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These are Political Dog Days for Hageman and Cheney

Question: Can challenger Harriet Hageman hold off a surging incumbent Liz Cheney here in the dog days of the Wyoming political season? Not only is this the biggest political question in Wyoming, but this race for Wyoming’s lone Congressional seat offers up one of the biggest political questions in the entire country. All eyes are …

July 25, 2022

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Buffalo Council Updated on Burritt, Flatiron Projects

At their recent meeting, City Works Director Les Hook gave the Buffalo City Council an update on the South Burritt construction project, saying the contractor will be installing crosswalks along the street. Hook said they would pour one side of each crosswalk and finish the other half this coming week, to allow traffic flow through …

July 24, 2022

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Organizers Announce Events for Longmire Days 2022

This year’s Longmire Days may be scaled back from some of the bigger celebrations in earlier years, but will still offer many events for fans of the book series and television show. Celebrities scheduled for appearances at this summer’s Longmire Days include Author Craig Johnson, Robert Taylor, who played Sheriff Walt Longmire, and Adam Bartley,

July 24, 2022

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Sheridan Commission Denies Carbon Hill County Road Vacation

The Sheridan County Commission voted to deny a petition to vacate a portion of a public right-of-way known as Carbon Hill County Road. A number of county residents spoke against the vacation during the public hearing in the matter. Commission Chairman Lonnie Wright explained why he was voting against the vacation. Commissioners Tom Ringley, Terry …

July 24, 2022

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SEEDA Approves Weatherby Expansion Request

Another oven could soon be turned on in the Weatherby building. At a special meeting, the Sheridan Economic and Education Development Authority (SEEDA) approved a request from Weatherby to allow the company to install additional gas piping and ventilation for another cerakote oven. A cerakote oven puts a specialized polymer-ceramic compound coating on items

July 24, 2022

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WY High School Cowboys And Cowgirls Compete At 2022 High School National Finals Rodeo

Gillette was the host site of the 2022 High School National Finals Rodeo, with team Wyoming representing with its best cowboys and cowgirls. The top 4 in each event after the state finals rodeo in June were invited to compete at the HSNFR. Tavy Leno from Sheridan was the 2022 Wyoming High School State Champ …

July 24, 2022

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Sheridan Fire-Rescue Crews Battle Two Overnight Structure Fires

Sheridan Fire-Rescue (SFR) responded to two structure fires overnight (Friday into Saturday July 22-23). The first structure fire was reported just before 23:00 Friday night, July 22, at 1655 Holloway. SFR Engine 2 (E-2) arrived on scene at 23:00 finding a single-story multiple-occupant duplex home with a moderate amount of fire and smoke showing from

July 23, 2022

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Connor Battlefield State Park Campground Reopens From Flood; Timing Of Flood Not Good

Now that things have dried up, one Sheridan County campground was able to reopen earlier this month. The campground within the Connor Battlefield State Park, on the south side of Ranchester closed in early-middle June, because flood waters from the Tongue River spilled over into the park. The campground is in an oxbow where the …

July 23, 2022

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Red Cloud and His War: Part One.

A Plains Indian warrior (a display at the Custer Battlefield Museum) Red Cloud, in Lakota, Mahpíya Lúta was born in 1822, and was an important leader of the Oglala Lakota during the years 1868 through the early 1900s. This will be part one of a two-part series about the Lakota chief. Red Cloud was more …

July 23, 2022

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Gem Lake Fire Continues To Burn In NW Johnson County; Cause Determined

Two large Chinook Helicopters, assisted by a smaller helicopter and the Gila National Forest Helitack crew have successfully prevented significant growth on the Gem Lake Fire in the Bighorn National Forest over the past few days.  Use of these helicopters will continue. The Blacktooth and Black Hills Wildland Fire Modules are establishing a “spike”

July 23, 2022

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