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Two homes were destroyed Saturday morning in the Horseshoe subdivision west of Dayton by the growing Elk fire, according to fire officials.

These cows are not sure what to do with this grass fire. In a couple of cases, you'll see them walk right into it, feel the heat, then trot off. Perhaps they might stomp out that grass fire between the horses and the cattle. Either way, these cows need to...

Residents along the east front of the Bighorn Mountains scrambled to escape the 32,000-acre Elk Fire that has burned six outbuildings, injured one firefighter and closed Highway 14 between Dayton and Burgess Junction. The fire consumed barns, outhouses and other “non-primary residential buildings,” Sheridan emergency officials reported Wednesday. The firefighter’s...

UPDATE: October 7 at 10:41 a.m. The acreage burned remains the same, 72,998, Monday morning. The change comes in containment: Big Horn National Forest said the fire is 10% contained and 680 people are attacking the blaze. Like on Sunday, the Sheridan County Sheriff will be allowing owners of cabins...

SHERIDAN, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is advising hunters that the Elk Fire in Sheridan County continues to grow, impacting wildlife habitat and access to certain hunt areas. Hunt areas impacted by the fire or associated public access closures are currently located within Elk Hunt Areas...

Johnson County’s Commissioners have sent a letter to Volunteers of America of the Northern Rockies expressing concern over the loss of mental health services in Johnson County, and the lack of communication between the organization and the county commission. In the letter, dated September 19, the county outlined the...

A Wyoming fire in the Bighorn Mountains has become such a major event that Montana has sent Reporters down to cover it. A video from the area shows it is all hands on deck as local community members do all they can to help their neighbors and support the firefighters who are risking their lives to save local communities.

(Fremont County, WY) – An Air Quality Alert has been issued for portions of Fremont County, which is in effect today, October 6, through 1 PM on Monday, according to an update shared by the National Weather Service in Riverton, on behalf of the Wyoming. Department of Environmental Quality,...

I met with emergency management personnel this afternoon and received a thorough update on the status of the fire and the impact near our school district boundaries. As we can all see, the winds on Friday and Saturday pushed a good portion of the fire along the mountains toward Story and the ranches to the south and southwest of Sheridan and Big Horn. To be clear, we have staff and families from both sides (Big Horn and Tongue River) of the district that have been impacted.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation, (WYDOT), has issued the latest update on the Buffalo Main Street Project for the week of October 6. In Phase 3, North Main Street, paving from French Creek Bridge north to Rock Creek Road will continue with traffic control in place. Paving is expected to...

It will be warm...most of the time. It will be dry...until at least later in the week. And then there is the smoke.

On October 7, Chris Vrba Director of Marketing and Development at Sheridan Community Land Trust, announced that its SCLT Explore History program, scheduled for Tuesday, October 8, at The Hub on Smith in Sheridan and Tuesday, October 15, at the Tongue River Valley Community Center in Dayton, has been canceled. SCLT hopes to reschedule the program for another month.

In a pivotal 3A football game on Friday, Riverton went on the road to face Buffalo and the Wolverines were trying to rebound from a disappointing effort the week prior against Douglas. Buffalo was coming off a nice win over Rawlins last week but was bombarded by Cody the game before that.

Sheridan HS Football: The Sheridan High School Football team’s winning streak is now at 37, after going on the road and shutting out Cheyenne Central 41-zip this past Friday. Quarterback Ty Gilbertson threw for 2 touchdowns, ran one in himself and kicked 2 field goals. Catching those TD passes...

The Lady Broncs split dual meets in their home finale vs. both Gillette teams on Friday and placed 2nd out of 5 teams at the Kelly Walsh Invitational on Saturday. The next scheduled swim meet is on Friday and Saturday, October 11th and 12th at Buffalo. Friday, October 4th: Sheridan...

The Sheridan Memorial Hospital will soon get started on the actual physical work of its new Behavioral Health and Crisis Stabilization Unit. Recently the Hospital’s Board of Trustees approved an $8.1-plus million bid from O’Dell Construction, to construct the unit on the south side of the hospital building, where some of the surgical and medical beds used to be, before they were moved to where the pediatrics unit is.

The post-season is less than 1 month away. The next scheduled matches for Sheridan are on Friday, October 11th at Cheyenne East and on Saturday, October 12th at Cheyenne Central. The next scheduled match for Big Horn is on Thursday, October 10th at home vs. Natrona. The next scheduled match...

The Broncs won their 37th straight game in shutout fashion at Cheyenne Central 41-0. 0:22 Beck Haswell blocks Lane Clement’s punt and recovers at Central 26. 0:34 Sheridan defense pressures Clement (Central called for intentional grounding) 0:55 Gilbertson 35 yard pass to Kelten Crow from Central 46 to Central...

The Sheridan City Council will meet for their first regular business meeting of October Monday night. One of the items under new business is consideration of a bid award to Dan Hart Patrol Services, LLC in the amount of just over $5 million. Sheridan Mayor Rich Bridger. The Mayor said...

WORLAND — Pumpkin guts spewed across the Washakie County Fairgrounds with wet, echoing thuds and squeals of joy at Saturday’s 2024 Wyoming State Pumpkin Weigh-Off and Oktoberfest. After crowning this year’s state giant pumpkin champions, the huge squashes were hoisted 175 feet into the air and dropped, exploding...