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Buffalo Council Approves Freehold Lot Split

News From SheridanMedia.com A minor subdivision lot split has been approved by the Buffalo City Council, after they passed a resolution during their last meeting. The Freehold LLC Minor Subdivision Lot Split was approved by Resolution No. 1453. City Planner/Building Inspector Terry Asay gave more details on the request. The lot split creates two lots

December 26, 2021

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Sheridan Commission Recognizes EMC Edwards

News From SheridanMedia.com The Sheridan County Commission recognized County Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC) Bruce Edwards during their latest meeting, thanking him for his service as he retires at the end of this month, and welcoming the new EMC to his position. Commissioner Terry Cram. Earlier this month, the commission ratified a letter

December 26, 2021

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Johnson County to Participate in Opioid Settlement

News From SheridanMedia.com Johnson County will be participating in the OneWyo Opioid Settlement, after a decision by the county commission. The class action settlement is due to a nation-wide lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies supplying opioid drugs. County Attorney Tucker Ruby explained to the commission that although at this time there are no

December 26, 2021

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Yellowstone NP Suspends Winter Wildlife Monitoring Program

News From SheridanMedia.com Earlier this month Yellowstone National Park opened its roads to oversnow vehicles for the winter season and suspended a wildlife monitoring program that found snowmobiles and other such machines were having minimal effects on animals. The monitoring program for wildlife along road corridors used by snowmobiles and larger,

December 26, 2021

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The Portugee Phillips Ride, The Facts and The Legend

News From SheridanMedia.com In researching history, it is often difficult to ferret out the real story. As time goes by, stories are told and repeated as fact, and the facts are often lost in the mists of time. So it is with the famous ride of John, “Portugee” Phillips from Fort Phil Kearny to Fort …

December 25, 2021

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Game and Fish wildlife habitat management areas beginning to close for winter

News From SheridanMedia.com The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced that Wildlife Habitat Management Areas are closing to human presence — or  already have —  for the season to provide protection for wildlife on their winter ranges. The majority of WHMAs close or exercise restrictions for the winter annually.  According to the department,

December 25, 2021

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Sales and Use Tax Numbers Remain Positive

News From SheridanMedia.com The sales and use tax numbers continue to be positive for the City of Sheridan. City Treasurer Karen Burtis provided figures for the month of October to the Sheridan City Council and Mayor Rich Bridger at their recent meeting. Burtis said the monthly and year-to-date taxes are both up over 20 percent. …

December 25, 2021

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SC in JC Offering Tuition Scholarships to New, Degree Seeking Students

News From SheridanMedia.com Sheridan College in Johnson County will be hosting two drop-in Tuesday events in January. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. The two drop-in Tuesday events are scheduled for January 11 and 18, 2022 from 5 to 7 pm at the Bomber Mountain Civic Center in Buffalo. These extended-hour registration events give …

December 25, 2021

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Sheridan Man Changes Plea in Federal Court

News From SheridanMedia.com A change of plea hearing in Federal District Court in Wyoming was recently held for 35-year-old Adam Lee Godwin of Sheridan. Godwin, at a recent hearing before Federal District Court Judge Nancy Freudenthal, pleaded guilty to being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm and possession of …

December 25, 2021

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Two new pills to treat symptoms of COVID-19/ Sheridan County returns to high level of community transmission

News From SheridanMedia.com Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sheridan County has had 4,524  lab confirmed cases, adding five in the last 24 hours.  Three new probable cases have been added to the total of 1,389 probable cases in the last 24 hours. There are now 52 cases of COVID-19 currently active in Sheridan County, …

December 24, 2021

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