News From SheridanMedia.com According to a new data brief recently released by the Wyoming Community Foundation, Wyoming and the families who live in the state would benefit greatly from an increase in the state’s minimum wage. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. New Data Brief Shows Wyoming Would Benefit from Minimum Wage Increase Wyoming’s

News From SheridanMedia.com Sheridan County will be getting their own Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator in the coming year. Johnson County Public Health Nurse Manager Mechelle Rivera, in a report to the Johnson County Commission, explained why Robin King will now concentrate her time in Johnson County. According to discussions, changes to

News From SheridanMedia.com The University of Wyoming has announced that Wyoming’s only four year institution of higher learning will confer its highest award, the honorary doctoral degree, upon former Wyoming first lady Carol Mead during UW’s winter commencement ceremony Dec. 11. Mead will receive the Doctor of Humane Letters degree. According to the

News From SheridanMedia.com With the holiday season comes holiday office parties, gatherings of family, friends and colleagues to enjoy each other’s company and in many cases, a few holiday spirits.  The Sheridan Police Department encourages residents to take part in the festivities. They are asking folks to safely remember their limits and make plans to

News From SheridanMedia.com Sheridan County added another 14 lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours to the 4,433 lab confirmed cases experienced in the county since the pandemic began.  The county also added seven probable cases in 24 hours. That number is now 1,372 probable cases since the beginning of the pandemic.  …

News From SheridanMedia.com The Wyoming Department of Health on Wednesday confirmed the deaths of two SheridanCounty residents attributed to COVID-19. • An adult Sheridan County man died in November. He was hospitalized; it’s unclear whether hehad health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness. • An older adult Sheridan County

News From SheridanMedia.com Grizzly Bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem could soon no longer be a protected species under a new plan being worked on by three states. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has approved a revised tri-state Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) regarding the management and allocation of discretionary mortality of bears in the

News From SheridanMedia.com JUNIOR HOCKEY – The struggling Sheridan Junior Hawks have made a change at the Head coaching position after two plus seasons Andy Schieb is out and former assistant coach Chad Bailey is taking over for the rest of the season. The Hawks lost only 11 games in their first two seasons in …

News From SheridanMedia.com The Buffalo High School Theater Company will perform the play “Forgotten” this Thursday and Friday at the BHS Auditorium. According to offthewallplays.com, “Forgotten” is an exploration of J.M. Barrie’s classic children’s story, “Peter Pan” and poses the question of whether it was simply a story, a figment of

News From SheridanMedia.com Nearly $900,000 in mineral severance taxes that are 10-plus years delinquent have been written off by Johnson County. At their recent meeting, the county commission was given reports on delinquent taxes from 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 to delete from the county rolls, because they are not collectible at this point, according