Sheridan County
Legislators told housing shortage is statewide
By Stephen Dow
The Sheridan Press
Via Wyoming News Exchange
SHERIDAN — One takeaway from a recent meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions committee is Sheridan County municipalities aren’t the...
Man receives up to two years prison time for bighorn sheep poaching
CODY (WNE) — A man already in prison for multiple poaching violations pleaded guilty and was sentenced recently in Park County District Court to between 20 and 24 months in a state penitentiary to be served following his term in...
SHERIDAN — Due to lack of staffing, the Sheridan Veterans Affairs Medical Center is temporarily shifting urgent care access to primary care walk-in services and limiting patient numbers in some inpatient medical units starting June 13, Sheridan VA officials announced last week. The planned change...
SHERIDAN —In an opinion published earlier this month, the Wyoming Supreme Court partially affirmed and partially reversed the 4th Judicial District Court’s decision in a case regarding a Sheridan County trust and its beneficiaries.
According to court documents, the Forbes family fortune originated...
CASPER (WNE) — Wyoming health officials have seen an uptick in the number of stomach-related illnesses in the state. The increases have been noted in Sheridan and Park counties in the north and Laramie County in the southeast, according to a press release from the Wyoming Department of Health.
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SHERIDAN — Sheridan County legislators had money on their mind during the 2022 legislative session.
Legislators distributed more money than ever before, Rep. Barry Crago, R-Buffalo, said during a Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce lunch Monday. They not only set the budget for the next two fiscal...
CASPER — Wyoming’s population is growing faster than the country’s.
The state’s population grew by 1,536 people between July of 2020 and 2021, according to data from the census bureau. That’s an increase of 0.3%, above the nationwide average of 0.1% in the same time period.
Data also shows more...
CHEYENNE — The chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party condemned the Legislature for its redistricting process throughout the 2022 budget session, but the organization will not file suit in opposition.
In a statement released at a news conference Thursday, Joe Barbuto said the redistricting ordeal...
JACKSON —After months of threatening to sue, the ACLU of Wyoming has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Teton County’s 24/7 Sobriety Program, saying that court-ordered daily drug and alcohol tests violate the constitutional rights of people not yet convicted of a crime.
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WGFD detects diseases in elk herds, rabbits
SHERIDAN (WNE) —Animal diseases have been identified in two species in the Sheridan region — chronic wasting disease in elk and rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 in cottontail rabbits.
CWD was identified in three new Sheridan Region elk hunt areas...
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