Archive - Jan 2012

At their meeting Monday night in Kaycee, the Johnson County School District Board of Trustees approved a draft of the annual Report to the Community with some changes.

The Powder Pass Nordic Club will present their annual Pole Creek Challenge race Saturday, February 4 at the Pole Creek Nordic Ski Area west of Buffalo.

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead has proposed a $64 million dollar cut out of his budget request to the Joint Appropriations Committee, which is in the process of “marking up” the Governor's proposed budget.

For the second year in a row an educator with connections to Sheridan has been named Wyoming's Distinguished Principal.

Last year Wyoming Governor Matt Mead and the wolf management plan that will come before the State Legislature during next month's budget session could be a lightning rod for controversy, this according to State Senator Bruce Burns.

The Wyoming Game and Fish is asking all hunters who held a general or limited quota fall Turkey license to fill out a harvest survey for the 2011 season.

A noon work session by the Sheridan City Council Monday focused on the Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce. Chamber Executive Director Dixie Johnson updated the Council on some of the highlights from 2011 and their plans for 2012.

Talk of state issues in education, local trends, and new courses were followed by discussions of addressing developmental studies enrollments and possible pilot projects Monday night during a Sheridan College/Sheridan County School District 2 Joint Board Meeting.