Cody

CODY — District Judge John Perry said he plans to issue a ruling before Christmas on what evidence is admissible in the case requesting a temporary delay in building an LDS temple in Cody on Skyline Drive.   “I’ll try to get it turned around as quickly as I can,” said Perry during a Monday hearing...
CODY (WNE) — A plan for an official trail system at the Outlaw Trails area north of Cody has been approved by the Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office. The BLM has designated a mix of existing and new trails for motorized and non-motorized use based on community, tribal and agency input.  ...
POWELL — Authorities investigating the disappearance of a Cody woman found dried blood and an apparent bullet hole in the vehicle she was last seen traveling in, court records say.    The SUV is owned by Katie Ferguson’s ex-boyfriend, Adam Aviles Jr., who was arrested last week amid the...
In September the Wyoming Historical Society hosted its annual meeting in downtown Cody, and the meeting’s highlight was an awards banquet for people and organizations nominated and recognized for their interest in and preservation of history.    Mike Jording, a longtime member of the Weston County...
POWELL  (WNE) — Family members of a missing Cody woman are asking anyone with information about her whereabouts to get in touch with law enforcement.    Katie Ferguson was last seen on Oct. 10 in Arkansas, Ferguson’s mother, Mona Hartling, wrote in a Nov. 5 Facebook post.    Ferguson had been...

Alan Simpson holds his Presidential Medal of Honor in his Cody home, August 2023. His friend Norman Mineta also earned the prestigious medal. (Katie Klingsporn/WyoFile)

Editors:  Several photos to go with the following story may be found in today’s folder.  See cutline information below.    Norman Mineta and Alan Simpson hug at the opening of the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center outside of Cody, Wyoming. (Kevin J. Miyazaki/Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation)  ...
WORLAND (WNE) —  Efforts last week to find Breanna Mitchell, 28, of Worland revealed “nothing of importance,” according to Washakie County Sheriff Austin Brookwell, so authorities have called off the search.      Mitchell was reported missing on July 22.   “We will continue the efforts here at the...

The expected emergence of 27-year-old Grizzly 399 in spring 2023 caused photographers to gather roadside in Grand Teton National Park for weeks. She emerged on May 16, lone cub in tow. Not all grizzly bears are so adept at dealing with people. (Mike Romano/Romanosphotography.com)

FROM WYOFILE:    Biologists are optimistic that an itinerant bruin could trek south, bringing diversity to an area long severed from Montana and Canada’s contiguous population of grizzlies.   Only about 35 miles separate Yellowstone’s relatively small, isolated grizzly bear population from the...

Hundreds of residents packed the Cody Auditorium on Thursday night for the Cody Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing on the proposed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple on Skyline Drive.  Photo by  Zac Taylor, Powell Tribune. 

After a nearly 6 hour meeting, Cody LDS temple plans still up in the air   POWELL —  The debate over the proposed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Cody is not over.    During a packed, standing room-only Thursday meeting with hundreds of people that ran until roughly 11:30 p.m...
POWELL — A Park County Circuit Court judge was right to halt the case against a murder suspect until his competency could be evaluated, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled last week.    Thursday’s opinion settled a fairly esoteric legal question, about whether circuit court judges can evaluate the...

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