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SHERIDAN — Clayvin Herrera, the Crow tribal member cited with taking big game animals out of season back in 2014, has again appealed his case, postponing the answers to several questions regarding tribal hunting rights in and around the Bighorn National Forest. Herrera was cited for killing an elk in the Bighorn National Forest out of season in 2014 and as a result was sentenced to pay more than $8,000 in fines and court fees and have his hunting privileges suspended. Herrera didn’t deny taking the elk, but questioned the illegality of the act...
SHERIDAN — A group of six legislators signed onto a letter written by Rep. Scott Clem to the governor, questioning the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the letter dated April 29, 2020, Clem, a legislator out of Gillette, penned a series of questions regarding what data and studies state leadership has used to guide decisions, hospital preparedness, constitutional authority and the effect of unemployment on both the state’s economy and individuals’ health. Rep. Mark Jennings, R-Sheridan, signed onto the letter. He said he did so...
SHERIDAN - On Monday, Shawn Kelley received the call parents dread. His 10-year-old daughter had collapsed walking into Woodland Park Elementary. When Kelley arrived at the school, staff held blankets around his daughter to protect her privacy as they performed chest compressions and utilized an automated external defibrillator. "When you show up at the school and see that - it's the hardest thing any parent would ever have to see," Kelley said. By the time he got there, his daughter, Emerson, h...
SHERIDAN — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday issued its opinion on Herrera v. Wyoming, affirming that the Crow Tribe’s hunting rights under the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie remain valid. The 5-4 decision vacates the judgement of Wyoming’s 4th Judicial District and remands the case back to the court for further proceedings. Following three judicial rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted review of the case against Clayvin Herrera, who allegedly killed elk on public land out of season in January 2014 in Sheridan County. The court heard oral argum...