May 2023 – Sheridan Media

National Award winning Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum in need of repairs to front entrance

May 31, 2023 Floyd Whiting

The building that houses the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum in Buffalo was originally built in 1909. Through generous donations and no small amount of work, additions have been added over the decades but it’s the original front entrance that currently needs some tender loving care. While appearing on Sheridan Media’s…

Three Wyoming Schools Awarded New Fitness Centers

May 31, 2023 News Release

Governor Mark Gordon and fitness icon Jake (Body by Jake) Steinfeld, Chairman of the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils (NFGFC), have announced the three Wyoming schools selected to receive a state-of-the-art, $100,000 DON’T QUIT! Fitness Center. The DON’T QUIT! Campaign has named Arapahoe School, Lander Middle School, and Sheridan Junior High School the…

Urgent Care fills the gap in medical care

May 31, 2023 Floyd Whiting

When people need medication adjusted, a yearly check up or to discuss current or future health care needs, they speak to their primary care physician. If someone has suffered from a life threatening accident and requires life-saving treatment, they are rushed to the emergency room. But what if the injury…

Hunter Road improvements: No closures scheduled

May 31, 2023 Floyd Whiting

The US Forest Service has announced beginning June 1, Oedekoven Excavation, the contractor for the Bighorn National Forest Hunter Road Project, will start mobilizing equipment to Hunter Road, Forest System Road 19, on the Powder River Ranger District. According to the Forest Service, contractors will begin clearing, grubbing and tree…

Fishing Derby Numbers Down But Event Still a Success

May 31, 2023 Aaron Palmer

The 39th Annual Buffalo Lions Club Lake DeSmet Fishing Derby and Raffle happened this past Memorial Day Weekend, and although the numbers of those attending was slightly down this year, it was still a success and enjoyed by those who participated. That is according to Lions Club member Jake Wright,…

Sheridan Commission Approves Contracts for PHO

May 31, 2023 Aaron Palmer

During their last regular meeting Sheridan County’s Commissioners considered the contract with the Wyoming Department of Health and the annual contract between the county and Public Health Officer Dr. Benjamin Widener. County Administrative Director Cameron Duff spoke to the commission about the contract with the Department of Health. Duff then…

Johnson County Hazardous Waste Day Saturday

May 31, 2023 Aaron Palmer

Johnson County’s Free Hazardous Waste Collection Day will be this Saturday, June 3 from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. at the county landfill. Farmers, ranchers, homeowners, and individuals can dispose of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, poisons; and hazardous household waste such as cleaners, paint, paint thinners, glues, and antifreeze; used…

Flood Watch Issued For Sheridan And Several MT Counties: June 1-3, 2023

May 31, 2023 Kevin Koile

Residents who live in flood prone areas and/or along waterways need to pay attention to upcoming weather activity. The National Weather Service Office in Billings, Montana has issued a flood watch for Sheridan County in Wyoming, as well as a number of counties in southern Montana. Counties include Big Horn,…

Funds For WY Emergency Rental Assistance Program Nearly Exhausted

May 31, 2023 News Release

The last day to submit extension requests for Wyoming’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is Friday, June 30 at 11:59 p.m. The application portal is closing because the federal funding for the program is nearly exhausted. ERAP will continue processing all extension requests received before the application portal’s closure. No…

Bonnie Snyder

May 31, 2023 James Timberlake

With tearful eyes, we watched you and saw you pass away and although we love you dearly, we could not make you stay. Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were welcomed home by our Heavenly Father on April 14, 2023. Bonnie Lou (Rathbun) Snyder was born in Lincoln, Kansas on…

Athena Stanton Of Tongue River High School Signs NLI To Play Volleyball At Mt. Marty Univ.

May 31, 2023 Kevin Koile

A recent Tongue River High School volleyball graduate will continue the sport she enjoys at the college level. Athena Stanton has signed her national letter of intent (NLI) to play volleyball at Mount Marty University, in Yankton, South Dakota. The last three seasons she has played varsity for TR and…

Anne Lonabaugh Kelloway

May 31, 2023 James Timberlake

Anne Kelloway passed away on May 20, 2023, in her home in Sheridan, Wyoming after suffering a stroke, with sons Peter, David, and her faithful dog Cole by her side. Anne was born in Sheridan, Wyoming to Alger and Marian Lonabaugh, she graduated from SHS in 1957 and attended Wellesley…

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May 31, 2023 James Timberlake

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Talk at Brinton Museum to Feature George Bird Grinnell

May 31, 2023 cvannoy

On June 9, the public is invited to an educational lecture on George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), at the Brinton Museum. There will be a reception beginning at 6 p.m. followed by the lecture at 7. The lecture will be presented by nationally known journalist John Taliaferro. Taliaferro is the author…

Tongue River Valley Girls Deliver Springtime Songs Of Love

May 31, 2023 Kevin Koile

If you’ve read the poem “Locksley Hall,” you’ve probably heard the phrase, “In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” Although Valentine’s Day was more than three months ago, those thoughts of love were recently delivered in song in the Sheridan area. A quintet of…