Archive - Aug 11, 2011 - News

According to Rocky Mountain Ambulance Co-owner Marc Ketcham, RMA responded to a three person single-ATV accident on Champion Drive in Sheridan at around 11 am on Thursday.

Female Sage Grouse in the Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming. She had eight or nine chicks scattered in the sagebrush around her. (Photo courtesy Dave Oyen, CC)

CHEYENNE (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing $22 million to encourage ranchers and farmers to conserve habitat for sage grouse in Wyoming. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the new funding Thursday.

SAWS Administrator and Sheridan County Public Works Director Rod Liesinger

The Sheridan Area Water Supply Joint Powers Board approved a cost sharing agreement with the City of Sheridan at their monthly meeting Wednesday. The agreement is to enter into a contract with States West Water Resources Corporation to work with SAWS and the U.S.

The finance committee presented another successful fiscal year – posting a net income of about $3.2 million - for Sheridan Memorial Hospital to the board during their meeting on Wednesday.

The Diabetes Dirt Duathlon is Saturday. (Image Courtesy of Sheridan Memorial Hospital)

The Sheridan Memorial Hospital Diabetes Dirt Duathlon is this Saturday,which benefits the local diabetes test strip assistance program that provides glucose meters and test strips to low income and uninsured residents with diabetes.

Classic cars like these will be on display this weekend in Buffalo

The First Annual Show and Shine car show will be this Saturday, August 13 at Big Horn Tire on Highway 16 East in Buffalo.

Johnson County Commission

Johnson County Emergency Management Coordinator Marilyn Connelly was approved by the commissioners to act as the county's agent for receiving Federal emergency assistance funds.

The old Buffalo/Johnson County Recycling Center scheduled to be demolished this week.

The old Buffalo/Johnson County Recycling Center on Fetterman Street is scheduled to be demolished this week, to make room for the county's courtroom facility addition to the justice center.