The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
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After their discussion with Horizon executives Josh Leonard, Mike Tason and Trevor Crow and final consideration of comments and concerns previously expressed by residents, Pine Haven's planning and zoning (P and Z) board made the decision on Monday night to recommend that the council allow the installation of the Horizon Communications tower This recommendation will be made at the December meeting of the governing body. The full board attended the P and Z meeting, with many seats filled by inter...
With KO Construction's recent departure from the C-Bar Subdivision foundation, Hot Iron has been contracted by Freedom Holdings, developer of the site, to complete the necessary infrastructure. Because the Hot Iron crew have already been working for Pine Haven on the Boe Drive waterline and hydrant project, which includes the installation of individual water lines throughout the subdivision, they have asked permission from the council to add this to the main subdivision waterline as work...
Last week saw the first snow of the season in Moorcroft and Pine Haven. By 6 a.m. on October 29, Moorcroft and the surrounding area sported about six inches of the much-needed heavy wet stuff. The area enjoyed a continued gentler snowfall through the night and into the following morning as the town maintenance crew plowed the main streets. With drought through the summer months and very little snow or rain falling over the last year, nearby ranchers have had to water their animals with tanks and buy hay while wildlife has begun coming into...
As development on the new town hall for Moorcroft's municipal government at the Moorcroft Town Center (MTC) continues, the council has separated the work into phases, allowing the town to work on aspects of each where possible, to conserve funds where available. The planned bid packages, by phase, according to Moorcroft building inspector Jeff Holberg, include exterior siding, soffit facia, exterior entry and concrete approach, exterior doors, interior metal stud framing, mechanical heat and...
Moorcroft has had trouble bringing aesthetic aspects of the Moorcroft Town Center up to par over the years and one such problem that continually seems to fall through the cracks is the window treatments. Those driving by or walking into the buildings may notice the old blinds that are sun rotted, stained and broken. Councilwoman Heidi Humpal has requested Public Works Director Scott Green to investigate this situation at the Little Angels Daycare, which has been in the MTC for several years. Gre...
Pine Haven's Over the Hill Gang is celebrating local veterans with their annual Veterans' Dinner on October 30. The presentation will be held at the Pine Haven Community Center, 3 Meadows Lane and starts at 11 a.m. with dinner at noon. One of the speakers will be Terry Wilkerson, sharing the history of Veterans Day and its importance; and Moorcroft Secondary's Choir will entertain guests with patriotic songs. All veterans are welcome, but please limit the number of guests to one. Brisket will...
Pine Haven resident Kim Pfeifle is hosting a nonpartisan informational meeting regarding all races, political positions, judicial retention and ballot initiatives at the Pine Haven Community Center Thursday, October 24, at 7 p.m. This is for everyone who wants to understand the complexities of the process better before the elections and is free to the public....
The Specific Purpose Optional Tax (SPOT) PAC, an entity led by Pine Haven Clerk/Treasurer Tammie McGovern, is seeking financial support to advertise the upcoming tax on the ballot. The PAC is, "Struggling to find donations to cover costs of advertising," according to Moorcroft Clerk/Treasurer Jesse Connally, "like the cards that get mailed out and the signs that people may put up in their yards, etc." Municipalities are forbidden, by law, to donate on behalf of the residents for this type of...
After several years of reaching for the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) grant, the Moorcroft Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) has been approved for funding in the amount of$148,229.05. This is a 95/5% matching grant, requiring a $7,411.47 match. The department has a little over $6000 in their WYOSTAR account and will take the rest from their annual budget. The money will be used for 16 new air-packs (the self-contained breathing apparatus). The current packs are approximately 20 years old...
Pine Haven Volunteer Fire Auxiliary celebrated their 22nd annual Oktoberfest, an event that raises funds to help the fire department and EMTs purchase needed appliances to better ensure the safety and comfort of the volunteers who risk their lives to protect people; 100% of the money given to the event is used for this purpose. Some of the items the group supports include snacks and full meals for the first responders during emergencies when the volunteers are on site for extended times. Though...
Glenn Construction crews were on site last week, installing windows in what is to become the new Moorcroft Town Hall and police department on the east side of the Moorcroft Town Center (MTC). The municipal facility will be established at the east of the senior center and is anticipated to be move-in ready by spring. While the new council chamber is about eight inches wider and eight feet longer than the current space, according to Contractor Ben Glenn. "The growth will be in the clerk's office...
Monday night’s planning and zoning meeting included a public hearing regarding the possible approval of a variance allowing Horizon LLC to install a communications tower on property owned by TMG LLC, west of the Pine Haven Community Center. Guests filled the seats and stood along the back wall to participate. Almost everyone present spoke, whether for or against the installation and, with a calmer atmosphere than the previous public discussion on this issue, opinions were shared respectfully and the entire meeting was considered a successful u...
Moorcroft welcomes new Officer Hunter Blaylock. The rookie is currently working through the third week of his 16 weeks of instruction with his field training officer (FTO) and is enjoying the experience. Deeply influenced by his family of veterans and law enforcement, the 22-year-old from the Glenrock/Douglas area has wanted to be a policeman for most of his life, saying, "It's been in my blood since I was little." Blaylock feels confident in his integrity. "I can see right from wrong," he says,...
