The Wyoming Highway Patrol has informed the public that Sunday, Aug. 21, is National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day. This day has been designated to recognize the dangers of Fentanyl and how it affects Wyoming. According to Wyoming Highway Patrol Safety and Training Division Sergeant Jeremy Beck, in 2020, 1,663 dosage units and .27 lbs. …

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Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating after a park employee spotted part of a foot, in a shoe, floating in a hot spring in the southern part of the park, officials said Thursday. Tuesday’s discovery (August 16th) at Abyss Pool led to the temporary closure of the West Thumb Geyser Basin and its parking lot. …

It’s been one year since voters in Campbell County decided to have Gillette College separate from the Northern Wyoming Community College District and form its own district. Since then work has been on-going to legally transfer many items from Northern Wyoming to Gillette. Earlier this week, both districts approved a memorandum of understanding to transfer

A rodeo queen from Sheridan is now the rodeo queen of Wyoming. Thursday night (August 18th), Reata Cook, who is the 2022 Miss Sheridan WYO Rodeo Queen, was named Miss Rodeo Wyoming 2023 at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas. She also won the Best Social Media award to promote the Wyoming State Fair, as …

SHS BOOSTER CLUB – The official kickoff for fall sports at Sheridan high school will take place Monday at 5:30 when the Sheridan high school booster club hosts their annual kick off BBQ, following the festivities player / parent meeting with the coaches for swimming and diving, cross country and volleyball will all take place. …

AARP updated its national Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard recently and the latest version suggests that nursing home residents in the Intermountain West are bearing the brunt of recent infections and death due to COVID-19. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. Nursing Home Covid Dashboard According the latest version of the dashboard, New Mexico,

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Governor Mark Gordon are encouraged by the release of the new Federal Reserve guidelines on request for access to Federal Reserve master accounts and payment systems. Senator Lummis said the guidelines are long overdue and a step in the right direction toward consistency and clarity and it is important …

The Wyoming Business Alliance announced that registration for the 2022 Governor’s Business Forum is now open. According to the WBA, the forum is scheduled to take place November 15 to the 17 at the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center on the University of Wyoming Campus in Laramie. The forum is co-hosted by Governor Mark Gordon …

Johnson County’s Commissioners have re-approved an existing agreement between the Town of Kaycee and the county for the sheriff to provide deputies for law enforcement in the town in the southern part of the county. Commissioner Bill Novotny discussed the contract with County Civil Deputy Attorney Barry Crago. Crago said the contract is good for …