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Wyoming K-12 school enrollment exceeds 90K

Associated Press — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:58:54 +0000

Wyoming's K-12 public school enrollment has exceeded 90,000 for the first time since 1999.

Sen. Enzi To Hold Annual Inventors Conference

Associated Press — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:50:39 +0000

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's senior U.S. senator is holding his tenth annual inventors' conference.

Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, is inviting inventors to come and learn how to turn their invention and entrepreneurial dreams into a reality

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Wyo. Highway Patrol K-9 Scores a Hit

Trevor T. Trujillo — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:20:42 +0000

A Wyoming Highway Patrol K-9 assisted in the seizure of just under three pounds of marijuana Sunday.

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Wyo. Supreme Court To Reconsider Sheridan Killings

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:39:26 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court is set to hear arguments from lawyers representing two Wyoming teenagers serving life sentences in the home invasion slaying of a Sheridan man.

Lawyers representing Wyatt Bear Cloud and Dharminder (dar-MINN'-dur) Vir Sen are set to ask the state supreme court on Wednesday to reduce their sentences

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Wyoming Supreme Court Reconsiders Teen's Sentence

Associated Press — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:51:06 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Lawyers for two Wyoming teenagers serving life sentences in the home invasion slaying of a Sheridan man will get a chance to tell the state Supreme Court next month that the two deserve lesser punishment

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U.S. Supreme Court Sets Aside Wyoming Teen's Sentence

Anthony Pollreisz — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:18:59 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has vacated a life sentence for a Wyoming teenager in the 2009 home invasion killing of a Sheridan man.

The court this month sent Wyatt Bear Cloud's case back to the Wyoming Supreme Court for reconsideration

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Brain Health Workshop Heading To Sheridan

Associated Press — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:37:06 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The American Association of Retired Persons plans to hold a brain health workshop in Sheridan.

The workshop is titled "Gray Matters: Training the Grownup Brain." It will be held in Sheridan from 9 a

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Dead Trout Found In Sheridan Area Streams

Associated Press — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:08:17 +0000

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife officials in Sheridan say some trout have been dying in local streams and rivers because of low water flows and hot weather.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking fishermen to take steps to try reduce harm to fish stressed by this summer's conditions

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Cloud Peak Energy buys coal mine near Sheridan

Associated Press — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:31:23 +0000

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Cloud Peak Energy has purchased an undeveloped coal mine along the Wyoming-Montana border that has the potential to bring hundreds of jobs to the Sheridan area.

According to the Associated Press, Wyoming-based Cloud Peak paid $300 million for the Youngs Creek Mining Company, a joint venture between Chevron USA Inc

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Governor Makes Pitch for No Fireworks or Fires

Rich Denison — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:35:14 +0000

Governor urges caution as wildfires tear through Wyoming

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Gillette Economy 4th Among U.S. Cities Its Size

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:30:12 +0000

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A research firms ranks Gillette as the nation's fourth-strongest economy out of 576 cities around the nation with between 10,000 and 50,000 residents.

Sheridan is just behind at fifth

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Game & Fish Tranquilizes Sheridan Black Bear

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:14:51 +0000

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Employees of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department tranquilized a black bear after it turned up near a car dealership on the south side of Sheridan.

Police blocked off the area Thursday morning

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Wyo. Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Killing

Associated Press — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:37 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the appeal of a Sheridan teenager convicted of murder in a 2009 home invasion killing.

The court on Wednesday will hear the appeal of Dharminder Vir Sen

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Court Upholds Life Sentence In Sheridan Killing

Associated Press — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:33:53 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld a life prison sentence for a Sheridan teenager convicted of murder in a home invasion killing.

The court on Thursday rejected Dennis Poitra Jr

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Sheridan Fire Chief Resigns To Save City Money

Associated Press — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:29:10 +0000

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Sheridan's fire chief and emergency services director says he has a way to save the city money — eliminate his job.

The Sheridan Press (http://bit.ly/ygqUih ) reports that in a letter addressed to Mayor Dave Kinskey on Thursday, Fire Chief Patrick Reitz says his decision to resign is based on budgetary needs of the city and the fire department, and he recommends that the position not be refilled

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Mountain Lion Killed In Sheridan

Associated Press — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:36:58 +0000

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — The Sheridan Police Department killed a mountain lion found in a resident's backyard over the weekend.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department approved shooting the lion on Sunday for safety reasons

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Channel Catfish Swims Epic Journey

Associated Press — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:52:08 +0000

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says it has documented a 415-mile journey by a channel catfish.

The agency tagged the catfish in June 2007 just below the Kendrick Diversion Dam on Clear Creek east of Sheridan

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Woman Dies After Crash Near Sheridan [AUDIO]

Daniel Sandoval — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:30:15 +0000

A Montana woman died in a traffic accident on Interstate Highway 90 south of Sheridan, which the Wyoming Highway Patrol estimates to have occurred at about 3 Tuesday afternoon.

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