News From SheridanMedia.com Earlier this month Yellowstone National Park opened its roads to oversnow vehicles for the winter season and suspended a wildlife monitoring program that found snowmobiles and other such machines were having minimal effects on animals. The monitoring program for wildlife along road corridors used by snowmobiles and larger,

News From SheridanMedia.com The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced that Wildlife Habitat Management Areas are closing to human presence — or  already have —  for the season to provide protection for wildlife on their winter ranges. The majority of WHMAs close or exercise restrictions for the winter annually.  According to the department,

News From SheridanMedia.com In researching history, it is often difficult to ferret out the real story. As time goes by, stories are told and repeated as fact, and the facts are often lost in the mists of time. So it is with the famous ride of John, “Portugee” Phillips from Fort Phil Kearny to Fort …

News From SheridanMedia.com Sheridan College in Johnson County will be hosting two drop-in Tuesday events in January. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. The two drop-in Tuesday events are scheduled for January 11 and 18, 2022 from 5 to 7 pm at the Bomber Mountain Civic Center in Buffalo. These extended-hour registration events give …

News From SheridanMedia.com The sales and use tax numbers continue to be positive for the City of Sheridan. City Treasurer Karen Burtis provided figures for the month of October to the Sheridan City Council and Mayor Rich Bridger at their recent meeting. Burtis said the monthly and year-to-date taxes are both up over 20 percent. …

News From SheridanMedia.com A change of plea hearing in Federal District Court in Wyoming was recently held for 35-year-old Adam Lee Godwin of Sheridan. Godwin, at a recent hearing before Federal District Court Judge Nancy Freudenthal, pleaded guilty to being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm and possession of …

News From SheridanMedia.com The Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office reports an increase in calls regarding an online scam involving pet sales.  Sheridan County Sheriff Allen Thompson warned the public of the scam while appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program. According to Thompson, victims were lured in with promises of receiving the pets after

News From SheridanMedia.com Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sheridan County has had 4,524  lab confirmed cases, adding five in the last 24 hours.  Three new probable cases have been added to the total of 1,389 probable cases in the last 24 hours. There are now 52 cases of COVID-19 currently active in Sheridan County, …

News From SheridanMedia.com After spotting Wyoming Indian the first 8 points of the game, the Tongue River Eagle boys basketball team woke up and took over the rest of the game. TR went on a 33-5 run during most of the first quarter and some of the second quarter, to build a big lead and …

News From SheridanMedia.com President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate will soon be argued in front of the nation’s highest court and the result could have an impact on not just businesses but educational facilities as well. The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will hear oral arguments on cases that are challenging the mandate in which …