Over the past nine months the Sheridan Dog and Cat Shelter has taken care of 886 animals of many species and breeds. Currently, the shelter is a temporary home to 171 animals.  While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program , Executive Director AJ Evans reported the Sheridan Dog and Cat Shelter canine and feline …

The Lott House, a history of the Mansion House Inn will be presented by the Johnson County Historical Society (JCHS) next week. According to a release from the JCHS, the Mansion House Inn was built in 1903 as the home of Dr. John Lott and his family. In the 119 years since being built, it …

Sheridan County’s Commissioners, during their latest meeting, approved an agreement to postpone the Belsby Minor Subdivision. The subdivision had been approved on March 1 by the commission, according to County Planner Mark Reid, who explained why the postponement was needed. As explained in the Public Works Department staff report from the March 2

The Museum at the Bighorns announced this morning on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program they will hold its first It’s Fall Y’all Festival on Oct. 1. The It’s Fall Y’all Festival will begin at  10 a.m. and run until 2 p.m. Saturday Oct. 1, at the museum. The event will include some old fashioned festival …

SAGE Community Arts has announced a call for art. The Sheridan community arts organization is inviting watermedia artists to submit work for the fall exhibition, Wyoming Waters: Small Format Watermedia.  According to SAGE, this new exhibition works to showcase the diversity of water based mediums and the experimental ways they come together to create

Wyoming’s seven-month streak of state-wide monthly unemployment rate decreases has ended, but new numbers show that there wasn’t much of an increase. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says the statewide rate increased from 3.0% in July, to 3.1% in August. It was 4.3% in August of 2021. The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment numbers for

Apparently, I love windshield time. Long road trips around Wyoming seem to be my specialty. They have been a consistent part of my Cowboy State life for over 50 years.  Last weekend, a new colleague, Greg Johnson, kidded me about all the miles I drive. “You are like the Charles Kuralt of Wyoming,” he said.  …

Buffalo’s annual Pumpkin Festival will be happening this coming weekend in Crazy Woman Square. The free, family-friendly event, put on by the Wages Group and Farm Bureau Financial Services, will offer pumpkin carving and painting, games and prizes for all ages. According to information provided by the organizers, they will also have chili with or …

The contract between Johnson County and the Wyoming State Department of Corrections to house offenders in the county facility has been renewed by the county commission. The previous contract was for three years and will continue for another three years after its acceptance. It specifies that the county will continue to house up to 10 …

Sheridan County’s Commissioners have awarded a contract for fire mitigation consulting services to Sustainable Forestry Consulting, LLC of Buffalo. The agreement specifies Sustainable Forestry Consulting will develop fuels mitigation work in conjunction with landowners in Sheridan County, administer payments to landowners from the grant funding, and