Archive - Jun 2012 - News

A new event for this year's 8th Annual Big Horn Mountain Festival will be an old-time dance to begin after the Michael Martin Murphey set Saturday, July 7.

Friday, down at Kendrick Park, began the 2012 Sheridan Karz Club Rod Run. Muscle cars, antiques, trucks, all had their glitz on as owners and car enthusiasts appreciated the time and effort put into these classics.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming's congressional delegation is decrying the raiding of Abandoned Mine Land money guaranteed to Wyoming in order to help pay for transportation work and lower student loan rates.

The Bighorn National Forest Service announced late Friday that Stage 1 fire restrictions for the Bighorn National Forest will go into effect at midnight Sunday, July 1st. Forest Supervisor Bill Bass said that low snowpack and an unseasonably warm and dry spring have prompted the restrictions.

Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, were on hand Thursday night to answer questions about the new digital flood insurance rate maps for Sheridan County.

The draft master plan for the Sheridan Railroad Historic District is available for public review and comment at the Downtown Sheridan Association website. Thursday night a public meeting was held to go over some of the details of that plan.

Wyoming is dipping deep into its firefighting budget.

The National Interagency Coordination Center Incident Management Situation Report lists a new fire in Albany County this morning. The fire is reported to cover 4,000 acres of county land 28 miles northeast of Wheatland. Evacuations of nearby areas are in effect.

Although Sheridan County Commissioners have instated a ban on private individuals setting off fireworks, public displays are good to go.

The Carousel Committee of the Buffalo Downtown Association will be holding a special event Saturday to reintroduce the public to the Cowboy Carousel.

Arnette Tiller, with the Carousel Committee, tells us about the event and its purpose.