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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This year's celebration of holiday cheer is starting on Friday, December 6 and going through Sunday, December 8. There are activities for all ages located in Moorcroft and the surrounding area. On Friday, the Moorcroft Branch Library will be hosting an ugly sweater decorating class. Attendees will need to bring a sweater, jacket or a piece of clothing they would like to decorate. Saturday, the Whitcomb FFA Chapter is holding their annual Candy Cane Classic at the Jones' Town Center. During this...
On November 26, Grace Moore officially retired from the reporter position at the Moorcroft Leader. Moore started working for the paper in August of 2012. Moore says her most memorable moments are when she won an award from the Wyoming Press Association in 2016 for an unbiased government story and, in the following year, she won the same award. Then, in 2022, Moore won another award, this time for photography. The picture that Moore captured was of fireworks over Keyhole on the Fourth of July....
During the day of Tuesday, November 26, a water main break occurred on Powder River Ave between the streets of Crook and Goshen. The Moorcroft Public Works employees, with the assistance of Glenn Construction, were able to repair the infrastructure in three and a half hours. Shortly after noon, a concerned citizen reported water bubbling out of the street. Once hearing this report, water was shut off to residences in that area for crews to fix the break. When asked about the damage, Public...
The junior high girls' basketball team took oun Upton last week. The B team won 30-6 and the A team won 46-14....
Allen Eugene Tobin, 67, of Pine Haven, Wyoming, passed away on November 27, 2024, in Rapid City, South Dakota. Al was born in Gettysburg, South Dakota to Eugene John Tobin and Marilyn Jean Schilling Tobin on October 3, 1957. He graduated from Gettysburg High School in 1976. He married Jackie Rae Jones on June 25, 1977, in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Al worked in the construction industry for over 35 years before retiring to spend time on the lake and with family. Al is survived by his wife, Jackie;... Full story
Our Thanks Thank you to PRECorp Foundation, Blakeman Propane, Diehl’s Supermarket, Moorcroft Chamber of Commerce, Wyoming Hunger Initiative, LDS Humanitarian Food Assistance, Cornerstone Ministries, First Southern Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church Moorcroft, Moorcroft Branch LDS, First Baptist Church Hulett and many individual donors for providing the funding necessary to purchase the food needed for this pantry. MIC Food Pantry... Full story
Speeding – Chylo Young, Rapid City, SD, 84/80, $10; Jimmy M. Terui, Gillette, WY, 85/80, $15; Nathan Belleveau-Butler, Arlington, VA, 85/80, $15; Jamie Johnson, Seymour, WI, 75/70, $15; Caleb Robert Knapp, Wright, WY, 85/80, $15; Sierra Cannon, Gillette, WY, 86/80, $97; Omar Solis, Shores, Fl, 89/80, $103; Terry Schaaf, Bowman, ND, 79/70, $103; Dallas Nix, Rapid City, SD, 85/75, $105; Yonny Labrada Heredero, Carlsbad, NM, 50/35, $135; Jose Perez Resendiz, Conroe, TX, 75/65, $140; Bryan G. Miller, Gillette, WY, 91/75, $140; Caleb Berry, G...
Nov. 25 – Two VIN checks. Two paper services. Three traffic stops. Fingerprints. Two accidents. Animal complaint. Missing person. Two suspicious circumstances. Traffic hazard. Business checks. EMS page. Fire page. Nov. 26 – Three VIN checks. Paper service. Two assists to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Animal complaint. Two citizen assists. Hit and run accident. Theft. Burglary. Fingerprints. Suspicious circumstance. Four EMS pages. Nov. 27 – VIN check. Ten traffic stops. Two motorist assists. Animal complaint. Fingerprints. Assist to Wyoming Highw...
On Nov. 25, officers responded to a business for a request to trespass an individual. The individual had threatened the staff on multiple occasions and demanded property from them. Officers are currently investigating the incident. On Nov. 26, a call was received at the police station reporting that an individual was leaving a store and appeared to be highly intoxicated. The officer went to find the vehicle mentioned in the report but received another call stating that the individual had returned to the store. The officer then located the...
