The gates will open at 2 p.m. Saturday Aug. 20, at the Green Side Up Sod Farm for the Sod Farm Festival of 2022.  While appearing on Sheridan Meida’s Public Pulse program, Thomas (Tab) Barker from Project Schoolhouse and founder of the Sod Farm Festival told listeners a little about the format of this unique …

The Sheridan County Commission considered and approved the addition of a “Whistleblower” policy to the County Personnel Policies. County Administrative Director Renee Obermueller explained why the addition of the policy is important to the county. According to the Addendum, a whistleblower is an employee who reports an activity that they consider to be

The Wyoming Game and Fish reports another successful golden trout spawning operation wrapped up in July. Game and Fish collected over 290,000 eggs this year. The department shipped 2,636 golden trout brood eggs to the Ten Sleep Hatchery as well as 75,366 golden trout production eggs to the Daniel Fish Hatchery, Mt. Shavano Hatchery in …

The Sheridan City Council has authorized Mayor Rich Bridger to execute the purchase of the ProMec Services Building on KROE Lane. The council came out of executive session after their Monday meeting and took action to purchase the building, according to City Councilor Aaron Linden. Linden said the council authorized $790,698.67 for the purchase, which

While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Sheridan County Commission Chair Lonnie Wright and Commissioner Tom Ringley congratulated the victors of the recent elections and wished the best to those who did not win.  The commissioners also thanked the hard working men and women who work tirelessly behind the scenes during the elections to

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The flood that occurred at Yellowstone National Park in June not only had an effect on visitation numbers for that month but for July as well. A park spokesperson says there were a little more than 596-thousand recreational visits last month. That is a 45% drop from July of last year, which saw more than …

SCSD #3 board met on Wednesday, Aug. 17. Items for discussion included home school applications for two families, Hampshire family and Tietjen family, and approving the applications from two out-of-district families. The board discussed the hiring of assistant coaches for the sports teams and the fact was mentioned that there is a shortage of coaches

During the recent Johnson County School Board meeting, there was a question from the board to Buffalo High School Principal Gib Ostheimer concerning what they had heard was a major change in the dress code at the school. Ostheimer explained there is just a change in how the dress code policy is presented, not a …

Sheridan County’s Commissioners have awarded the contract for the Historic Courthouse and Jail Renovation project to Van Ewing Construction, Inc. of Gillette. The renovation on this project will be solely on the exterior of the building, according to discussions. County Administrative Director Renee Obermueller gave more details on the project and the