Archive - Jun 2009 - News

Yesterday's high in Sheridan was 94 degrees; however, things will be a lot cooler today. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has more.

The unofficial kickoff to the 2009 Sheridan WYO Rodeo is this Friday night with the Blake Shelton and Bucky Covington concert at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds. Then of course rodeo week kicks off next Tuesday with boot kick off in Kendrick Park.

Sheridan WYO Rodeo Board member Roger St.Clair explains something new for this year's rodeo.

The Free Clinic of Sheridan opened its doors in March of 2005 to help provide medical care to those that otherwise couldn't afford it. Free Clinic Executive Director Kathy Kindt tells us about some areas where the clinic has expanded.

The Free Clinic is open one night a week says Kindt.

The Ucross Foundation held a public conversation about contemporary art of the west at the Sheridan Inn last night. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has more.

For over two decades the Big Horn Equestrian Center has been home to one of the biggest fireworks displays in the region. Senator Bruce Burns has made those memorable 4th of July shows responsible and he explains what prompted him to start doing them.

The crew at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Story Fish Hatchery will have a little extra help this summer as Mike Mischke began working there in early June as fish technician and will continue until late summer.

Earlier this week Sheridan Memorial Hospital mailed out their first quarterly newsletter to over 13 thousand households in Sheridan County. Hospital Marketing Manager Danae Brandjord.

Brandjord says the quarterly newsletter will help

U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, a ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, gave a floor statement Thursday to address health care reform. Enzi stressed the importance of doing it right.

Enzi called for bipartisanship from his colleagues.

CHEYENNE, (AP) - A trial date has been set for a former Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper charged for an aborted murder plot allegedly designed to collect settlement money from Wal-Mart.

GILLETTE, (AP) - Campbell County Memorial Hospital has begun construction of a $65 million expansion. Hospital officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday to kick off the project, which is expected to take three years to complete.