Archive - Mar 16, 2012 - News

The Sheridan Holiday Inn was the site of the 2012 Sheridan, Wyoming Economic Update and Forecast forum Friday morning.

A Summary of Judgment hearing was held this morning in 4th Judicial District Court in Sheridan regarding the local Firefighters Union lawsuit against the City of Sheridan over wage increases that were denied last year.

At the conclusion of the Economic Update and Forecast Forum at the Sheridan Holiday Inn Friday morning, Sheridan Mayor Dave Kinskey put an end to those wondering if he would seek another term as Mayor of Sheridan. Mayor Dave Kinskey on why he decided to seek re-election.

Construction of Ptolemy Data System's new data center is on-schedule, set for completion in August. We took a tour of that new facility last week.

While the Governor's initial recommendation was for the seven Wyoming community colleges to receive $15 million in increased enrollment growth funding, after a fight by legislators, the final amount for colleges was $7.7 million. Sheridan College President Dr. Paul Young had this to say during Thursday's Public Pulse.

The Wyoming State Parks department now offers a mobile device app, according to a media release, that gives users free GPS, an area locator, search activities and details of facility information. Domenic Bravo with the state parks department tells us about “Pocket Ranger”.

A change of plea hearing was held Thursday in 4th Judicial District Court for 40-year-old Clearmont resident Camie Paumer who's been charged for allegedly embezzling money from the Hand in Hand Childcare Center and A&B Buildings of Sheridan. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter was there and has the
story.

This summer the Kendrick Pool will be celebrating its 75th birthday. While the original pool was remodeled in 1980, the structure is fastly approaching the end of the road.

The Daniels Fund announced this week that Wyoming nonprofits serving seniors and youth received $347,663 in grants from the organization.
Among those in Wyoming receiving grants was the Learning Tree Christian School in Buffalo for a capital expansion project.

The Vision Buffalo Commission, on behalf of The Crazy Woman Square Redevelopment Project, had a “call to artists” to submit plans for two murals to be located on the Hitching Post Building and on the Margo's Pottery Building, and a local artist team was awarded the project earlier this month.