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After a month of discussions on the topic, the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners approved raises to the salaries of the county’s elected officials Tuesday.

The commissioners voted unanimously to raise the county attorney and sheriff’s salaries to $145,000 a year — the maximum amount allowed through House Bill 91 after it passed the Wyoming legislature earlier this year.

The commissioners and other elected officials, including Sweetwater County Assessor Dave Divis who has spoken on behalf of the other elected officials during the recent discussions, all expressed their...