Local News
Local students to attend UW Summer High School Institute
May 28, 2014SHERIDAN — The University of Wyoming will host its 29th annual Summer High School Institute June 8-28, and several local students have been invited to attend. The students were selected from 75 schools in 50 districts to join 85 sophomores from across the state in the program. UW faculty members will conduct problem-centered classes ranging Read More
500 hard miles
Nate Watson walks up a line of students as they cheer him forward Tuesday at Sagebrush Elementary School. Watson has cerebral palsy, which causes the muscles in his legs to tighten and inhibits his ability to walk. Watson began walking in the mileage club when he was a kindergartener in Linda Gifford’s classroom. Watson, now Read More
Local lodge gets recognized
May 27, 2014SHERIDAN — A lodge in the Bighorn Mountains has been recognized by one of the world’s largest travel websites. The Wyoming High Country Lodge was given a Certificate of Excellence from tripadvisor.com for achieving consistently high customer reviews. Wyoming High Country Lodge is located on the western side of the Bighorn Mountains near Lovell. The Read More
Sheridan County SNAP use remains stable
SHERIDAN — Last month, 859 households representing 1,719 people in Sheridan County received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, formerly known as Food Stamps. Regional Manager in the Department of Family Services Jacqueline Herb said those benefits totaled more than $211,000, and the amount of people receiving food stamps across the state has remained relatively stable Read More
Helferich, Arzy set to marry Aug. 16
SHERIDAN — Isaiah Ray Helferich of Mountain Lake, Minn., and Kalli Rae Arzy of Sheridan are engaged to be married August 16, 2014, at First Baptist Church in Sheridan. Helferich is a home-school graduate and is the owner of Quad Bro’s Construction. He is the son of Kevin and Marie Helferich of Mountain Lake, Minn. Read More
Hoffman Days Aug. 1-2
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan College Foundation will host Hoffman Days on August 1-2 to celebrate Bruce Hoffman’s 50 years with the Northern Wyoming Community College District and his service as the first General’s basketball head coach. The foundation is seeking former players to invite to the celebration. If you have contact information for any of Read More
Story Historical Society hosting program Sun.
SHERIDAN — The Story Historical Society will host a program Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The topic will be “Early History of the Story School,” presented by Jean Lunbeck and Dollie Reno. The free meeting is open to all members of the community, and cookies and coffee will be served. The program will be held at Read More
Story Wide Yard Sale to be held Sunday
SHERIDAN — The annual Story Wide Yard Sale will be held Sunday, and the Story Woman’s Club will be serving breakfast and lunch for shoppers. Breakfast will begin at 7 a.m. and run until it’s sold out. Biscuits and gravy, cinnamon rolls and beverages will be sold. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to Read More
Congratulations graduates
Fort Mackenzie graduation an emotional journey for students, parents, teachers By Alisa Brantz The Sheridan Press SHERIDAN — From their first step as a baby to the first time they don their cap and gown, the road to a child’s graduation is a long and often emotional journey for not just students, but also their Read More
Summer tourist season already picking up
May 23, 2014SHERIDAN — Many Wyomingites are destined to travel this weekend. It’s a graduation weekend across the state and the Memorial Day holiday has afforded many people some extra time off. This weekend also ushers in the official beginning of the summer travel season. Sheridan Travel and Tourism Executive Director Shawn Buckley said local tourist traffic Read More
Two systems complicate reporting process
SHERIDAN — Within the next 48 hours, each of Sheridan County’s high schools will hold their 2013-2014 commencement ceremonies, graduating roughly 200 young adults. However, earlier this week the Wyoming Department of Education announced the graduation rates for the 2012-2013 school year, begging the question, what took so long? It would be easy to assume Read More
Partnership allows students to learn from pheasants
SHERIDAN — A new partnership between the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and a local chapter of the nonprofit group Pheasants Forever is allowing more than a dozen classrooms in Sheridan County to bring a little bit of Wyoming’s wildlife indoors. For several years, Darrell Meineke, manager of the Sheridan Bird Farm, has traveled to Read More
Local students’ recognized for work
