Miss Indian America XI Michele Portwood & Miss Indian American XXII deana harragarra visiting the Kendrick Park Arboretum. (Judy Slack photo) On Friday, July 29, beginning at 10 a.m., the public is invited to the Kendrick Park Arboretum to a Tribute to History and Hope, The Miss Indian America Collective’s dedication of trees. Judy Slack, …

Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Bighorns has announced the upcoming new location of Habitat for Humanity headquarters at 44 Fort Road.  The relocation and purchase is a strategic move by Habitat to consolidate all operations and programs into one location. The new facility will be a central location for the public to access construction …

The Museum at the Bighorns has announced it will host a free flint knapping demonstration on the museum porch from 2 – 4 p.m. Saturday, July 23.  The feature talk will begin at 2 p.m., but according to museum officials, visitors can join at their leisure. The demonstration will be performed by Rick Laurent, who …

The Sheridan Police Department reports very low numbers regarding DUIs, public intoxication and minor in possession citations throughout the WYO Rodeo Week.  While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Chief Travis Koltiska and Captain Tom Ringley told listeners that they were happy with the low citation numbers from this past week’s

Because of Wyoming’s and Montana’s low population numbers, both states did not look good in two new studies conducted by WalletHub. The 2 states ranked in the bottom 2 in the US for teen drivers, and in the top 3 for having the highest job resignation rate in the last month and the last 12 …

Buffalo’s City Council has approved a contract with Interstate Engineering of Sheridan for Phase One of a geographic information system (GIS) for the city. A GIS is a system that creates, manages, analyzes, and maps all types of data. City Building Inspector Terry Asay explained to the council that the proposal is a three phase …

Sheridan County’s Commissioners have ratified a letter to the Wyoming Department of Transportation asking for consideration for Commission Road Improvement Program (CRIP) funding for an improvement project on County Road #139, also known as East Ridge Road. According to the letter, East Ridge Road is classified as a major collector that has considerable

The Sheridan County Commission has approved a lease for a new ammuition manufacturing company to build a facility on lands in the Sheridan Airport Business Park. Absaroka Valley Ammunition, LLC will lease Lot LA-9 in Block 1 of the business park, where they will set up a startup business that will manufacture, assemble, and sell …

President William Belcher (Photo courtesy of Ucross, by Caitlin Addlesperger) On Monday evening, July 18, Ucross celebrated its longstanding partnership with the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel during a dinner attended by more than 100 participants of the International Hemingway Society Conference at Sheridan College. Kevin Powers of Fernandina Beach,

Repairs are complete and the other side of one of the most scenic highways in the country will soon reopen. The Montana Department of Transportation has announced that the Montana side of the Beartooth Highway will open to motor vehicle traffic beginning at 5pm Friday (July 22nd). Snowmelt and flooding that occurred one month ago …