Archive - 2012 - News

Over the last couple of weeks, straw polls were held in each of Wyoming's twenty three counties.

Tickets for the 2012 Sheridan WYO Rodeo are now available for purchase to the public at the Wyo Theater Box Office. Despite the Rodeo growing in attendance and performances, the price of tickets will remain unchanged says Rodeo Board member Jeff Wells.

While the rest of the country braces for increasing prices at the pump entering spring months, Wyoming prices remain the lowest in the country at an average of about $3.15 per gallon.

In the midst of fine tuning a budget for the State of Wyoming for the next two years, there have been some rather odd pieces of legislation that have made headlines during this year's legislative budget session.

Friday, March 2nd is National Dress in Blue Day as March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. Raising awareness, celebrating survivors, and helping patients in need is the impetus behind National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month.

Sheridan Youth Baseball will hold an informational meeting/sign-up session beginning at 6 pm tonight at Sheridan Junior High School.

The Downtown Sheridan Association will give the Wine in the Wild West Festival a 14th go round this Friday at the Historic Sheridan Inn.

At the monthly meeting Wednesday, the Board of Trustees for Johnson County Healthcare Center approved the purchase of equipment requested by an Ear/Nose/Throat Specialist from Sheridan to perform clinic duties and surgeries here in Buffalo.

The Wyoming Wilderness Association will be having a public meeting to discuss the possible designation of Rock Creek as a widerness area tonight at the Johnson County Library in Buffalo, beginning at 6pm.

Johnson County's elected officials gave the State Of The County Address Wednesday afternoon at a luncheon sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.