Archive - 2012 - News

Johnson County's Commissioners tabled a decision on compiling a priority list for projects at the Johnson County Fairgrounds at their meeting Tuesday.

At their last meeting in late January, the Johnson County Healthcare Center's Board of Trustees received a financial report for December of 2011 and an update on where the institution sits so far this fiscal year, which is in pretty good shape.

At their regular meeting Tuesday night, the Buffalo City Council heard reports from State Senator John Schiffer (R-Kaycee) and from State Representative Mike Madden (R-Buffalo) on what citizens and municipalities in the state can expect from the upcoming Legislative session.

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) - Two employees from The Sheridan Press are in a Montana hospital after being seriously injured in a snowmobiling accident. The newspaper says photographer Blaine McCartney and sports editor Aaron Atkins were hurt while riding a groomed trail near Burgess Junction on Sunday.

After an almost two year process of holding public meetings and fine tuning the proposed changes, the Sheridan County Commissioners approved the Story Area Septic System Supplemental Regulations Tuesday .

While a report that ranks kids' well-being says that Wyoming is worsening as a state, Sheridan County ranked fourth best out of the 15 most populated counties and improved in 7 of 12 child well-being indicators. Kid's Count Director Marc Homer.

Sheridan City Council President John Bigelow introduced an ordinance Monday night that would raise the Mayor's salary from $24,000 a year to $50,000.

Two bridges intended to greatly benefit and connect pathways in Sheridan will be going up this week. The first one is in South Park and will provide walking access across Little Goose Creek and is expected to go up this afternoon.

Rep. Rosie Berger (R-Sheridan) will be the guest speaker for the Sheridan County Republican Women's 2012 kickoff luncheon today.

During their regular meeting Monday night, Sheridan County School District 2 Board of Trustees learned that the issue of funding for a new Coffeen Elementary has still not been resolved.