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Weekly Poll Question Asks Your Opinion About Congress

By MaryJo Johnson on Mon 02/01/2010 07:07am

For the most part, those who feel called to live part of their lives as civil servants do so with the needs of the people and places they represent in mind. There are, of course, those whose motives for seeking elected office are only self-serving.

Sheridan City Council May Award A Couple Of Bar And Grill Licenses Tonight

By Ron Richter on Mon 02/01/2010 05:20am

The Sheridan City Council will hold their first meeting of February tonight. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has a preview.

7th Annual Pennies For President's Day Kicks Off Today

By Ron Richter on Mon 02/01/2010 02:33am

The 7th Annual Pennies for President's Day is now underway, and the Sheridan Senior Center, along with Heritage Towers and Fort McKenzie High School, will be collecting pennies throughout the month for a good cause. Senior Center Activities Director Jane Perkins says that the money raised will go toward the Wyoming Cares program.

Sheridan College Updates Rangeland Management Program

By Ron Richter on Mon 02/01/2010 01:05am

Sheridan College has updated one of their agricultural programs with a name change and the addition of new courses and more hands-on experiences. Dean of Ag and Technical Programs, Ami Erickson, explains how the program is structured now.

Bighorn Sheep Capture This Weekend In North Wyo.

By Shane Bryant on Sun 01/31/2010 08:05am

CODY, Wyo. (AP) - A Bighorn sheep capture is taking place this weekend near Devil's Canyon in northern Wyoming. The captured sheep will be relocated to the Seminoe Mountain area in southern Wyoming. The effort is part of a long-range plan by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to repopulate the species in areas of the state where the animals once thrived.

State Awards Grant To Build Trails Near Jackson

By Shane Bryant on Sun 01/31/2010 08:00am

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Lands and Investments Board has awarded $375,715 to help build about 27 miles of hiking and biking trails near Jackson. The money will help pay for part of a $775,000 project intended to add trails and improve existing trails at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and Snow King Resort, on Teton Pass and in the greater Snow King area.

Holiday Drunk-Driving Campaign Leads To Arrests

By Shane Bryant on Sun 01/31/2010 07:36am

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Law enforcement officials in the Casper area say they arrested nearly 120 motorists during their annual holiday campaign to reduce drunken driving.

Jury Convicts Man In 25-Year-Old Wyoming Murder

By Ron Richter on Sat 01/30/2010 07:27am

PINEDALE, (AP) - A Sublette County jury has convicted a man
of first-degree murder in the death of a Jackson woman whose body was found along a western Wyoming highway 25 years ago. The jury deliberated for a little more than two hours Friday before delivering a guilty verdict for 46-year-old Troy Dean Willoughby of Wickes, Montana.

Wyoming Urges Judge To End Federal Wolf Management

By Ron Richter on Sat 01/30/2010 07:12am

CHEYENNE, (AP) - The state of Wyoming wants a judge to end federal management of gray wolves in the state. U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson of Cheyenne heard arguments Friday in a lawsuit the state of Wyoming filed against U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Administrative Re-plat Ordinance Will Speed Up The Application Process

By Ron Richter on Fri 01/29/2010 07:39pm

The City of Sheridan Planning Department has been working on streamlining the application process that is required of developer's and landowners. Monday night the City Council will address the administrative re-plat ordinance on 1st reading. City Planning Director Robert Briggs explains what the ordinance will accomplish.