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🌱 How Sheridan vacation rentals are helping fuel Wyoming’s tourism tax

Sheridan, Wyoming Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hello again Sheridan! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Sheridan vacation rentals are helping fuel Wyoming’s tourism tax
  • Why a Sheridan contractor matters in Wyoming’s rare earth future

Today's riddle: When is the best time to buy a trampoline? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 66 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Thursday: Windy with sunny spells, temps: high: 71, low: 41.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 80 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wyoming's lodging tax brings in more than $60 million annually, but not everyone is paying it (buffalobulletin.com) — A Sheridan-based vacation rental owner explains how Wyoming’s lodging tax shapes the growing tourism economy while applying only to short-term visitors, not locals. With Wyo Stays hosting 25,000 guests since 2017, the story highlights how Sheridan’s hospitality businesses collect this tax and benefit from the state’s $5 billion tourism industry.
   

• Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project Targets 2028 FAST-41 Permit (environmentenergyleader.com) — A Sheridan-based contractor, Wood PLC, is staffing a rare earth separation demonstration plant in Upton that supports the long-term Bear Lodge project near Sundance. Federal permitting now targets completion in 2028, meaning any commercial rare earth production—and related economic effects for Wyoming communities like Sheridan—likely won’t arrive until the early 2030s.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Sheridan County School District #2 posted a job opening for Office Paraprofessional - Sheridan High School in Sheridan. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Buffalo

  • Sheridan/Johnson County Cowboys And Cowgirls Qualify For 2026 HSNFR (sheridanmedia.com)

Gillette

  • C17 Crime Clips for Tuesday, June 9 (county17.com)
  • Campbell County Health evaluates how to fill gaps after announcement of closure of a major Gillette clinic (wyomingpublicmedia.org)
  • Will the Wyoming Freedom Caucus win control of the Senate? Here are the races to watch. (newsfromthestates.com)

Ok Sheridan! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Springtime (Thank you Cathy A. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Sheridan

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