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City of Sheridan Joins Opioid Settlement

News From SheridanMedia.com The City of Sheridan will be a participant in a class action settlement stemming from a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies supplying opioid drugs. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. City of Sheridan Joins Opioid Settlement Nationwide settlements have been reached pertaining to opioid litigation brought by

January 6, 2022

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Sheridan HS Basketball Schedule At Cheyenne Altered

News From SheridanMedia.com The Sheridan Broncs and Lady Broncs basketball teams will play their weekend games scheduled in Cheyenne, but bad weather and road conditions has a change in the schedule. Instead of 3 games in 3 days, it’s now 3 games in less than 24 hours. Sheridan will play Douglas at Storey Gym on …

January 6, 2022

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SPE Receives Profile of a Graduate Phase I Recommendations

News From SheridanMedia.com The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) has received recommendations from the design team for Phase I of the Profile of a Graduate. The goal of the initiative is to define the knowledge, skills, and attributes students should have when they graduate from a Wyoming high school.  Once completed, the profile will …

January 6, 2022

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City of Buffalo Retains Kirven as Attorney

News From SheridanMedia.com The City of Buffalo will retain Ben Kirven as the city attorney. He was sworn into the office during a ceremony after the city council voted to re-appoint him during their meeting Tuesday evening. The council also voted to designate the Buffalo Bulletin as the city’s official newspaper, and to designate ANB …

January 5, 2022

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Johnson County Commission Keeps Same Board Appointments

News From SheridanMedia.com The Johnson County Commission has voted to keep each of the commissioners on the same board and liaison appointments for 2022 that they served on in 2021. As we previously reported, the commission retained Bill Novotny as chairman and Linda Greenough as vice-chairman. The commission then approved the appointments to various

January 5, 2022

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Sheridan County OKs Roose Minor Subdivision

News From SheridanMedia.com A minor subdivision located roughly 2 miles south of Sheridan has been approved by the Sheridan County Commission. County Planner Mark Reid spoke on the Roose Minor Subdivision application. The two conditions recommended by the Planning & Zoning Commission were that (1) prior to execution of the plat by the board, that

January 5, 2022

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Urban Thrift Benefits Hub on Smith Programs

News From SheridanMedia.com The Hub on Smith’s programs and services for older adults, benefits from funds raised through Urban Thrift, which was formely known as the Green Boomerang. Meredith Sopko, Director of Development with Hub on Smith, and Erin Kranz, Manager at Urban Thrift, were recent guests on our talk show Public Pulse, and discussed …

January 5, 2022

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Senators Barasso and Lummis Join Supreme Court Brief Opposing Biden Vaccine Mandate

News From SheridanMedia.com Both of Wyoming’s US Senators are making sure their views regarding President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate are understood by the nation’s highest court. Republican U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, have joined Republican Senator Mike Braun of Indiana, as well as 44 other Senators, and 136 Representatives, in

January 5, 2022

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Covid-19, Trustee Boundary Lines Topics of SCSD#1 Board Work Session

News From SheridanMedia.com Sheridan County School District #1 School Board held a work session on Tuesday night, Jan. 4, at 5:30 in Big Horn. Topics discussed by the board included re-drawing the trustee boundary lines, with Dave Engels of Engineering Associates, speaking to the board about the various ways they could redraw the boundaries. Suggestions

January 5, 2022

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WY Governor Gordon’s Cabinet To Hold Virtual Town Hall Regarding ARPA Recommendations

News From SheridanMedia.com Wyoming will soon get more money from the federal government, and state leaders need to figure out what to do with it. The state is set to receive the second half of the American Rescue Plan Act funding, or $534 million this coming May. Last month Governor Mark Gordon released his recommendations, …

January 5, 2022

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