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Hunter Road improvements: No closures scheduled

News – Sheridan Media The US Forest Service has announced beginning June 1, Oedekoven Excavation, the contractor for the Bighorn National Forest Hunter Road Project, will start mobilizing equipment to Hunter Road, Forest System Road 19, on the Powder River Ranger District.  According to the Forest Service, contractors will begin clearing, grubbing and

May 31, 2023

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Urgent Care fills the gap in medical care

News – Sheridan Media When people need medication adjusted, a yearly check up or to discuss current or future health care needs, they speak to their primary care physician. If someone has suffered from a life threatening accident and requires life-saving treatment, they are rushed to the emergency room.  But what if the injury or …

May 31, 2023

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Three Wyoming Schools Awarded New Fitness Centers

News – Sheridan Media Governor Mark Gordon and fitness icon Jake (Body by Jake) Steinfeld, Chairman of the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils (NFGFC), have announced the three Wyoming schools selected to receive a state-of-the-art, $100,000 DON’T QUIT! Fitness Center. The DON’T QUIT! Campaign has named Arapahoe School, Lander

May 31, 2023

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National Award winning Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum in need of repairs to front entrance

News – Sheridan Media The building that houses the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum in Buffalo was originally built in 1909.  Through generous donations and no small amount of work, additions have been added over the decades but it’s the original front entrance that currently needs some tender loving care.  While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public

May 31, 2023

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Funds For WY Emergency Rental Assistance Program Nearly Exhausted

News – Sheridan Media The last day to submit extension requests for Wyoming’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is Friday, June 30 at 11:59 p.m. The application portal is closing because the federal funding for the program is nearly exhausted. ERAP will continue processing all extension requests received before the application portal’s

May 31, 2023

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Flood Watch Issued For Sheridan And Several MT Counties: June 1-3, 2023

News – Sheridan Media Residents who live in flood prone areas and/or along waterways need to pay attention to upcoming weather activity. The National Weather Service Office in Billings, Montana has issued a flood watch for Sheridan County in Wyoming, as well as a number of counties in southern Montana. Counties include Big Horn, Carbon, …

May 31, 2023

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Johnson County Hazardous Waste Day Saturday

News – Sheridan Media Johnson County’s Free Hazardous Waste Collection Day will be this Saturday, June 3 from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. at the county landfill. Farmers, ranchers, homeowners, and individuals can dispose of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, poisons; and hazardous household waste such as cleaners, paint, paint thinners, glues, and

May 31, 2023

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Athena Stanton Of Tongue River High School Signs NLI To Play Volleyball At Mt. Marty Univ.

News – Sheridan Media A recent Tongue River High School volleyball graduate will continue the sport she enjoys at the college level. Athena Stanton has signed her national letter of intent (NLI) to play volleyball at Mount Marty University, in Yankton, South Dakota. The last three seasons she has played varsity for TR and last …

May 31, 2023

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Talk at Brinton Museum to Feature George Bird Grinnell

News – Sheridan Media On June 9, the public is invited to an educational lecture on George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), at the Brinton Museum. There will be a reception beginning at 6 p.m. followed by the lecture at 7. The lecture will be presented by nationally known journalist John Taliaferro. Taliaferro is the author of …

May 31, 2023

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Tongue River Valley Girls Deliver Springtime Songs Of Love

News – Sheridan Media If you’ve read the poem “Locksley Hall,” you’ve probably heard the phrase, “In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” Although Valentine’s Day was more than three months ago, those thoughts of love were recently delivered in song in the Sheridan area. A quintet of singers …

May 31, 2023

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