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Big Horn City: Part One, From the Crow to O.P. Hanna

Big Horn City, around 1885, a diorama in the Bozeman Trail Museum The Big Horn area is rich in history. When the Europeans came to the Big Horn area, the Crow Tribe was already here. In a talk about the Crow migration, Bill Yellowtail, member of the Crow Tribe, said that the Crow left their …

September 17, 2022

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City Council to Consider Funding Request from Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue

The Sheridan City Council will be considering a funding request from Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue at their regularly scheduled business meeting Monday night. Second Chance is requesting $50,000 in out-of-cycle General Purpose Excise Tax funds to help off-set a considerable drop in contributions from foundation and individual donors. City of Sheridan

September 17, 2022

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Sheridan Man Arrested for Possessing Child Pornography

A Sheridan man has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography. Sheridan Media’ Ron Richter has the details. Child Porn Arrest Agents with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and Northeast Enforcement Team, along with the Sheridan Police Department and the Sheridan County

September 17, 2022

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UW Trustees Approve Block Tuition Model, Four Percent Increase

Starting in the 2023-24 academic year, University of Wyoming undergraduate students taking 12-18 credit hours per semester will pay the same amount of tuition, following action by the UW Board of Trustees Thursday. According to a media release from the UW, the board approved an administrative recommendation to move to a block tuition model, a …

September 17, 2022

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Public comment meeting on Rules & Regulations Governing Division of Land

While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Sheridan County Commissioners Nick Siddle and Christi Haswell invited the public to a hearing on amendments being made to the rules governing the division of lands.  Commissioner C. Haswell.  C. Haswell   Copies of the proposed amendment are available from the Sheridan County Board of County

September 16, 2022

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Hunters can win prizes by submitting a CWD sample

According to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, hunters are critical to monitoring chronic wasting disease in Wyoming, a fatal disease that affects moose, elk and deer. The department is once again asking hunters to provide lymph node samples from their harvested deer and elk this fall to test for CWD. In return for samples, …

September 16, 2022

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Henry A. Coffeen School Earns Second Blue Ribbon

Sheridan County School District #2 is proud to announce that Henry A. Coffeen Elementary School has been designated an Exemplary High Performing National Blue Ribbon School for 2022 by U. S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. Henry A. Coffeen is one of 297 schools in the nation and one of two schools from Wyoming to …

September 16, 2022

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Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy closing its doors

The Wyoming Military Department has announced that the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy (WCCA) will shut down for an indefinite time based on the inability to recruit and retain staff. Shutdown procedures are underway, and all cadets will return home by Oct. 1. According to the WYMD, the department, which has oversight of WCCA, has a …

September 16, 2022

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Road Work To Start On US Highway 14 East Of Burgess Junction

Motorists traveling in the Big Horn Mountains near Burgess Junction could encounter a delay in one section of the highway. WYDOT says road work on an 8-mile section of US Highway 14 between Burgess Junction and Cutler Hill will begin on Monday, September 19th. The work will begin on the west side of the project …

September 16, 2022

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Chaps Driving Clinic Canceled

The CHAPS Equine Assisted Services, Driving Clinic scheduled for this Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18, has been canceled due to Tracy Shaw, the instructor, having a family emergency. For more information contact Kristen Marcus Executive Director of CHAPS Equine Assisted Services at 307-673-6161 or email at info@chapswyo.org. Read More

September 16, 2022

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