Archive - Apr 2012 - News

Today ends National Child Abuse Awareness month and Saturday, Lorrie Anderson with other local Zumba instructors, joined together in a two hour black light Zumba fundraiser with all proceeds benefiting the Advocacy and Resource Center in Sheridan.

Take a look in your medicine cabinet and chances are there are unused prescription drugs sitting on the shelves.

At their last meeting April 17, the Johnson County Commissioners awarded their scholarships to area high school seniors and one college student.

Starting this fall, students at Sheridan College will have the opportunity to study sustainable food systems with new courses that include food, ethics, and sustainability and exploring sustainability in agriculture.

Sheridan County State Legislator Bruce Burns said the Invasive Aquatic Species control program in Wyoming has been a resounding success.

This Sunday the Buffalo Community Choir will present their second annual spring concert entitled “Who We Are,” at the Buffalo High School Auditorium.

Workers at a blown oil well in eastern Wyoming have capped an eruption of potentially explosive natural gas by pumping mud into the well.

Officials with the City of Sheridan, Wyoming Game and Fish, the State Forestry Division and the University of Wyoming Extension Office hosted a tree planting ceremony Friday at the new Meadowlark Elementary School in honor of Arbor Friday.

The City of Sheridan has announced that in an effort to help keep the community clean and beautiful, they are offering two free weekends at the City Landfill. Administrative Assistant Darla Franklin gives us the details.

Under heavy pressure from farm groups, the Obama administration is dropping an effort to prevent children from doing hazardous work on farms owned by anyone other than their parents.