Powell Tribune
Richard Watts and his father Carl volunteer to help make barbed-wire fencing on BLM land in the Clarks Fork Canyon more big game friendly. Richard, age 13, has been a volunteer for the Absaroka Fence Initiative for three years. Photo by Mark Davis, Powell Tribune.
Conservation de-fence
POWELL — In celebration of the 30th anniversary of National Public Lands Day, the Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office and the Absaroka Fence Initiative called on their growing list of volunteers to make the fences at the Clarks Fork Canyon watershed more big game...
POWELL — As the U.S. approaches a possible federal government shutdown, area outfitters, hotels, restaurants and vendors are worrying about the effect on local businesses.
About 20% of all traffic heading into Yellowstone National Park flows through Park County — including Powell. The...
POWELL (WNE) — Prosecutors have charged a Powell man with a felony crime after he allegedly used his head to damage a police officer’s patrol vehicle last week.
Charging documents say Mark D. Reese was initially arrested for refusing to leave another man’s room at the Best Choice Motel....
Game and Fish, Department of Education join forces to share love for outdoors and conservation with students
POWELL — The state of Wyoming has announced a new program to bring the love of the outdoors, wildlife and conservation to classrooms across the state.
The Wyoming Game and Fish...
POWELL (WNE) —- With hunters now afield, a recent case points to a rising trend of wanton waste violations. Lewis Cornell of Fullerton, California, pleaded guilty in Park County Circuit Court to waste or abandonment of a big game animal.
On June 19, Circuit Court Judge Joey Darrah sentenced...
POWELL — With more than 245 million acres of public land within the Bureau of Land Management’s charge, the agency has released a report charting a course for “significant and expanding roles” as one of the largest national providers of outdoor recreation opportunities, the agency announced last...
POWELL (WNE) — The Wyoming School Board Association, which includes Park County School District 1, is no longer a member of the National School Board Association (NSBA).
Kim Dillivan, PCSD1 board chairman, said he does not anticipate a change to the school board’s professional development as a...
POWELL — The fight over The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ new Cody temple is headed to the courts. On Monday, a group of 11 couples and individuals who live near the site sued the City of Cody’s Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board, asking a judge to overrule the board and reverse...
POWELL (WNE) — Prosecutors have filed a half dozen charges against a Cody man alleged to have driven drunk, fled from police at high speeds and injured an officer as he resisted arrest.
Aaron L. Driesel, 25, faces three felony and three misdemeanor counts in connection with the Aug. 17 incident...
POWELL — After remaining stagnant around $80 million for several years, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department budget is quickly increasing to adjust for growing costs and large special projects.
The recent commission-approved 2024 final budget for standard operational costs stands at just under...
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