Powell Tribune
POWELL — A plane went down in the Bighorn Mountains Thursday afternoon, reportedly killing a Georgia couple traveling through the West and igniting a fire in a hard-to-access area of the Bighorn National Forest.
The small plane left Powell around noon on July 14, scheduled to land in Buffalo. The...
POWELL — While reports of an impending eruption of the Yellowstone volcano are popular on internet sites and social media, the reports are greatly exaggerated, according to a U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist.
Verifiable facts shared by the agency are commonly used to sound the alarm.
But those...
POWELL — In March, a patient objected to being discharged from Powell Valley Healthcare. According to an affidavit, the patient said she didn’t want to go home because she didn’t have shampoo and shoes. The hospital’s nurses accommodated the patient’s needs as best they could, but as a nurse was...
Lee Post, one of the world’s leading wildlife articulation specialists, works on the spine of a mountain lion for a display at the Draper Natural History Museum. The museum will soon display his and volunteers’ work in two displays, including a grizzly bear skeleton scratching its back on a tree. (Photo by Mark Davis, Powell Tribune)
Expert builds grizzly bear, mountain lion skeletons for Draper Museum
By Mark Davis
Powell Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
POWELL — It didn’t take long for Lee Post to develop a love for the natural world. He was a collector before he could walk — so much so, his parents were forced to check...
Stigma and limited resources stifle rural mental health care
By Kevin Killough
Powell Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
POWELL — For too long, Wyoming has had the dubious distinction of having the highest rate of suicide in the nation. Total numbers of deaths from suicide are among the lowest,...
Simpson to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
By Mark Davis
Powell Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
POWELL — Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a July 7 ceremony at the White House by longtime friend, U.S. President Joe Biden.
“Joe Biden and...
Running on empty: Sustaining rural ambulance services is becoming increasingly difficult
By Kevin Killough
Powell Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
POWELL — Crisscrossing the open spaces between Cody, Powell, Lovell, Basin, Greybull, Worland — and everything in between — are miles of highways...
Sarah Wormald, of Powell, hands out meals to volunteers as they work to help Red Lodge residents recover from the destruction from flood waters. Wormald was one of several volunteers from Powell who went to Red Lodge to feed workers as they helped the town recover from the flood. (Photo by Mark Davis, Powell Tribune)
POWELL — On June 17 before sunrise, volunteers started arriving in downtown Powell to load their vehicles with supplies prior to heading north in an 11-County convoy. They forged their way to flood-ravaged Red Lodge to show support for residents and volunteers with free food, drinks and a heaping...
A road map of Yellowstone National Park indicating points of interest, park road closures due to flooding and improvement projects, and areas where flood impacts occurred.
Via National Park Services
POWELL —As an economic engine for Wyoming, tourism is second only to mineral extraction.
Rain and rapid snowmelt, which caused extensive river flooding last week, forced the evacuation of Yellowstone and closed entrances into the park. It is not only wreaking havoc on travelers’ vacation plans; it...
Large top photo: Flooding in Red Lodge, Montana, has affected homes and businesses on Broadway and several roads near the city center. Access to the town is limited due to road closings on Highway 308 and U.S. Highway 212, including the Beartooth Pass. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Kinzely for the Powell Tribune)
Cattle look for higher ground Monday morning as the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River floods near Belfry, Montana. Flooding in northwest Wyoming forced Yellowstone National Park to close all of its entrances and remove all visitors (Photo by Mark Davis, Powell Tribune)
POWELL — Unprecedented rain, combined with fast melting late season snow, has flooded nearby communities and forced the closure and evacuation of Yellowstone National Park and nearby attractions.
Visitors in Yellowstone National Park were being evacuated Monday, as several roads in the park were...
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