Hospital asks county for $10 million bond issue

Officials from Sidney Regional Medical Center came before the Cheyenne County commissioners Monday with a proposal they said would save the hospital $2.2 million in financing. The hospital requested that the county issue $10 million in bonds on its behalf to pay for part of the new $53 million hospital facility that broke ground at the end of last month.

The Cheyenne County commissioners were skeptical about issuing these revenue bonds without further investigation into the process.

“This group issues your name—Cheyenne County’s name—on the bond, but there’s nothing that the county has to do,”...