News – Sheridan Media Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Bighorns will host the Annual Women’s Build beginning on Aug. 1, through Aug. 5.  Executive Director Christine Dietrich and Resource and Development Coordinator Dan Alsup appeared on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse to discuss this year’s Women’s Build.  C. Dietrich Habitat for Humanity

News – Sheridan Media The Sheridan County Library System’s smaller branches are still recovering from COVID-19, according to the Ranchester Branch manager, Zac Smiley.  Smiley is the branch manager of the Tongue River Branch Public Library, located in Ranchester. The building and the amount of material contained within is approximately one tenth the

News – Sheridan Media The WYO Performing Arts & Education Center has announced as part of Celebrate the Arts in Sheridan, Kevin Burt & Big Medicine will perform at the WYO Theater at 7 p.m. Friday Aug. 18. According to the WYO, for more than 25 years, Burt has been electrifying audiences with his warm …

News – Sheridan Media Wyoming’s elk, mule deer, pronghorn antelope and other wildlife populations are getting a helping hand thanks to an allocation of $10,764,859 from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and its partners. The grant funding supports 33 projects across the Cowboy State. “There continues to be a great need to restore aspen, fight …

News – Sheridan Media U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), welcomed Petroleum Association of Wyoming President Pete Obermueller before the committee at a legislative hearing Wednesday to examine opportunities for Congress to reform the federal leasing and permitting process.

News – Sheridan Media The Johnson County Arts & Humanities Council will present their Art & Music Festival, an all-day celebration of the arts, this Saturday in Crazy Woman Square. According to the JCAHC Facebook page, the event will feature music, art, theater, vendors, demonstrations, and food. It will begin at 9 a.m. With Creekside …

News – Sheridan Media The Kaycee-Buffalo-Johnson County Economic Development Joint Powers Board is currently working with the Buffalo City Council and Johnson County Commission to upgrade an analog fire panel to a new digital one, as required by the state fire marshal. At their meeting Wednesday morning, Vice Chairman Tom Knapp explained to the board

News – Sheridan Media Edison Elder, representing the Buffalo Community Rink, spoke to the city council during their last meeting to update them on what has been happening, report on some new equipment, and to ask for some help from the city for a cover for the ice rink. Elder said the rink has been …

News – Sheridan Media The Wyoming Department of Transportation Commission awarded the Worland, Wyoming company McGarvin Moberly a $4.5 million contract to mill and overlay a stretch of US 16 west of Buffalo. Located between mile marker 63.35 (Hazelton Road) and mile marker 68.96 (WYDOT Pole Creek camp), this 5.63-mile project includes milling the surface

News – Sheridan Media On a hot August day in 1867, twenty-six soldiers and six civilians were attacked by several hundred Sioux warriors when their party was sent out from Fort Phil Kearny to cut wood. Although out-numbered by the Sioux, the soldiers formed a defensive wall of the wooden wagon boxes to protect them, …