Sheridan County
BUFFALO —The Department of Family Services is on the hunt for foster parents as it confronts a shortage of placements for children.
“We are just in dire need,” said Ashley Handley, foster care coordinator for Johnson and Sheridan counties. The need, Handley said, is the greatest it's been in the...
SHERIDAN — Lacking facilities and mental health staff continues to challenge Sheridan County’s system of caring for involuntarily committed people, but there may be improvements on the horizon.
Sheridan Memorial Hospital and Volunteers of America Northern Rockies are seeking American Rescue Plan...
SHERIDAN — Despite a deeply flawed system lacking funding, facilities and staff, a team of medical and mental health professionals from across Sheridan County work together to coordinate appropriate mental health evaluation and treatment for those involuntarily held under Wyoming’s Title 25 process...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The federal government announced Thursday it is giving several million dollars to a Wyoming telecommunications provider so it can add fiber lines capable of delivering super-fast broadband.
Cody-based Tri County Telephone Association Inc. is set to receive $9.6 million from the U....
SHERIDAN — Sheridan Memorial Hospital was not designed to accommodate people in mental health crisis. It does not operate an acute psychiatric unit; it does not offer — and is not designed to offer — inpatient psychiatric services.
Despite this, SMH accepted approximately 150 patients held under...
SHERIDAN — Law enforcement officials across Sheridan County agree: Calls related to mental health crises — including those that result in Title 25 holds — are growing more frequent. This, Sheridan County Sheriff Allen Thompson said, can be attributed to insufficient mental health care...
CHEYENNE — Laramie County School District No. 1 is not only the state’s largest K-12 district, it has the biggest problem with school capacity overflow. That was one of the messages to come from the State Construction Department School Facilities Division’s annual report and supplemental budget...
SHERIDAN (WNE) — After nearly six hours of deliberation Wednesday, a jury of five women and eight men found Shaun Kobielusz guilty of three counts of voyeurism.
Voyeurism is the clandestine and nonconsensual viewing of an individual in a location in which the person being viewed has a reasonable...
SHERIDAN — At least one bill designed to increase liquor license availability in Wyoming is moving forward to the 2023 legislative session, with others potentially on the way.
During its Aug. 25 meeting in Casper, the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions...
SHERIDAN — Wyoming’s election district boundaries may have been approved months ago by the Wyoming Legislature, but that doesn’t mean redistricting is no longer a topic of conversation.
During a meeting of the Legislature’s Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions committee last week, the...
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