The $22.7 million tax settlement between Johnson County and Carbon Creek/US Realm is good news for the county’s special districts, but that does not appear to be the case with the Johnson County School District. At the recent district board meeting in Kaycee, Superintendent Charles Auzqui explained that the funds that will eventually be allocated …

Sawyer Todd looks over her eggs. Over 1700 eggs were filled with candy and hid for the over 50 youngsters who attended the event. Due to the chilly weather and snow on the playground, the eggs were hid in the Arvada-Clearmont School building, the 0-4 age youngsters hunted eggs in the Clearmont gym, with the …

Easter Sunday is April 17. Easter is an old holiday and has many traditions that have changed or endured through the years. Easter is also called, Pascha or Resurrection Sunday. Each year, Christians commemorate their Savior’s victory over sin and death. Christ was crucified on Good Friday, and his body was laid in a tomb …

This story first appeared on Cowboy State Daily. By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday celebrated the news that President Joe Biden’s administration would again allow the sale of oil and gas leases. However, Gordon also questioned the impact of the Biden administration’s decision to reduce the number of acres available …

This story first appeared on Cowboy State Daily. By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily Wyoming’s farmers and ranchers are not being hit as hard by the drought seen across the West as their counterparts in other states, several told Cowboy State Daily on Friday. Kyle Berger, whose family owns a livestock ranch in Saratoga, told …

A Mike Thomas Sculpture in Buffalo depicting the Johnson County War Wyoming historian T.A. Larson ranked the Johnson County War as the most notorious event in Wyoming’s history. This is a three-part story. In this installment, we will look at some of the causes of the Johnson County War. On April 5, 1892, an army …

The Sheridan City Council will be considering a resolution at their regularly scheduled business meeting Monday night that would relinquish all of the grants that the City has acquired for the Malcolm Wallop Park Pond Project. City Engineer Hanns Mercer said the project was brought before the Council to award the contract to construct for …

A change of plea hearing and subsequent sentencing was recently held for 66-year-old Richard Evans in Fourth Judicial District in Sheridan. Pursuant to terms of a plea agreement reached with the State, Evans pleaded guilty to the charge of felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver – methamphetamine. Two misdemeanor drug possession

Official records filed with Vital Statistics Services (VSS), which is part of the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), show another sharp increase in deaths last year over what would have been expected before the COVID-19 pandemic; there were also more births, more marriages and fewer divorces among residents. Among Wyoming residents, there were 6,572 deaths

Bears have begun to wake up after their long winter hibernation and are looking for easy food opportunities. Living on the edge of the Bighorn National Forest affords residents opportunities to view and recreate in the scenic outdoors.  But occasionally, the city gets visitors from the forest. According to  Wyoming Department of Game and Fish …