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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The annual blood draws are complete and it’s time for the results, which will be available this weekend at the Crook County Health Fair. According to CEO Micki Lyons of Crook County Medical Services District, county residents turned out in record numbers this year for the wellness draws, taking advantage of the blood draw panels that provide an overall profile of a person’s health. As always, the community is able to collect their results during the health fair, which will take place in the gymnasium of Sundance High School. Along with col...
Continuing the push to help seniors stay connected with their community, Crook County Senior Services (CCSS) has secured five iPad tablets that can be loaned out for as long as a senior would like to use them. Useful for everything from contacting loved ones to reading the news, the tablets were obtained through a federal program administered by the Wyoming Department of Health. “We can rent them out five at a time and they can use them as long as they want for grocery shopping, medical appointments, playing games – whatever they want,” says...
A State of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services around Wyoming cities throughout May. Sandy McFarland is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims or VA healthcare. McFarland can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. Her office is located at 551 Running W. Dr., Ste. 100, in Gillette, and she will be available at the f...
Thanks to the assistance of deputies from the Crook County Sheriff’s Office, a pregnant woman and her husband who found themselves stranded on Warren Peak last weekend were successfully rescued despite snowdrifts blocking the road. Deputy Josh Throckmorton reports that he overheard a page on the radio at around 5.30 p.m. on April 18 for EMS to respond to a location seven miles north on Warren Peak Road. The page mentioned an “unresponsive pregnant female” and that her vehicle was stuck in the snow. Throckmorton responded along with Deputy Nicho...
Speeding – Dustin D. Lane, AL, 91/70, $150; April Decker, MN, 87/75, $120; Aimee Atkins, TX, 92/75, $145; Brittni Wright, Gillette, 83/75, $101; Wendy A. Caldwell, Hulett, 80/65, $145; Mackenzie Allen, VA, 81/70, $115; Krista Rosenlund, Sheridan, 86/80, $97 Pass in No Passing Zone – George Rudov, IL, $140 Fail to Slow for Emergency Vehicle – Cassandra Roper, Upton, $240 Impede Traffic in Left Land of Interstate – Robin Heidebrink, SD, $90 No Registration and Improper Display of Tabs – Austin Smith, Moorcroft, $90 Expired Temporary License P...
Apr. 19 – Two VIN checks. Suspicious vehicle. Assisted Highway Patrol. K9 sniff. Civil assist. Assault. Welfare check. Booked in subject. Business checks. Two EMS pages. Apr. 20 – VIN check. Three traffic stops. Funeral escort. Motorist assist. Civil assist. Disturbance. Business checks. Apr. 21 – Five VIN checks. Two paper services. Fingerprints for outside employment. Theft. Motorist assist. Business checks. Two EMS pages. Apr. 22 – Six VIN checks. Two paper services. Five traffic stops. Fraud. Business checks. Apr. 23 – Three VIN checks. T...
CASPER — A bill that allows applications to create charter schools in Wyoming to circumvent school districts has passed into law without Gov. Mark Gordon’s signature. The legislation allows the State Loan and Investment Board to approve a charter school. Typically, local school districts have approved charter schools in the state. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, sailed through both chambers of the Legislature with just a handful of amendments. But Gordon left his signature off the legislation — not vetoing it but n...
Elk populations in Wyoming’s major herds are nearly 30% over objective Wyoming Game and Fish Department personnel revealed as their governing commission approved hunting seasons and nearly 2000 additional licenses Wednesday. Some 101,800 elk populate the state’s 28 closely monitored herds, according to the estimates presented in the agency’s proposed annual hunting-season-setting regulations. That’s 28.6% above the objective for those groups. In addition to the 28 herds for which the agency makes individual population estimates — through t...
CASPER — Leave it to a former children’s TV producer, a rodeo clown and a former vice president of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming to come up with a solution to reduce carbon dioxide in the air, improve soil health and increase climate awareness. And Jeff Holder, Marvin Nash and John Robitaille have been doing that by getting folks in the energy and agriculture sectors together with environmentalists. The trio aims to improve soil health, increase photosynthesis and put carbon back into the earth by connecting ranchers, farmers and private...
