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Sheridan County OKs Postponement of Subdivision

Sheridan County’s Commissioners, during their latest meeting, approved an agreement to postpone the Belsby Minor Subdivision. The subdivision had been approved on March 1 by the commission, according to County Planner Mark Reid, who explained why the postponement was needed. As explained in the Public Works Department staff report from the March 2

September 26, 2022

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It’s Fall Y’all Festival at the Museum at the Bighorns

The Museum at the Bighorns announced this morning on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program they will hold its first It’s Fall Y’all Festival on Oct. 1. The It’s Fall Y’all Festival will begin at  10 a.m. and run until 2 p.m. Saturday Oct. 1, at the museum. The event will include some old fashioned festival …

September 26, 2022

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SAGE Community Arts calls for Wyoming Waters

SAGE Community Arts has announced a call for art. The Sheridan community arts organization is inviting watermedia artists to submit work for the fall exhibition, Wyoming Waters: Small Format Watermedia.  According to SAGE, this new exhibition works to showcase the diversity of water based mediums and the experimental ways they come together to create

September 26, 2022

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August 2022 Unemployment Rates In Sheridan And Johnson Counties Increase

Wyoming’s seven-month streak of state-wide monthly unemployment rate decreases has ended, but new numbers show that there wasn’t much of an increase. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says the statewide rate increased from 3.0% in July, to 3.1% in August. It was 4.3% in August of 2021. The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment numbers for

September 26, 2022

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Here is a Kuralt-Like Spectacular Wyoming Road Trip

Apparently, I love windshield time. Long road trips around Wyoming seem to be my specialty. They have been a consistent part of my Cowboy State life for over 50 years.  Last weekend, a new colleague, Greg Johnson, kidded me about all the miles I drive. “You are like the Charles Kuralt of Wyoming,” he said.  …

September 26, 2022

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Pumpkin Festival Coming Saturday in Buffalo

Buffalo’s annual Pumpkin Festival will be happening this coming weekend in Crazy Woman Square. The free, family-friendly event, put on by the Wages Group and Farm Bureau Financial Services, will offer pumpkin carving and painting, games and prizes for all ages. According to information provided by the organizers, they will also have chili with or …

September 25, 2022

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Johnson County Renews Offender Housing Contract

The contract between Johnson County and the Wyoming State Department of Corrections to house offenders in the county facility has been renewed by the county commission. The previous contract was for three years and will continue for another three years after its acceptance. It specifies that the county will continue to house up to 10 …

September 25, 2022

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Sheridan County Awards Contract for Fire Mitigation Consulting

Sheridan County’s Commissioners have awarded a contract for fire mitigation consulting services to Sustainable Forestry Consulting, LLC of Buffalo. The agreement specifies Sustainable Forestry Consulting will develop fuels mitigation work in conjunction with landowners in Sheridan County, administer payments to landowners from the grant funding, and

September 25, 2022

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Sheridan County High School Volleyball Recap: September 22-24, 2022

Sheridan and Big Horn were at the Casper Invitational, while Tongue River and Arvada-Clearmont played a number of home games this week. Sheridan: On Friday at the Casper Invitational, the Lady Broncs were pooled with Cheyenne Central (lost 2-0…25-12, 25-22), Worland (no score reported) and Kelly Walsh (lost 2-0…25-13, 25-9). Sheridan was in the Silver

September 25, 2022

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WY Republicans Choose Finalists For Secretary Of State Position

The Wyoming Republican Party has selected the 3 finalists to be the Secretary of State until the end of this year, and a Sheridan man is among them. Sheridan County Republican Chairman Bryan Miller along with Karl Allred and Marti Halverson, were the 3 that received the most votes, during Saturday’s (September 24th) Wyoming Republican …

September 25, 2022

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