SHERIDAN — Peter Schultz of Sheridan was awarded a Doctor of Dental Science from the Creighton University School of Dentistry in Omaha, Nebraska, recently. Ethan Augustus Hall of Sheridan was named the recipient of the Sheridan High School Never Flinch Scholarship. The son of Dale and Kristi Hall of Sheridan, he plans to attend the Read More
Local music instructor wins award
SHERIDAN — Sheridan College music instructor Dr. Christian Erickson recently won the 2014 ARTCORE New Music Competition. The winning composition, “Danzas de los Matachines,” is a quartet for strings and will be the centerpiece of a recital by Christine Dunbar, principal cellist with the Wyoming Symphony. The premiere is scheduled for April 19, 2015, at Read More
Enzi now accepting Senate Page applications
SHERIDAN — U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., is now accepting applications from high school juniors to be a Senate Page for the fall session in Washington, D.C. There are a total of 30 page positions in the Senate and Enzi is sponsoring a Wyoming student to serve in one of them. The deadline for applications Read More
Last day of school Friday
SHERIDAN — Friday is the last day of school for Sheridan County School District 2 and the district has announced early dismissal times for this day. • Kindergarten will release at 12:05 p.m. • Elementary schools will release at 1:15 p.m. • Ft. Mackenzie High School and middle schools will release at 1:55 p.m. • Read More
135 years of Western hospitality
WOLF — Way back when, a man named Sudsy loaded blocks of ice into his Model A Ford and bounced his way around Eatons’ Ranch west of Sheridan. He delivered those blocks of ice daily to refrigerators sitting on porches of guest cabins at the ranch. A very handy man, Sudsy also had an ice Read More
ACHS class of 2014 — small town, big connections
SHERIDAN — Two of the 10 students graduating from Arvada-Clearmont High School on Sunday have grown up in the Sheridan County School District 3 system their entire lives. Together since kindergarten, they have been joined by others at varying stages throughout the 12 years that followed, including adding a foreign exchange student just earlier this Read More
Webster seeks 2-year term to honor promise to Ward 3
SHERIDAN — City Councilman Robert Webster recently filed for re-election, but put his name down for the two-year unexpired term rather than another four-year term. The term is just two-years because it finishes out the term of Levi Dominguez, who resigned his seat several months ago. “When I looked at it, the term that Levi Read More
City public works department plans to do more
SHERIDAN — Following the cautiously optimistic trend set in much of the city’s proposed fiscal year 2014-2015 budget, Public Works Director Nic Bateson presented a general fund budget request that was just over $400,000 higher than last year’s in a council work session Thursday. The public works department accounts for approximately 28 percent of the Read More
New business to offer Segway tours
SHERIDAN — An upstart business in Sheridan plans to utilize the city’s walking paths to conduct tours on small electric personal transporters. Out West Segway Tours has occupied the building on Main Street that used to house the Davis Gallery. A Segway Personal Transporter is a platform on two wheels upon which a person balances while Read More
3-on-3 Hoop Jam registration set to end May 31
SHERIDAN — Registration for one of Sheridan’s most popular street basketball tournaments will end May 31. Whitney Plaza in downtown Sheridan will be converted into approximately 18 courts to allow for an expected 800 participants of all ages from throughout the region. Each team gets a minimum of four games apiece. Hoop Jam is a Read More
Eatons’ annual horse drive planned for Sunday
SHERIDAN — The Eatons’ Ranch wranglers will drive more than 200 horses from winter pastures to Eatons’ Ranch this Sunday. They’ll travel from the Wyarno area, starting at 7-7:30 a.m. and when they reach Sheridan, will head up Fifth Street, past the Visitor’s Center, past the Sheridan Inn, past Sheridan Memorial Hospital and out to Read More
Museum Appreciation Weekend set for May 31-June 1
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan County Historical Society will host its annual Museum Appreciation Weekend next weekend. From May 31 through June 1 the museum will be open for free to all members of the community. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily guests are invited to explore the museum with free refreshments on May 31 Read More
Press seeking nominations for ‘20 Under 40’
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Press would like to recognize 20 individuals in Sheridan County between the ages of 18 and 40 who are positively influencing our community. Nominations for “20 under 40” are due by the end of the day June 1. Nomination forms can be received by emailing people@thesheridanpress.com, at The Press located at Read More
