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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On Sept. 16, an officer responded to a residence to assist EMS with an individual needing immediate medical attention. The officer remained on the scene until the ambulance arrived. Nothing further. On Sept. 17, a citizen entered the police station to report that an individual was drifting their car around the flagpole on Big Horn Avenue. While the officer was discussing the incident, they observed the individual drifting around the flagpole for a second time. The officer was able to locate the individual and issue them a citation. Nothing...
Speeding – Ryan Wittler, Marathon, FL, 84/80, $10; Corey Klein, Rapid City, SD, 79/75, $10; James Leonard Campbell, Upton, WY, 75/70, $15; Daniel Wendt, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 75/70, $15; Tracey Kochanski, Oconomowoc, WI, 85/80, $15; Alden C. Martin, Spearfish, SD, 80/75, $15; Adan Hernandez, Rupert, ID, 85/80, $15; Erica Dominguez, Gillette, WY, 85/80, $15; Matthew Debo, Bozeman, MT, 80/75, $15; Grant Plessner, Gillette, WY, 85/80, $15; Justin Donner, Minneapolis, MN, 85/80, $15; Alayna Koenig, Mandan, ND, 85/80, $15; (minor), Gillette, WY, 88/...
Sept. 16 – Four VIN checks. Two traffic stops. Three business checks. Two motorist assists. Wanted person. Animal complaint. Paper service. Two citizen assists. Welfare check. Suspicious circumstance. Fraud. Sept. 17 – Five VIN checks. Three traffic stops. Three business checks. Two thefts. Motorist assist. Medical. Sept. 18 – Three VIN checks. Traffic stop. Three business checks. Trespassing. Suspicious circumstance. Accident. Fingerprints. Theft. Sept. 19 – Seven VIN checks. Six traffic stops. Paper service. Fingerprints. Citizen assist....
Average gas prices remain unchanged in past week in Wyoming CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming are unchanged in the last week, averaging $3.25 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 4.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago, and stand 64.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the lowest price in the state Sunday was $2.79, while the highest was $4.49, a difference of $1.70 per gallon. The national average price of gas...
The University of Wyoming Extension has released an updated publication promoting the local food movement across Wyoming, connecting consumers with producers. The “2024 Wyoming Specialty Crop Directory” has nearly 1100 listings, including many for producers and the specialty crops and products they offer. These offerings include fresh vegetables and fruits; culinary herbs and spices; honey; homemade goods such as jams, jellies, salsas, barbecue and hot sauces, pickled and fermented vegetables, and fruit pies; hard cider; and wine, among man...
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...
For nearly 90 years, Social Security has provided income protection to millions of retirees, people with disabilities, their dependents and families who’ve lost a family member who worked and paid Social Security taxes before they died. In addition to paying benefits, we issue millions of Social Security numbers each year, maintain wage records to make sure workers get the benefits they have earned, and much more. The scope of what we do is enormous, and we are proud to serve the American people. Whether providing service online at SSA.gov, o...
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....
On Sept. 9, an officer responded to a citizen’s call reporting that two dogs were running loose. The caller knew the owner of the dogs. The officer contacted the owner to inform them that their dogs were loose and that the front door to their home was open. The owner followed the officer to their residence to secure their dogs. Since the owner had a previous incident involving a loose dog, the officer issued citations for both dogs. Nothing further. On Sept. 10, an officer responded to a report of an unattended death. Nothing further. On S...
Speeding – Seth Adam Lewis, Moorcroft, WY. 80/75, $15; Veronica Quevedoguillen, Council Bluffs, IA, 85/80, $15; Donald Feistner, Newell, SD, 70/65, $15; Kaitee Hernandez, Devils Tower, WY, 70/65, $15; Ankur Bhadoria, Leander, TX, 85/80, $15; James Landsparger, Broomfield, CO, 80/75, $15; Pamela Klein-Teuber, Rapid City, SD, 70/65, $15; Juan Saldanagonzalez, Oakley, CA, 80/75, $15; Christina Leppo, Los Angeles, CA, 85/80, $15; Billy Crawford, Wyandotte, OK, 81/75, $97; Juan Mendoza, Gillette, WY, 85/75, $105; Shawn Whitlock, Oak Harbor, WA, 8...
