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Dennis McGary (left) and Jack Martin met in Korea after enlisting in the U.S. Army, creating a 57-year friendship that lasted until McGary’s passing in July. (Courtesy photo)
CODY — For Korean War veterans Dennis McGary and Jack Martin of Cody, a train ride in Korea in 1965 was the start of a beautiful 57-year friendship.
It all began as they sat together watching South Korean children digging for food out of 55 gallon barrels.
“[The U.S. Army] gave us a sack lunch to...
CODY (WNE) — A Cody man faces charges as an accessory to the taking of a grizzly bear without a proper license last spring.
Douglas Joel Proffit, 43, allegedly helped his 13-year-old child shoot the animal during a hunting trip May 30 on the North Fork.
According to the affidavit, Wyoming Game and...
POWELL — Wildlife migrations are here, placing both animals and drivers more often in precarious positions on the road.
A new report by The Nature Conservancy of Wyoming seeks to shed light on the subject, pointing out the state’s abysmal statistics. The annual number of wildlife–vehicle...
CODY —U.S. Sen. John Barrasso had a chance to learn the concerns of Wyoming’s next generation during an appearance at Heart Mountain Academy Oct. 19. Chief among those concerns: the ever-rising price of gasoline.
Three of 10 questions asked by sophomore, junior and senior students revolved around...
CASPER — A man who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot after traveling from Wyoming to Washington D.C. was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail. A federal judge in Washington also fined Andrew Galloway $1,000 and ordered him to pay another $500 in restitution.
Galloway, 34, is the...
POWELL — As a bevy of farmers and others in ag stood up one by one to talk, one theme was driven home above all others: The vast majority of Powell residents want irrigated ag land to be better protected by the county in the future.
Most Powell residents who showed up to a county land use input...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The federal government announced Thursday it is giving several million dollars to a Wyoming telecommunications provider so it can add fiber lines capable of delivering super-fast broadband.
Cody-based Tri County Telephone Association Inc. is set to receive $9.6 million from the U....
POWELL (WNE) — An 11-year-old Cody boy was struck by a white, late-model Dodge pickup Tuesday evening on 16th Street and Stampede Avenue.
The vehicle was allegedly executing a right turn at the intersection when the child, Parker DeFord, was hit while biking with friends. The truck then left the...
CODY — Every elementary school in the Cody school district is now using a new automated visitor management system, so anyone planning to visit the schools needs to bring some form of government identification.
That information will be entered into the management system, and visitors will be...
CODY (WNE) —There were only 10 registered electric vehicles in Park County earlier this year, although that’s more than any other county in the Big Horn Basin.
However, Cody is the terminus of three routes the Wyoming Department of Transportation is highlighting to help businesses build electric...
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