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 …

The Arts at Sheridan College has announced Rayne Goins and Cora Wood accompanied by Loretta Tonak with special guest Skylar Tharp will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 23, in Kinnison Hall at the Whitney Center for the Arts. The program includes works by Handel, Mozart, Faure, Poulenc, Ferroud, and Hindemith as well as flute …

Sheridan Community Land Trust is inviting the public to unplug with a Discovery Session exploring the Herons at Home.  Join Dr. Julie Rieder of Science Kids with this family-friendly hour as the first 2022 Unplug Discovery Session series celebrates the return of the Great Blue Herons from their winter migration.  Rieder, an ecologist who enjoys …

Two Gillette police officers have been cleared to return to duty after being involved in the fatal shooting of a man who charged at them with a weapon. A review by Park County and Prosecuting Attorney Bryan Skoric found that a January shooting by Gillette Police officers was justified and criminal charges are not warranted …