News – Sheridan Media The Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce will host its 24th annual Awards of Excellence celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ramada Plaza. The Chamber will recognize all of the nominees and announce the recipients in the four awards categories: Community Champion Award This award …

News – Sheridan Media WRESTLING – Last weekend the Sheridan Bronc wrestlers came out on top at the annual Ron Thon invitational in Riverton. Sheridan Media’s Kevin Koile explains what that means and what’s the plan now that it’s over and there’s less than 1 month until the state championships. The Broncs host that dual …

News – Sheridan Media Wyoming could join a handful of states that have begun paying homeowners and businesses less for surplus electricity from their rooftop solar panels under a bill in the state Legislature. This bill, which passed a legislative committee Thursday (January 26th), would tell state regulators to reassess how much, if anything, utilities

News – Sheridan Media A popular downtown Sheridan restaurant has reopened in time for its decennial. After a 4 ½ month hiatus due to a fire, Frackelton’s reopened its doors on Tuesday (January 31st) to dining customers. A fire in the back part of the restaurant in September, forced the short-term closure of the restaurant, …

News – Sheridan Media Welcome to the Weekend Sports Wrap! This week we recap the conference championship games from the weekend, and take a look at the 49ers and Bengals financials for this upcoming offseason, should the Niners take a shot at Tom Brady? How will the Bengals make up for their imminent losses in …

News – Sheridan Media A local history book about the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum will be released on Monday, February 20, according to a release from Arcadia Publishing. The new book, written by Museum Educator Jennifer Romanoski, follows the histroy of the museum from its inception when Jim Gatchell opened his pharmacy in 1900, collecting …

News – Sheridan Media In his weekly discussion with Sheridan Media, State Representative Barry Crago said in preparing for bills that he tries not to get too far ahead of himself, studying what may be voted on the next day as opposed to spending a lot of time beforehand and then having to refresh his …

News – Sheridan Media The hospital board of trustees for the Johnson County Healthcare Center, at their regular meeting last week, voted to approve and accept the proposed Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) program. According to discussions at the meeting, it is a program that needs to ba adopted annually. Laurie Hansen, Director of

News – Sheridan Media U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined a number of her colleagues in the Senate in reintroducing the American Beef Labeling Act, which would reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef. The bill would amend the American Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish country of origin labeling requirements for

News – Sheridan Media For the first time in eight years, the Wyoming High School graduation rate dropped, but the Wyoming Department of Education the rate remains to be strong. The Department says the state graduation rate for the 2021-22 school year was at 81.8%, which is down from 82.4% the year before. The last …