Archive - Jun 2, 2011 - News

Wednesday we reported that opening day of the Kendrick Park Pool would be postponed indefinitely because of a national recall of pool drain covers. Today, we have a clearer, and more positive update, on when swimmers can hit the water.

Johnson County Incident Command released a flood potential update this morning, and a flood watch continues for the entire county through Friday afternoon.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -Gov. Brian Schweitzer is asking President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster for Montana due to flooding.

Now that warmer temperatures have settled in to the area, Sheridan County Emergency Management officials continue to closely monitor water levels due to the likelihood of increased runoff from the Big Horns.

The Department of the Interior released a memo from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Wednesday which directs the Bureau of Land Management to take no action under the Wild Lands Order.

Representative Mike Madden was a guest on the June 1st edition of Public Pulse, and he wants to remind Wyoming homeowners that the deadline is fast approaching – June 6th – to submit an application for a property tax refund for up to one-half of last year's property taxes.

Earlier in May, we reported that the Sheridan Community Land Trust had applied to have established a Historic Mine Byway in northern Sheridan County.

As a means to introduce the Sheridan community to an award-winning documentary about Sheridan resident Buck Brannaman while at the same time raising money for a worthy cause, the creators of “Buck” have agreed to show a special screening of the film to viewers this Saturday night, June 4th at the WYO Theatre.

The Wyoming Workforce Development Council has announced that one of the speakers at the upcoming Governor’s Summit on Workforce Solutions will be Lowe's Senior VP Steve Szilagyi.

Avoiding conflict of interest was the reasoning behind Johnson County Attorney Ken DeCock's decision to request an agreement between his office and the Sheridan County Attorney's Office to provide special prosecutors for each other when necessary.