AARP Wyoming invites local organizations and governments across the state to apply for the 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant program, now through March 22, 2022.  Grants fund quick-action projects that help communities become more livable in the long-term by improving public spaces, transportation, housing, civic engagement, coronavirus recovery,

Beginning next month, the Explore History program through the Sheridan Community Land Trust will be offering the program at the Tongue River Valley Community Center in Dayton. Explore History launched this past fall as a monthly series featuring talks, tours and programs created by the Land Trust and hosted by The Hub on Smith in …

The Johnson County Commission has approved a 24-hour catering permit request for Taylor’s Invasion Bar of Kaycee to serve during a fundraiser this Saturday at the fairgrounds in Buffalo. The event is the Boots and Buckles fundraiser for the Johnson County Fairgrounds Foundation, featuring live music from Cowtown, dancing, food, drinks, and an auction. The

Sheridan County’s Commissioners received a clean fiscal year 2020-21 Financial and Compliance Report during their recent meeting. County Administrative Director Renee Obermueller spoke about the report. Commissioner Terry Cram applauded the employees that made the clean audit and others possible. The commissioners voted to accept the report. Read More

The Buffalo Police Department’s tenth Operation Blue Santa event was another success this past Christmas, according to a recent report given to the Buffalo City Council. Erika McCarter, with the BPD, talked about this year’s campaign. Erika and her husband Brian have run the program since 2017, and have seen steady growth in donations and …

Mike Kuzara President of the Big Horn City Historical Society (This is a compilation of Kuzara’s talk and his report on the Shurly Fight. of 1867) There was the Fetterman Massacre, the Wagon Box Fight and, of course, the Custer Battle. But how many have heard of the The Shurly (Shirley) Skirmish, which took place …

This year’s tax season begins Monday, Jan. 24 and will continue through Monday, April 18, for the majority of  taxpayers.  In a release, the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) reminds residents that every year, U.S. taxpayers’ personal information is compromised through phishing scams or by unscrupulous tax preparers. With tax season kicking off Jan.

Museum at the Bighorns Executive Director Mikayla Larrow and her team are preparing an exhibit to debut next spring covering the Bighorn National Forest.  The museum has been closed since Dec. 18, allowing the staff to clean and prepare for new exhibits. While attending Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Larrow told listeners that the staff …

The airport broke their previous records of enplanements with over 23,600 people using the airport as a means to travel out of Sheridan. Forty-seven thousand people used the air service as a means to travel to Sheridan in the 2021 year. According to Sheridan County Airport Manager John Stopka, the month of January in 2022 …

Ten years ago, right now, I was sitting in the Casper office of one of the two most generous men in Wyoming. I was trying to convince the late Mick McMurry to pre-order several thousand copies of a coffee table book I was hoping to publish about Wyoming. Without the pre-sales, I felt the $100,000 …