Sheridan County
This abandoned motel in Rawlins is part of a brownfields effort to clean up hazards and revitalize the town. (Google Street View)
FROM WYOFILE:
Cleaning up hazards at abandoned and otherwise “unloved” properties will help lift entire community, town official says
Rawlins will receive a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment grant to develop cleanup and revitalization plans for some 20 properties in an effort to remediate...
Closeup of a mature bullfrog. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
FROM WYOFILE:
Game and Fish, which banned the invasive species from entering Wyoming, also welcomes bullfrog hunting. One biologist suggests they taste just like chicken.
Biologists once found a crayfish with an entire garter snake and several fish inside a female bullfrog near Sheridan. That...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming National Guard is set to conduct Vigilant Guard 23-3, a comprehensive emergency response exercise aimed at enhancing public safety and community preparedness. The exercise will take place from June 12-15 in various locations throughout the state.
Vigilant Guard 23-3...
CASPER — Despite the snow last month, it’s spring in Wyoming.
With the sunshine and the warmth, comes wildlife. Bears and rattlesnakes top the mind, but animals like skunks and bats are also emerging from their winter stasis.
The state’s annual enlivening has prompted a rabies warning from...
CASPER — The Wyoming Republican Party is asking local school districts to adopt policies that align with Senate File 117 — a bill proposed during the session this year that’s similar to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, and which would have barred classroom instruction about gender identity...
From the Wyoming Department of Transportation
Sheridan, Wyo – Wyoming Department of Transportation northeast Wyoming maintenance crews will begin yearly paving operations on various roads in Crook, Weston, Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan counties.
Paving operations are scheduled to begin the week of May 15, 2023 in Crook and...
CHEYENNE — Air quality in Cheyenne has worsened since last year, and similar trends were observed statewide, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Lung Association.
The organization working to improve lung health and prevent lung disease revealed the air quality changes around...
SHERIDAN — Wyoming is becoming an island amid a sea of states that have legalized marijuana in some capacity.
Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, but 21 states have legalized recreational marijuana use and 37 states have legalized medicinal marijuana in some capacity.
Among Wyoming’...
SHERIDAN – While Gov. Mark Gordon touted successes in the state’s work on mental health issues, he and others also acknowledged organizations and institutions around the state will need more than additional funding to continue moving the needle.
The discussions came as part of the governor’s...
SHERIDAN PRESS — Throughout the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wyoming ranked second in the nation for continued volunteer efforts.
Overall, the formal rate of volunteering through organizations in the United States saw a significant drop of seven percentage points, from 30% in 2019 to 23.2% in...
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