Sublette County

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“I think that the one sentiment that everybody maybe can share today is that they're glad that it's over,” said Cali O’Hare.

Cody Joe Roberts, 44, will serve 18 months of supervised probation and was ordered to pay $1,432 in fees and court costs. He must report to Sublette County Probation and Parole by the end of this week.

Sublette County’s Roberts changed his plea to guilty of felony animal cruelty at an in-person hearing. It was the first time he’s spoken publicly since the 2024 incident that sparked global outrage.

The man accused of bringing a leashed, muzzled and injured wolf into a Sublette County bar has reached a plea agreement less than two weeks before his trial.

The project was proposed by Jonah Energy and was intended to be an expansion of the current Jonah Field, which was a top producing natural gas field in the country a couple decades ago.

The local BOCES offers everything from pottery classes to college credits to childcare. But the majority of their budget comes from the natural gas industry. The group says they may have to scale back if revenues keep declining.

Cody Roberts’ felony animal cruelty charge will be tried in a Sublette County courthouse March 9.

The judge did not seem swayed by Cody Roberts’ team’s argument to dismiss the case, tentatively setting jury selection to begin on Feb. 12.

Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that can cause cattle, bison and elk to abort fetuses. Ranchers in northwest Wyoming have the most issues because of the proximity to wildlife that carry the disease.