Powell Tribune

Marcea Lane leads members of Victoria’s School of Dance at a workshop last month.

Dancers to perform ‘Thriller’ at Powelloween

A horde of zombies will rise from their graves Friday night and … break into dance? At 5 p.m., two dozen undead-looking members of Victoria’s School of Dance will amass at the … more

By CJ Baker | 10/26/21

Bugler Tom Bibbey and other members of the American Legion Post 26 Honor Guard are pictured at the October 2020 unveilling of Powell’s Wall of Honor. The honor guard is currently seeking additional members to ensure that enough personnel are available to pay tribute to deceased veterans.

More veterans needed to honor those who have served

When a veteran of the U.S. military dies, they are entitled to a funeral with military honors. A bugler plays taps, an American flag is folded and presented to the veteran’s family and, if the … more

By CJ Baker | 10/26/21

‘The two-party system has failed’

Being labeled as a RINO, or a Republican In Name Only, has long been an insult for party members who are accused of being too liberal. But these days, state Sen. R.J. Kost, R-Powell, says … more

By CJ Baker | 10/26/21

Local anglers win prizes for reporting tagged trout

Two Cody area anglers recently received prizes for catching and reporting tagged trout in local waters. As part of a research effort to study trout populations in Buffalo Bill Reservoir and North … more

10/26/21

Man arrested in Pinedale after reporting he was hiding from snipers

PINEDALE (WNE) — A man who was sentenced on felony drug charges in July allegedly violated his unsupervised probation earlier this month after he was caught for drugs. The man was arrested … more

10/26/21

Body of missing 26-year-old Texas man found in Teton Park

JACKSON (WNE) — Search teams found the body of missing 26-year-old Jared Hembree in Grand Teton National Park on Sunday, according to a National Park Service news release. Searchers had been … more

10/26/21

Wyoming aims to expand sports betting by end of year

The first month of legalized sports betting in Wyoming wrapped up only a few weeks ago, but the state’s gaming commission is already anticipating expansion in the near future. DraftKings and … more

By Josh Criswell, WyoSports Via Wyoming News Exchange | 10/26/21

Cody man on the run from federal authorities

Federal prosecutors are pursuing a series of interconnected cases against four people alleged to have brought a substantial amount of methamphetamine into the Cody area earlier this year. But … more

By CJ Baker | 10/21/21

Brenda Sportsman and Larry Timchak sweep through a South Fork canal siphon with dip nets in an attempt to save trout and other native fish species trapped at the end of the irrigation season. The East Yellowstone Chapter of Trout Unlimited has been capturing stranded trout in area canals each year for more than three decades in an effort to conserve the natural resources.

Commitment to conservation leads volunteers to extreme locations in effort to save trout

An effort that’s saved hundreds of thousands of fish from local canals began with a fisherman with a big heart accompanying a ditch rider on the Cody Canal. Bob Capron, one of the five … more

By Mark Davis | 10/21/21

In the Lone Pheasant Major Subdivision north of Powell, a single-family home is under construction. The housing inventory in Powell is having a lot of trouble keeping up with demand. Very little of the new construction is going up on spec, with most new homes custom built for their owners.

Housing market remains hot in the Big Horn Basin

Starting around the spring of 2020, the Big Horn Basin housing market began heating up. The sudden uptick in housing sales at a time COVID was creating a lot of economic uncertainty was a welcome … more

By Kevin Killough | 10/21/21

Shaking off the slowdown of muddy fields in the last week, the area sugar beet harvest is going strong and moving steadily past midway completion in the Lovell factory district. With Heart Mountain as a backdrop, this harvesting operation was a near final sweep through a beet field west of Powell last week.

Beets rolling in — frost damage negligible

With the area’s sugar beet harvest rolling past the halfway point, little crop damage was registered from a brief dip to temperatures below freezing in the last week. Moisture from rain and … more

10/21/21

A new transformer is lifted into place in August, as part of an ongoing renovation of the Vining Substation. City power will be shut off on the nights of Oct. 28 and Nov. 1 so certain work can be safely performed.

Powell to go dark while new electrical substation equipment is brought online

As part of the Vining Substation renovation, the City of Powell will cut off power to all customers for two nights next week. The first outage will begin on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 11 p.m. and is … more

By Kevin Killough | 10/21/21

Russell Schwarz takes a peek out the back door of his recently acquired 1952 Spartanette trailer, purchased in Powell. Schwarz spent years trying to talk the owners out of the vintage trailer.

Story continues for vintage home on wheels

Russell Schwarz started knocking on Beryl and Winston Churchill’s door years ago, inquiring about a 1950s travel trailer seemingly discarded on their Powell property. Encased in a tangle of … more

By Mark Davis | 10/21/21

Man in custody after 41 iPhones are stolen from Cody Walmart

A Colorado man is in custody after he allegedly walked out of the Cody Walmart with a backpack full of stolen iPhones. Noah J. Douglass-Wiley, a 24-year-old Colorado Springs resident, has been … more

By CJ Baker | 10/21/21

County COVID cases fall, but hospitalizations and deaths rise

Although the overall number of people infected with COVID-19 is dropping in Park County, local hospitals are currently treating more patients for the disease than at any other point in the pandemic. … more

By CJ Baker | 10/21/21

A missing locket was returned to Linda Greaham last week.

Family keepsake found in cottage returned to owner

As a construction crew took cabinets down in the Home Ec Cottage, they found a small locket with a photograph of two kids. It didn’t take long for the locket to be returned to its original … more

By Tessa Baker | 10/21/21

Randy Hein demolishes a wall in the old Home Ec Cottage last week. The demolition work revealed that ‘there was not one stitch of insulation in the upstairs walls,’ said Rob McCray, support services coordinator for Park County School District 1. Insulation will be added as part of the renovations.

Home Ec Cottage renovated for new use

The Home Ec Cottage is becoming the new home base for Powell schools’ special education staff. Renovations are underway on the nearly 70-year-old building, which will house a dozen staff … more

By Tessa Baker | 10/21/21

An Evans Construction crew pours a new concrete foundation for John and Bartha Moulton’s ‘Pink House’ this summer in Grand Teton National Park.

Years-long restoration underway to keep 'Pink House' from fading into Grand Teton National Park History

When Kate Birmingham looks at the cracked stucco, fading pink exterior walls of one of Mormon Row’s trademark relic residences, it’s easy for her to imagine the home’s … more

By Mike Koshmrl, Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange | 10/21/21

Backpackers walk along the Lamar River Trail near the confluence of Miller Creek in August. It was the busiest August on record in Yellowstone National Park, with nearly 922,000 visits amid a historic year, but visitors who depart from the main roads remain unlikely to encounter other people.

Yellowstone sets new visitation record

If Yellowstone National Park felt more crowded than usual this year, it wasn’t just your imagination. According to numbers released by the National Park Service last week, the park has already … more

10/21/21

Drug ‘Take Back Day’ on Saturday

Powell police are encouraging community members to dispose of their leftover prescription medications on Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents can simply walk into the police department at … more

10/21/21