The Trees for Trash event was held Saturday at the City of Sheridan Landfill, and once again, it was a success. The annual spring clean-up event is an opportunity for residents to bring their trash to the landfill free of charge and receive a tree to plant courtesy of Landon’s Greenhouse and Nursery. City Recycling …

Multi-day passes for Johnson County residents will again be available for campers at the Mikesell-Potts Recreation Area at Lake DeSmet. Passes will be available in seven and 14-day consecutive increments, and are available as of May 1. For non-electrical sites, a seven-day pass is $84, and a fourteen-day pass is $168. For electrical sites, a …

The Johnson County Rural Health Care District Board and Buffalo Emergency Medical Services (Buffalo EMS) have agreed on a contract for EMS to provide ambulance services to Buffalo for the coming 2022-23 fiscal year. Board President Marilyn Connolly discussed the matter with the board at their meeting Monday afternoon. The contract amount agreed on is

The Johnson County School Board, during their meeting Monday night, announced the district’s Teacher of the Year, which according to Dr. Steve Miller who made the announcement, was a surprise to Buffalo High School Biology Teacher Christine Houseman. BHS Principal Gib Ostheimer praised Houseman as well. According to Ostheimer, she is responsible for

At an arraignment hearing on August 31, 2021 in 4th Judicial District Court in Sheridan, 25-year-old Charles Albin pleaded not guilty by reason of mental impairment or deficiency to the charge of felony theft for allegedly stealing a Ford Expedition from a residence on Avoca Avenue in Sheridan on August 4, 2021. A mental health …

The Jim Gatchell Museum in Buffalo is displaying a collection of local western artist Jesse Winingar.  While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse, Jim Gatchell Museum Director Sylvia Bruner told listeners a little about this talented but little known local artist.  S. Bruner According to Bruner, the Jim Gatchell Museum possesses a few pen and

Ucross Art Gallery Editor’s Note: In the Monday, May 9th, story about the change in leadership at the Ucross Foundation, there were a few errors in the Bill Belcher interview section. Below is the corrected version. Sheridan Media regrets the errors. Ucross, the prestigious artist residency program in northern Wyoming, ushered in a new era …

The Wyoming Department of Health has suggested some helpful steps the public can take to help keep ticks away as the weather grows warmer.  According to the WDH, serious diseases sometimes spread by infected ticks in Wyoming include tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and Colorado tick fever (CTF). People can be exposed to ticks …

This story first appeared on Cowboy State Daily. By Leo Wolfson, Cowboy State Daily Gov. Mark Gordon is proud of the work his administration has performed over the past four years, he said. Gordon, speaking to Cowboy State Daily during the state Republican Party’s convention in Sheridan last weekend, said his toughest task since taking …

While job availability and unemployment rates are near to where they were before the covid pandemic started, the number of people actually working in Wyoming is not, but that number may be rebounding. According to the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, from fourth quarter 2020 to fourth quarter 2021, Wyoming added more than 7,000 jobs …