Aaron Palmer

The Council For The Bighorn Range (CBR) is currently undertaking a push to protect Federally-owned public lands from coming under the management of the state, which they feel would be bad for public access and use of those lands, and are trying to raise awareness with the general public of their cause.

During the last regular board meeting of the Trustees for the Johnson County Healthcare Center, they discussed a number of smaller issues concerning the facility.

The Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum in Buffalo will have their annual Fall Gathering fundraiser this weekend, to raise money for the Gatchell Museum Association.

The Cloud Peak Pickleball Club has completed the renovations and upgrades to the city-owned old tennis courts near the Buffalo Children's Center, to make them useable for “pickleball,” a game similar to tennis, but more suitable for older adults.

A Kentucky woman missing in the Bighorn Mountains west of Buffalo since Monday has been found deceased, according to Johnson County Sheriff Steve Kozisek.

The Council for the Bighorn Range will be holding a workshop tonight in Buffalo to discuss and present information on public lands owned by the Federal government and the proposed legislation that may transfer management of those lands to the state level.

Johnson County's Commissioners approved a number of tax corrections for 2017, and also approved vouchers for the month at their recent regular meeting.

Sharon Nadeau, Director of the Buffalo Downtown Association, came to the latest city council meeting to speak to the council and thank them and city employees for their efforts to help the organization with their downtown events during this past summer.

Buffalo's City Council approved a request from City Works Director Les Hook to allow him to contract with a local tree company to remove two trees from the city-owned building housing the Buffalo Children's Center.