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CODY - "First and foremost, it's not personal or against all the LDS faithful whatsoever," Terry Skinner said in discussing his opposition to the construction of a Mormon Temple in Cody. "It's really about doing what's right for the neighborhood. "We want to be respectful of the church and the community, and from our standpoint, what's best for the community is to relocate the temple to a different site," Skinner continued. Ahead of the city planning and zoning public hearing originally...
CODY - "Maybe a lot of people don't know that most cases are solved by the average citizen," Cody Police Chief Al Vanderpool said in a Nov. 1, 1962, Cody Enterprise article. "That is, by something they have seen or personal knowledge they have of some individual that may be connected to a case." Chief Vanderpool was speaking about the mysterious homicide of 13-year-old Christine Nebel, who was found dead in her home on Bleistein Avenue on Oct. 7, 1962. Over six decades later, Nebel's murder...
CODY — Michele Robles and her husband Braden Barkman thought long and hard when selecting a new family dog earlier this year. The couple’s 3-year-old daughter, Braelynn Barkman, is autistic, Robles said, and they knew not every dog would be a good fit. When Braelynn gets upset, some dogs might run and hide, Robles said. Others might get nervous. But not Lola, a border collie/Australian shepherd mix. “Our daughter can be overwhelming at times, especially for a dog,” Robles said. “But instead of running away when she cries, Lola runs toward her....
CODY – Its 150th anniversary — once expected to bring record visitation to Yellowstone National Park —- ended with lower-than-normal attendance, but Superintendent Cam Sholly is still smiling. In a summer during which the park had to be evacuated and repaired due to flooding, Sholly said it bounced back better than he could have anticipated. ”My hats off to all our surrounding communities including Cody for engaging in a massive amount of dialogue about the best course of action when the flooding happened,” Sholly said. “We opened 50 percent...
CODY — After two years of fewer-than-normal influenza cases due to public health measures implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic, local health officials are expecting the virus to come back in force this flu season. “The last few years there has been very little flu because people were generally doing what we asked them to do: wearing a mask, washing their hands, things like that,” Park County Public Health Officer Dr. Aaron Billin said. “But it’s generally expected that will change significantly this year.” Laura Farnworth, registered...
SHERIDAN — Results of a survey available on the Wyoming Education Association website shows 65% of Wyoming teachers would quit if they could, researcher Mark Perkins said. During an interim meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Committee May 31, Perkins — the assistant professor of educational research at the University of Wyoming’s College of Education — gave legislators a preview of the survey, which was conducted jointly between the Wyoming Education Association and the University of Wyoming. The survey includes responses...
SHERIDAN — Results of a survey available on the Wyoming Education Association website shows 65% of Wyoming teachers would quit if they could, researcher Mark Perkins said. During an interim meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Committee May 31, Perkins — the assistant professor of educational research at the University of Wyoming’s College of Education — gave legislators a preview of the survey, which was conducted jointly between the Wyoming Education Association and the University of Wyoming. The survey includes responses...
SHERIDAN — The Bighorn National Forest will soon act on dispersed camping solutions brought forward two years ago by the Big Horn Mountain Coalition Dispersed Camping Task Force. The suggestions — which range from requiring a dispersed camping sticker for campers to implementing a year-round 14-day stay limit — are all intended to address some common issues with dispersed camping, or camping outside of a designated campground, said Bighorn National Forest recreation staff officer Andrea Maichak. These issues include overcrowding and lack of av...
SHERIDAN —With a 9-2 vote Tuesday, the Wyoming Legislature’s Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee opted to forward a bill that would raise the state’s fuel tax for the first time in a decade. The bill suggests a 15-cent fuel tax increase from 24 cents to 39 cents by July 1, 2024. The fuel tax would be increased by 5 cents per year for three consecutive years. All funds raised through the increase would go to the Wyoming Department of Transportation, particularly for highway construction, repair and maintenance. The bill...
SHERIDAN — Sheridan advocates for Medicaid expansion in Wyoming are used to disappointment. The topic has come up frequently in the state Legislature since a provision in 2010’s Affordable Care Act first called for expansion of Medicaid eligibility. But for every step forward, there have been multiple steps back. Former Gov. Matt Mead spent many years exploring options for expansion of coverage and regularly included it in his budget proposals, but he continually faced pushback from the Legislature. That pushback continued after the ele...
SHERIDAN — A missed procedural deadline last week marked the end for a bill that would have allowed law enforcement to pull over drivers solely for not wearing a seat belt. March 22 was the final day for bills to gain initial approval in their chamber of origin, and the seat belt legislation was not heard on the Senate floor by that deadline. The list of bills brought before the Senate is typically determined by Majority Floor Leader Albert Sommers, R-Pinedale, in consultation with legislators and the public. Senate File 11 was first suggested...
BUFFALO — The Wyoming Supreme Court has affirmed Fourth Judicial District Court Judge William Edelman's ruling in the re-sentencing of convicted murderer and robber Donald C. Davis last year. “Considering the re-sentencing proceedings in their entirety, it is apparent that the court had much evidence before it and balanced various considerations when it re-sentenced Mr. Davis," the court ruled last week. "The court's 12- to 50-year aggravated robbery sentence reflects not just the court's belief that 'it is not appropriate to release Mr. Dav...
BUFFALO — After months of legislative debate, the Wyoming State Building Commission has given the final word on the location of the state's first skilled nursing facility for veterans. That word? Buffalo. “This is a big sigh of relief for me and for everyone who has lobbied to locate this facility in Buffalo,” Johnson County Commissioner Bill Novotny said. “I want to thank the five elected officials on the building commission for realizing that Buffalo is the best place for this facility. This facility will get built, and it will be built h...