During the recent meeting of the hospital board of trustees for the Johnson County Healthcare Center, Director of Nursing Mary Litzel reported that the last discharge for COVID-19 was on February 14, and the facility has not had another case since. She also reported there have been no positive COVID Cases in Johnson County since …

Emergency Management Coordinator Jesse Ludikhuize appeared on a recent Sheridan Media Public Pulse program to discuss his background and his approach to performing the duties of emergency management coordinator. A former law enforcement officer, Ludikhuize spent his law enforcement career between San Bernardino and Santa Rosa CA, until an on duty injury

The Museum at the Bighorns has a new exhibit that explores the history of agriculture in the Sheridan area; The Land.  This exhibit looks at the history of the agricultural industry in the Sheridan region. Visitors will learn about the cattle industry, centennial ranch families and the sugar beet industry.  While appearing on Sheridan Media’s …

On Monday, March 28, the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) released investigational statistics regarding COVID-related fraud investigations conducted by the agency over the past two years. According to the IRS, the agency investigated 660 tax and money laundering cases related to COVID fraud, with alleged fraud in these cases totaling $1.8 billion. These

When it comes to unemployment numbers for this time of year, things are getting back to where they were before the pandemic. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says state-wide seasonally adjusted unemployment numbers, dropped from 3.8% in January 2022 to 3.7% in February 2022. The February numbers are also down from 5.0% compared to …

This article first appeared on Cowboy State Daily. By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily The Cheyenne Sanitation Department has found a way to take picking up trash into the 21st century. The department recently installed new software in 13 of its 27 trucks designed to make drivers more efficient as the city collects an estimated …

This article first appeared on Cowboy State Daily. By Clair McFarland, Cowboy State Daily Bruce Knell doesn’t remember falling 3,700 feet in seven seconds, but he remembers hitting the ground. The Casper City Councilman and his wife Stacy were flying on Thursday from Casper to St. George, Utah for a golf tournament, when Knell’s six-seater …

Sheridan competed in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday, while 2 athletes from Arvada-Clearmont were in Newcastle on Friday. The next scheduled track meet for Sheridan as well as Big Horn, and Arvada-Clearmont is scheduled for Saturday, April 2nd at Buffalo. Broomfield Shootout: Click here to see results Boys: Carter McComb and Dominic Kaszas were 3rd and

Soccer – The Sheridan High School soccer teams started conference play this past weekend. Sheridan Media’s Kevin Koile has the recap. Track and Field – The Sheridan Track and Field team competed at a meet in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday. Results have not yet come in, but we’ll post them at Sheridanmedia.com, when they become …

The Johnson County Commission has awarded the grazing lease on county-owned lands near the airport. The county issued Requests For Proposals and received three bids for the leasing of the land. During the recent commission meeting, it was announced that Joe Reiner bid $4,000; Dan Myers bid $4,000; and Tom Lohse bid $4,424.25. The commission …