Archive - May 2012 - News

At the last city council meeting, Buffalo City Attorney Ben Kirven
gave the council an update on the wastewater treatment plant and the dispute between the city and the contractor, Hydro Construction, that built the facility.

Veterans in Sheridan County still have time to register at the County Assessor's Office to get a tax break on either their property or vehicle taxes.

The People Assistance Food Bank will be staked outside of Sheridan's major grocery stores today, tomorrow and Monday for their annual Memorial Day food drive.

City Planner Zach Montgomery was in Pinedale on Thursday to try to gain funding approval for two projects from the Wyoming Business Council (WBC) at their board meeting.

Members of the Hepp family, representatives of the Buffalo Tree Board and the City of Buffalo were in attendance for a tree planting ceremony Thursday in memory of former Buffalo Mayor and Councilman Bruce Hepp.

Earlier this week, we reported the U.S. Postal Service is cutting hours of many small-town offices, which may cause some employees to loose full-time status, and therefore, their federal benefits.

In early April of this year, the Sheridan Heritage Center announced that the Historic Sheridan Inn was in financial trouble due to the fact the the Heritage Center could not keep up on the monthly loan payments.

Wednesday's Sheridan City Council budget work session consisted of an update from Sheridan Travel and Tourism and presentations from the last batch of non-profits requesting optional one-cent funds from the City.

The City of Sheridan utility maintenance crews along with Sheridan Fire-Rescue have begun flow testing fire hydrants throughout the City. Crews expect to flow test and flush about a third of the City's fire hydrants.

Sheridan residents probably noticed their city utilities bill looks different this month.