The Buffalo Police Department’s tenth Operation Blue Santa event was another success this past Christmas, according to a recent report given to the Buffalo City Council. Erika McCarter, with the BPD, talked about this year’s campaign. Erika and her husband Brian have run the program since 2017, and have seen steady growth in donations and …

Mike Kuzara President of the Big Horn City Historical Society (This is a compilation of Kuzara’s talk and his report on the Shurly Fight. of 1867) There was the Fetterman Massacre, the Wagon Box Fight and, of course, the Custer Battle. But how many have heard of the The Shurly (Shirley) Skirmish, which took place …

This year’s tax season begins Monday, Jan. 24 and will continue through Monday, April 18, for the majority of  taxpayers.  In a release, the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) reminds residents that every year, U.S. taxpayers’ personal information is compromised through phishing scams or by unscrupulous tax preparers. With tax season kicking off Jan.

Museum at the Bighorns Executive Director Mikayla Larrow and her team are preparing an exhibit to debut next spring covering the Bighorn National Forest.  The museum has been closed since Dec. 18, allowing the staff to clean and prepare for new exhibits. While attending Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Larrow told listeners that the staff …

The airport broke their previous records of enplanements with over 23,600 people using the airport as a means to travel out of Sheridan. Forty-seven thousand people used the air service as a means to travel to Sheridan in the 2021 year. According to Sheridan County Airport Manager John Stopka, the month of January in 2022 …

Ten years ago, right now, I was sitting in the Casper office of one of the two most generous men in Wyoming. I was trying to convince the late Mick McMurry to pre-order several thousand copies of a coffee table book I was hoping to publish about Wyoming. Without the pre-sales, I felt the $100,000 …

BRONC / LADY BRONC HOOPS – The Sheridan high school teams took on the Gillette schools the Lady Broncs dropped two four point games while the Broncs won both finishing up the weekend Saturday knocking off Thunder Basin. Lady Broncs Head coach Ryan Sullivan says they played tough but it wasn’t enough. The Lady Bronc …

The Johnson County Ski-Jor Wars event will be ba ck again in 2022, according to a release from Buffalo Events, Inc. The event will be happening on Saturday, March 5 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, beginning at 10am. There will be numerous divisions for competitors including Youngsters, Midsters, Old Farts, Boarder Bandits, Chicks on Sticks, …

The Johnson County School Board discussed and then voted to update their COVID Contact Protocols during a special meeting Thursday night. Superintendent Charles Auzqui said administration’s goal is to find a way to keep as many kids as possible in the school buildings, as opposed to participating in remote learning from home, and to give …