Sept. 9 – Four VIN checks. Three traffic stops. Two business checks. Two assist other agency. Life Flight. Two information. Two trespassing. Two fingerprints. Sept. 10 – Four VIN checks. Two traffic stops. Five business checks. Two livestock. Accident. Animal complaint. Suspicious person. Sept. 11 – Five VIN checks. Seven traffic stops. Four business checks. Alarm. Lost property. Fingerprints. Animal complaint. Sept. 12 – Two VIN checks. Two traffic stops. Business checks. Paper service. Lost property. Animal complaint. Livestock. Project...
Gordon extends executive order to aid in livestock, feed transport CHEYENNE (WNE) — As significant wildfires continue to impact Wyoming’s agricultural producers, Gov. Mark Gordon has extended the executive order which eases restrictions to transport loads of livestock feed and livestock, exempting motor carrier drivers from operating time requirements. “The extension of this EO allows our ranchers to continue to move their livestock to safety quickly and expedites bringing in necessary feed. Wyoming’s commitment to supporting agricul...
CASPER — Wyoming’s oil and gas producers have won a reprieve with a federal court injunction against the Bureau of Land Management’s methane regulation rule, stalling for now regulatory requirements that would have added millions of dollars in overhead for producers and threatened to force many of Wyoming’s small operators out of business, industry representatives say. ‘The left hand of the government does not know what the right hand of the government is doing’ The court declared the BLM’s “Waste Prevention Rule” — which tightens methane em...
A rock climber is reported to have died after falling from Devils Tower on Sunday. According to Devils Tower National Monument, 21-year-old Stewart Phillip Porter of Eau Claire, WI, sustained major injuries after falling from the second pitch of El Cracko Diablo. Devils Tower Law Enforcement was informed of the accident around 8 p.m. and found Porter approximately 40 minutes later. A Hulett EMS paramedic pronounced him dead at the scene. Crook County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the incident. Porter’s partner was stranded on the Tow...
Moorcroft's public works crew and Glenn Construction finish the concrete work on the alley east of Diehl's Grocery under the watchful eye of Jeff Holberg on Friday morning....
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...
Speeding – Jacquelyn Kyle, Long Lake, MN, 84/80, $10; David Catlett, Sheridan, WY, 85/80, $15; Christopher Duke, Pullman, WA, 85/80, $15; Brian Grady, Sundance, WY, 49/45, $63; Roger Torgerson, Rock Springs, WY, 49/45, $63; Trisha Menon, Fremont, CA, 86/80, $97; Sidiki Fofana, Federal Way, WA, 82/75, $99; Jara Soost, Gillette, WY, 90/80, $105; Melissa Brogdon, West Richland, WA, 85/75, $105; Miranda L. Erisman, Colorado Springs, CO, 85/75, $105; Raymond D. Stoeckel, Zimmerman, MN, 80/70, $105; Keaton Ohlsen, Milliken, CO, 87/75, $120; B...
Aug. 26 – Eight VIN checks. Two traffic stops. Two business checks. Traffic hazard. Theft. Fingerprints. Fire page. Three EMS pages. Aug. 27 – Four VIN checks. Three traffic stops. Motorist assist. Fire ban violation. Animal bite. Fingerprints. Abandoned vehicle. Other. Fire page. Aug. 28 – Five traffic stops. Three motorist assists. Assault. Accident. Information. Other. Livestock. Prisoner transport. Fire page. Three EMS pages. Aug. 29 – Nine VIN checks. Two traffic stops. Two suspicious circumstances. Two business checks. Paper service...
A federal judge has upheld the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's plans for managing black-footed ferrets in Wyoming, the state where the once-presumed-extinct species was rediscovered some four decades ago. The dispute over how the federal government managed the endangered weasel-like animal traces back nearly a decade to when federal wildlife managers officially designated the Wyoming population as "nonessential, experimental." That classification allows for more regulatory flexibility than...
On Sept. 5, an officer assisted the Moorcroft Ambulance with a call at the Coffee Cup Fuel Stop for an individual who may be having a seizure. Nothing further. On Sept. 6, an officer responded to a call about an aggressive dog at large. The caller reported that this had been an ongoing issue with the dog escaping from its yard. The officer recognized the house the dog belonged to and spoke with the owner. The officer informed the owner they needed to fix their fence and license their animals. Nothing further at this time. On Sept. 8, an...
Gas prices edge slightly higher in Wyoming in the past week CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have risen 0.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.29 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 4.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago, and stand 62.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the lowest price in the state Sunday was $2.79, while the highest was $4.29, a difference of $1.50 per gallon. The national ave...
