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By Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — The debate over the proposed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Cody is not over. During a packed, standing room-only Thursday meeting with hundreds of people that ran until roughly 11:30 p.m., the City of Cody’s Planning and Zoning Board approved a conditional use permit for the building of the temple on a 4-1 vote. However, the board did not approve key items needed for the structure to be built as planned. A request for a special exemption to allow the temple’s tower to... Full story
POWELL —Two Northwest College wrestlers were mauled by a grizzly bear while hiking Saturday on the South Fork. Kendell Cummings, a sophomore from Evanston, and Brady Lowry, a redshirt sophomore from Cedar City, Utah, were shed hunting west of the Bobcat Houlihan trailhead on the Shoshone National Forest in heavy cover when the attack happened. Fellow wrestlers August Harrison and Orin Jackson were shed hunting along with their two teammates. After the attack, they rushed to the scene and helped Cummings and Lowry to a vehicle and to find a... Full story
CODY - Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer has named the country's newest expeditionary fast transport ship the USNS Cody. Mayor Matt Hall announced the honor during a recent city council meeting. "The secretary of the Navy got a hold of me ... to inform me he had commissioned and is building the USNS Cody, named after the town of Cody," Hall said. Cody joins Casper, Cheyenne, Laramie and a few other communities as Wyoming cities chosen as U.S. Navy ship namesakes. The Cody, with... Full story
CODY — The Cody School District is one vote away from a policy allowing qualified and vetted employees to carry firearms in school buildings. At Tuesday night’s board meeting trustees voted 5-2 to move Policy CKA to a third and final reading. The final vote will likely come at the April board meeting. As in the first reading, trustees Stefanie Bell and Tom Keegan were the lone no votes. Before voting no Bell proposed a major change to the policy which would’ve restricted it to noninstructional, contracted employees in the district and all e...