Sheridan College announced that the Sheridan College Chamber Choir, comprised of ten students, has been invited to perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the John F. Welsh Auditorium in Casper.   According to the college, this ticketed event will also be available via Livestream. Tickets

Investigators are trying to assess the damage and investigate the cause of a train derailment that happened this past Friday near Bridger, Montana. About 15 cars derailed about one-half mile east of town on a curving portion of track, spilling an estimated 28,000-30,000 gallons of gasoline at about 11:30pm Friday (September 30th). The town is …

Rattlesnakes are common in Wyoming. Just about everybody has a favorite story. Here is mine: We lived in an area called Squaw Creek (now Popo Agie Creek) outside of Lander for 21 years. It is a beautiful area dominated by big red rocks and was well-known as a snake haven.  One day our dog scared …

The Wyoming Department of Transportation and its contractor High Country Construction have begun work on permanent repairs to two significant slides along portions of I-90 south of Sheridan.  A mid-October snow storm in 2021 resulted in the loss of roughly 175 feet of shoulder and guardrail at mile marker 29.31 and another 150 feet of …

Justin Stroup talks with Joe Martin about the film, “Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl“ The fifth annual WYO Film Fest was held Friday through Sunday Sept 30- Oct. 2, at the WYO Theatre as well as other business around the town. To kick off the event on Friday there was a VIP Cocktail Hour …

Sheridan HS Football: The big high school football matchup was in Sheridan Friday night and it lived up to the hype. After trailing 14-nothing, Sheridan would eventually get it together. Senior Colson Coon scored ran for 228 yards and scored 5 touchdowns, plus Dane Steel had a 93 yard kickoff return for a score, as …

A rain on Friday night didn’t dampen the 100 Year Celebration of the Sheridan VA Medical Center held on Saturday, Oct. 1. A good crowd listened to the music, enjoyed the numerous vendors and events on the VA grounds. The Sheridan VA Medical Center has cared for Veterans for 100 years, with the first patients …

Sheridan County’s Commissioners will work through a light agenda Tuesday during their first regular meeting of October. They will consider a transfer of a retail liquor license concerning Bear Lodge, contingent upon the sale of the property. Also scheduled is consideration of the approval of the Bobcat Estates Subdivision and an amendment to the agreement

Johnson County Healthcare Center CEO Luke Senden, during their regular meeting, updated the hospital board on the current status of the capital construction project on the facility. He said the project is moving along nicely, with work on the new inpatient area and the completion of the foundation of the new area in the clinic, …

Sheridan County’s Commissioners have voted to accept the amendments to the rules and regulations pertaining to the division of lands within the county. County Planner Mark Reid explained that the Notice of Intent (NOI) has been advertised for the required 45-day comment period, and received no public comment. He talked about what the amendments covered