Powell Tribune
A drone flown by Western Wings Drone Service pilot Jake Masters takes off to spray local farmer Jared Snell’s field in July. The company has been operating since June and has contracted with Simplot to spray fields in the area. Photo by Toby Bonner, Powell Tribune.
POWELL — Around Wyoming farmers and other residents may begin noticing a low, buzzing craft spraying fields instead of the typical high flying crop dusters that most are accustomed to.
Since June, Western Wings Drone Service of Dayton has begun servicing fields in Wyoming. Its third outing was...
POWELL — Sobering news resulting from a multi-year Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance program by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department between 2018 and 2022 shows significant increases in the fatal disease for the state’s prized mule deer and elk herds.
In one herd, the prevalence rate...
POWELL (WNE) — A man was injured August 5 by a grizzly bear while working in the Shoshone National Forest northwest of Dubois.
After receiving first aid from first responders, the individual was flown to the hospital for further treatment, according to a Wyoming Game and Fish release.
The...
POWELL — Tears were flowing as former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson for the first time walked through the shell that will soon house the Mineta-Simpson Institute at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center Saturday morning during the annual pilgrimage to the location of the former WWII internment camp.
“I...
POWELL (WNE) — After hearing from area residents that a couple of Beartooth Highway All American Road signs had been improperly printed, Wyoming Department of Transportation workers were quick to get replacement sign overlays printed.
WYDOT public relations specialist Cody Beers said as a worker...
POWELL (WNE) – A Minnesota man who recently led police on a high-speed chase on the North Fork Highway has been released on probation after spending two-and-a-half weeks in jail.
On July 24 in Park County District Court, Kirk D. Raymond, 53, pleaded guilty to a felony count of interference with...
Cody Temple
POWELL — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is taking the City of Cody to court over the way the city’s planning and zoning board has handled the church’s plans to build a temple.
Monday’s lawsuit from the church centers on a single issue: whether the city’s Planning,...
POWELL (WNE) — A 32-year-old climber died in the Beartooth Mountains on Friday afternoon, after falling rocks hit him in the head. Andrew Evans of Red Lodge, Montana, had been climbing the Gardner Buttress — a formation located just inside the Wyoming border — when the accident occurred.
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POWELL (WNE) — Park County Commissioner Lee Livingston first thought it was a hoax when he heard about a Beartooth Highway sign that refers to the scenic route as the “Beartooth American All Road.”
But Livingston saw it for himself on Monday, and by the end of the day, he was reaching out to...
Practices in suggested resolution already occur within district
POWELL — The Park County School District 1 board will not be acting on a resolution passed by the Park County GOP that asks for the adoption of its April 13 Parents Rights resolution as school policy.
Following discussion during...
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