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WHP seeks help identifying man killed Sunday
September 3, 2013SHERIDAN — A man killed Sunday while riding his bicycle on Decker Road has not been identified and law enforcement is seeking help by releasing what little information is known about the individual. According to WHP, the 50- to 60-year-old man was riding his bicycle near mile marker 4 at approximately 9:45 a.m. when he Read More
SAGE presents local couple
SHERIDAN — Sheridan Artist Guild, Et al, presents the work of a local husband and wife at the SAGE Exhibit Gallery. “Seasons by Diane, Turnings by Lloyd,” features Diane Marsden’s nature photography and Lloyd Marsden’s display of turned wooden bowls. A reception for the artists will be held at the SAGE Exhibit Gallery, 171 N. Read More
Fifth annual ‘Flyin’ 4 Food’
SHERIDAN — Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. is helping fight hunger with their fifth annual “Flyin’ 4 Food” campaign to benefit the Sheridan Community Shelter. Great Lakes Airlines and the Sheridan Community Shelter are asking for help to end hunger. In honor of Hunger Action Month, when you bring any non-perishable food item to the Great Read More
Fallen heroes blood drive
SHERIDAN — ServeWyoming, Sheridan Fire-Rescue and United Blood Services will hold an Honoring Fallen Heroes Blood Drive Sept. 12 from noon to 6 p.m. The blood drive will be at the Sheridan Fire-Rescue Station, 151 S. Scott St. Potential donors must be at least 16 (with a parental consent form), weigh at least 110 pounds, Read More
The journey of mercury — emissions to fish
August 30, 2013SHERIDAN — The world is interconnected. This mantra has been used in recent years to explain how travel, technology and communications have come together to metaphorically shrink the globe. While emailing an acquaintance on the other side of the world in a few seconds seems like a helpful and easy example of this, a less Read More
State to consider two land exchanges
DAYTON — Owners of the Horseshoe Ranch and the Hanft Ranch southwest of Dayton have both applied to the Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments to participate in a land exchange. The exchange would convert both private ranches into state trust land. However, the Horseshoe Ranch does not currently lease any state trust land, Read More
Dayton planning approves minor subdivision
DAYTON — The Dayton Planning Committee voted to recommend approval of a minor subdivision at its meeting Wednesday. The parcel to be subdivided belongs to Tim Garrett and stretches from West Second to West Third Avenue. It includes one residence located on West Second Avenue. The proposed subdivision will split the parcel into two lots. Read More
Connolly takes job in Maine
SHERIDAN — Jon Connolly, vice president of academic affairs at Sheridan College, will serve his last day at the college Sept. 13. Connolly, who has been employed at SC for four years, has accepted the position of vice president and academic dean for Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, Maine. Connolly lived in Maine previously Read More
Jentel presents resident artists Tuesday
SHERIDAN — Jentel Artist Residency Program presents this month’s residents in “Jentel Presents” Tuesday. Jentel Presents will be from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Sagebrush Community Art Center on the corner of Fifth and Broadway streets. This month’s presenters include painter Court Lurie from Austin, Texas, painter Francois Miglio from Oakland, Calif., fiction writer Lulu Sylbert Read More
Harvest Celebration set for Sept. 14
SHERIDAN — Powder River Basin Resource Council invites the public to the eighth annual Harvest Celebration and final farmers market Sept. 14 at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds exhibit hall. The farmers market will begin at 4 p.m. In addition to food and crafts there will be music and events for kids. The Harvest Celebration dinner Read More
Rally protests disability funding changes
SHERIDAN — A group of 20 Sheridan residents gathered in front of the county courthouse Thursday morning to raise awareness about the state’s plan to restructure funding for programs for people with developmental and acquired disabilities. Family members and advocates of the mentally disabled say the plan to serve a larger quantity of people at Read More
Crime of the Week Aug. 30, 2013
BIGHORN MOUNTAINS — On the weekend of Aug. 24 unknown suspect(s) removed several spare tire/wheel combinations from campers parked in the Bighorn mountains. This most recent incident occurred near Marcum Creek, Forest Service Road 155, however, other incidents have historically occurred in the north section of the Bighorn Mountains, which included thefts of propane bottles, Read More
High court rulings, state laws not fully compatible
