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The Dog and Cat Shelter of Sheridan will be holding a chili supper and family fun night fund raiser Saturday evening in Sheridan. Shelter Director Cel Hope says that there are numerous activities planned for the night.

Six Sheridan Ice Figure Skaters recently participated in the 5th annual Black Hills Gold Rush competition in Rapid City South Dakota, which is a U.S. Figure Skating competition. Coach Emily Emond says that all six took home numerous medals.

A public hearing on a proposed tech park for north of Sheridan took place at the Trails End last night. The proposed site for the tech park is on 38-acres by the V.A., Brian Kuehl, Managing Partner at The Clark Group, which is the consulting firm for this project, says they selected this location, in part, because of the redundant Internet in this area.

They rolled out the red carpet at Sheridan College last night for their first ever student-produced film festival. Randy Hyder, who is the Multi-Media Engineer for the College, says the students from the Film Club put together a wacky assortment of films.

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Doors opened wide yesterday as the public was invited to tour the newly constructed Sheridan Memorial Hospital lab, the Medical Arts Complex lab, and Big Horn Mountain Medicine in Sheridan.

Drivers needing to use Fort Road beginning next Monday, February 23rd, will have to make adjustments to the route they take. WYDOT Public Involvement Specialist Ronda Holwell.

Holwell says that there will be plenty of signs, and drivers will need to be prepared to drive more slowly in the detour areas.

The hardworking students in the Sheridan High School chapter of Key Club invite the public to a chili cook-off tomorrow evening. Chelsea Kethman (keeth-mun) is a Jr. at SHS, and while she is a member of the Sheridan Chapter, she serves as Lieutenant Governor for Division 1 in the Rocky Mountain District.

NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavour last week where it has now rendezvoused with the International Space Station. Yellowstone National Park Spokesman Al Nash tells us that there is a little piece of Wyoming that went along for the ride.

The Ranchester Town Council agreed to move forward with a grant application through the Wyoming Business Council that would allow the town to purchase a little over an acre of property that would be leased to Thumper Incorporated. Ranchester Mayor Cliff Clevenger.

Governor Dave Freudenthal addressed several key legislative issues at a news conference Tuesday, including wind regulation, school construction and gun policy. Freudenthal says he remains committed to passing common sense regulations for Wyoming's wind energy industry.