Crime · Cody, WY
Marcotte Taggart, 74, a Cody-area Western furniture store owner, was arrested Thursday by Cody Police on four felony counts of making terroristic threats against a Park County oil field company. According to an affidavit by Detective Scott Burlingame, Taggart sent six letters between July 27 and Aug. 31, 2026, demanding money and threatening to use explosives and firearms at well sites; additional letters were addressed to President Trump and federal officials. Taggart remains in custody at the Park County Detention Center on $50,000 bail, facing up to 12 years in prison if convicted on all charges served consecutively.
Housing & Development · Cody, WY
During a Tuesday evening work session, the Cody City Council reached informal consensus to accept landowner Pearre Williams' revised zoning plan for about 77 vacant acres off Big Horn Avenue, which includes a 150-foot residential buffer along the northern and half-eastern borders with D-3 commercial/light industrial zoning on the remainder. Williams also proposed delaying annexation until he can pair it with a minor subdivision into five lots, but City Planner Jenny Kramer clarified that annexation and subdivision are separate processes that can run concurrently. Council member Don Shreve changed his vote from no to yes, citing the compromise as responsive to nearby homeowners' concerns. Mayor Lee Ann Reiter called the buffer and 15-foot screen arrangement 'a huge concession' by the landowner.
