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  • Black bear hunt areas 3 and 4 closed

    Sep 10, 2020

    SHERIDAN - Black bear hunters are alerted that the fall black bear season in hunt areas 3 and 4 closed at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. The closed areas are located in the Bighorn Mountains. The 2020 fall black bear hunting season closes for each hunt area or group of hunt areas when the female mortality limit has been reached or on Oct. 31, whichever comes first. The female limits are used to ensure that overharvest of female bears does not occur. Black bear areas 3 and 4 have a combined quota of four females this fall. Black bear... Full story

  • Additonal COVID-related deaths reported; 1 in Natrona, 3 in Sheridan counties

    Sep 10, 2020

    Additional coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed in Natrona and Sheridan counties involving Wyoming residents who had tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) in a release on Monday, Sept. 14. • An older adult Natrona County woman with health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19 died recently. She had not been hospitalized. • An older adult Sheridan County man, also with higher-risk health conditions, died recently. He had been hos...

  • Health Orders Extended, Restrictions on Indoor Contact Sports Lifted

    Sep 10, 2020

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has announced that Wyoming’s Public Health Orders have been extended an additional two weeks through Sept. 30. One change has been made to Order No. 1, which now permits indoor close-contact group activities and sports to occur in all settings. The Governor cited a desire to see the impacts of the Labor Day holiday and the reopening of K-12 schools for in-person learning before taking additional steps and further easing health orders. Restrictions on outdoor gatherings were eased in August and outdoor con... Full story