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SPD: Traffic Stop Data for 2025

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” Sheridan Police Department traffic stop data for 2025 shows officers conducted 5,635 traffic stops throughout the year, using stops as a primary tool to promote roadway safety and voluntary compliance with traffic laws, according to SPD Chief Travis Koltiska.  Chief Koltiska and Captain Tom Ringley

February 5, 2026

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Buffalo Council Approves Request for Water Connections Outside City

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” A request for water service outside of the city limits was considered by the Buffalo City Council this week. Mayor Shane Schrader explained further. He said the request was to receive water service for ten homes on Airport Road. The council voted to approve the agreement. The cost of water …

February 5, 2026

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Sheridan Commission OKs Lessor’s Consent to Assignment at Airport

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” A Lessor’s Consent to Assignment and Assumption of a Sheridan County Airport Business Park Lease Agreement between Rovar, LLC and Budget Rental Car, LLC was considered by the county commission at their meeting this week. Airport Manager Robert Gill gave details on the proposed agreement. After some

February 5, 2026

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Governor Gordon Signs Emergency Rules To Administer Property Tax Exemption

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” Governor Mark Gordon (R-WY) signed emergency rules Wednesday morning, ensuring the proper administration of residential property tax reductions for tax year 2026. Included in the rules is a deadline to notify county assessors of owner-occupied status by March 1, 2026. In the 2025 General Session, the

February 5, 2026

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Sheridan College: Artist Talk and Opening Reception for “Yield”

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” Sheridan College has announced they will present an artist talk and opening reception for “Yield,” a solo exhibition by fiber artist Kimberly English, on Thursday, Feb. 5, in the Whitney Center for the Arts. The artist talk will begin at 4 p.m., followed by an opening reception at 5 p.m. …

February 5, 2026

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Deadline for Ignite Proposals Just Around the Corner

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” The Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce is seeking proposals from trainers interested in teaching at the IGNITE Conference, scheduled for May 19. Now in its 11th year, the IGNITE Conference provides professionals at every level the opportunity to gain innovative ideas, learn best practices, and acquire

February 5, 2026

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Northern Cheyenne to Confront Trump Administration Order

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” The Northern Cheyenne Tribe took official action Monday morning (Feb. 2, 2026) to oppose the reported Trump Administration order to change or remove signs, markers, and exhibits recognizing Native Americans at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.  In a unanimous vote 11-0, the Northern

February 5, 2026

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Wyoming Community Foundation presents checks

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” The Sheridan-Johnson local board of the Wyoming Community Foundation awarded $76,500 in grants to nonprofit organizations that provide services in Sheridan and Johnson Counties at the Food Group in Sheridan Wednesday. Photos by Clint Wood “}

February 5, 2026

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Helping Nonprofits Thrive

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” The Sheridan-Johnson Counties Local Board of the Wyoming Community Foundation hosted an event at the Food Group in Sheridan Wednesday to hear from the various nonprofit organizations that received grants during the Foundation’s fall grant cycle. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has more. Helping

February 5, 2026

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WY Legislature To Debate Defunding Wyoming Business Council

News – Sheridan Media {“value”:” A state organization that has aided the economic growth of the Sheridan area, could soon be no more. Last month the Wyoming Legislative Joint Appropriations Committee voted to defund the Wyoming Business Council, by leaving it out of the budget proposal that will soon be debated by the full legislature.

February 4, 2026

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