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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Winter seems to have had the area in its arctic grip forever this season and returned with a flourish as this week began. Even so, spring was defiantly present over the weekend, as was recorded by the best of barometers: kids, dogs and fishermen....
The Moorcroft Town Council met on Monday to discuss the 2021/2022 budget with the municipal departments, beginning with Fire. The final budget for this department remained relatively status quo as the council and department representative Fred Devish were able to line items not in use for the coming fiscal year to be moved to the areas that needed attention. As for capital expenditures in the coming budget year, he asked for ten new air packs for the crew at approximately $1000 per unit. “That would give us 20,” he said. Devish was rem...
Use of Pine Haven’s slash pile is a privilege provided to town residents for the disposal of small branches and needles from yard clean up to be burned in a legal and managed environment periodically. However, if this concession continues to be abused by those who use the facility as a dump, the slash pile will be closed to the public entirely or fenced to be opened only at certain times and under supervision. Mayor John Cook has voiced his disillusionment regarding this behavior which shows i...
Around 40 young Moorcroft Mat Masters with group overseers Justin and Ashley Heather joined with Councilman Ben Glenn working for more than five hours along Wind Creek Road north of Interstate 90 to the landfill Monday, cleaning up the plastic bags and other flying refuse that litters the ranch land south of the municipal facility. More than 100 large garbage bags were filled and returned to the landfill by the end of the day’s work, according to Glenn. Mayor Dick Claar said of the e...
Lorene “Mae” Neiman, 91, of Hulett, Wyoming, went to rest with the Lord Friday, April 2, 2021, at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota. Mae was born November 17, 1929, to George Malven Watts Sr. and Edith Lorene (Williams) Watts in Hulett at a home where the local midwife was living. She attended the Russell School (one-room country schoolhouse) as a child and then graduated from Sundance High School. She went on to teach at a country school in the area when she was 16 years old. Mae married William (Bill) Andrew Neiman on A...
Enjoy a spaghetti feed this weekend to support an eight-year-old boy who is recovering from a medulloblastoma brain tumor. Quintin Spaulding of Moorcroft, son of Whitney and Cody Spaulding and grandson of Dale and Sherry Wood, is recovering after surgery, but the road ahead will include weeks of radiation and chemotherapy. A benefit dinner has been arranged at the Moorcroft Community Room for April 10 at 5 p.m. The spaghetti dinner will be followed by a live auction during dessert, while a silent auction will also take place during the...
Residents of Moorcroft are encouraged to participate in the CODE RED information dissemination platform offered by the town. Those connected are informed about tornado warnings, hydrant flushing, changing garbage pickup schedules and many other factors that may affect citizens. This automated program will text and call the phone number provided and set-up is simple. People can get on the town site, find and click on CODE RED at the left side of the page and follow the prompts. Those interested in connecting to the information site can also...
Thank you for the gifts, cards, prayers and food in our hour of sorrow. The Speidel Family...
Fatal hit and run case to be heard in Laramie County District Court CHEYENNE (WNE) – The case of a local man accused of fatally hitting a pedestrian with his truck while drunk was found to have probable cause Friday morning and will be heard in Laramie County District Court. Kyle Ziemer, 32, of Cheyenne appeared in Laramie County Circuit Court Friday for a preliminary hearing. He is currently charged with aggravated homicide by vehicle (DUI), which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and with leaving the scene of an accident r...
Rock climbing routes on the southwest face and the southwest edges of Devils Tower summit will be temporarily closed effective immediately to protect nesting Peregrine and Prairie Falcons. The closure is implemented annually to provide the falcons with an undisturbed nesting location during this critical courtship and nest-selection period. The presence of climbers near falcon nests can be distressing to parent birds and disturbance from climbing activities may force falcons to abandon eggs or...
Ride for the Brand - Loyalty...
March 22 – Ten VIN checks. Five traffic stops. Two fingerprintings. Welfare check. Traffic complaint. Business alarm. Commercial fire alarm. Motorist assist. House watches. Business checks. Suspicious vehicle complaint. Suspicious circumstance. Theft report. March 23 – Five VIN checks. Two paper services. Three traffic stops. Business checks. House watches. Suicidal subject. Business checks. K-9 sniff. Two EMS pages. Fire page. March 24 – Six VIN checks. Four paper services. Six traffic stops. Domestic. Business checks. Public relations. Assis...
Speeding – Herbert J. Gaines, WA, 57/45, $120; Ethan L. Smith, NC, 69/45, $190; Kame Mitchel, SD, 76/65, $115; Isaac R. Welch, Moorcroft, 76/70, $97; Oliver Holmes, RI, 77/70, $99; Luke James McDonald, Hulett, 79/70, $103; Octavio Macias Diaz, Gillette, 82/70, $120; Hunter Woodrum Wright, Newcastle, 83/70, $125; Tyler Britt, MA, 86/70, $140; Joshua T. Hudson, CO, 87/70, $145; Amber Braun, SD, 83/75, $101; Padyn Huschka, SD, 86/80, $97; Fidencio Chavez Sotelo, ID, 87/80, $99; Luisalfredo Lopezarce, CA, 90/80, $105 Stop Sign Violation – Her...
GILLETTE — Fossil fuels have been targeted by environmental groups and political policy for years, and things could get worse as President Joe Biden’s administration works through its priorities. That’s why it’s important that lawmakers, the State of Wyoming and fossil fuel industries work together and push back. That was the message Republican U.S. Reps. Liz Cheney and Bruce Westerman, who represents Arkansas’ 4th Congressional District, had for representatives from the energy sector during a roundtable discussion at the Integrated Test Cent...
It has been a year of transitions for our eAudiobook services at the library. Historically, we have offered eBooks through CloudLibrary and eAudiobooks through RBDigital, both free services to our patrons through our statewide library network. Last year, RBDigital made some changes and was no longer available, so our eAudiobook offerings were “dumped” into CloudLibrary. This was not a very satisfactory solution, so Wyoming libraries have been looking at other options. Enter OverDrive, a digital provider of eBooks and eAudiobooks – sever...
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