After nearly 34 years since the murder of their daughter Lisa, the case has ended in some ways for the Kimmell family, and in other ways, it hasn’t and never will. This past Friday, Dale Wayne Eaton was re-sentenced to life in prison without parole, for the 1988 first degree murder, kidnapping, robbery and sexual …

The Wyoming Economic Indicators report for March 2022 is now available on the State of Wyoming’s Economic Analysis Division website. The Wyoming Economic Health Index (WEHI), which is within the report, is a coincident economic indicator designed to give a current assessment of the state’s economy. In a release from Dylan Bainer, Principal Economist

Johnson County’s Commissioners have rescinded COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place since 2020 by passing a resolution during their recent meeting. In response to Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon’s lifting of all COVID restrictions statewide earlier this month, the commission followed suit by ending restrictions at the county level. The county

During the recent meeting of the hospital board of trustees for the Johnson County Healthcare Center, Director of Nursing Mary Litzel reported that the last discharge for COVID-19 was on February 14, and the facility has not had another case since. She also reported there have been no positive COVID Cases in Johnson County since …

Emergency Management Coordinator Jesse Ludikhuize appeared on a recent Sheridan Media Public Pulse program to discuss his background and his approach to performing the duties of emergency management coordinator. A former law enforcement officer, Ludikhuize spent his law enforcement career between San Bernardino and Santa Rosa CA, until an on duty injury

The Museum at the Bighorns has a new exhibit that explores the history of agriculture in the Sheridan area; The Land.  This exhibit looks at the history of the agricultural industry in the Sheridan region. Visitors will learn about the cattle industry, centennial ranch families and the sugar beet industry.  While appearing on Sheridan Media’s …

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 …