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  • Tornado touches down near Moorcroft

    Joe Moline|Jul 25, 2019

    A tornado touched down last Tuesday evening during a heavy storm west of Moorcroft. Located outside populated areas, it did little damage and no injuries have been reported. According to Corporal Ed Robinson, Crook County Sheriff’s Office, the initial report was received by dispatch at 7:25 p.m., when Dan Grace of the Moorcroft Fire Department called in that a funnel cloud had been sighted. “At about this same time, there were numerous other social media reports going out from people who cou...

  • Health Department offers plan to reduce air ambulance costs

    Joe Moline, The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange|Jun 20, 2019

    SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Department of Health released its proposed plan to create affordable air ambulance services in Wyoming. The proposed plan is trying to decrease the air ambulance cost and increase the availability of the service in Wyoming, said Franz Fuchs, policy coordinator and legislative liaison for the DOH. Sheridan Memorial Hospital currently contracts its air ambulance services to Medical Air Rescue Company and has a helicopter base located in Sheridan. According to DOH, the average flight costs a Wyoming employer is $36,000. M...