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January 29th

PUBLIC MEETING ON FAIRGROUNDS MODERNIZATION PLAN DRAWS A LARGE CROWD

By webmaster on Fri 01/30/2009 12:15am

A public meeting was held last night to present the final draft of the proposed Sheridan County Fairgrounds Modernization Plan. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter was there and has the story.

SHERIDAN QUALITY CHILD CARE INCORPORATED REPORTS TO SEEDA THAT FUNDRAISING IS ON TRACK

By webmaster on Fri 01/30/2009 12:09am

The Sheridan Quality Child Care Initiative has less than two weeks to raise over $100,000 for the operations of the “Hand in Hand” Early Childhood Education Center. Sheridan Media News Director Kurt Layher has more on the story.

SHERIDAN ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GETS UPDATES ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

By webmaster on Fri 01/30/2009 12:07am

The “Hand in Hand” Early Childhood Education center building is currently under construction at the corner of Custer and Brundage Streets. Sheridan Economic and Educational Development Authority Joint Powers Board Chairman Tom Sachse asked the City of Sheridan to itemize all the City fees that have been waived for the project.

SENATE FILE 16 “FLIES” OUT OF THE SENATE AND INTO THE HOUSE

By webmaster on Fri 01/30/2009 12:03am

Senate File 16, known as the “Butterfly Bill,” passed through the Senate 30-0 in its final reading on Monday. The bill was started a year ago by a Big Horn third grade class when Tanner Warder found out that Wyoming didn't have a state insect. He decided to ask the Legislature to make Sheridan's Green Hairstreak Butterfly the State Butterfly through this bill.

VA SUPPORT GROUP STARTS NEXT WEEK

By webmaster on Thu 01/29/2009 11:59pm

The Veteran's Administration will be starting a support group for veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom next Thursday at the VA. It will be every Thursday at 6:30 pm in room 254 of Building 71, and each week is open-ended, so you don't have to come every week or be there for the first night.

SECOND SERIES OF REGIONAL GAME AND FISH ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOCUSES ON A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT TOPICS

By webmaster on Thu 01/29/2009 11:57pm

Today we start our second series highlighting some of the many accomplishments of the Sheridan Region Game and Fish Department. The first in a three part series will focus on the terrestrial habitat section of the department. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has more. Bert Jellison can be reached at (307) 672-7418.

Past News Archive

By webmaster on Thu 01/29/2009 09:33pm

For a complete listing of any news prior to January 29, 2009, please visit our old news archive page.

January 20th

My Presidential Pledge

By Steve Sisson on Tue 01/20/2009 03:00pm
Honoring the inauguration of Barack Obama, a new celebrity-packed video has been released titled The Presidential Pledge.  In this video the glamorous Hollywood elite promise to make our planet better by doing little things like turning off lights, or with grander schemes such as freein

January 19th

Zogby post-election poll

By Steve Sisson on Mon 01/19/2009 12:09pm

The week after the election, John Zogby conducted a poll of people who voted for Barack Obama to see how well informed they were on several issues.   Of those voters, 63% were democrats, 9% were republicans and 28% were independents.  The full

January 16th

Why I'm voting for John McCain

By Steve Sisson on Fri 01/16/2009 07:31pm
Both candidates will increase the national debt, but the McCain plan is centered around keeping taxes low across the board and cutting out wasteful spending, something that I believe is critical when the economy is in a slump. Unlike Obama, McCain has a strong record of voting against earmarks and other wasteful spending in Washington.