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Press Release – The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) Public Health Division is adding sponsorship of a national advertising campaign to its efforts to help prevent opioid misuse and related deaths, which also include promoting overdose rescue medication use and safe medication disposal. Dr. Alexia Harrist, state health officer and state epidemiologist with WDH, said […]

Press Release – On September 3rd, 2018 a fatal crash occurred at milepost 26.5 on US 85 near Cheyenne, Wyoming.  At 10:30 a.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the area for a two-vehicle collision. A 2017 Harley Davidson motorcycle was traveling southbound on US 85 when the vehicle crossed the center lane and entered […]

Press Release – Black bear hunters are alerted that the fall black bear season in Hunt Areas 1 and 2 closed at 4:50 p.m. on Monday Sept. 3, 2018.  The closed areas are located in the northern Bighorn Mountains. The black bear hunting season closes for each hunt area or group of hunt areas in the […]

Press Release — The Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center was one of four Wyoming nursing homes to meet the qualifications of the Innovator Quality Award. The award, presented by Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, recognizes nursing homes for outstanding performance in effectively using quality assurance performance improvement methodologies to improve care practices. Awardees are required to be in […]

Press Release – Wyoming Governor Matt Mead will be a keynote speaker at the Strengthening Economies in Wyoming: A Forum for Coal-Reliant Communities conference in Gillette Oct. 8 and 9 at Cam-Plex. The conference will feature a number of local, regional and national speakers discussing economic diversification and the future of the coal industry. Optional tours […]

Press Release – Treasurer Mark Gordon, the Republican nominee for Governor of Wyoming, released the following statement today after U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen ordered a temporary block to the start of Wyoming’s first grizzly bear hunt in 40 years. “I’m disappointed the federal judge intervened in this way. Wyoming experts, biologists and local stakeholders […]

Press Release – Robert Grunfeld, MS, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon at Powder River Orthopedics and Spine, a Campbell County Medical Group clinic, recently earned Board Certification from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS). Dr. Grunfeld joins PROS physicians Dr. Stanford Israelsen, Dr. Hans Kioschos and Dr. Nathan Simpson, who are also board certified in orthopaedic Surgery. […]

Press Release – With the good grass growth this year and the chance of wildfire increasing due to drier conditions in late summer, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is implementing fire bans on all Game and Fish Commission-owned and administered lands within the Sheridan Region, which includes properties in Sheridan, Johnson and Crook counties. Some […]

Press Release – A Sheridan County cat has recently been confirmed as infected with plague, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). No human cases have been identified in the area. The cat’s home is in Big Horn and the animal is known to wander outdoors in the area. The illness was confirmed by […]

Press Release – Safe Kids Campbell County hosts its Boost Til 9 child safety seat check event on Saturday, September 8, from 10 am-2 pm at the Campbell County Public Health parking lot, 2301 W. 4-J Road in Gillette. At this event, residents can have a child passenger safety technician check their child’s booster seat or […]