News – Sheridan Media A budget amendment for the 2025-26 fiscal year has been approved by the Johnson County Commission to fund the County Airport Apron Rehabilitation project. Commission Chairman Bill Novotny gave the total amount for the amendment. Funding came from the Federal Aviation Administration in the amount of $565,249 and an amount of …

News – Sheridan Media A lease extension between the City of Buffalo and the Johnson County Family YMCA was considered by the city council for the building that houses the Y in the Park. Tim Cahhal, representing the YMCA, said he believed the YMCA had been leasing the building from the city for about 15 …

News – Sheridan Media Tongue River Middle School Robotics Team is starting a new year, and they are seeking a second assistant coach to help the students design and exhibit their robotics projects. TRMS Science teacher Susie Fisher talked about the Robotics program at the Middle School. Its a really great program, Fisher said. She …

News – Sheridan Media A 33-year-old Wyola woman was recently sentenced in Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan for crimes she committed in Sheridan County this past spring. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. Wyola Woman Sentenced in District Court On April 5, 2025, Wahelah Castro led law enforcement on a high-speed chase on …

News – Sheridan Media The Wyoming Department of Education has released results for the 2024-25 Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP) and Wyoming Alternate Assessment (WY-ALT).  Statewide performance in all three tested content areas increased by 1-3% over last year, with English Language Arts (ELA) and Science reaching at or above

News – Sheridan Media The tools, materials, and knowledge needed to 3D print have advanced quickly, with applications ranging from commercial to home use. Yet University of Wyoming Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Daniel Rau said the technology still suffers from a critical shortcoming: 3D printers currently produce only hard, brittle plastic

News – Sheridan Media The Johnson County Historical Society will host a presentation later in September entitled, “Locating, Documenting, and Memorializing Casper Army Air Base Training Crash Sites.” Mark Milliken has been a volunteer for the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum since 2001, compiling stories and oral histories from WWII veterans. He is

News – Sheridan Media Sheridan County’s Commissioners have ratified a Commercial Forest Products Permit with the Office of State Lands and Investments, Forestry Division, for the harvest of trees on roughly three acres in the Red Grade Road widening project. According to the permit agreement, it allows the county to harvest and remove two truckloads

News – Sheridan Media Johnson County Healthcare Center CEO Luke Senden discussed an idea to create three new positions at the JCHC to free up those performing those duties and streamline how they are managed. Those include a Financial Navigator, which he explained how that would benefit the facility. The second position is a Payroll …

News – Sheridan Media The first sheep were brought into Wyoming in the early 1870s and were looked down on by the cattle ranchers. Sheep didn’t need a bunkhouse full of cowboys or a large herd of cow horses. Sheep were small, silly and smelly animals, that could be controlled by one herder and a …