Archive - Apr 8, 2016

New citizens take naturalization oath. From left are Sadanand Dhekney, Bo Walker, Tram Tran, Kim Warren, Koyan-Konkel Arpik, Milagro Portillo and Felicito Vorquez. (Photo by Pat Blair)

Seven people took oaths as new citizens of the United States in naturalization ceremonies Friday in Sheridan County's district court.

Secretary of State Ed Murray, keynote speaker at summit luncheon in Sheridan. (Photo by Pat Blair)

Secretary of State Ed Murray says Wyoming does have a “business-friendly module.”

Gillette City Administrator Carter Napier at economic summit in Sheridan. (Photo by Pat Blair)

Sheridan, Johnson and Campbell counties are working together, and putting together a new vision of how to do business.

US 16 Buffalo to Ucross (Image courtesy of WYDOT)

Drivers can expect to see crews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation installing 70 mph speed limit signs in Northeast Wyoming on Monday and Tuesday. According to a release from WYDOT, this will bring roads up to the new statutory speed limit for non-interstate highways in Wyoming that was r

Sheridan County Commissioner Tom Ringley will seek a third term in this year's election. (Photo Ron Richter ©)

Sheridan County Commissioner Tom Ringley has announced that he will seek a third term as commissioner. Ringley was elected in 2008 to fill one of the two new commissioner positions approved by voters in the 2006 General Election.

The State Loan and Investment Board Thursday approved $500,000 for preliminary work on the Hallmark building on North Main Street north of the WYO Theater.

U.S. House of Representatives Candidate Leland Christensen, right, at Thursday's ice cream social in Sheridan. (Photo Ron Richter ©)

Leland Christensen, Republican candidate for Wyoming’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, has spent the last couple of days touring Northeast Wyoming visiting businesses and talking with community members in Gillette and Sheridan.

The Sheridan team is pictured with representatives from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Rural Healthcare Program, the Billings Clinic and the Governor of Montana. (Courtesy photo)

During a news conference held Thursday at the Billings Clinic, it was announced that The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust awarded two grants to Billings Clinic in the amount of $4.3 million.