Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 22nd of January.
Good morning, Sheridan.
Bighorn Trails Coalition will host a meet and greet at Black Tooth Brewery on Jan.
29 from 5-8 p.m. at 312 Broadway St for local residents to learn about upcoming trail projects.
AARP of Wyoming announced today on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse that its Community Challenge grant program is doubling its investment with over $8 million available nationwide.
Eligible nonprofits and local government groups can apply for three types of grants — flagship, capacity-building micro, and demonstration.
Two helicopters collided Monday at 9:10 a.m. (NTSB reports) near Parkman during a Wyoming Game and Fish mule deer capture operation, causing substantial damage but no injuries.
The Chamber welcomed Big Horn Sanitation & Douglas Portable Toilets on Friday, Jan.
16 with a ribbon cutting at 1804 E. Brundage Lane, introducing owner Brenda Torrens and general manager Matt Torrens as the new business offering portable toilet rentals and septic services.
Sheridan Community Land Trust will repeat its program featuring Tom Hebert's talk on dinosaur bones on Tuesday, Jan.
27 at 10 a.m. at the Hub on Smith, and the Natural History Museum will host an open house on Jan. 31 (free and open to the public).
At Tuesday, Jan. 20 meeting in Big Horn, the SCSD#1 Board recognized Big Horn High School’s championship drama team for their fourth state title and praised new principal Ryan Fuhrman’s leadership while extending Superintendent Jones’s contract through 2029 and approving an audit.
A pillar of Northern Lights shot up near Ranchester on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. — cameras captured its vibrant colors.
The rare display drew interest from local viewers.
Wyoming met a new law’s requirement by buying $10 million in gold on Dec.
19, with the 2,312 ounces now held securely at the Wyoming Reserve in Casper. State Sen. Bob Ide said the move shields state funds from inflation despite costing over $4 million in potential gains.
At the Sheridan City Council meeting on January 22, 2026, Uprising Executive Director Terri Markham read a proclamation naming January Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month.
Markham explained the three types of trafficking—non familial, familial, and online—and noted more details on familial trafficking will come later.
Downtown Sheridan Association Executive Director Zoila Perry updated the City Council on DSA plans for 2025 today, highlighting Main Street flowers and noting that Third Thursday events held June through September draw 3,000-5,000 people each time.
Sheridan Memorial Hospital is planning to lease a second Da Vinci Surgical System to meet rising surgical demand as its first unit has proven effective (CEO Mike McCafferty noted) and the new system will be available in a few months.
The Sheridan County YMCA now offers a training class for riders preparing to compete in the Dead Swede bike race, featuring courses of 20, 40, 60 and 100 miles on local gravel roads (developed by founders Jordan LeDuc of Sheridan Bicycle Company and John Kirlin) to boost race skills.
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