The Wyoming Department of Transportation and its contractor will begin construction on a ten-mile stretch of US 14 between Sundance and the Devils Tower Junction of US 24 the week of April 11.  According to WYDOT, the scope of the project is to install pipe irrigation, repair soft spots, widen shoulders at select locations, add …

The Global Vegetation Project, started in 2020 by the University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute, recently published K-12 educational materials on its website. According to a release from the UW, the Global Vegetation Project was developed to fill a need for more resources to teach vegetation ecology online and the vision for the project is to …

Park rangers and Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) jointly responded to rescue a stranded backcountry skier on the East Prong of Mount Owen at approximately 10:30 a.m. Friday (April 1st) in Grand Teton National Park. On Thursday, a local 27-year-old man solo skied a couloir on Disappointment Peak. Afterwards he climbed the Koven Couloir …

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The Johnson County Planning & Zoning Commission will have their April meeting Tuesday in Buffalo beginning at 7 p.m. where they will review a number of subdivisions. Under New Business on the agenda for the meeting is the presentation of the Kolb Minor Subdivision Sketch Review for the proposed subdivision off of Rock Creek Road …

The State of Wyoming notified the Johnson County Commission they were extending Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or ERAP, funding through the end of April. An agreement was sent for the commission to discuss and sign, which they did at their last meeting. The funding is designed to help with those in the county that have …

The Hospital Board of Trustees for the Johnson County Healthcare Center have voted to add a respiratory therapist (RT) to the facility, after discussing the idea with CEO Luke Senden at their recent meeting. Senden explained how the subject of adding an RT came about, saying Dr. Amber Kinner wanted to bring a program back …

In Wyoming, whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting over. Never has that old saying been more fitting than today.   Worldwide, the next great shortage crisis will involve water. And Wyoming has an abundance of water. Our most important unclaimed water resource is the ample Green River, which streams down from its headwaters in …

The Wyoming Highway Patrol on behalf of the Buffalo Police Department, reports that the Amber Alert issued on Sunday, April 3rd has been canceled, and the children have been located safely in Texas. When the alert was issued, law enforcement was trying to find 4-year-old female Aspen Marie Roth and 2-year-old female Serenity Ann Naslund. …

Sheridan Soccer – The Sheridan Girls Soccer team found themselves down 1-nothing just 35 seconds into this past Friday’s home game vs. Campbell County, but they would recover. Kayleigh (kay-lee) Thomas tied the score about 9 minutes later, and the score would remain 1-1 going into halftime. Thomas would strike again with about 11 minutes …