Powell

Powell police say counterfeit $20 bills have been passed to businesses during the holiday season.

The Legislature's Joint Education Committee has endorsed a proposal to develop a course of study focusing on the energy industry and natural resources to be taught in Wyoming schools.

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Federal authorities say they are no closer to catching a former CEO charged with stealing nearly $848,000 from a Wyoming hospital he ran. Paul Cardwell, former CEO of Powell Valley Healthcare, is accused of embezzling the money from the hospital in 2011...

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — A former Powell police officer is accused of using his former position of authority to get a woman to submit to unwanted sexual contact. The Associated Press reports Kirk B. Chapman is charged with third-degree sexual assault, and a judge ruled last week that there is enough evidence for the case to proceed...

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has ordered three men to pay a combined $17,000 in fines and restitution for poaching seven mule deer off the Chief Joseph Highway north of Cody in 2009. The Associated Press reports  that Circuit Judge Bruce Waters of Cody accepted plea agreements between the Park County Attorney’s Office and the three men...

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Northwest College President Paul Prestwich says he plans to resign June 30, 2013, after his contract ends. He didn’t indicate his future plans in his announcement Monday that he would leave. Mark Westerhold of the college Board of Trustees says the resignation was unexpected...

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — A gunman in Powell has died after a standoff with police. Powell police say they received a 911 call around 3:15 a.m. Thursday reporting shots fired at the Park Motel. The gunman said he had hostages inside. Over the next few hours, the suspect fired rounds into the parking lot and surrounding area...

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Northwest College President Paul Prestwich says a campus committee will study the issue of offering benefits for same-sex couples. Prestwich made the announcement after Rachel Hanan, an assistant English professor, formally asked the president and an advisory council to consider the benefits issue...