Archive - Jul 2012 - News

Sheridan's smaller citizens are gearing up for their first hunts, ever. An important step in getting prepared for the season for kids is to complete a hunter's safety course sponsored by the Game and Fish and Sheridan Recreation District.

At the Buffalo City Council's meeting July 17, city attorney Ben Kirven updated the council on a number of issues he has been working on in recent weeks.

At their meeting last week, the Johnson County Healthcare Center's Board of Trustees heard updates on physician recruiting for the facility.

Small, nonfarm businesses in 10 Wyoming counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U. S. Small Business Administration.

The federal loans are to help offset economic losses because of the drought this year.

The Sheridan County Fair is in full swing, and Monday afternoon the 4-H Cat Show took place in the confines of the Exhibit Hall. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter was there, and has the story.

Sheridan County Fire Warden, Bill Biastoch, reported the three fires in Sheridan County are 95 percent contained, as of mid-morning Monday.

Liz Cheney attended the Sheridan County Republican Party's Reagan Days dinner to help the party pull together to raise funds for the upcoming election.

The Sheridan County Fair got underway over the weekend despite not receiving such a good reception from Mother Nature at times. Horse show events dominated the first two days of the Fair, as everything from English events to showmanship and trail class took place Saturday and Sunday.

It's been a project that has been in the making for almost three years, improvements to the Elk pasture in Sheridan.

This weekend, Buffalo's Crazy Days and Crazy Nights celebration, along with Art In The Park, The Day Of The Cowboy, and the street dance, had throngs of people all through downtown enjoying great sales, fun, games and music.