A new program that will train professionals in one of the nation’s fastest-growing health careers will soon be offered by the University of Wyoming, thanks to a $3 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. The Wyoming Community Health Worker Training Consortium will establish a formal training and credentialing program

The Sheridan Community Land Trust invites you to explore history this month at The Hub on Smith and the Tongue River Valley Community Center. October’s programs will feature Historic Tie Hacks of Southern Wyoming (circa 1906-1912) with Dave McKee as the featured presenter. Explore History will be held Tuesday, October 11 at The Hub on …

The Sheridan City Council at their regularly scheduled business meeting Monday night, approved two separate resolutions allowing City Clerk Cecilia Good to apply for two grants to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for the Cemetery Historical Data Preservation Project. Good elaborates on why the project is needed. Cecilia Good Good

During the recent meeting for the hospital board of trustees of the Johnson County Healthcare Center, Chief Executive Officer Luke Senden discussed employment, touching on a new employee in human resources and the vacancy in the lab. Senden talked about the new human resources manager. Senden said he feels that Hall has a calm demeanor …

A historical program called The Lott House, a History of the Mansion House Inn will be presented by the Johnson County Historical Society Tuesday night at the Johnson County Library. Library Director Steve Rzasa tells us more about the program and the speaker for the evening. Rzasa said the popular programs presented by the JCHS …

Sheridan County’s Commissioners, during their last meeting, voted to rescind the current IDOC fee strucures and implement a new fee structure for documents in the county clerk’s office. County Clerk Eda Schunk Thompson explained the the county has been working since 2011 to replace the current system. Thompson said the public has the option to …

While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, AARP navigator Nancy Drummond told listeners that the Marketplace open enrollment begins on Nov. 1.  The open enrollment for Medicare-D begins Oct. 15, and will be open until Dec. 7. This insurance is used to help with the high price of prescription drugs.   Since 1995, Drummond has …

Launched nationwide in October 1987, Domestic Violence Awareness Month gives the nation a time to connect and unite individuals and organizations working on domestic violence issues while raising awareness for those issues.  The Sheridan VA Health Care System is working to destigmatize not only domestic violence of every form, but to reach the users of

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 …