Archive - Sep 7, 2010 - News

Sheridan City Council voted 5-2 on a resolution awarding a construction bid for the Dow St. pathway at their regular bi-monthly council meeting Monday night. The proposal was tabled several weeks ago, after objections to the proposed pathway as outlined were brought forth by adjacent property owner Dr. Bateman.

Four of five Sheridan County commissioners attended the first regular meeting of September – Commissioner Mike Nickel was absent.

In a media release from Sheridan Fire Marshall Brian Songer, he indicates that this Saturday morning, September 11th, the fire station will be the location for the annual September 11th Ceremony, marking the 9th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the United Flight 93 that crashed in Shanksville, PA.

Bronc riding, steer roping, and polo – all done in the spirit of the wild, wild West – it was the 21st Annual Don King Days held over this past Labor Day Weekend at the Big Horn Equestrian Center.

A time of reconnecting and instilling hope, Saturday, all expectations were met as over 350 friends and family reunited at The Gathering Place, the women’s residential treatment facility of Volunteers of America.

Due to the holiday weekend, Sheridan City Council is holding their regular bi-monthly meeting tonight. Sheridan Mayor Dave Kinskey.

He also says the Council will be asked to authorize staff to proceed with several state and federal grant applications, in order to help with the upgrade of Sheridan's water plants.

For the past several weeks, we've been helping to promote the upcoming “Out of the Darkness” Walk to Prevent Suicide event. Under the national umbrella of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, organizer for the Sheridan walk, Vanessa Hastings, explains what the money raised will go toward.

In other areas of the Rockies, mountain pine beetles, also known as the “bark beetle” have taken over large swaths of forest, killing thousands of trees.