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Month: May 2020




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Gatchell Museum Announces Summer Plans for 2020

May 31, 2020 Aaron Palmer
The Johnson County Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum in Buffalo has been dealing with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic but has recently opened with some restrictions. Moving forward into their typical busy season in the summer, they have made some changes to how they will be welcoming guests in the…
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Candidates File for 2020 Primary Election

May 31, 2020 Aaron Palmer
Friday was the deadline for candidates to file for the primary election in Wyoming. In the local races in Johnson County, two candidates filed for the one open seat for a four-year term on the Johnson County Commission. Incumbent Robert G. Perry and challenger Miles “Louie” Sickler. Two seats are…
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Sheridan Commission has Light Agenda Scheduled Tuesday

May 31, 2020 Aaron Palmer
Sheridan County’s Commissioners will work through a relatively light agenda at their Tuesday Meeting. They are scheduled to ratify a number of agreements, amend a Grant Award Agreement between Wyoming Office of Homeland Security and Sheridan County, and ratify a Quitclaim, Bill of Sale & Assignment for a Hanger building…
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Detention Center addiction and clergy services return

May 31, 2020 Floyd Whiting
The Sheridan County Detention Center took steps early on to prevent inmates with longer sentences from a COVID-19 outbreak among the population.  Services and classes, such as Alcoholics Anonymous and bible studies were put on standby. Those services provide mental health components to inmates during incarceration.  The detention center also…
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Goose Creek Transit resumes fixed-route service

May 31, 2020 Pat Blair
Goose Creek Transit will resume operations of the Sheridan Shuttle fixed-route service on Monday. Steve Ainsley, who’s transportation director for the transit service, said Goose Creek has been providing door-to-door service since May 5, but hadn’t resumed the fixed route. He said the fixed route runs a circuit around Sheridan.…
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Spanish Influenza, Nov. 12, 1918

May 31, 2020 Pat Blair
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. No deaths from influenza were reported in Sheridan county for the 24 hours that ended at noon today, Nov. 12.…
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Mayor Miller Discusses City’s Budget

May 30, 2020 Ron Richter
The Sheridan City Council recently held what appears to be the last of their budget work sessions in preparation of finalizing the budget for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. Sheridan Mayor Roger Miller says that the pay increases for the staff continues to be an unresolved issue.…
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Deputies on the mountain

May 30, 2020 Floyd Whiting
The Sheridan County Sheriff’s office has scheduled 255 hours dedicated to patrolling National Forest areas in the county.  Every year, the Sheriff’s office contracts with the U.S. Forest Service to provide assistance patrolling and providing services to forest visitors.  Deputies volunteer on regularly scheduled days off to patrol the forests…
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Council to Consider Alcohol Delivery Ordinance and Discuss WTBC Funding Agreement

May 30, 2020 Ron Richter
The Sheridan City Council will be considering Emergency Ordinance 2020 at their upcoming meeting Monday night. The ordinance allows for the delivery of alcohol within City limits, and was first approved by the Council in late March due to the pandemic. The  Council, by statute, must continue to approve the…
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Spanish Influenza, Nov. 11, 1918

May 30, 2020 Pat Blair
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. Three deaths from influenza complications were reported for Sheridan county during the two days that ended at noon today, Nov.…
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Six more candidates file for elections

May 29, 2020 Pat Blair
Six more candidates had filed for positions in two Sheridan County municipalities and three seats in Wyoming’s House of Representatives by the close of filing at 5 p.m. Friday. Candidates for the legislative positions were all Republicans; no Democrats filed in any of this year’s partisan elections in Sheridan County.…
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COVID-19 surge still possibility for Sheridan

May 29, 2020 Pat Blair
No one can predict at this time when, or if, a surge in COVID-19 cases will happen in Sheridan County, but Dr. John Addlesperger in a recent interview with Sheridan Media said although there have been no reports of COVID-19 here for several weeks, the possibility of a surge can’t…
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Wyoming’s CTE Plan for Students Among Latest Approved by U.S. Secretary of Education

May 29, 2020 Ron Richter
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Education has approved Wyoming’s career and technical education state plan. According to a Department of Education news release, Wyoming is one of the latest states to have its CTE plan approved under the new, bipartisan Strengthening Career…
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UW Extension Service can help your garden grow

May 29, 2020 Pat Blair
Chris Hilgert says that gardening is for everyone. And Hilgert, who’s University of Wyoming Extension master gardener state coordinator, says the Extension Service has the resources to help Wyoming gardens flourish. Hilgert says gardening can be extensive, from seed choices and deciding where and how to plant to soils, water…
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Scammers seeking unemployment benefits

May 29, 2020 Pat Blair
Scammers are now seeking benefits being made available through pandemic unemployment assistance programs. According to information from the Massachusetts Office of Labor and Workforce Development, scammers are filing fraudulent applications for benefits using personal data obtained from previous national data breaches. According to the Boston Globe, one fraudulent application had…

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