Archive - Jul 20, 2015 - News

As discussed last week on Sheridan Media's Public Pulse show, the public works department for Sheridan County is being restructured because the department head Rod Leisinger is retiring.

Bill Sniffin

The history of coal’s significance to Wyoming’s economy is being written today.  It is beginning to look like a swan song.

Wyoming’s long love affair with coal can be written in five brief epochalparagraphs:

A public hearing on the budget for Sheridan County will be held today at 5 at the courthouse in Sheridan.

The Sheridan City Council at their last meeting tabled ordinances establishing franchise agreements with A-C-T and Charter Communications. First reading on an agreement with Century Link was removed from the agenda.

Photo By Spencer Porden

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the slopes of the old Antelope Butte Ski Area, located west of Dayton on US-14, were filled with close to 800 people who attended the Second Annual Antelope Butte Summer Festival.

The Wyoming Theater Festival continues this week of plays, performances, and workshops. Sheridan Media’s Judy Hagerott attended the Theater 101 class and brings us this story.

Ranchester's town council will consider amending the ordinance relating to council vacancies Tuesday.

Members of the Ag and Natural Resources committee will meet at noon Tuesday at the Holiday Inn in Sheridan.

According to a news release, the Secretary of State’s office has certified the application for a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state, called The Peggy A. Kelley Wyoming Cannabis Act of 2016.

Students in Sheridan County School District 2 continue to outperform their peers in statewide test results.