Powell Tribune

Powell High School student Corey Linebaugh works on a grill project during a recent welding class. High school welding and industrial art students may soon be working on projects for a new agricultural facility.

Construction of a new agricultural facility at Powell High School may begin as soon as next spring. The Powell school board recently voted to move forward with the project, hiring Point Architects … more

By Tessa Baker | 10/23/18

‘Crossover’ voters made up less than 5 percent of the Park County GOP vote

Last week, the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office answered one of the lingering questions about August’s election: Just how many voters switched their political affiliation to … more

By CJ Baker | 10/23/18

Northwest College students Tair Masharipov (center) and Bossan Abdyyeva (right) prepare pilaf for NWC’s Intercultural Tuesday Lunch last week at the DeWitt Student Center as Samir Idriss looks on. Abdyyeva and Masharipov are from Turkmenistan, while Idriss is from Morocco.

Powell’s melting pot

It is not an understatement to say that Northwest College’s student body has an international flavor to it. Not only does NWC have 55 international students from 26 different countries … more

By Mike Buhler | 10/23/18

Kent and Holly Kienlen look out on the day from their covered porch while Pepper moves into position for some family time.

Family enjoying every nook and cranny of 100-year-old home

The sounds of a Lyon & Healy Centennial harp being plucked by the matron’s fingers travel from room to room in this 100-year-old home like a melodic tour through time. The heavenly music … more

By Mark Davis | 10/22/18

A whimsical book house on North Douglas Street encourages readers of all ages to take a book or leave one. Luke Robertson built the free little library as a gift for his wife, Anna Hardy. ‘I’ve reached a point in my life where I don’t really need more stuff, so I requested food and house projects (built-in shelves, a shelf over the bathroom door, book house, etc.) hoping that my crafty dad, brother or husband would make me something neat,’ Hardy said.

Book house: Family encourages passersby to take a book/leave a book

A tiny whimsical cottage on North Douglas Street looks like it belongs in a storybook — which is quite fitting, given its purpose. Within its brightly colored walls, the little home holds … more

By Tessa Baker | 10/19/18

After foreclosure and a sale to a new owner, lots are selling again in the Copperleaf subdivision in the Wapiti Valley.

Under new owner, Copperleaf subdivision enters a new chapter

When the massive Copperleaf subdivision was first proposed in 2004, it drew protests and legal challenges that dragged out for years. Then, the housing market tanked and the whole project fell into … more

By CJ Baker | 10/19/18

Park County 1 cent tax may end sooner than expected

P ark County residents and businesses have been buying enough stuff that an extra 1 percent sales tax could end next spring — six months earlier than expected. When voters approved the … more

By CJ Baker and Mike Buhler | 10/18/18

Mentor Grant Stambaugh and hunter Lucas Young glass for a white-tailed doe during a part of a Wyoming Outdoorsmen and Wyoming Game and Fish Department mentoring program called First Hunt.

First hunt: Mentored hunting program in its first year already a big hit

Like any first-time hunter, Lucas Young needed help if he was ever going to be able to successfully harvest a deer. Young had to prove himself accurate with a rifle, but there’s a lot more … more

By Mark Davis | 10/18/18

These calves — on display at the Northwest College Foundation’s Ag Showcase last week — were halter broke and trained to show and sell at the NILE stock show in Billings by the NWC show team.

Northwest, UW to offer four-year ag degree in Powell

Several years of hard work to bring a four-year agriculture degree program to Powell is about to produce a bountiful harvest. Northwest College President Stefani Hicswa announced last week that … more

By Mike Buhler | 10/18/18

Planned renovations to NWC’s Cody Hall delayed

A recent decline in enrollment at Northwest College — and a decrease in the number of students living in NWC’s residence halls — is delaying the college’s plans for renovating … more

By Mike Buhler | 10/16/18

Donella Pease receives a weight slip from driver Clinton Anderson during the early dig at the Ralston beet dump last month. Clinton, of Deaver, was driving for Lyle Evelo of Powell. While tonnage per acre is a little lower than forecasted during the early dig, sugar content is much higher.

Sugar high: With harvest mostly complete, local crop setting sugar content records

Although local sugar beet crops are coming up short of projected yields, Mark Bjornestad, senior agriculturist for Western Sugar Cooperative, is all smiles at this point in the 2018 harvest in the … more

By Dave Bonner | 10/16/18

Construction equipment sits idle at the base of a slide along the Chief Joseph Highway on Monday afternoon. The project, overseen by Oftedal Construction, Inc., has been temporarily halted following a fatal Friday night crash.

Local worker dies on Chief Joseph Highway repair project

A local man who was working on a project to repair the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway died Friday night after his haul truck crashed into a creek. Ronald “Ronny” Frankenberry II — a former … more

By CJ Baker | 10/15/18

Sherry Senn of Powell celebrates after winning the truck class, beating her sons Mark and Josh in the process.

Tough mother teaches sons a lesson

Watching demolition derby drivers attempt to cause as much damage to their competition’s cars as possible can be tough on mothers. What could be tougher? Going up against your children in … more

By Mark Davis | 10/12/18

Northwest College instructor Heidi Hansen works with students in her general studies first year seminar class Wednesday morning on the NWC campus. The college is striving to reverse a trend that has seen enrollment decline in eight of the last nine years.

NWC enrollment dips again

With enrollment at Northwest College down 10 percent from last fall — and more than 30 percent below its peak in almost a decade ago — NWC President Stefani Hicswa announced a … more

By Mike Buhler | 10/11/18

Nearly a dozen grizzlies euthanized since September

Once again grizzly bears are under federal management, and with change comes new protocols for human-bear conflicts. Hanging in the balance is a grizzly’s life — whether a bear is … more

By Mark Davis | 10/11/18

After error, Cody area absentee ballots reprinted

Roughly 1,300 voters in the Cody area who’d requested absentee ballots are being sent new ones after Park County elections officials discovered an error with the original versions. Around 100 … more

By CJ Baker | 10/11/18

State approves funding for conference center

Plans to build a new hotel and conference center on Powell’s western edge with a mixture of private and public funding should soon become a reality: On Thursday morning, The Wyoming State Loan … more

By Mike Buhler | 10/9/18

Woman charged after allegedly asking cop for meth

While looking to obtain some methamphetamine last month, a Powell woman is alleged to have texted a very wrong number: Instead of connecting with an obliging dealer, she reached a Powell police … more

By CJ Baker | 10/9/18

Kimono, a female black-footed ferret, pokes her head out of a white-tailed prairie dog burrow during its first moments of freedom. Kimono, along with 13 other captive-bred ferrets, was released on the Lazy BV Ranch about 20 miles west of Meeteetse in the final relocation of the endangered species back to the historic ranch where the species was rediscovered after they were thought to be extinct.

Meeteetse-area ferrets succeeding

State and federal wildlife officials recently made what they hope is the last release of endangered black-footed ferrets in the Meeteetse area, introducing 13 captive-bred kits and one adult to the … more

By Mark Davis | 10/9/18

Tate and Joe Gallagher run through their family’s corn maze in Clark on Tuesday. Grizzly bears were found in the area on Friday, but the property has since been given the all clear. Gallagher’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch — now protected by an electric fence — is set to be open for business this weekend.

Grizzly bear conflicts increasing

When Cecil and Bridget Gallagher decided to open a corn maze on their Clark property, safety was one of their main concerns. Inviting the public to your farm has risks. But they never thought … more

By Mark Davis | 10/4/18