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The Wyoming Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday on challenges to a recent state law that allows judges to give permission over the phone to police officers to draw blood or perform other tests on people suspected of drunken driving.

U.S. Senator, Mike Enzi, will be in Sheridan all day on Saturday.

The Sheridan Police Department's activity report indicates three Sheridan businesses were cited for selling tobacco products to a 16-year-old during a sting operation, and in an unrelated bust, five minors were cited for alcohol over the weekend.

Sheridan County's Commissioners unanimously voted to cancel a proposal that would rezone just over 1,000 acres in Ranchester from Rural Residential to Agricultural designation.

Some 63 percent of the 579,000 residents in Wyoming own guns.  This is the highest percentage of any state in the USA.

Perhaps it makes some sense to describe what living in the heart of America’s “gun culture” can be like during this time of national debate about guns and whether or not there is a need for national registry of gun owners.

Field Representatives for US Senators John Barrasso and Michael Enzi and Congressman Cynthia Lummis will be in Buffalo Tuesday morning to meet with their constituents in the area to answer questions and forward concerns back to Washington, DC.

In Johnson County District Court last Friday, April 12th, a jury found Gerald Eugene Hamlin “not guilty” of bringing a controlled substance into a jail and delivery of a controlled substance.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will be meeting in Casper on April 25 and 26 to set next fall's hunting seasons for big game animals. The commission will establish license quotas and season specifics for many species, including wild bison.

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead recently returned from a week-long trip to the Middle East, where he met with foreign officials interested in research done by the University of Wyoming.

As we previously reported, two bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday. At least three are dead, and more than 144 others injured. Sheridan Media's Chris Foy has the story.