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Consultant Presentation to Council Centers Around Policy Decisions Guiding Utilities Rate Studies

A presentation to facilitate discussion on policy decisions guiding utility rate studies for the City of Sheridan was held at Monday night’s Council study session. Consultant Vita Quinn from SCS Engineering led the presentation that focused on the City’s utilities department and policy development for utility rates. Vita Quinn Quinn talked about goals

March 29, 2022

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Campbell County Health Announces Strategic Shift to Address Budget Shortfalls

Campbell County Health on Monday announced a strategic shift to address budget shortfalls. A media release states that Campbell county Health is at a crossroads, one that many rural healthcare facilities across the country are now confronting. Recent financial projects show without decisive action, Campbell County Health could be insolvent by 2026. The

March 29, 2022

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Fire At Refinery Near Billings Under Investigation

The cause of an explosion and fire at an ExxonMobil refinery in southern Montana is under investigation, company officials said Sunday. The fire began at about 10 p.m. Saturday (March 26th) at a refinery in Lockwood, a suburb of Billings. It was extinguished at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday. A refinery spokes-person says there were no …

March 29, 2022

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Kimmell Family Reacts After Eaton Sentenced To Life In Prison

After nearly 34 years since the murder of their daughter Lisa, the case has ended in some ways for the Kimmell family, and in other ways, it hasn’t and never will. This past Friday, Dale Wayne Eaton was re-sentenced to life in prison without parole, for the 1988 first degree murder, kidnapping, robbery and sexual …

March 28, 2022

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Wyoming Economic Indicators Positive in March 2022

The Wyoming Economic Indicators report for March 2022 is now available on the State of Wyoming’s Economic Analysis Division website. The Wyoming Economic Health Index (WEHI), which is within the report, is a coincident economic indicator designed to give a current assessment of the state’s economy. In a release from Dylan Bainer, Principal Economist

March 28, 2022

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Johnson County Rescinds COVID Restrictions

Johnson County’s Commissioners have rescinded COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place since 2020 by passing a resolution during their recent meeting. In response to Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon’s lifting of all COVID restrictions statewide earlier this month, the commission followed suit by ending restrictions at the county level. The county

March 28, 2022

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JCHC Staff Reports No COVID in Weeks

During the recent meeting of the hospital board of trustees for the Johnson County Healthcare Center, Director of Nursing Mary Litzel reported that the last discharge for COVID-19 was on February 14, and the facility has not had another case since. She also reported there have been no positive COVID Cases in Johnson County since …

March 28, 2022

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Emergency Management Coordinator talks family and duty 

Emergency Management Coordinator Jesse Ludikhuize appeared on a recent Sheridan Media Public Pulse program to discuss his background and his approach to performing the duties of emergency management coordinator. A former law enforcement officer, Ludikhuize spent his law enforcement career between San Bernardino and Santa Rosa CA, until an on duty injury

March 28, 2022

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Museum at the Bighorns looks at The Land

The Museum at the Bighorns has a new exhibit that explores the history of agriculture in the Sheridan area; The Land.  This exhibit looks at the history of the agricultural industry in the Sheridan region. Visitors will learn about the cattle industry, centennial ranch families and the sugar beet industry.  While appearing on Sheridan Media’s …

March 28, 2022

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IRS-CI releases latest COVID-related fraud investigational statistics

On Monday, March 28, the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) released investigational statistics regarding COVID-related fraud investigations conducted by the agency over the past two years. According to the IRS, the agency investigated 660 tax and money laundering cases related to COVID fraud, with alleged fraud in these cases totaling $1.8 billion. These

March 28, 2022

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