Speeding: Shawn Schriner, 28/20, Casper, WY, $136; Patricia Salva, 43/30, Riegelsville, PA, $181; Novita Gultom, 44/30, Azusa, CA, $188; Jeffrey D. Fuller, 44/30, Kansas City, MO, $188; John Duan, 45/30, Northville, MI, $195; Micah J. Foley, 56/30, Russell Springs, KY, $302; Jacob B. Conterato, 44/30, Wilmette, IL, $188; William C. Kepler, 44/30, Saint Anthony, MN, $188; Yuhong Huang, 57/30, Bellevue, WA, $309; Jessica E. Rinehart, 44/30, Janesville, WI, $188; Matthew P. Connor, 46/30, Rapid City, SD, $202; Cole G. Abrahamson, 44/30,...
Former Smith’s employee pleads guilty to stealing thousands of dollars GILLETTE (WNE) — A woman accused of stealing money from Smith’s while she worked there will plead guilty. On Nov. 14, Katheryn Cranmer, 39, reached a plea deal in which she agreed to plead guilty to felony theft and, in return, the state will recommend a four-to-six-year prison sentence, suspended for three years of supervised probation. On July 11, Smith’s reported that Cranmer had stolen $43,000 over the past six months while she was a manager at the store. Another...
Lots of holiday fun at the library this week. Please join us! Fri., Dec. 6, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Drop in for our Ugly Sweater Craft for all ages! Bring your own sweater or other item to decorate. There is a small fee for this class to cover supplies. We will have all sorts of items available including garland, ribbon, greenery, etc. Sun., Dec. 8, 3:30 p.m.: Storytime and Cookie Decorating. Get your parking spot on main street for the MACC Parade of Lights and then come warm up at the library. Stop in any time prior to the parade. Make sure you...
The Compassionate Friends were founded to provide support to every family experiencing the death of a son or daughter, a brother or sister or grandchild for any reason. Our local Compassionate Friends group (From The Big Horns to the Black Hills Chapter) would appreciate you in joining with us for understanding and friendship on December 8 at 7 p.m. at the George Amos building Gillette, Wyoming for the annual candle lighting ceremony to remember all of our children that we have lost. Please visit compassionatefriends.org (From The Big Horns to...
Crook County Medical Services District Board of Trustees Meeting The Crook County Medical Services District Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting on December 30, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., at the Sundance State Bank conference room. You are invited to attend in-person or via Teams webinar. https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cf862e1c-35b5-49a8-886e-7130d34994f1@f1f73db4-4d69-4e07-8652-10c57c1f3e50 Publish: December 5, 2024... Full story
CASPER — The Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday passed final rules for the Powder River Basin stating that more than 413,000 acres of land are to be blocked off from new federal coal leasing. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon blasted the decision and stated that he will seek to have the decision reversed — even through litigation. The revision of the rules began following a court order that directed the BLM to conduct a new environmental analysis that included no new coal leasing and limited coal leasing as options. The decision to end new fed...
Pointing to new science suggesting the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem lacks quality lynx habitat, wildlife managers are proposing expansive reductions in the area designated as "critical habitat" for the rare, snowshoe hare-dependent felines. Despite the lynx's almost complete absence - apart from a 2022 one-off sighting - the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has classified 9146 square miles of the Yellowstone area as critical lynx habitat for the past decade. Last week, the federal agency...
Untold numbers of scientists have explored and analyzed the history of Yellowstone National Park's famous geology, flora and fauna. They've written books and papers, given talks and penned newspaper columns. Each account adds a bit more to the park's unique evolution above and below ground. Now one of the newest sequences of the park's history is unfolding not in an Imax movie of a steaming caldera but in five feet of sediment from the bottom of a lake. And this one is layered like a parfait -...
