Archive - Dec 2011 - News

The Sheridan Chamber of Commerce will wrap up 2011 Tuesday with the drawing for $1,000 in Chamber Bucks as grand prize for the 16th annual Christmas Stroll. Executive Director Dixie Johnson tells us about what she wants to continue in her second year with the Chamber.

Buffalo students participated in this year's FLL or First Lego League competition earlier this month in Casper, and came home with a number of trophies for their efforts.

Black Hills Bentonite, LLC submitted a request to the Johnson County Commissioners to add additional acreage to their existing mine permit for their Johnson County Mine site west of Kaycee.

The Buffalo City Council adopted Ordinance No.1352 and Ordinance No. 1353 on third and final reading at their regular meeting last week, which revises the City Code Book.

When Wyoming Governor Matt Mead was elected into office, one of his main initiatives was to maintain and expand coal production from Wyoming.

Each day this week we'll take a look back at some of the top stories that made the news for the Sheridan area in 2011. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has more.

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead has been in office for almost a year and will be entering the New Year with many of the same goals he had when he took office almost a year ago.

On Friday, we took a look at Wyoming's schools as they compare to other states in terms of adequate yearly progress used to track school proficiency, with help from Sheryl Lain, who's an instructional leader with the Wyoming Department of Education.

The Wyoming State 4-H Office will select 28 youth and five adults for a trip to Mongolia as a part of a 13-state Enhancing Global Perspectives in Youth exchange.

Jason Carder, acting Buffalo Police Chief, reported to the Buffalo City Council at their meeting last week that a recent search of Buffalo High School had found no drugs on the premises.