In Cody drug case, informant alleged to be supplier
Earlier this year, Tucker Wirfel helped investigators gather evidence against a suspected meth distributor in Cody. Under the supervision of agents with the Wyoming Division of Criminal …
Growing a partnership
What do culinary arts and science have in common? At Powell High School both of these classes share a garden, but it isn’t a traditional garden. They use hydroponic growing equipment …
These little piggies
It takes a lot to get a pig to the winner’s circle along with happy pictures of 4-H and FFA producers holding ribbons and pigs going for high prices to supporters in the community. It almost …
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UW launches new Firearms Research Center
While most firearms research is funded by gun control advocates, that won’t be the case with the new Firearms Research Center at the University of Wyoming’s College of Law. UW recently …
After pandemic shortages and with spike in egg prices, chicks are hot commodity
Local resident Garrett Hammarlund reached Murdoch’s with mere minutes to spare on a recent Friday morning, less than 40 minutes after the store opened and an employee announced on Facebook that …
Fresh lettuce for all
In Park County School District 1 cafeterias support a Big Horn Basin business and alternative agriculture at the same time. Each week PCSD1 receives an average of 150 cases of lettuce from …
Fishery improving as Willwood groups continue work
The fishery below Willwood Dam is recovering from the load of sediment released in 2016 as two groups continue to work on ways to improve dam operations and reduce the sediment coming from …
Game and Fish Commission elects new officers
Wyoming Game and Fish commissioners unanimously elected Ralph Brokaw as their president at a meeting in Rock Springs last week. Brokaw, an Arlington resident who represents District 2 for Albany, …
Man who robbed Cody banks in 2012 punished for probation violation
More than a decade after he robbed banks and credit unions in Utah, Oklahoma, Montana, Colorado and Wyoming — including two institutions in Cody — Joshua M. Beckstead is still struggling …
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Trappers stumble in quarterfinal
An improved season came to a close for the Northwest College women’s basketball team last week, as the Trappers fell to Trinidad State in the Region IX quarterfinal.   …
Panthers hope to contend in 2023
Despite losing graduates who scored more than 60 goals a season ago, the Powell High School boys’ soccer team still returns key talent from a loaded 2022 roster — and the squad is still …
Girls’ soccer hopes to continue building
After an improved 2022 campaign, the Powell High School girls’ soccer team will hope to continue growing in the 2023 season — this time under new leadership. Danny Agee took over the …
Three UW wrestlers head to NCAA Championships
The Wyoming Cowboy wrestling team will head to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to compete in the NCAA Division I Championships March 16-18 in the BOK Center. A total of three Cowboys are set to compete with the …
Cowgirls set to host WNIT this Friday
The Wyoming Cowgirls will host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the opening round of the Women’s NIT at 6:30 p.m., Friday, March 17 in Laramie. The Islanders, who were the regular season …
Panther girls earn trophy for first time in five years
In their first state tournament action in four years the Powell Panther girls’ basketball team returned home with its first hardware in five years — winning the consolation championship …
Obituaries
Patricia Irene Moody passed away on March 8, 2023. Patricia (Pat) Moody was born May 31, 1942, in Forsyth, Montana. She was the first child of John G. and Virginia Irene O’Brien. Pat was the …
Neil E. Harrison passed away in his home in the early morning on Monday, March 6, 2023, surrounded by his wife of 67 years, Vernice, his son, daughter and grandchildren. He was 87 years old. Neil was …
Alice passed away on Sunday, March 5 in Billings, Montana.  Alice was one of nine children born to John and Catherine VandenHeuvel of St. Paul, Minnesota.  Alice trained to be an RN …
Susan Marie Lynn Feller (Susie/Gra-ma Sue/Graham Cracker), age 73, gained her wings as she passed away peacefully at Spirit Mountain Hospice on March 5, 2023.  Susan was born on June 25, …
Patricia Moody of Powell passed away on March 8. A memorial service will be held on March 20 at St. Barbara’s Catholic Church beginning at 10 a.m. Thompson Funeral Home is handling the …
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