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Olivia Weitz
Multimedia JournalistOlivia Weitz is based at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody. She covers Yellowstone National Park, wildlife, and arts and culture throughout the region. Olivia’s work has aired on NPR and member stations across the Mountain West. She is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound and the Transom story workshop. In her spare time, she enjoys skiing, cooking, and going to festivals that celebrate folk art and music.
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The burst reached hundreds of feet into the air, destroying a nearby boardwalk and ejecting grapefruit-sized rocks tens to hundreds of feet away. Larger blocks weighing hundreds of pounds were found closer to the explosion site.
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The plan prioritizes a program that transfers live bison to tribal nations, as well as hunts that take place outside the park.
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The hydrothermal explosion in Biscuit Basin damaged boardwalks and sent tourists running. But so far, there have been no reported injuries.
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Pilgrimage to World War II incarceration site to highlight women’s experiences and connect survivorsThis year’s pilgrimage is the biggest since the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation opened a museum at the confinement site near Cody in 2011.
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Hi-Noon Petroleum Inc. discharged 4,800 gallons of gasoline into wetlands connected to Grayling Creek in the northwest part of the park in 2022. It spilled after one of its tanker trunks was involved in an accident on U.S. Highway 191.
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The National Park Service awarded the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation a $851,826 grant to continue restoring a root cellar built by Japanese-American incarcerees to store produce they grew during World War II.
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Elizabeth, nicknamed Plinky, and her husband Adolph Topperwein rose to fame as a sharpshooting duo known as the “Fabulous Topperweins.” They showcased their marksmanship skills on stage in the first half of the 20th century touring for nearly four decades
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Around 20 rifles at the Cody Firearms Museum came from Coors Brewing Company. Curator Danny Michael said Coors used these firearms in the 1980’s to try and revive a target shooting festival that combined marksmanship with beer drinking.
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WPR’s series preps Wyomingites for the August 20 primary election. This week, we’re looking at legislative races in the northwest quadrant of the state. Our statehouse reporters break down races to watch and how campaign finances are flowing.
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This year Yellowstone Revealed features a traditional teepee at all five entrances to Yellowstone National Park. The project explores the theme, “How the Land Remembers Us: Tribal Tipi Lodge and Buffalo Stories.”