Running on empty: Sustaining rural ambulance services is becoming increasingly difficult

Crisscrossing the open spaces between Cody, Powell, Lovell, Basin, Greybull, Worland — and everything in between — are miles of highways.

To get to anything — whether it’s shopping, schools, work or a doctor’s appointment — people have to drive a long way. Drivers spend a lot of time on the road with a greater risk for accidents. Not surprisingly, the Cowboy State ranks highest in the nation for traffic fatalities per capita.