Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Sorted by date Results 1 - 6 of 6
SHERIDAN - A bill to offer broadscale property tax relief could have adverse impacts on local governments and tax authorities, according to various organizations. House Bill 169 - Homeowner tax exemption - 2025 and 2026 - would exempt 50% of a home's first $1 million in fair market value from property tax assessment. In Sheridan County, that would mean the median home would be assessed for a fair market value of $143,241.50, rather than an estimated value for 2024 of...
SHERIDAN — Sheridan County sent an invoice to The Sheridan Press projecting the paper’s public records request regarding the former elections supervisor’s termination would cost $4,000. Former Sheridan County Elections Supervisor James Temple was fired Nov. 12, one week after Election Day. Temple told The Sheridan Press in December he had no disciplinary history as a county employee. The Sheridan Press submitted a public records request Dec. 3, shortly after learning Temple had been fired. The Press requested emails betwe...
SHERIDAN — Polarization in American politics is nothing new, but national polarization comes in waves, Andrew Garner, a professor of political science at the University of Wyoming, said earlier this week. The Center for a Vital Community and the University of Wyoming partnered to offer a seminar called “Crisis of Democracy Around the World?: From Polarization to Populism and Possible Solutions” on Tuesday. Tom Dougherty, a visiting professor of political science at UW and former U.S. ambassador to Burkina Faso, said Ameri...
SHERIDAN — Fish that are illegally introduced to non-native bodies of water can cause lasting impacts to the water’s ecosystem and a community’s economy, according to Wyoming Game and Fish officials. An illegal introduction occurs when someone moves a fish from one body of water to another, Wyoming Game and Fish Department Chief of Fisheries Alan Osterland told the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee earlier this week. Osterland said fishermen may have grown up catchin...
SHERIDAN — The four Sheridan County Commissioners sued by the Sheridan County Republican Party will remain in office through at least the end of their current terms following a ruling made earlier this week by Jude W. Thomas Sullins. Sullins came out of retirement to preside over the two-day trial in which the party accused the four commissioners — Christi Haswell, Lonnie Wright, Nick Siddle and Tom Ringley — of deliberately violating their statutory obligations to appoint a new commissioner after Allen Thompson left the b...
SHERIDAN —- The Wyoming House of Representatives referred three mental health bills to its Appropriations Committee last week. Speaker of the House Albert Sommers, R-Pinedale, brought the bills up for consideration, noting his and the Governor’s focus on mental health. “That has been a priority of mine, and I think we heard that it was a priority of (Gov. Mark Gordon during his State of the State address),” Sommers said. The House voted to introduce three mental health bills last week, referring each to the House Appropr...
