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A sentencing hearing was held Tuesday in 4th Judicial District Court in Sheridan for 28-year-old Jacob Willson for the charge of felony DUI. Willson was arrested on July 16, 2021 after being pulled over by an officer with the Sheridan Police Department. Willson has three previous DUI convictions in Montana. District Court Judge Darci Phillips …

April 20, 2022

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Status Review Hearing Held in Case for Teenager Charged With Murder

A status review hearing was held remotely Tuesday in the case of a Sheridan County teenager charged with murder. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. Status Review Hearing Last summer, Christian Torres was charged with second degree murder for for allegedly killing his father, 47-year-old Edgar “Eddie” Jones at a home in Dayton on …

April 20, 2022

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Science Kids and SCLT join forces to bring fun and learning

Science Kids is a 501(c)3 based out of Sheridan, dedicated to getting kids outside having fun and learning. The organization was founded in 2009, to provide the youth of Northern Wyoming with outdoor, science-education opportunities.  According to Executive Director of Science Kids Dr. Julie Rieder, Science Kids often partners with other organizations to

April 19, 2022

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The Sheridan Democrats will hold their 2022 county convention 

The Sheridan County Democrats are reaching out to voters prior to the upcoming midterm elections. According to Sheridan Democrats Chair Danielle Arnoux, the party will be selecting 14 delegates during the upcoming Sheridan County Democratic Convention to send as representatives to the Wyoming State Democratic Convention in Rock Springs in June.  Vice Chair

April 19, 2022

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The winning work of Collectible Conservation Stamp Art Show

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has announced and  extended congratulations to the winners of the Collectible Conservation Stamp Art Show.  The 39th annual contest featured the pacific marten, a North American carnivorous mammal in the weasel family. The winning artwork comes from Dan Andrews of Denver, CO, whose depiction titled “Out on a Limb”

April 19, 2022

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March 2022 Unemployment Numbers In Sheridan And Johnson Counties Down

More evidence from the latest state unemployment numbers is showing that things are getting back to where they were before the covid pandemic started. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says state-wide seasonally adjusted unemployment numbers, dropped from 3.6% in February 2022 to 3.4% in March 2022, and every county reported lower numbers. The

April 19, 2022

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Cheney Leads In Total Fundraising, Still Trails In Money From Wyoming

This story first appeared on Cowboy State Daily. By Jim Angell, Cowboy State Daily U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney continued to lead all of her GOP primary challengers in fundraising for Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat for the first quarter of 2022, but trailed her former political ally Harriet Hageman in raising money in Wyoming. Reports …

April 19, 2022

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Clearmont Council Discusses Several Issues

Mayor Greg Rohrer reads the proclamation about Municipal Clerk’s Week The Clearmont Town Council met on Monday night, April 18, and Mayor Rohrer read two proclamations, one was declaring April national child abuse prevention month. He played a short video presentation about child abuse prevention, and the about Bounce Back, which is a group intervention

April 19, 2022

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Secretary of State Ed Buchanan Announces Reelection Campaign

This story first appeared on Cowboy State Daily. By Jimmy Orr, Cowboy Stat Daily Secretary of State Ed Buchanan, Wyoming’s chief elections official, on Monday announced he will be seeking a second term. In announcing his campaign, Buchanan, who was appointed to the secretary of state’s office in 2018, said he achieved the goals he …

April 19, 2022

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Wyoming Highway Patrol Cautions Drivers From Tinting Windows Too Dark

This story first appeared on Cowboy State Daily. By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily The Wyoming Highway Patrol is warning Wyoming drivers that if they go for that extra little bit of window tint, they could be facing a ticket for their trouble. WHP spokesman Sgt. Jeremy Beck told Cowboy State Daily on Friday that …

April 19, 2022

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