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Dementia detection leader offers insights in UW YouTube program

News – Sheridan Media The University of Wyoming has announced that Soo Borson, an internationally acclaimed leader in the study of dementia detection and diagnosis, offers her insights on “Once Again,” the YouTube video channel of the UWs Center on Aging (WyCOA). According to the university, Borson, in a two-part interview, explains dementia needs a

January 11, 2023

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Hunter’s surveys provide vital information to G&F biologists 

News – Sheridan Media Many Wyoming hunters will receive a harvest survey from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department through email or mail.  According to Game and Fish Public Information Specialist Christina Schmidt, these surveys are mailed out annually towards the end of the hunting season and ask several questions regarding hunters’ experiences during

January 11, 2023

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Sixteen percent of the people helped by the Advocacy and Resource Center in 2022 were stalking victims

News – Sheridan Media January 2023 marks the nineteenth annual National Stalking Awareness Month. This is an annual call to action to recognize and respond to the serious crime of stalking. According to the Stalking Prevention Awareness and Resource Center, the definition of stalking is to harass or persecute someone with unwanted and obsessive attention.

January 11, 2023

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School Board Praises Retirees, Approves Employment

News – Sheridan Media At their regular meeting this week, the Johnson County School Board, in their Consent Agenda, approved the employment recommendations for the district, and praised two employees that will retire at the end of the school year, as well as one who will resign. Board Chair Jan Johnson spoke highly of Walter …

January 11, 2023

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Gatchell Publishes Book of Bighorn Mountain Photographs

News – Sheridan Media The Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum has published and is offering a book, which is a collection of photographs both historic and modern, comparing different sites many years apart. Look to the Mountains: Revisiting the Historic Photographs of the Bighorn National Forest is currently available at the museum. Executive Director Sylvia

January 11, 2023

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Kinskey Addresses Buffalo Council on Legislative Session

News – Sheridan Media State Senator Dave Kinskey (R-Sheridan) spoke with the Buffalo City Council at their recent meeting to discuss the legislative session that began this week in Cheyenne. Kinskey discussed the $4 billion in additional funding projected to be available by the end of the biennium on June 30 of 2024. Kinskey said …

January 11, 2023

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Sextortion Documentary To Be Screened At Various Locations In Wyoming

News – Sheridan Media The United States Attorney’s Office is partnering with the Governor’s Human Trafficking TaskForce, Uprising, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Wyoming Division ofVictim Services to screen the documentary, “SEXTORTION: The Hidden Pandemic,” incommunities across Wyoming in the coming months. Each event

January 11, 2023

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Sheridan HS Nordic Ski Results: January 6-7, 2023

News – Sheridan Media Casper was the site of the first nordic ski event of 2023. The next scheduled nordic ski meet is on Friday and Saturday, January 13th and 14th at Lander. 5 KM Freestyle Race – Friday: Justin McDowell was the highest finisher (35th) for the Broncs with a time of 18 minutes …

January 11, 2023

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January Is National Radon Action Month

News – Sheridan Media The Wyoming Department of Health wants families across the state to consider testing their homes for an invisible, odorless, tasteless and dangerous gas. Radon occurs as a radioactive gas released from radium which is found in rocks, soil and water. As radium in the soil naturally degrades, it can seep up …

January 11, 2023

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SCLT History Program Features History Along the Water Trails

News – Sheridan Media The Sheridan Community Land Trust Explore History at The Hub titled History Along the Tongue River Water Trail was held on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at The Hub on Smith Street. SCLT Historical Program Manager, Carrie Edinger, gave a virtual tour of the Big and Little Goose Creeks and the Tongue River …

January 11, 2023

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