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Sheridan Boys 4-Peat; Girls 3rd At 2022 State Indoor Track and Field Meet

The Sheridan Boys won 8 events to 4-peat as state champs, while the girls won 1 event to place 3rd for the 2nd year in a row. Big Horn and Tongue River also had athletes competing, but did not place in the final team standings. Click here to see results Sheridan Boys: 55 meter dash: …

March 6, 2022

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Tongue River Boys Basketball Team Wins 3rd At 2022 2A State Tournament

Tongue River shot 51.1% from the field (23 of 45), and 5 players scored in double figures, as the Eagles defeated Wind River 75-58, to win 3rd place in the 2A Boys Basketball State Tournament. TR was led by Ryan McCafferty who scored 16 points. Eli Cummins contributed with 15, Caleb Kilbride scored 13, Camden …

March 6, 2022

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Tongue River Girls Basketball Season Ends With Loss In 2A Consolation Championship

The season may not have ended the way that they wanted, but the Tongue River girls basketball accomplished some goals this season. Chaylee Campbell scored 13 points and Faith Whitehead added 10, but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Eagles would lose in the 2A Girls Consolation Championship game vs. Riverside 41-34. TR shot 27% …

March 5, 2022

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Prohibition Leads to ‘Shine in Sheridan

The tools of the moonshiner trade. (Display at the Hot Springs County Museum in Thermopolis, Wyoming) In a Sheridan Post-Enterprise, newspaper on February 20, 1925, it tells of a raid on a moonshine plant along Mead Creek, southeast of Sheridan. The dugout was cleverly concealed along the creek bank, but the federal, state and county …

March 5, 2022

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Addendum to Liquor License Resolution and County Islands on Council’s Agenda

An addendum to the resolution the Sheridan City Council approved last November that provided the process and procedure for awarding the additional retail liquor license the City received due to a population increase is an item the Council will consider at their meeting Monday night. .The proposed addendum that was created by the liquor license …

March 5, 2022

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Big Horn vs. Wind River Boys Basketball State Tournament – March 4, 2022

In a game that stayed close throughout, BH shot 19 of 36 from the field (52.8%), while Wind River was 19 of 53 (35.8%). That stat made the difference as the Rams would win 54-50 in the 2A semi-finals, and advance to their first state championship game, since the team last won it all in …

March 5, 2022

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Tongue River Boys Basketball Team Stung By Pine Bluffs In 2022 2A Semi-Finals

Some games can be won at the free throw line. Pine Bluffs had 4 players score in double figures and was 22 of 28 from the charity stripe, as the Hornets would defeat Tongue River 62-51, in the 2022 2A Boys Basketball Semi-Finals. Eli Cummins led the Eagles with 10 points, however the team only …

March 5, 2022

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Big Horn Boys Basketball Advances To 2022 2A State Championship Game

It was the Butler, with the ball, on the court. Cade Butler scored 18 points, and Toby Schons contributed with 13, as Big Horn would shoot 52.8% from the field to defeat Wind River 54-50, and advance to the 2A State Championship game for the first time since they last won it all in 2011. …

March 5, 2022

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Gillette Man Scammed Out Of Thousands In Online Dating Fraud

This story first appeared on Cowboy State Daily By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily A Gillette man was scammed out of thousands of dollars by a person he was supposedly dating online for a year, according to police. Gillette Deputy Police Chief Brent Wasson said an unidentified 54-year-old man reported sending a woman he had …

March 4, 2022

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Campbell County Health Names New CEO

The Campbell County Health Board of Trustees recently announced that Matthew Shahan has accepted the position of CEO for Campbell County Health. Shahan is a Montana native with several years of leadership experience in rural healthcare. He holds both a Bachelor’s of Science and an MBA with an emphasis in Healthcare Administration. Shahan comes to …

March 4, 2022

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