With sexually transmitted infections (STIs) an increasing concern across the state, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is encouraging prevention strategies and testing for residents. Comparing 2021 reported cases with those from 2020 shows Wyoming experienced a 23.6 percent increase in chlamydia cases, a 33.5 percent increase in gonorrhea cases and a

The Wyoming American Association of Retired Persons or the AARP, is warning those over the age of 50 about some of the scams that are making their way around and may target older people. The AARP has sent out a warning regarding employment scams, weight loss scams, and how to recognize a Social Security Imposter. …

The Buffalo Chamber of Commerce has hired a new membership coordinator and she stopped by the Johnson County Commission meeting this week to introduce herself to them. Pam Day said she has moved to and been in Buffalo for about a month, and then read a statement from the chamber board. Day said the chamber …

Sheridan County’s Commissioners have approved and accepted an agreement for professional services with Morrison-Maierle, Inc. for projects on the county courthouse campus. County Administrative Director Renee Obermueller said the projects are rolled into the Brooks Street project at the courthouse and explained the scope of all of them. The agreement

While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Sheridan Police Department Lieutenants Dan Keller and James Hill addressed domestic violence in Sheridan.  The upcoming month of October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 36% of women in Wyoming and 36% of men in Wyoming experience

The Advocacy and Resource Center of Sheridan is preparing to observe the upcoming month of October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  According to Sheridan Police Department Lieutenant James Hill, over the past five years, the SPD has responded to an average of 117 domestic calls each year. That number is trending downward, according to Hill, with

The Buffalo City Council renewed the contract with St. Francis Animal Shelter for them to provide services for the city for the current fiscal year. According to Kathy Day, with the SFAS, who spoke at the council’s Tuesday meeting, there were a few changes to this year’s contract. The contract specifies the city will pay …

This past August was so hot, it will be in the record books for some time. The National Weather Service in Billings, Montana, says the average temperature in the Sheridan area for the month of August was 73.6 degrees Fahrenheit, making it the 3rd hottest August on record. That average temperature is 4.5 degrees warmer …

A couple of projects within the Big Horn National Forest west of Buffalo are going to take longer than planned to complete. Work on the Meadowlark Dam and spillway was originally scheduled to be completed by this Wednesday (September 7th), and the Lake Point Day Use Area was supposed to reopen at about the same …

Work is continuing in reclaiming the area of the old Acme Power Plant, as well as removing a diversion within the adjacent Tongue River. Recently contractors had been studying the area to see if the diversion could be fully removed, and the Sheridan County Conservation District was awarded a $585,000 cleanup grant from the EPA …