News College District to be ‘open for business’ next week December 31, 2020 Pat Blair The Northern Wyoming Community College District, which includes Sheridan College, will be “open for business” on Monday, according to Wendy Smith. Smith, who’s the district’s associate vice president for strategic communications, elaborated. Smith said the district’s employees will return Monday, but classes for the spring semester won’t start until Jan.…
alt Solar energy proposal to go before county planning board next week December 31, 2020 Pat Blair A proposal for a solar energy project in Sheridan County will go before the Sheridan County planning commission next Thursday. That’s according to County Planner Mark Reid, who said a company called Sheridan Solar LLC has applied for a commercial solar energy facility permit under a relatively new state law.…
News COVID-19 Numbers as of 3 p.m. Dec. 31 December 31, 2020 Floyd Whiting The Wyoming Department of Health reports the state has 38,010 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 438 deaths in the state resulting from COVID-19. Laramie County has had the most cases confirmed of any county in the state with 5,984 confirmed cases and 62 deaths, according to the WDH. Sheridan County…
News UW’s Michael Taylor receives NSF CAREER Award to study biology through organic chemistry December 31, 2020 Floyd Whiting A University of Wyoming researcher wants to design chemical reactions that can be used as a noninvasive method to study not only how proteins in a cell pack together in real time, but also how this packing can dynamically change when a cell is in a stressful environment. Obtaining this…
News Wyoming Department of Corrections COVID-19 update December 31, 2020 Floyd Whiting As of Tuesday December 29, 2020 the number of positive COVID-19 confirmed positive cases identified in routine surveillance samplings conducted during the previous week was 42. In a press release, the Wyoming Department of Corrections stated there have been no inmate deaths to date attributed to the coronavirus. The Wyoming…
News SMH to implement visitation plan December 31, 2020 Floyd Whiting Sheridan Memorial Hospital is working to implement a limited visitation plan for non-coronavirus patients for the New Year. During a press briefing from SMH leadership, Chief Nursing Officer Barb Hespen spoke on the plan to allow a limited number of visitors into the hospital. B. Hespen The plan would permit…
News Juvenile rescued, cited for trespass at Acme plant December 31, 2020 Pat Blair A 15-year-old male was rescued and he and four other juveniles cited for trespassing after the youth fell down a coal chute at the old Acme Power Plant this week. The incident occurred shortly after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Volunteers from the Tongue River Fire Department, along with Goose Valley Fire,…
Public Pulse Thursday, 12-31-20 December 31, 2020 James Timberlake Deryck Richardson, Author of Go Play: The Ultimate Road Map to Winning the Game of Life…
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Cowboy State Daily Wyoming GOP Applauds Legislators Contesting Electoral College Votes: “This Is The Time To Fight” December 31, 2020 News Release The Wyoming Republican Party is praising U.S. senators and representatives who are willing to contest the results of the Electoral College votes in the presidential election.
Sports Hockey / Hoops / Football on the New Years Weekend December 31, 2020 Trevor Jackson JUNIOR HOCKEY – The Sheridan Junior Hawks hockey team gets back on the ice at Cody tonight then come home for two against the Gillette Wild tomorrow night’s game will start at 7:30 they will go again Saturday night also at 7:30. BRONC / LADY BRONC HOOPS – The Sheridan…
News A Look Back in Time: December 31, 1920 December 31, 2020 Pat Blair Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, by reporter Pat Blair as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Dec. 31, 1920. The Salvation Army this morning received 180 new chairs for the auditorium of the new hall on Grinnell street. Awards were announced this…
News Council Approves Jet Vac Truck Purchase December 30, 2020 Ron Richter The City of Sheridan will soon have a truck specifically designed for cleaning sanitary sewer systems and hydro excavation. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. Vac Truck Purchase Approved The purchase of a new jet vacuum truck for the City’s Utility Maintenance Division was approved by the City Council…
News Governor Gordon Applauds Court Ruling that the State Has Not Ceded Jurisdiction of Grand Teton National Park Inholdings December 30, 2020 Ron Richter Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon issued a media release Wednesday applauding the ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding Chief Judge Scott Skavdahl’s decision that the National Park Service regulations prohibiting the taking of wildlife do not apply to private inholdings within the exterior boundary of Grand Teton National…
News Senate Passes Enzi, Hassan Bill to Improve Education of Drug Products That Could Help Lower Costs December 30, 2020 Ron Richter The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill recently introduced by U.S. Senators Mike Enzi of Wyoming and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire that will enhance education about biosimilar drug products in an effort to increase competition and lower the cost of biologic medicines. According to a joint media release from…