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ST. ONGE — A fallen Marine was laid to rest Friday afternoon at the Little Dane Cemetery in St. Onge. Cpl. Seth Dean Rasmuson, 21, from Buffalo, Wyo., was one of five Marines killed in a training accident June 8 when the Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, in which he was a crew chief, crashed near the California/Arizona border.

ST. ONGE, S.D. — On June 8, 2022, an MV-22 Osprey based at Camp Pendleton in California crashed into the desert, killing all five Marines on board. All five were based at Camp Pendleton and assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor (VMM) Squadron 364. One of those Marines was 21-year-old...

A senior citizen from New York was airlifted to hospital after being severely mauled by a grizzly bear while backpacking close to Yellowstone National Park. The unidentified 68-year-old from Buffalo was blindsided by the beast and left unable to use the bear spray he was carrying. Luckily he was able...

A request from a resident for a variance to city code to allow burning of slash piles has been approved by both Buffalo Fire Chief Gomer Gammon and the city council. Mayor Shane Schrader and Gammon discussed the details about the variance request during the recent council meeting. Gammon said...

In his more than 50 years of coaching school sports, Buffalo High School assistant track and field coach Steve Mischke has collected just about every award and accolade imaginable — from team championships to induction into the Wyoming Coaches Association Hall of Fame. But last weekend, Mischke added one more award to his collection. He was named 2022 National Assistant Girls’ Coach of the Year at the National High School Athletic Coaches Association’s convention.

Two candidate forums are being held in Buffalo this week to give voters a chance to meet the candidates in various local races and hear their opinions on a number matters that are concerning their constituents. The events are sponsored by the Republican Women Freedom Alliance and are being moderated...

Buffalo’s City Council has voted to approve and accept Mayor Shane Schrader’s appointment of Shann Edwards to the Kaycee-Buffalo-Johnson County Economic Development Joint Powers Board. The approval came during the council’s last regular meeting. According to discussions at the meeting, Edwards had applied to be re-appointed to...

Buffalo drivers faced a gauntlet of car washes on Sunday morning. Driving west on Hart Street, passersby encountered children in bright green shirts lofting signs and pointing wildly at the car wash behind Ace Hardware. At the intersection of Hart and Fort streets, more volunteers hailed cars as they came...

Some residents of Buffalo are hoping the city council will approve them to form a Hockey Rink Board to oversee, maintain, and make improvements to the city’s outdoor hockey/ice rink in Washington Park. Edison Elder discussed the idea with the council during their recent meeting. Elder gave the council...

BUFFALO (WNE) — Wyoming Downs off-track betting is coming to Johnson County after all, following approval from the Johnson County commissioners at their June 21 meeting for a new facility in the county. The commissioners’ approval is a reversal from their position at the April 19 commission meeting. At...

Seth Rasmuson from Buffalo, Wyoming, 21, was killed in a San Diego Osprey crash on June 8, along with four other Marines, and his remains will be traveling through Wyoming on Monday. Nicholas Losapio and John Sax, two pilots, and Nathan Carlson and Evan Strickland, two tiltrotor crew chiefs, were...

CASPER, Wyo. — The body of a Wyoming Marine killed earlier this month is scheduled to pass through Cheyenne this afternoon on the way to Buffalo, where he will be buried. Cpl. Seth Rasmuson, who graduated from Buffalo High School in 2019, was among the five Marines killed on June 8 after an Osprey aircraft crashed in southern California. Rasmuson’s family confirmed his death with the Buffalo Bulletin in the days after the crash.

The National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) recently held its annual convention and two Wyoming coaches received Coach of the Year honors. Gillette’s Mitch Holst and Buffalo’s Steve Mischke won awards at the NHSACA banquet in Des Moines, IA. Former Campbell County head girls’ basketball coach Mitch...

The Buffalo City Council has approved a street closure and open container request from the chamber of commerce for their annual Johnson County Fair & Rodeo Parade in August. Chamber board member Jennifer Romanoski made the request of the council, asking for the closure of Main Street from Cotant Family Dentistry in the south to First Interstate Bank in the north from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 6.

**For All Things Wyoming, Sign-Up For Our Daily Newsletter***. Wyoming U.S. Marine Cpl. Seth Rasmuson may have been young when he died, but his sacrifice for his country was valued, nonetheless, those who turned out for a procession in his honor said on Monday. Shona Armstrong is a Canada native...

The COMPASS Center for Families has approached the City of Buffalo to lease them city-owned land on which to build a COMPASS facility in Buffalo, according to Bill Hawley, who spoke to the city council at their last meeting. Hawley said the city would hold no responsibility for funding, building,...