates all neatly stored in three gray totes. … more

By Braden Schiller | 11/9/23

Robbi Steinbach, service manager at Yellowstone Motors, has decades of experience in supply chain management. He said prior to the UAW strike he was ‘greenlighted’ by the owner to purchase additional parts prepping for the disruption in the parts shipments. ‘We ordered as many as we could, beginning August, and it was a hefty price tag. But it worked,’ he said.

The parts detectives

As United Auto Workers threatened and eventually went on strike, many realized buying a new car might be an even longer process than it already was, the industry not having fully recovered from … more

By Mark Davis | 11/9/23

New community Thanksgiving Dinner this year at Park County Fairgrounds

A new community Thanksgiving Dinner is on for this year after new organizers stepped in to run it. The dinner will be 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Heart Mountain Hall in the Park County Fairgrounds on Nov. … more

11/9/23

The county acquired what is now the Park County Complex from Marathon Oil in 2005. Now, some area municipal and business leaders want to examine the possibility of some of the upper floor space being used as an events center.

Consultant: Complex could be used as events center

The Park County Complex is structurally sound enough to be used as a large capacity events center, according to Elevation Structural Design’s report on the feasibility. “Basically … more

By Zac Taylor | 11/9/23

Larry Boggiano restores vehicles with his father Gary, like Bertha, a bright red 1945 Chevy. Bertha and the Boggiano family have a deep history.

It’s all in the little details

The 1945 Chevy that would later be affectionately named Bertha started life as an army truck, built too late for service in World War II. Nearly 70 years later it’s been handed down … more

By Emma Johnson | 11/9/23

Averee Johnson poses next to his family’s Chevy C10 for his graduation picture. The truck has been in the family for nearly 50 years beginning with his great-grandparents Joan and Nelson Cross. After his great grandmother’s passing, Avery found a copy of the picture with a story and the name of the truck written on the back.

Keeping it in the family

It was 1977 and Joan Cross wanted a pickup truck — 50 years later the 1971 Chevy C10 is still in the family, where it's going to stay. A lot has changed since Joan Cross and her husband … more

By Braden Schiller | 11/9/23

Park County Sheriff’s Office deputies are hoping to reunite this female border collie with its owner.

Deputies looking for owner of dog found at Willwood Dam

Park County Sheriff’s Office deputies are looking for the owner of a black and white female shorthair border collie wearing a black nylon harness at the Willwood Dam fishing access. … more

11/9/23

Program on freeing pets from traps scheduled for Saturday

A Saturday event to teach owners how to get their pets out of traps is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 11 in the Grizzly Room at the Park County Public Library in Cody. The event is sponsored by … more

11/9/23

Winter tires

The first signs of wintry weather have lead to busy times at tire shops around the Basin, but unlike in year’s past, most drivers nowadays are looking for one good set of all terrain or all … more

By Zac Taylor | 11/9/23

Wyoming Digital Newspaper Collection adds five titles

The Wyoming Digital Newspaper Collection has added five prison newspapers to its database. Titles include Best Scene, J-A-B-S, Wyoming State Honor Farm, Wyoming Pen, and The New Approach. These … more

11/9/23

Third Dell Range shooting defendant sentenced to prison

Monday morning, the last of three co-defendants involved in the January shooting of a 16-year-old girl on Dell Range Boulevard was sentenced to two to three years in prison for his role in her death. … more

By Samir Knox, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange | 11/9/23

Greybull Bentonite operations acquired by Montana company

BILLINGS — A Montana company recently purchased the bentonite operations of M-I Swaco in Greybull, according to a company press release. Wyo-Ben, Inc., provides drilling fluids and … more

11/9/23

Everything you need to know about fuel cell electric vehicles

(StatePoint) As more American motorists look to trade in their gasoline-powered cars for something greener, many will consider different forms of electric vehicles. Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) … more

11/9/23