News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” 2024 is a leap year. February has 29 days instead of the usual 28. But how did we get to leap year, a year that adds an extra day every four years? What is Leap Year: Explanation of Puzzling Feature of the Common Calendar. Why Some Years Have 305 Day. …

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” State Representative Barry Crago (R-House District 40) is in Cheyenne for the 2024 Legislative Budget Session and will be talking with Sheridan Media during the weeks he is in session. Crago said the funding for local governments (city and county), or Direct Distribution, in the state doesn’t appear to

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” Johnson County’s Commissioners have set this year’s 1% allocation, based on the projection of sales tax revenues through the end of the fiscal year. County Treasurer Carla Bishop spoke with the commissioners during their last meeting, saying although tax collections had been slow in February, they

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” A decision on the ratification of a permit to allow a fireworks display at the Sheridan Speedway on July 4 has been moved to the Sheridan County Commission’s April 2 meeting. The permit ratification was on the agenda for the commission’s February 20 meeting, but opposition from adjacent landowners who

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” March is national quilt month, and the annual Clearmont Women’s Club Quilting Bee will be held on March 9 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Clearmont Community Center. A quilting bee is an old tradition. In the 19th Century, quilting held a high importance in many homes and was an …

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” Although they are mostly associated with modern day cities and states, toll roads have been around for thousands of years. In the seventh century, B.C. the Susa-Babylon highway, under the regime of Ashurbanipal, charged a toll for travelers to use the road. In parts of Asia and India in the …

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” A disposition hearing was held recently in Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan for a man who admittedly violated the terms of his probation. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. n December of 2020, Cory Morton was arrested and charged with eight counts of felony forgery for issuing

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” In January, Congress passed a short-term, two-step funding extension to avoid a government shutdown. The first-step of the funding package approved by lawmakers in January has a March 1 deadline that would affect a number of federal agencies and create a partial government shutdown. Congress has until

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” Pam Crowell, director of the Sheridan Veterans Affairs Health Care System, cordially invites Veterans, their families, caregivers and community members to a town hall Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. Attendees will hear from VA leaders and be able to ask questions live during the event. The town hall will

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” Sheridan County Sheriff Levi Dominguez is asking the greater Sheridan County community to come together and honor Sheridan Police Sergeant Nevada Krinkee.  SPD Sergeant Krinkee tragically lost his life on Feb. 13, while serving in the line of duty. The Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office will be