Officials believe spark from maintenance caused rail car explosion RIVERTON (WNE) — Officials believe they know what caused the spark that led to a fatal explosion Wednesday in a railcar in Shoshoni, but they still are investigating how the combustible fuel in the tanker reached such a high level. The blast killed two men: Dallas Mitchell, 28, of Riverton, and Daniel Conway, 18, of Shoshoni. The Wasatch Rail Repair employees were inside the tanker conducting routine maintenance when the explosion occurred at about 3:25 p.m. Wednesday. Citing i...
As the budgeting process for the coming fiscal year began last week, a question of overtime expenditure for the Moorcroft Police Department of approximately $35,000 arose for this year. While the cost is higher than anticipated, no one had more favorable options because the crew ran shorthanded many months during the early part of the year, as well as currently. Schneider suggested the department’s budget may have enough money within certain lines to allow some recompense, but the entire amount will not be covered in this manner. Mayor Dick C...
With the clerk’s office and council having worked through their 2021/2022 budget a couple of weeks ago, the governing body came together with public works and police last Tuesday afternoon during a budget meeting to get a grip on the needs of these remaining departments. Public works Director Cory Allison spoke first for public works. With much of his budget for the coming year addressed at the last meeting, the group was able to go through his remaining adjustments quickly. The largest anticipa...
Long-unimproved Noonan Park, Moorcroft’s oldest municipal green space, is getting a significant upgrade this summer. Along with the newly built restrooms and a new piece of playground equipment, the defunct basketball court is being remodeled into a parking area. Moorcroft public works crews have already removed the court fencing and will repurpose the material as cover for the open face of the landfill. The east and west ends of the concrete curbing will be removed for a one directional loop e...
Our Thanks Cody and I would like to thank everyone who donated and came to support our family at Quintin’s benefit. A big thanks to Luke and Joni Spaulding for organizing the benefit, along with everyone who helped at the benefit. If anyone would want to send a card to Quintin: Quintin Spaulding 476 Badger Creek Dr Brighton, CO 80601 Thank you, Cody and Whitney Spaulding and Family...
May 2 – May 8 celebrates Professional Municipal Clerks Week and Moorcroft Mayor Dick Claar read the official proclamation at Monday night’s meeting for the formal record. He and his fellows presented this recognition to Moorcroft clerks Cheryl Schneider (five years), Jodi Clark (almost four years) and Jesse Connally (more than 15 years) for their continuing service to town citizens, the council and other agencies as well as their persistent efforts to improve the administration of their dut...
RCS is finishing the installation of six new slide gates inside the existing vaults at the lagoon, giving the town’s operators more control over the flow around the lagoon. In addition to this, work continues on the new chlorination building, lagoon cell three solids removal and gravel site work around the property....
The next Kids Paint Class will be on Friday May 14, sign up with Miss Lacey. New Arrivals! K-3 Pigeon Hero! by Shirley Raye Redmond, A Pig a Fox and Stinky Socks (graphic novel) by Jonatan Fenske, Corn & Peg: Bubble Trouble by Brooke Vitale, See Them Grow: Dog (non-fiction) by Dawn Bluemel Oldfield, Chicken Wants a Nap by Tracy Marchini, Sergio Sees the Good: A Story of One Not So Bad Day by Linda Ryden, Bunbun & Bonbon: Fancy Friends (graphic novel) by Jess Keating, Disney’s Taya and the Last Dragon: Raya’s Team, Ten little Caterpillars by...
The annual Lincoln Day Dinner was held last Saturday at the Greater Hulett Community Center. Nearly 250 people came together to support the Crook County Republican Party. Chairman Roger Connett led the banquet and introduced dignitaries including Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon. During the banquet, the 2021 Republican Party scholarship recipient as FaithHoney Anderson. Governor Gordon spoke briefly about the current state of affairs in the political world and ended with acknowledging his wife for...
