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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Moorcroft Council members donned a different hat Monday night to come together as the municipal planning board until they can reestablish that committee. This was deemed necessary to answer two specific questions from individuals who are in the process of replatting within town limits. The first was for the single lot on which both the former Sinclair station and a “shop” with an upstairs apartment share one water tap to the station and one sewer tap to the shop. Owner Clinton Jones asked for permission to separate the lot into two. The com...
There are currently four individuals from Pine Haven who are receiving assistance from Crook County Family Violence, according to executive director Sandy Stevens, who attended last Tuesday night’s meeting of Pine Haven’s council. She spoke about how the organization has been doing over the past year and sought a donation of $1200 to help in the coming year. The department included three staff members, director, crisis advocate and prevention education coordinator; however because of budget cons...
As Crook County and the surrounding area finally escapes the clutches of the bitterly cold temperatures of the last two weeks that originated at the Arctic, the subsequent 0-20 above of this week seems positively balmy. Like others who are responsible for animals in the pastures, local rancher Rosalie Brimmer (pictured above) comments on feeding her horses through the cold and terrible wind chill, “It makes it miserable [and]hard on livestock.” She said that her animals have “some” protect...
Moorcroft Mayor Dick Claar reappointed the same council members for the standing committees as sat on them last year, adding new councilman Austin Smith to the vacated seats at the meeting of the council last week. These committees include finance and personnel, to which Councilmen Paul Smoot and Dale Petersen are appointed; streets, alleys and buildings: Councilmen Ben Glenn and Smith; water and wastewater: Petersen and Glenn; sanitation and landfill: Smith and Smoot; and police and emergency...
On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, Mary Ellen Osloond, 90, passed away at her home with her husband and son at her side. Mary Ellen was born on March 3, 1930, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to parents Hiland and Mable (Daniels) Davis. She married her sweetheart “Stretch” Raymond Earl Osloond Sr. on August 12, 1953. They welcomed their son Ray Ray to the world in 1959. Mary Ellen graduated from Black Hills State Teachers College in 1962, with a Bachelor of Science in Education. Mrs. Osloond was a bel...
Using both tight budgets and a pandemic as excuses, the dumb idea of limiting printed public notices in Wyoming newspapers has reared its ugly head again in the Legislature in Cheyenne. Wyoming citizens should be both outraged at this proposal plus the fact that their taxes are paying for the lobbyists who are pushing for it. Crazy. Here is a fact: there are some people in government who like working out of the public’s eye. They do not like reporters or, worse yet, pesky citizens poking their noses into their work. To many of our city and c...
Snowboarder dies at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort JACKSON (WNE) — A snowboarder was found dead in a tree well Monday morning at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The Virginia man, Daniel Tatum, 27, was visiting the Tetons with friends, resort spokeswoman Anna Cole said. Tatum became separated from his friends around 10:45 a.m. Sunday. When he didn’t show up at the end of the day at their agreed-upon meeting time, the friends notified ski patrol around 5 p.m. Ski patrollers led a search that included other resort employees Sunday night, sea...
The Pine Haven Community Center Board held its first dance on Friday – the first in what it hopes will become a monthly affair. Organizer Karla Brandenburg estimates that around 60 people attended, which she notes is particularly impressive considering the frigid temperatures at the time. “Volunteer DJs Tabin Boyer [and Donnie Donner] played everything from old country to rock n’ roll to today’s music for the very diverse crowd we had,” she says. The board plans to schedule its next dance for...
On Friday, the Moorcroft Wolves boys basketball team hosted the Big Horn Rams in a conference battle. Going into the game, we knew this was a good test for us, Big Horn plays great defense and they are very big and athletic. The boys were ready and came out and played a tough first quarter and at the end, the Rams led, 10-8. Both teams defended well and at halftime, the Rams led, 22-15. In the third quarter, the Rams hit four three-pointers and scored 26 points against us. At the end of the third, the Rams led, 47-28. In the fourth, the Rams...
On Friday, the Lady Wolves hosted the Big Horn Lady Rams. Moorcroft got out to a quick start and got it going on the defensive end. The Lady Wolves led, 13-2 after the first quarter and took a 33-10 lead into the half. We made some adjustments at halftime with our offensive spacing and played a great second half. The Lady Wolves won the game, 60-17. We really have been stressing improvements on defense all week and the girls responded well. On Saturday, the Wright Lady Panthers came to town. Wright jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead before the...
Conference duals were held in Tongue River this past weekend hosting Moorcroft, Hulett, Sundance, Wright and Tongue River. The Wolves came home with two conference champions, Wyatt Cook and Sean Buckmiller and third place as a team. Individually the wrestlers went: 106: Wyatt Cook – Conference Champion 3-0 113: Sean Buckmiller – Conference Champion 3-0 120: Tucker Cook – 1-2 126: Trenton Sheehan – 2-1 132: Jacob Anderson – 0-3 138: Randy Peters – 1-1 145: Spencer Cuthrell – 0-3 152: James Long – 1-2 160: Sterling Norris – 0-3 170: Hunter Garou...
On February 3, the Crook County Special Olympics team competed in their Winter Area Games at Terry Peak. The State Winter Games held in Jackson, Wyoming were cancelled this year but there will be a virtual competition in which athletes’ times will be entered against others from around the state. Medals will be awarded according to the virtual competition. Results from the Winter Area Games are as follows: Sit Ski – Kamby Schuler: Silver, Gold, Silver; Chance Duvall: Gold, Silver, Gold Adv...
Katie Cuthrell, a Junior at Moorcroft High School, was among thirty students inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Eastern Wyoming College on February 9, 2021. This is the world’s largest and most prestigious honor society a two-year college student can achieve. Katie was chosen based on her academic achievement and her dedication to scholarly success. Phi Theta Kappa’s mission is to recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and provide opp...
The National Park Service (NPS) seeks feedback on a project to upgrade substandard employee housing in the monument. The existing six-unit, single-story building was built in 1961 as part of the NPS Mission 66 program – an initiative launched to improve facilities by 1966, the 50th anniversary of the NPS. Since then, very few upgrades have been made to this facility and it is currently unable to meet park needs. None of the units adhere to physical accessibility standards, and there is no fire suppression system. Additionally, the lack of a...
