Archive - Dec 2011 - News

U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis recently urged Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to withdraw the Department's proposal to limit the participation of youth in farming and ranching activities.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department offers lifetime small game and bird hunting and fishing licenses for 10-year Wyoming residents. Sheridan Game and Fish Information Specialist Warren Mischke says these make great Christmas gifts.

The Sheridan/Johnson County Opportunity Project for Education program or SCOPE held their graduation ceremony Friday. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter was there.

The Buffalo City Council approved a request from the Recycling Board to reallocate funds away from curb and gutter to pay for concrete in the area surrounding the new recycling center.
Mayor Randy Dyess explains further.

The U.S. Marine Corps Toys For Tots Program's distribution day will be held all day Saturday in Sheridan. The program has been around since 1947, and for more than 10 years locally, helping parents in need with Christmas gifts for their kids.

Volunteers of America Northern Rockies announced in a media release Friday that they have received a $60,000 donation from the S.K. Johnston Family Fund of the Wyoming Community Foundation. They will use the grant to defray the construction costs of their recently completed Milestones Children's Home.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will be offering a hunter education class in Buffalo beginning Jan. 5th, 2012.

Uranium One held a brief ceremony Thursday afternoon to present monetary donations to various Buffalo and Johnson County entities.

It's the annual tradition at area schools that brings out all sorts of folks, but especially the parents and grandparents. It's the Christmas concerts and Thursday night, Big Horn Middle School held theirs.

Trustees for the Northern Wyoming Community College District Board approved a new certificate program at their monthly meeting Thursday night. NWCCD Dean of Agricultural and Technical Services Ami Erickson explains what the Farrior Certificate Program is.