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Buffalo Council Updated on City Projects

The Buffalo City Council heard updates on the city’s projects during their last regular meeting. City Works Director Les Hook gave some details on where the Flatiron Drive reconstruction project currently sits. The Tisdale Water Main project was scheduled to begin in mid May and to be completed within a couple of weeks. The Bozeman …

June 6, 2022

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Sheridan Motors Opens New Facility With New US Flag and Flagpole

It’s a grand old flag and it’s a big one. As part of the grand opening of the new facility on North Main Street along I-90, management of Sheridan Motors raised a 20 by 30 foot US flag up on a 100 foot flagpole. A Wyoming flag accompanies the US Flag underneath. According to Flag …

June 6, 2022

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Sixth Annual Bots Sots Horse Sale Held on Saturday

The high selling horse Lil Joe Cartwright The Sixth Annual Bots Sots Remount horse sale was held on Saturday, June 4, on the lawn of the Kendrick Mansion. “Bots Sots” is a Crow Indian term which means “heap good”. The Absaraka, area, stretching north from Casper, Wyoming to Miles City Montana, and west from the …

June 5, 2022

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WY Superintendent Of Public Instruction Issues Statement Regarding USDA Title IX Funding

From Brian Schroeder, WY Superintendent of Public Instruction: “As Wyoming’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, I wish to denounce in the strongest terms possible, the Biden Administration’s recent reinterpretation of the USDA’s Title IX funding to update its nondiscrimination policies and signage ‘to include prohibitions against

June 4, 2022

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The Wilcox Train Robbery by the Wild Bunch: 123 Years Ago this Month.

Wyoming Territorial Prison, Laramie, Wyoming At 2:00 a.m. on June 2, 1899, five masked men robbed a Union Pacific Train near Wilcox Wyoming, near Medicine Bow. The bandits flagged down the train and forced the train crew to separate the locomotive from the rest of the train, and drive it across the bridge, which was …

June 4, 2022

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Council to Consider Ordinance Establishing Parks Department

Currently in the City of Sheridan, there are over 350 acres of parks and open space, 16.6 miles of pathways, 3,300 trees, a cemetery and a municipal golf course – all of which require professional management and planning. The City Council Monday night will consider an ordinance on first reading that establishes a new Department …

June 4, 2022

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Barrasso: ‘Biden’s Sue and Settle Tactics on Oil and Gas Leases Mean Higher Energy Prices’

U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued a statement Friday regarding the Biden administration’s “sue and settle” tactics that will reopen procedural environmental reviews on over 2,000 natural gas and oil leases in Wyoming, covering nearly 2.5 million acres, sold between 2015

June 4, 2022

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Flooding Receding In Some Areas

The extra water from Monday’s rain that caused some areas in Sheridan County to flood is receding back into nearby creeks. Localized flooding particularly near the Big Goose and Little Goose Creeks occurred and emergency crews were helping by either trying to get rid of the water, blocking off sections of roads, or filling sandbags. …

June 4, 2022

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Sheridan VA Announces Change in Urgent Care Access

On Monday, June 13, the Sheridan VA Medical Center will be temporarily changing access to services typically addressed in urgent care. According to a media release issued by the Sheridan VA, the change is being made in order to shift staff that are currently assigned to urgent care to support other patient care areas. Veterans …

June 3, 2022

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Drivers, watch for kids out enjoying summer

With the release of class throughout Sheridan County, the parks and streets will soon see an influx of children out enjoying their summer vacation.  While appearing on Sheridan Meida’s Public Pulse program, Sheridan Police Department Lieutenant Dan Keller advised listeners on ways to keep kids safe this year while they are out running around this

June 3, 2022

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