Commissioners approve grants

Sweetwater County will receive funds to provide a new bomb squad trailer and help with emergency management.

During Tuesday’s meeting, the county commissioners approved grant agreement documents that will provide funds for new bomb squad equipment for the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office. Sweetwater County was awarded $62,199 in federal homeland security grant funding from the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security.

“The purpose of this funding is to improve the sheriff’s office bomb squad’s capability to prevent a threatened or actual act of terrorism,” Sweetwater County Grants Manager Krisena...