Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon said this week that the biennial budget that was approved by the Wyoming Legislature is one that is forward looking at powering the nation. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. Budget Addresses Broad Range of Issues The 2.8 billion dollar budget was adopted by the Wyoming Legislature on March 7 …

Two Wyoming residents are in custody following a pursuit on Tuesday. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol,  the pursuit started shortly after 4:32 pm after troopers were notified of a vehicle headed south on Interstate 25 with an occupant who had an active warrant for kidnapping.  A trooper located the car on US 26 west …

Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney held a conference call with Wyoming news media Wednesday morning to address Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s appeal to Congress for help with the Russian invasion of his country. Cheney offered the following remarks in response to Zelensky’s historic speech. Liz Cheney Cheney discussed the U.S. response to

Sheridan County’s Commissioners have voted to approve and accept revisions to the rules and regulations for permitting of commercial solar energy facilities in the county. The revisions will allow for more public hearings in the review process, as explained by County Planner Mark Reid. Reid said the reason for the hearings is to learn from …

The Wyoming Legislature had a series of large tasks to complete within the 20 day window of the 2022 budget session.  One of those tasks was the authorization of funds from the America Rescue Plan Act.  While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, District 22 Senator Dave Kinskey (R), told listeners that authorizing the …

At their Tuesday meeting, Buffalo City Councilman Wes Haskins made a motion to go into executive session to discuss two separate items. When the council reconvened the regular meeting, no announcement was made concerning the possible litigation the city might be involved in, but the second item was the authorization of a sale in the …

Sheridan County hosted a Public Open House Tuesday evening to give the public an opportunity to see the latest design and gather comment on the Brooks Street Greenspace Project. Commissioner Nick Siddle talks about the open house and the project. Siddle said the hope is to have funding in place by this fall and to …

The Wyoming Game and Fish report that on Feb. 23, personnel at the Story Fish Hatchery carefully packed and shipped 875,000 kokanee eggs to the Dan Speas Hatchery in Casper. The eggs arrived to the hatchery’s care weeks earlier from Tillett Springs Hatchery near Lovell. The eggs arrived ‘green’ and it was the job of …

The University of Wyoming has announced the UW American Heritage Center (AHC) will hire a project archivist to build an information network among records stewards from Wyoming’s libraries, museums and archives, with funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This part-time position and the focused project are a

Brian Lawson, Big Horn Middle School Principal, presented a slide show and program to the SCSD#1 board meeting held on Tuesday, March 15 in Big Horn. The program was about how to increase proficiency of scores in math, science and literacy at BHMS, saying they are working towards at least 80% proficiency. Lawson added that …