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Breast cancer doesn’t stick to October

It’s incredible to see the support breast cancer patients and survivors receive in October. Everyone is wearing pink shirts, shoes and cleats, there are fundraisers and runs.  But …
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Growing up Catholic, I experienced Midnight Mass many times on Christmas Eve.  It was usually something of a challenge for me, because I’ve always been horrible about staying up late, …
For years, the Powell Ministerial Association sponsored a community Thanksgiving dinner in Powell, regularly serving more than 600 meals each year to all those who wanted it.  For the last …
Ever since moving to Park County in 2017, I have been impressed by the support veterans receive here.  I’ve covered Veterans Day events around the county, and I love that my sons have …
As my dad and I walked through the woods with my son a couple of weeks ago trying to get my son his first deer, we reminisced as to when I started hunting. My dad had stopped big game hunting …
When I was growing up in Colorado, trick or treating was a purely neighborhood affair.  I’d run around with my parents, then my friends, dressed as a Ninja Turtle or the bad guy from …
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On Nov. 30, I will have officially owned my own home for one year and boy has it been a good one. There have been so many wonderful memories made in the last year and there is no better feeling than …
Revulsion. Outside the United States and Western Europe, the world has largely turned away in revulsion from the Israeli response to the Hamas attack in early October and from us, its American …
My fondest memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with family always include turkey legs. I often flash back to my adolescent pre-meal dreams when Mom would leave the meat on the bone and …
At the second meeting of the year for the Wyoming High School Activities Association, on Halloween, the board approved a measure that will see the 35-second shot clock introduced into 3A and 4A …
The Powell Library is launching a Storywalk at Homesteader Park. Join us Friday, Dec. 1 from 1-3 p.m., as we hold a ribbon cutting and unveil the Storywalk for the community.  Stop by the …
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Letters to the Editor
Grandfather survived life as a POW
Dear editor: I read the story of Sam Mihara written by Bob Rodriguez and it sparked me to write about my grandfather's experience as a prisoner of war. His name was Henry J. Schmidt, born in …
FOAL remains committed to McCullough Peaks wild horses
Dear editor: As a group formed in 2005 to advocate for the wild horses of the McCullough Peaks, Friends of a Legacy (FOAL) has followed the BLM’s plans for its upcoming bait-trap gather …
Traffic light would make Coulter, Mountain View intersection safer
Dear editor: My husband and I are Lovell residents and have spent the last six months going back and forth to the Powell hospital, physical therapists and my doctor at the Powell Clinic. The …
Property rights under assault by land use plan
Dear editor: In his opinion piece on Nov. 8, Cody Enterprise editor Garrett Ammesmaki bemoaned corrections to the Park County Land Use Plan as “bureaucratic semantics.” Despite what …
Loss of McCullough Peaks horse herd would hurt tourism
Dear editor: I recently had the pleasure of visiting your wonderful and historical town of Cody with my best friend this summer. During that time we met your incredible McCullough Peaks …