The Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs Committee is hosting candidate forums for the primary election candidates on Monday, June 27, and Tuesday June 28 at the WYO Theater in downtown Sheridan. Both forums are scheduled to begin at 6 pm. The forums provide an opportunity for those running in contested races for elected …

Buffalo’s City Council has passed their annual appropriation bill for fiscal year 2022-23. Ordinance No. 1410 was passed on third reading with no changes from the second reading, according to Mayor Shane Schrader, who discussed the appropriations bill during their Tuesday regular meeting. The Ordinance approved an operating budget of just over $12.7

A number of board seats were filled by action of the Johnson County Commission during this week’s regular meeting. Commission Chair Bill Novotny discussed which boards were in need of members. The commission voted to re-appoint Rick Myers to his seat on the Kaycee-Buffalo-Johnson County Economic Development Joint Powers Board. Also approved were the

Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill announced Wednesday that Wyoming, along with 45 other attorneys general, has obtained a $1.25 million multistate settlement with Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line stemming from a 2019 data breach that involved the personal information of approximately 180,000 Carnival employees and customers nationwide. Sheridan

Sheridan County’s Commissioners have approved a Resolution backing the formation of a regional inpatient behavioral health and crisis stabilization unit at Sheridan Memorial Hospital. County Administrative Director Renee Obermueller gave more information during the commission meeting this week. Obermueller said studies show it is better to keep patients

U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and John Barrasso (R-WY) released a joint statement after voting against proceeding to the Cornyn-Murphy gun legislation in the Senate. Barrasso said that as a senator for Wyoming, he knows the meaning of the Second Amendment and he will not vote for any legislation that would jeopardize the Second Amendment …

The Wyoming Army National Guard will either have to add on to its Sheridan armory location, or search elsewhere to build its new vehicle maintenance facility. Sheridan College has declined the land swap deal with the Guard, where the Guard would have received land on the east side of I-90 opposite of the college campus, …

1956 Hudson Hornet Special, photo courtesy of Ray Klein The 2022 Western Regional meet of the Hudson Essex Terraplane Club will be held June 23-25 at the Ramada Plaza and Convention Center in Sheridan, Wyo. Registration opens Thursday, and the group will tour several sites in Sheridan, including the Weatherby Rifle Company, the Brinton Museum, …

More than 60 rising juniors will have the opportunity to experience college life during the 38th annual Summer High School Institute (HSI) July 10-30, at the University of Wyoming. The students were selected from high schools across Wyoming. UW offers them an opportunity to achieve intellectual and personal growth, cultivate their leadership capabilities

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has announced they have opened a comment period and will be holding public meetings to gather input on the following regulations: Chapter 28, Big or trophy game animal or game bird or gray wolf damage claimsChapter 34, Depredation prevention hunting seasonsChapter 35, Hunting permit regulations for persons with