The Johnson County Rural Health Care District board has called a special meeting for this coming Wednesday. According to Board President Marilyn Connolly, the board will discuss changes to the final draft fiscal year 2022-23 budget concerning bookkeeping, office space, and a discussion on a legal address change. The meeting appears to be in response

Buffalo’s Ben Kirven has been appointed by Governor Mark Gordon to replace Judge William J. Edelman as the Fourth District Court Judge for the Fourth Judicial District. According to a release from the governor’s office, the governor has appointed Ben Kirven to be a District Court Judge for the Fourth Judicial District serving Johnson County. …

The 2022 Sheridan WYO Rodeo is less than 1 month away, and it’s almost time to start looking for next year’s royalty. Monday (June 20th) is the deadline for anyone who wants to enter the 2023 Miss Sheridan WYO Rodeo pageant, although applications will be accepted with a $50 late fee up until July 1st. …

When the south loop of Yellowstone National Park opens, not everything will be accessible, and not as many people will be able to get past the entrances. In a media statement, the Park says it intends to open the south loop sometime next week, Monday at the earliest. Inspections are being conducted within the park …

The Sheridan City Council will be considering the budget for FY23 at its regularly scheduled business Monday night. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. Budget Resolution A public hearing for the budget resolution for the fiscal year that begins on July 1 will be held during the meeting followed by the City Council’s consideration …

A replica of the steamship, The Far West, on display at The Museum of the Upper Missouri, Fort Benton, MT During the early and mid-1800s, steamboats cruised up the Missouri, into the Yellowstone, Big Horn, Tongue River and the northern Powder River. Steamboats brought supplies to the army that was in charge of keeping the …

A public hearing will be held Monday night during the regularly scheduled Sheridan City Council meeting for an ordinance to rezone 1.53 acres of property at 1700 Bender Lane from M-1 Industrial to R-3 Residential. City Community Development Director Wade Sanner. Wade Sanner At their meeting on June 13, the City Planning Commission sent a …

The University of Wyoming has announced that students from the UW’s College of Engineering and Applied Science are among 23 finalist teams — representing 23 collegiate institutions spanning four countries — in the 2023 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 20th annual Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. According to UW, From the 23 finalist teams, the UW

Together with approximately 12 city and county agencies, the Sheridan County Airport will be conducting a mass casualty exercise on Thursday, June 23.   Each agency will be evaluated on their performance while handling a simulated crash of a Bombardier CRJ200 passenger plane, the same make and model currently used for air services at the airport. 

Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney joined U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis Friday in sending a letter to the Department of Transportation requesting timely assistance to help Yellowstone National Park and its gateway communities repair the damage caused by the recent historic and unprecedented flooding. In the letter addressed to U.S. Secretary