Powell Tribune
POWELL — Responding to the scene of a dead grizzly bear Monday, officials found a mature boar shot and killed just off the North Fork Highway at MP 14 near the East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
Two employees working at Sleeping Giant stumbled upon the scene early Monday morning. The...
POWELL — Federal prosecutors have charged another suspect in connection with a drug distribution scheme that allegedly brought fentanyl to Park County.
Jonathan Castillo faces two felony counts of aiding and abetting the delivery of fentanyl, according to documents unsealed last week.
One of...
POWELL (WNE) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced Tuesday an emergency extended closure of the shed antler and horn hunting regulation to protect big game on winter ranges.
The emergency regulation extends the current closure until 6 a.m. May 15 on designated lands, excluding Teton...
POWELL (WNE) – A Powell couple was accused last week of exposing a toddler to meth and fentanyl.
Ashton Wollam, 26, and Makala Butz, 25, each face a felony count of child endangering, alleging they stored the drugs within the reach of a 2- or 3-year-old in their home. At a Friday hearing, a...
Child’s father to be tried at later date
POWELL — A two-week-long trial began on Monday for a Cody woman accused of abusing and causing the death of a toddler in 2021.
Carolyn Aune, 30, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 2-year-old Paisleigh Williams. Aune had been...
Some lawmakers wish legislature had done more
POWELL — Thousands more Wyoming homeowners can get a break on their property taxes this year, thanks to an expanded tax relief program approved by the Wyoming Legislature.
In their recent session, lawmakers made significantly more people eligible for...
POWELL — As Park County District Court Judge Bill Simpson considered the appropriate sentence to issue in connection with the 2020 murder of a Powell infant, he observed that the criminal justice system can be “woefully lacking.”
“This is one of those cases,” Simpson told the defendant, 29-year...
POWELL — As Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives slogged through 15 votes to elect a new speaker in early January, they spent more than 25 hours on the House floor together, with little to do but visit. And U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) said she took advantage.
“I used every...
POWELL — Federal prosecutors have taken over the case against a Powell woman who allegedly received substantial quantities of fentanyl and meth in the mail — and they say she wasn’t the only person involved.
Last week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming charged Victoria A....
POWELL (WNE) — In his 35 years in law enforcement, “there’s always been one drug that’s been predominant,” said Powell Police Chief Roy Eckerdt.
However, that’s not the case right now.
While his department knows fentanyl is spreading across the state, “it’s almost … a level playing field in...
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