Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Two is a date most school children recognize.  It is when “Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue,” and discovered America. Today, Columbus Day is a federal holiday in the United States. This year we are celebrating the 530th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492, even though he …

A Homeland Security Grant has been approved and accepted by the Johnson County Commission, at the request of County Emergency Management Coordinator Marilyn Connolly. She explained the reason for the grant and what the funds will be used for. Connolly said the grant funding is for $14,000. She also mentioned two other Homeland Security Grants …

The Sheridan County Commission has approved the subdivision permit for BH Bobcat, LLC on the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Commission. County Planner Mark Reid explained that BH Bobcat applied for the permit on a roughly 126-acre property south of Sheridan zoned as (UR) Urban Reidential. The plan is to create 22 single-family residential

Buffalo’s City Council has approved requests from Buffalo High School for Homecoming events on Monday. The requests were for a road closure on East Fetterman Street from Main to Lobban Ave. from 5 to 9 p.m. for events in Crazy Woman Square and for a parade on Main Street at 6:30 p.m. Tiffany Songer, representing …

The Full Moon Fort 2022 at Fort Phil Kearny was held on Oct. 7, with tours beginning at 6:30 and going until 9:30 p.m. The tours were held by moon and lantern light. The tour started at the interpretive center, and there were many scenes set up along the route and many of the Fort …

This week’s results in general were much better compared to last week. Sheridan: The Lady Broncs pulled off a surprise on Friday winning at Natrona 3-2 (25-23, 14-25, 25-22, 16-25, 22-20). Sheridan is 7-18 on the season, with a 1-5 record in the 4A East. The next scheduled games are on Friday, October 14th at …

All 3 Sheridan County teams ran in-state this week. Next week are the regional meets. Sheridan will race at the 4A East Regional Meet on Friday, October 14th at Cheyenne. Tongue River will race at the 2A East Regional Meet on Friday, October 14th at Tongue River. Gillette Invitational: Sheridan ran the JV teams. The …

Another week, another 3 wins on the road for the Sheridan County High School Football Teams. Sheridan’s next game is scheduled for Friday, October 14th at Natrona at 6pm. Tongue River’s next game is scheduled for Friday, October 14th at Big Horn at 2pm. Big Horn’s next game is scheduled for Friday, October 14th at …

Jim Bridger was a mountain man, trapper, map-maker, businessman and visionary. A man ahead of his time, Bridger first saw the value in furs, and worked for years as a trapper and a “Booshway” or boss. When the fur market was in decline, Bridger built a fort and trading post, and later became an army …

A 27-year-old man who was originally arrested and charged with two crimes in 2017 was recently sentenced in Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. Change of Plea and Sentencing In April of 2017 in Sheridan County, Bryan Smith was charged with felony aggravated assault and battery and misdemeanor …