Archive - Feb 2012 - News

The Sheridan County Sheriff's Office recently responded to a citizens complaint of two dead dogs that had been discarded on Upper Cat Road in Sheridan County.

The household hazardous waste facility at the City of Sheridan Landfill was been around a little over a year now. Landfill Health and Safety Coordinator Shawn Stevens says that the facility a year later, has been well received.

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead praised Thursday's decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to dismiss Fort Collins businessman Aaron Million's proposal to build the Flaming Gorge Pipeline.

339 kids from 20 schools from Wyoming and surrounding states will take over Buffalo High School this weekend for the annual BHS Forensics Tournament.
Forensics involves competition in speech, debate, and interpretation events.

A tap fee charged to the County Fair Board on a sewer tap at the Johnson County Fairgrounds has been refunded after city council action at their meeting Tuesday.

The Lake DeSmet Counties Coalition Joint Powers Board held their February meeting in Buffalo Thursday evening and worked through a short agenda.
One item discussed was a water modeling.

House Bill 47 to adopt a Hedonic Wage Index failed on introduction last week in Cheyenne, a bill that would have altered the way that school districts are compensated to pay staff.

A group working to make sure all Sheridan County children are well-fed is growing in Sheridan, working with county schools now for about a year and a half. Amy Albrecht is with The Food Group in Sheridan.

Members of the Northern Wyoming College District spent the better part of last week in Washington D.C. For the Association of Community College Trustees National Legislative Forum.

All five Sheridan County Commissioners were in Cheyenne last week to attend the Wyoming County Commissioners Association annual winter legislative meeting.