Archive - Jun 2011 - News

A little over a week ago the Wyoming Department of Transportation hired a contractor to build a detour around a slide that has forced U.S. 14 to be closed since June 13th.

The Sheridan Economic and Education Development Authority has held a couple of special meetings this month to work on the details on a Request for Proposal for use of the Hand in Hand facility in Sheridan.

The three person panel committee formed to pore over the three proposals that the City of Sheridan received for providing ambulance service to the City will meet one more time before delivering a formal recommendation.

For the past few years, Sheridan Travel and Tourism, along with hospitality and tourism-focused businesses and organizations in Sheridan County, has awarded Sweepstakes Packages for both summer and wintertime fun.

The Sheridan Memorial Hospital Foundation announced Monday that they have received another significant gift from a local foundation toward the new Welch Cancer Center project. Hospital Foundation Executive Director Ada Kirven.

This evening is the kick-off concert of the 2011 Concerts in the Park season, with a performance by the Sheridan Community Concert Band.

Crazy Woman Canyon Road will close on Wednesday, June 29 from 8:30am to 4:30pm to allow repairs to the road that was damaged by excessive runoff.

A sewer line backup in a city-owned line earlier this year caused an estimated $6,000 in damages to a residential home, prompting the resident to file a claim against the city for the damages.

At their regular meeting Monday night, the Johnson County School Board heard a presentation from Melissa Butcher of PB Communications regarding her ideas and plans for keeping the public informed during the upcoming construction of the new elementary school in Buffalo.

30-year-old Sheridan resident Paul Smith died Saturday after an accident on Little Goose Creek in the Big Horn Mountains.