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Sheridan City Council Approves Consideration For Lindberg Minor Subdivision

News – Sheridan Media Four new residential living places could soon go up on West 5th Street in Sheridan. At Monday’s Sheridan City Council meeting (August 4th), the council approved consideration for the final plat of the Lindberg Minor Subdivision, located at 512 West 5th Street, which is also the southwest corner of 5th Street …

August 6, 2025

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Wagon Box Fight Anniversary Program Held Saturday

News – Sheridan Media On the second day of August in 1867, twenty-six soldiers and six civilians who were sent from Fort Phil Kearny to cut wood, were attacked by several hundred Sioux warriors. The engagement is known as The Wagon Box Fight, or, as the Indians called it, They Surrounded the White Tents. August …

August 6, 2025

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Willett Creek Project

News – Sheridan Media A number of roads in the Bighorn National Forest are temporarily closed for the Willet Creek project. To complete a road reroute, road maintenance, and a culvert installation project, the Forest Service announced that Woodchuck Forest System Road 226 is closed from the junction with Antelope Basin Road  to the junction …

August 6, 2025

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Jo Co Commission Sets Board of Equalization Meeting Date

News – Sheridan Media Johnson County’s Commissioners have set a date to convene a Board of Equaliztion (BOE) meeting. Commission Chairman Bill Novotny made the announcement at a recent commission meeting. According to www.johnsoncowy.gov, the assessment of residential properties are performed by the local County Assessor’s offices. ‍Those with

August 6, 2025

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants Nearly $2.4 Million to Bring Virtual Crisis Care to Wyoming

News – Sheridan Media Governor Mark Gordon and Wyoming law enforcement officials gathered in Cheyenne Tuesday to announce a major gift to help law enforcement when responding to people experiencing a mental health crisis. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has more. Governor Gordon at Tuesday’s media conference in Cheyenne announced the Leona M. and Harry

August 6, 2025

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Museum of Natural History to Have Open House Wednesday

News – Sheridan Media Wyoming has a natural history museum located in Sheridan, that not a lot of people know about. That’s according to Tom Herbert, founder of the Earth Sciences Foundation and Director of the Natural History Museum at Sheridan College, who was a recent guest on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program. He explained …

August 6, 2025

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JCHC Board Given Update on Amie Holt Care Center Census

News – Sheridan Media The Board of Trustees for the Johnson County Healthcare Center were recently given the latest information on the status of, and the number of residents currently at the Amie Holt Care Center, which has increased in recent weeks. CEO Luke Senden gave the details to the board, saying they had recently …

August 6, 2025

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USA Asian Allies Eager To Help Loosen China’s Hold On Rare Earth Mineral Market

News – Sheridan Media Wyoming has opened its first coal mine in 50 years and it just so happens that it’s also the first Rare Earth Mine in 70 years to open. In 2023, it was discovered that coal from the Brook Mine, located about 10 miles northwest of Sheridan, contained various minerals such as …

August 5, 2025

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Two Sheridan College Students Place In Top 10 At National SkillsUSA Competition

News – Sheridan Media Student competitors met at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where the 114 skills and leadership competitions showcased the talents and skills of more than 6,500 students from across the country, competing in a range of technical and service-oriented disciplines. Two SC students qualified to compete, by earning

August 5, 2025

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WYDOT 2026 State Transportation Improvement Plan Ready For Public Comment

News – Sheridan Media The Wyoming Department of Transportation is seeking public comment and review of its 2026 transportation improvement planning document. The STIP contains a listing of highway and bridge projects, airport improvement work, transit projects and Public Safety Communications Commission projects that WYDOT tentatively expects to contract

August 5, 2025

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