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Monday March 8th, the City of Sheridan Human Resources department sent out a letter to all city employees informing them that voluntary buyouts would be available until noon on March 15th. Human Resources Director Heather Doke updated the Council Monday night on where they are regarding the voluntary buyouts.

Wyoming Speaker of the House of Representatives Colin Simpson confirmed what most had suspected for some time, that he would indeed be running for governor. In a media release issued Monday afternoon, Simpson indicated that he would officially launch his campaign this Thursday with stops in Cheyenne, Casper and Cody.

For the past fifteen years Yellowstone National Park has been educating more than one million people a year on ways to reduce trash and be a good steward to the land. Yellowstone is observing its 15th year of the "Greening of Yellowstone" program this week.

In just a few weeks, after serving a year's deployment in Kuwait, members of the Wyoming Army National Guard's 2-300th Field Artillery Batallion, known as the Powder River Cowboys, will be returning stateside. Sheridan Media's Mary Jo Johnson has part one in a series on the wives waiting on the homefront.

Some students at Sheridan College started their spring break with--you probably guessed--another lecture.

Members from the community joined them for a public discussion called "American Foreign Policy in the Obama Age" at at Sheridan College this weekend. It was led by a panel of policy experts, which included several researchers from Berlin, as well as UW International Studies Director, Jean Garrison

Sheridan County Republicans held a precinct caucus and a county convention this weekend in order to elect a caucus chairman, vote on party resolutions, and elect delegates for the State Convention and adopt the county platform. Cathy Koleman, who is the Chairman of the Sheridan County Republicans, says the resolutions and platforms committees had quite a lot of work cut out for them

80 vendors from five states and Canada welcomed visitors to the 32nd Annual Big Horn Homebuilders Home and Idea Show, held this weekend at the Sheridan Holiday Inn.

Dick Caldwell is the Operations Director for the show, and he reflects on the success of this year's endeavor.

We wrap up our series with Wyoming Speaker of the House of Representatives Colin Simpson with a look at a failed bill that has attracted its fair share of controversy. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has more.

The Sheridan City Council will address a number of key issues at their meeting tonight. Sheridan Mayor Dave Kinskey gives us a rundown of a few of the items that the Council will consider.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - A Jackson man who says he was intoxicated when he entered the wrong home and wrestled with the owner has been sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation.
Twenty-two-year-old Douglas Currie was originally charged with felony burglary but pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal entry for going into the home on Feb. 7.