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The funds come from the State Loan and Investment Board in the form of grants, which will allow for more comprehensive and intensive mental and behavioral health services to be offered locally to Sheridan and Johnson counties. The triage facility will be created by retrofitting existing hospital facilities to be better able to care for those experiencing different medical issues.
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The Sheridan Police Department swears in its first reserve officer with a program launched this yearMegan Phillips, a former full-time officer from 2017-19, was sworn in earlier this month. Several additional inquiries have also been made about the program, which seeks to offer residents from all walks of life the opportunity to bring their perspectives into the city's policing model.
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Sheridan County officials will open warming shelters in Sheridan if need be to house those who need shelter through Dec. 23. The Wyoming Rescue Mission, the state's largest homeless shelter in Casper, is also offering shelter and warm meals to those who need them this season.
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Workshops on wildlife trap awareness, safety for pet owners are being offered in Sheridan & GilletteThe Wyoming Game & Fish Department and Wyoming State Trappers Association are hosting the workshops, which will offer hands-on demonstrations on how common wildlife traps and snares work in addition on how to remove pets that become trapped in them. There are several cases of pets being caught in these devices in Wyoming each year.
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A $5.9 million grant from the state will help establish an Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, Healing (EmPATH) and a Crisis Stabilization Unit for Sheridan County and the surrounding area. Currently, there are no emergency facilities to deal with those in a mental health crisis, who are sometimes transferred long distances for treatment.
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The Sheridan County Fairgrounds will be the new host of the event, which was previously held on Broadway Street since it's inception in 2019. The move comes amid some safety concerns in addition to strategic and weather-related advantages that the fairgrounds present in hosting it.
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Mary Louise Defender-Wilson, a Hidatsa/Dakotah woman who was crowned Miss Indian America 1953, is featured on the Glass City River Wall, a recently finished mural in Toledo, OH that depicts several Native American women and children. The Miss Indian America Collective is still active in the Sheridan community today, decades after the pageant was discontinued.
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"The 1906-08 Ute Journey Across Wyoming," is part of the college's Thickman Faculty Lecture series and is hosted by the Sheridan College Foundation and funded by the Thickman Lecture Endowment. The event is free and open to the public.
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Fifteen films from a variety of genres are on this year's schedule of events, including ones with a connection to Wyoming. Over the past five years, the festival has grown in size and scope, which attracts filmmakers from around the country and submissions from approximately 30 countries annually.
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Queen Elizabeth II was Britain's longest-reigning monarch and was a recognizable figure throughout the world for more than three quarters of a century. Her 70-year reign saw her travel to all parts of the world, which included the Cowboy State in 1984.