Archive - Aug 15, 2011 - News

Director of Curriculum and Assessment for SCSD2 Tom Sachse, presented the Board of Trustees with the final PAWS results on Monday night, praising students and teachers across the district for the best PAWS results in the district's history of using the assessment.

The Hoss Fire in southern Montana has spread to almost 1,500 acres due to high winds that fanned the blaze late Sunday evening. The fire, which is located ten miles south of Fort Smith on the Crow Indian Reservation was ignited last Wednesday by a lightning strike.

The Sheridan Area Water Supply Joint Powers Board held a special meeting Monday to consider and ultimately approve a resolution authorizing an application to the state for a Drinking Water State Revolving Loan.

The Sheridan Economic and Educational Development Authority received three proposals for operation of the Hand in Hand Childcare facility at 366 Brundage Street in Sheridan. SEEDA Administrator Robert Briggs.

The lightening-caused “Hoss Fire” has grown to 1,000 acres in southern Big Horn County, Montana, burning approximately five miles south of Fort Smith in the Big Horn Canyon National Recreation area in the Northern Rockies.

The 3rd Annual Taste of Sheridan saw an estimated more than 1,000 people who came out to see what various food vendors of Sheridan had to offer.

The Sheridan City Council will hear second readings on entryway corridor modifications that were discussed at their last meeting which are in the process to reduce the number of ordinances for developers in the city.

Sheridan County will hold a second informational workshop on septic system management in the Story area at 6 pm Tuesday at the Story Women's Club.

A reported structure fire at 1055 North Gould Street early Saturday morning turned out to be a storage shed which had caught fire behind a house. No one was injured in the blaze, according to a release from Sheridan Fire-Rescue Fire Marshal Brian Songer.

In a joint project between the city and county, engineering cost estimates will be done for a proposed infrastructure upgrade in the Southwest Quadrant of the city.