From Brian Schroeder, WY Superintendent of Public Instruction: “On May 5, 2022, President Biden’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that all state and local agencies funded by its sub-agency, Food and Nutrition Services (FNS), ‘must’ update its non-discrimination policies to include new provisions for ‘gender identity and sexual

People tend to find jobs in warmer weather, and the latest unemployment numbers in Wyoming suggests that is true. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says state-wide seasonally adjusted unemployment numbers, dropped from 3.3% in April 2022 to 3.2% in May 2022. The May numbers are also down from 4.7% compared to May 2021. The …

The Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs Committee is hosting candidate forums for the primary election candidates on Monday, June 27, and Tuesday June 28 at the WYO Theater in downtown Sheridan. Both forums are scheduled to begin at 6 pm. The forums provide an opportunity for those running in contested races for elected …

Buffalo’s City Council has passed their annual appropriation bill for fiscal year 2022-23. Ordinance No. 1410 was passed on third reading with no changes from the second reading, according to Mayor Shane Schrader, who discussed the appropriations bill during their Tuesday regular meeting. The Ordinance approved an operating budget of just over $12.7

A number of board seats were filled by action of the Johnson County Commission during this week’s regular meeting. Commission Chair Bill Novotny discussed which boards were in need of members. The commission voted to re-appoint Rick Myers to his seat on the Kaycee-Buffalo-Johnson County Economic Development Joint Powers Board. Also approved were the

Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill announced Wednesday that Wyoming, along with 45 other attorneys general, has obtained a $1.25 million multistate settlement with Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line stemming from a 2019 data breach that involved the personal information of approximately 180,000 Carnival employees and customers nationwide. Sheridan

Sheridan County’s Commissioners have approved a Resolution backing the formation of a regional inpatient behavioral health and crisis stabilization unit at Sheridan Memorial Hospital. County Administrative Director Renee Obermueller gave more information during the commission meeting this week. Obermueller said studies show it is better to keep patients

U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and John Barrasso (R-WY) released a joint statement after voting against proceeding to the Cornyn-Murphy gun legislation in the Senate. Barrasso said that as a senator for Wyoming, he knows the meaning of the Second Amendment and he will not vote for any legislation that would jeopardize the Second Amendment …

The Wyoming Army National Guard will either have to add on to its Sheridan armory location, or search elsewhere to build its new vehicle maintenance facility. Sheridan College has declined the land swap deal with the Guard, where the Guard would have received land on the east side of I-90 opposite of the college campus, …

1956 Hudson Hornet Special, photo courtesy of Ray Klein The 2022 Western Regional meet of the Hudson Essex Terraplane Club will be held June 23-25 at the Ramada Plaza and Convention Center in Sheridan, Wyo. Registration opens Thursday, and the group will tour several sites in Sheridan, including the Weatherby Rifle Company, the Brinton Museum, …