August 29, 2013SHERIDAN— Throughout the all-day resentencing hearing for Wyatt Bear Cloud Wednesday in 4th Judicial District Court, attorneys and Judge John Fenn debated the complexities of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling and the 2013 law established by the Wyoming Legislature that eliminated life imprisonment without parole sentences for juveniles. The U.S. Supreme Court had been moving Read More
More new staff joins ranks at Sheridan Memorial
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees approved Dr. David Walker to join the hospital staff with privileges to practice internal medicine at Big Horn Mountain Medicine at its regular meeting Wednesday. Walker completed a doctorate of osteopathy at the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Santa Barbara, Calif., and an Read More
Buffalo Bill Cody at Senior Center
SHERIDAN — Since 1992, Sheridan resident Wayne Baumann has portrayed Buffalo Bill Cody. He began as part of a local group that worked to bring a traveling Buffalo Bill Wild West Show to Sheridan. Dressed in period clothing, Baumann will give a presentation as Buffalo Bill Cody at the Sheridan Senior Center Sept. 9 at Read More
Story library hosts discussion
STORY — The Story Library will host a discussion series titled “Americans on the Outside” starting in September. This series will look at stories about the often unrecognized people in our country who live outside the mainstream of culture. These novels encourage readers to see themselves through the eyes of fellow Americans who don’t, for Read More
Big Horn celebrates 131 years
BIG HORN — Big Horn is celebrating its 131st anniversary Saturday with Big Horn Heritage Days. Events start at 9 a.m. with a chuck wagon cook-off that lasts until 3 p.m. There will be a farmers market from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food specials will be offered at the Big Horn Mercantile and drink specials Read More
A new chance at freedom
SHERIDAN — Wyatt Bear Cloud was resentenced by Judge John Fenn in Wyoming’s 4th Judicial District Court Wednesday for his role in a 2009 home invasion and murder of local businessman Robert Ernst. Bear Cloud was initially sentenced to life in prison according to law, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled life sentences for juveniles Read More
Continuing education for adults
SHERIDAN — Sheridan College’s Center for Workforce and Community Education and the American Association of Community Colleges are presenting a series of classes for people age 50 and over. Classes will be held the second Tuesday of each month starting in September and ending in June. The class schedule is: • Sept. 10 — stress Read More
Ogle holds book signing
SHERIDAN — Edna Ogle, originally from Sheridan, began her teaching career 66 years ago at a country school house in Ulm. She has written a book about her experiences titled “Teaching School on the Wyoming Prairie in the 1940s.” The author will have a book signing at Sheridan Stationery, Books and Gallery Aug. 31 from Read More
Bear Cloud’s new sentence: parole after 25 years
August 28, 2013SHERIDAN — Wyatt Bear Cloud was resentenced by Judge John Fenn in Wyoming’s Fourth Judicial District Court Wednesday, and will now be eligible for parole for the offense of first degree murder in 25 years. Bear Cloud was one of three teens who participated in a home invasion and murder of a Sheridan businessman, Robert Read More
Wyo. Democrats seeking interns
SHERIDAN — The Wyoming State Democratic Party is in the process of boosting its numbers to better connect the party across the wide miles of Wyoming. One way it will accomplish that is through a new internship program with the University of Wyoming and Laramie County Community College. The internship program will offer college students Read More
Yager assigned $10,000 unsecured bond
SHERIDAN — Chris Yager was assigned a $10,000 unsecured bond Tuesday by Sheridan County Circuit Court Judge Shelley Cundiff. Yager is charged with felony second degree sexual assault after allegedly having an intimate relationship with a woman he formerly supervised as a probation and parole officer for the Wyoming Department of Corrections. Since the charge Read More
SEEDA moving forward with economic study
SHERIDAN —The Sheridan Economic and Educational Development Authority Joint Powers Board voted to move forward into the next phase of a Sheridan Area Career Technical Education and Training Strategy and Target Industry Study Tuesday. SEEDA has contracted with the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, a nonprofit corporation based in Chicago, to research local and Read More
Stadick completes ‘Plebe Summer’
SHERIDAN — Navy Midshipman Paul J. Stadick of Sheridan recently completed “Plebe Summer” at the U.S. Navy Academy in Annapolis, Md. The seven weeks of required basic midshipman training is designed to help plebes, or freshmen, prepare for their first academic year at the Naval Academy. Stadick is a 2013 graduate of Sheridan High School Read More