Pine Haven's Director of Public Works Sean Glasser is ready for winter with the oil changed and other maintenance done for the town's plow and sander, "The process takes a week to a week and a half." Pine Haven lives on a hill, a situation that comes with certain concerns and challenges; the most important is maintaining the roadways to ensure the safety of drivers and pedestrians through the cold months. The most difficult, according to Glasser, "Is to keep the rock on the roads that are not...
Moorcroft’s governing body has been considering removing the Texas Trails Subdivision from the municipal snow route due to the continued parking issues with residents and has now decided to do so. Last week, the town allowed guests from the subdivision to speak to the matter at a public hearing within the regular meeting of the council. Jerry Fishbach addressed the council regarding the situation, stating that an emergency snow route within the development “is absolutely ridiculous”. He expressed his opinion about residents being penal...
The time and date of 6 p.m., Monday, October 7 has been set for the anticipated public meeting to discuss further a variance for a communication tower requested by Horizon Communications. This meeting is hosted by Pine Haven's planning and zoning board. The tower would be installed on private property, but the ordinance of the town does not allow this type of device to be raised on other than town-owned land for reasons of aesthetics and safety. Horizon Communications, the company that has been...
West Texas Trail Museum (WTTM) Director Cindy Mosteller has a lot on her plate, starting with a visit to the museum from the Crook County Tourism Promotion Board along with the Wyoming Tourism Board on Tuesday, October 1. These two facilitating agencies are important to the local economy. The tourism board is funded by the lodging tax within the county; two percent returns to Crook County and the board uses this money to advertise local businesses with things like the window works at the front...
As autumn makes itself at home with chilly weather and changing colors and the land goes dormant for the coming winter, Moorcroft’s Public Works Department is busy preparing the town for the coming cold. The crewmen have been blowing out the water from the sprinkler systems as well as the bathrooms in the four municipal parks. There is also the final fertilizing of said common areas for the season and a check of the winter equipment before snowfall. “It’s a two- to three-week process,” said department director Scott Green. The crew has already...
Moorcroft Mayor Ben Glenn opened a discussion with Public Works Director Scott Green and his fellow council members at last week's meeting of the town council about the possibility of removing Texas Trails Subdivision from the snow route list. His reasoning was that, like many other streets in town, the subdivision does not have the busy traffic of Big Horn and Little Horn Avenues. This would allow the town maintenance crew to address the school and business roadways first and Texas Trails with...
Moorcroft police officer Katie Plum was awarded a letter of commendation and a certificate for meritorious service from Police Chief Bill Bryant and the Moorcroft Town Council at last Wednesday's meeting for her "quick thinking and calm demeanor" on Thursday, August 29, when she preceded EMS to a distress call on Yellowstone Avenue. A man was in the passenger seat of a vehicle, bleeding from a deep cut on his arm and unable to stop the flow with direct pressure. After surveying the situation,...
Pine Haven’s planning and zoning board has received an official request from Horizon for a variance to build a communications tower west of the community center on private land. After the public meeting a couple of months ago, the matter went quiet, but now the subject is moving forward. The next step, according to board chair Charlie Gully, is the review of the request by Town Attorney Pat Carpenter before a public hearing. “We request that people, either for or against, be present at that public hearing at the community center,” he said....
For someone unfamiliar with the local cemetery, transversing the site may be a bit daunting as there are no diagrams available to help. The Moorcroft Cemetery is the only graveyard in Crook County to have no formal map of those who have been laid to rest there. This may be about to change, though. As part of her project in the digital collections stewardship class at the Colorado, Wyoming Area Museums Association (CWAM), Moorcroft's West Texas Trail Museum curator Cindy Mosteller, with the...
Bad things happen to everyone and sometimes it gets a little hard to get back up when the ground comes up to meet you. This is the story of Phyllis Southard, who was in a near-fatal accident a year ago, and how she made it home again. On September 20, 2023, Southard (67 at the time) left her Pine Haven home, where she and husband Michael (75) have lived for many years, to meet a friend in Moorcroft. She had lost her grandson three days earlier and was running on autopilot as she took a right...
After another year with KO Construction on site at the C Bar Estates in Pine Haven, the development is, again, running behind schedule and finding approved completion of the project out of reach. This time the issue is a significant failure of the sewer line to pass the test to be integrated into the town’s wastewater system. Pine Haven Mayor Karla Brandenburg explained to the council at Friday’s workshop that developers Freedom Holdings’ representative, KO owner Kelly Lang and others participated to address the problem as the developer conti...
Pine Haven enjoyed a successful turnout for this year's Pine Haven Days, starting with 48 entries strutting their stuff in the Saturday morning parade. Myrna Tesch and Martha Slattery shared the honor of Grand Marshal; they and their late husbands, Chuck and Joe respectively, were instrumental in many aspects of the Pine Haven community today, the women working on the chamber and their husbands, on economic development. "They all have given a lot of time to help our community," Mayor Karla...
