On Monday, March 28, the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) released investigational statistics regarding COVID-related fraud investigations conducted by the agency over the past two years. According to the IRS, the agency investigated 660 tax and money laundering cases related to COVID fraud, with alleged fraud in these cases totaling $1.8 billion. These

When it comes to unemployment numbers for this time of year, things are getting back to where they were before the pandemic. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says state-wide seasonally adjusted unemployment numbers, dropped from 3.8% in January 2022 to 3.7% in February 2022. The February numbers are also down from 5.0% compared to …

This article first appeared on Cowboy State Daily. By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily The Cheyenne Sanitation Department has found a way to take picking up trash into the 21st century. The department recently installed new software in 13 of its 27 trucks designed to make drivers more efficient as the city collects an estimated …

This article first appeared on Cowboy State Daily. By Clair McFarland, Cowboy State Daily Bruce Knell doesn’t remember falling 3,700 feet in seven seconds, but he remembers hitting the ground. The Casper City Councilman and his wife Stacy were flying on Thursday from Casper to St. George, Utah for a golf tournament, when Knell’s six-seater …

Sheridan competed in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday, while 2 athletes from Arvada-Clearmont were in Newcastle on Friday. The next scheduled track meet for Sheridan as well as Big Horn, and Arvada-Clearmont is scheduled for Saturday, April 2nd at Buffalo. Broomfield Shootout: Click here to see results Boys: Carter McComb and Dominic Kaszas were 3rd and

Soccer – The Sheridan High School soccer teams started conference play this past weekend. Sheridan Media’s Kevin Koile has the recap. Track and Field – The Sheridan Track and Field team competed at a meet in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday. Results have not yet come in, but we’ll post them at Sheridanmedia.com, when they become …

The Johnson County Commission has awarded the grazing lease on county-owned lands near the airport. The county issued Requests For Proposals and received three bids for the leasing of the land. During the recent commission meeting, it was announced that Joe Reiner bid $4,000; Dan Myers bid $4,000; and Tom Lohse bid $4,424.25. The commission …

The State of Wyoming gained population in 2021, increasing by 1,536 from July 2020 to July 2021 to total 578,803 for an annual increase of 0.3 percent, higher than the national average of 0.1 percent. According to a release from the State of Wyoming Department of Administration & Information, fifteen of Wyoming’s 23 counties saw …

The Johnson County Healthcare Center has received a clean financial audit report for their 2021 fiscal year. During their meeting Thursday, the hospital board was given the report from Kyle Mercer from Cloud Peak Accounting. Mercer further explained that the clean opinion is the best assurance they can give. Katharine Leavitt, also with Cloud Peak, …

The high school wrestling season is not necessarily over after the state meet. Six Sheridan wrestlers competed at the National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) folk style wrestling national championship tournament in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Wrestlers compete against other wrestlers within their grade level (freshmen vs. freshmen,