The Sheridan City Council considered requests from the applicants who applied for General Purpose Excise Tax funding at their regularly scheduled business meeting Monday night. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. Council Approves $389,000 in GPET Funding Requests There were 16 applicants who applied for GPET funding and all of the organizations

By Ron Richter Campbell County Medical Group’s Kid Clinic will offer COVID-19 vaccination clinics for pediatric patients ages 5 to 21 beginning this upcoming Friday from 1 to 5 pm. The second session is Friday, January 28 from 1 to 5 pm. Thereafter, the vaccination clinic will be held every other Friday.  Non-Wyoming residents should …

A resolution approving the submission of an application for a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant was approved by the Sheridan City Council Monday night. Sheridan Fire Rescue Fire Chief Gary Harnish said the grant is intended to help with Fire Department staffing costs. Gary Harnish Harnish said the SAFER grant is a …

Big Horn slowly built on their lead throughout the game, and once the lead was 10 points or more, it rarely dropped below that point, as the Rams would beat Shoshoni 49-38. Video: Kevin Koile – Sheridan Media First Quarter: 0:08 – 0:17 Trey Fike Shoshoni 2 BH 0 0:18 – 0:30 Nathon Cousineau Shoshoni …

The Johnson County Healthcare Center has sent out Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to accounting firms to perform this year’s annual audit. Becky Rodriguez, with hospital administration, told the hospital board during their last meeting that she sent the proposals to three different firms and also posted the request in the local paper. CEO Luke Senden

Creek Side Performing Arts of Buffalo, is requesting help from the public to move stored items and to find a new place to rehearse. The old carousel gift shop, where the theater group stores their belongings and rehearses, has been sold and they must vacate by Sunday, January 23. According to a release on their …

The Sheridan County YMCA has a new sports program director, who began the job this last summer. Kim Jacobson introduced herself as a recent guest on our talk show Public Pulse. Jacobsen explains what a sports program director does. The next sport to be offered at the “Y” will be spring soccer, with signups coming …

The University of Wyoming has adjusted its COVID-19 policy for students returning from the winter break.  Masks that provide optimal protection against the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant will be distributed around the UW campus when spring semester classes begin tomorrow. According to the university, KN-95 masks will be distributed as available at

The Arts at Sheridan College has announced it will present a Faculty Voice Recital at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 29, at Whitney Center for the Arts featuring tenor Dr. Robert Psurny and pianist Bobby Pace.  Psurny is the director of choirs and vocal studies at Sheridan College, and Pace is the collaborative pianist and accompanist …

Sheridan County has had 5,072 lab confirmed cases, with 68 new lab confirmed cases being reported over the weekend.  There are now 272 cases of COVID-19 currently active in Sheridan County, according to COVID-19 Public Information Officer Jennifer Graves.  The real concern of Sheridan Memorial Hospital leadership is the increase in those cases requiring