Articles by Pat Blair

The annual Fourth of July Fireworks event will be Saturday night at the Big Horn Equestrian Center. This is the 32nd year for the show, which is also a fundraiser for the Big Horn Lions

Legislators agree tough times are ahead

Among those at the Northern Wyoming Community College District budget hearing earlier this week were four Wyoming state legislators – who all agreed the state is heading into tough economic times. State senators Jeff Wasserburger

Gillette College Foundation offers to fund discontinued programs in Gillette

Among those appearing before Northern Wyoming Community College District trustees in their budget hearing earlier this week was David Horning, president of the Gillette College Foundation. But rather than asking college district trustees to reconsider

Spanish Influenza, Dec. 18, 1918

Sheridan Media reporter Pat Blair looks back in time, over 100 years ago, to the impact of Spanish influenza as reported in the pages of the Sheridan Enterprise in 1918. Influenza claimed its latest victim

Works by Borein, Gollings featured in show at Brinton

Nearly 40 works by well-known artists Edward Borein and Bill Gollings will be featured in a show starting Saturday at the Brinton Museum just outside Big Horn. Highlighting prints, drawings and paintings from the museum’s

Athletics not only cuts being made at colleges

While suspension of Division I athletics at Sheridan and Gillette colleges drew a lion’s share of attention at the Northern Wyoming Community College District trustees’ meeting this week, they aren’t the only cuts being made.

College retirement policy changing

In addition to approving the budget for the fiscal year that started this week, trustees of the Northern Wyoming Community College District gave first-reading approval to a change in the district’s retirement incentive program. A

Spanish Influenza, Dec. 17, 1918

Sheridan Media reporter Pat Blair looks back in time, over 100 years ago, to the impact of Spanish influenza as reported in the pages of the Sheridan Enterprise in 1918. As of today, Dec. 17,

College district adopts budget with athletic cuts

Despite pleas from nearly 50 people from Gillette, Sheridan and Buffalo, Northern Wyoming Community College District trustees retained cuts in the college district’s athletic programs as they adopted a budget for the new year Wednesday

Big Horn Polo Club games start Sunday

The Big Horn Polo Club will launch its first polo games Sunday afternoon at the Big Horn Equestrian Center with play at 1 and 3 p.m. Kristine Hardwick, who’s the polo club manager, said players

Spirit of Sheridan concert set for Thursday

A concert in celebration of the Spirit of Sheridan will be open free to the public Thursday starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Whitney Commons. Paul DelRossi, with Sheridan’s Concert in the Park, in a

Spanish Influenza, Dec. 15, 1918