Month: March 2021

Staff for U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming will hold remote office hours in Sheridan on Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 to meet with constituents. Field Representative Jackie King will be available to meet with residents and hear ideas, comments and concerns about what is happening in the U.S. Senate, and…

In a legislative effort to expand Wyoming’s meat markets, Wyoming Congresswoman and House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney reintroduced H.R. 1998, The Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2021.  This legislation would allow state-inspected meat to be sold across state lines. Cheney reintroduced the bill to expand Wyoming’s…

The University of Wyoming’s Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources recently launched an innovative, online course for aspiring outdoor guides or enrichment for early-career guides. The noncredit, self-paced course is offered over two six-week periods this spring. Faculty at UW and industry leaders have been designing the course for…

Beginning 8 a.m. April 1, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will accept applications for limited quota fall turkey, sandhill crane and beaver as well as applications to the Glendo and Springer special pheasant hunts. Applications must be submitted online. “Remember, before applying for any licenses, you will have to…

A measure dealing with school finance funding, House Bill 173, will likely go before a joine Wyoming House/Senate conference committee to work out differences between the two legislative bodies. Sheridan County’s Rep. Mark Kinner said the bill went to the Senate earlier this week. Kinner said among those differences is…

While many government offices will close, or close early, on Friday in observance of Good Friday – the last Friday before Easter – Sheridan County’s Rep. Mark Kinner said the day seems likely to be a “normal working day” for Wyoming legislators. “Here” is in Cheyenne, where legislators convened their…

Donna Jean (Kubsch) Shelley, 79, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021, at her home surrounded by her husband and family. She was born September 30, 1941 in Manitowoc, WI to Erwin and Virginia Kubsch. Her father worked for Peter Kiewit which took the family to Washington, California, Massachusetts and…

The Bureau of Land Management has prepared an environmental assessment and is seeking public comment on a proposed wild horse gather on the Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek, Great Divide Basin, White Mountain and Little Colorado herd management areas in southwestern Wyoming. Comments will be accepted for 30 days on…

Sean McCallister, current CEO of the Johnson County Healthcare Center in Buffalo, has resigned his position which will be effective later this spring. He said he is resigning for personal reasons and to be closer to family. In an interview this week, he discussed the two major projects the facility…

Johnson County’s Commissioners have approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kaycee-Buffalo-Johnson County Economic Development Joint Powers Board, owner/operator of the Bomber Mountain Civic Center as an emergency community shelter. Commission Chairman Bill Novotny explained the action was a renewal of an existing MOU. County Attorney Tucker Ruby, whose office…

The public comment period for the proposed changes to the Chapter 6 Rules, District and School Accreditation has been extended through May 6th of this year, according to a release from the Wyoming Department of Education. Comments will be taken online, in person, or by mail until 12:59 pm on…

A bill preventing abortions for selective reasons such as the sex or race of the unborn baby is heading to the Wyoming Senate for debates this week.

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