Archive - May 30, 2009 - News

(AP) - Forty-seven people have been indicted on federal charges in connection with a drug-trafficking ring that distributed drugs in Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota.

(AP) - The Wyoming Department of Health says it has confirmed seven more swine flu infections in Laramie County, bringing the total number of Wyoming cases to nine. The department announced Friday that the seven new cases include five children and two adults.

The U.S. Agriculture Secretary has called for a "time out" for road less National Forest areas. The directive puts a stop to new development and logging on more than 50 million acres nationwide, and more than three million acres in Wyoming - including land in the Bighorn, Bridger-Teton and Shoshone National Forests.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has received a proposal to rename the Monument Point Access area at Lake DeSmet in honor of Malcom Wallop.

Game and Fish Information Specialist Warren Mischke.

Mischke says that they'll be taking public comment on the name change for the next couple of weeks.

As has been our custom for the past several years, Sheridan Media took part in the annual end-of-school play day at Sagebrush Elementary School Friday morning. Sheridan Media's Mary Jo Johnson has this report.