Lander

And he did.

He got Knolls National Outdoor Leadership School out of Lander down there to look at the curriculum, look at the objectives, and they go, yeah, we can do this with our Our methodology, you know, Knowles and that's, you know, minimalist backpacking on long trips and, you know, all that stuff.

So I had my firefighters and Cody were ranch kids, right? Like strong, hardworking, you know, grew up on the ranch and they go off for a leadership course with Knowles in the Utah desert, right? One of them almost got thrown out.

They're like building a small fire and it's like, okay, you can stay warm with a small fire.

There was one instance that I had an individual that responded to the Fremont County Tourism Facebook page.

Her biggest thing was if she's traveling from any town in Wyoming and she wants to stay in Lander, Wyoming.

And because of this tax is going to specifically eliminate her ability to go to Cal Fish or Molino's Organic Grill.

And she's going to have to choose a cheaper option because of that tax.

Last year alone, over $30.9 million was spent in overnight accommodations.

$38 million was spent in restaurants.

$12 million was spent in stores like Walmart, Smith's, Safeway, and Lander.

Another $19.6 million was spent on local transportation and gas stations.

We're in studio today with Fremont County School District number one school board candidate, Mary Green.

Green is one of nine candidates running for one of four four-year seats open on the Lander School Board campus.

as we head toward the November 3rd general election.

And she stopped by the KOV studio today to let listeners know and voters know a little bit more about her and what she hopes to accomplish if she gets elected.

And yeah, we're doing some of these interviews here to get to know some of the candidates.

And I think we'll just be able to dive right into it.

How long have you lived here, Lander? And how did you end up here?

Oh, yeah.

Okay, we're on the Dusty Vaquero podcast.

We're in Lander, Wyoming with Jordan Smith.

I just got out of the mountains.

I've been hunting for like the last three months, three weeks, and then two weeks before that, but... anyhow i'm looking pretty haggard probably need to trim my beard and and uh take care of things but jordan has been working on some new music just put out a single he's got some more coming but how you been man i've been

And, but how, how did that happen?

Um, yeah.

yes, we just moved to Lander and we'd been here not very long.

And I went out to do a job and we were picking up a manhole and the manhole cover slipped and basically degloved my finger in between the manhole and where it sits.

And most important, Wolf says, ensure that developers' promises are upheld.

The council's final community forum will be held in Lander in early December.

The input they hear could wind up in bills during the legislative session.

One is already on the table, increasing taxes for data center developments.

Now we hear from J.C. Dai, who grew up on a ranch in Montana and served in Vietnam.

He now lives in Fremont County and is a nationally acclaimed painter and sculptor.

Wyoming Public Radio's Hannah Haberman sat down with Dye in his art studio on Main Street in Lander.

You grew up, you got married, you went to Vietnam.