The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming

Articles from the June 9, 2022 edition


Sorted by date  Results 1 - 19 of 19

  • Flight training

    Jun 9, 2022

    Pine Haven Volunteer Fire and EMS hosted a training program by Black Hills Life Flight personnel last week to teach safety and procedure to the departments' volunteers as well as park rangers from Devils Tower, who attended for the purpose. The approximately 30 participants were provided lunch afterward by the Pine Haven Fire Auxiliary....

  • Next step in landfill decision

    Grace Moore|Jun 9, 2022

    Moorcroft Mayor Ben Glenn and HDR Engineering’s Heath Turbiville attended the June meeting of the State Land and Investment Board (SLIB) in Cheyenne last Thursday to stand with their application for the 75/25% $250,000 grant. Due to Turbiville’s diligence, according to the mayor, Moorcroft was on a list of municipalities recommended for funding through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). This money will purchase a preliminary landfill site investigation. According to Glenn, “This site enquiry is a necessary next step regardless the d...

  • Grant funds museum project

    Grace Moore|Jun 9, 2022

    West Texas Trail Museum Director Cindy Mosteller, through the Moorcroft Historical Society, has been awarded a grant for $8340 to complete a uniquely local project: telling the story of the actual founding of Moorcroft as an important waylay for the West Texas Trail. With fellow collaborators Andrea Wood, Lona Tracy and the Moorcroft High School students, who will assist in research in the coming fall, Mosteller will be installing multi-swing panels “to inform visitors of our story and the people who have influenced our community” as a par...

  • A focus on safety

    Grace Moore|Jun 9, 2022

    The Moorcroft Area Chamber of Commerce (MACC) hosted their first Safety/Business Day on Saturday with 22 vendors setting up tables along the sidewalk. Several offered items or services with which many people were unfamiliar, according to co-organizer Elaine Buckmiller. Of the 17 individual who participated in the $250 chamber bucks drawing, Louise McKinney won. When asked for their thoughts on the day, vendors were pleased with the contacts made and the overall response, according to...

  • Arthur Cundy

    Jun 9, 2022

    Memorial service for Art Cundy will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 3, 2022, at First Presbyterian Church with Chaplain Gordon Harper officiating. Arthur "Art" Fredrick Cundy, 80, of Rozet, Wyoming, passed away of heart failure on May 28, 2022, at the Billings Clinic Hospital in Billings, Montana. Art was born August 18, 1941, in Spearfish, South Dakota, the eighth of 13 children to Amie Rice Cundy and Henry Cundy. At this time, his folks lived on Grandad Rice's Ranch approximately two miles from the Wyoming/South Dakota state line and two mil...

  • Production, conversation groups challenge oil and gas leases

    Brady Oltmans, Pinedale Roundup Via Wyoming News Exchange|Jun 9, 2022

    PINEDALE – A Wyoming production group submitted a protest to the Bureau of Land Management regarding oil and gas leases on the same day a coalition of environmental groups also petitioned the BLM for the same reason. While these petitions all centered on President Joe Biden’s administration’s plans to resume oil and gas leasing sales on public lands in late June, they are for vastly different reasons. A litany of environmental groups submitted a formal protest to the Bureau of Land Management’s Wyoming office in reference to 129 nominat...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    From Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Jun 9, 2022

    Study finds Teton Co. courthouse can’t withstand earthquake JACKSON (WNE) — A recent study determined that the Teton County courthouse is not earthquake sound and no amount of renovations can save it. The building, built in 1968, will need to be completely torn down. The unsafe building puts the Teton County Sheriff’s office, located on the bottom floor, at risk. That office also is home to the county’s 911 emergency dispatch center. The issue of remodeling the courthouse has been in conversation before, but thus far hasn’t gained traction....

  • Fishing derby

    Jun 9, 2022

    The annual Northeastern Wyoming Walleye Association Fishing Tournament in affiliation with Pine Haven Recreation Board was a great hit Saturday with 36 contestants. Lincoln Demma was the overall winner with a 28-inch walleye. All contestants received a fishing pole and tackle box to take home. After the fun, everyone enjoyed a summer favorite – hotdogs and cotton candy....

  • Fireworks at Keyhole

    Grace Moore|Jun 9, 2022

    Pine Haven’s fireworks display at Coulter Bay, celebrating the Fourth of July has not, as yet, been approved by the state, according to Councilman and fire liaison Don Lancaster, due to possible fire danger. However, with the clock ticking, the pyrotechnics must be purchased very soon. What if the event is cancelled? Considering this possibility, council plans to buy the fireworks regardless the verdict. With Pine Haven Days coming in the fall as well as New Years, the explosives can be stored until one of these more viable opportunities a...

  • Craft fair a success

    Jun 9, 2022

    Suzette Edwards and friend Mary Daniels introduced a craft fair and bake sale as the next annual event adopted by Pine Haven citizens. Another friend, Jackie Tobin was in charge of food, consisting of sloppy joes, hotdogs, chips and a drink for a small cost. "That," Edwards said, "was a huge success." The ten craft vendors as well as Alyssa Tobin, who managed the bakery table, voiced their appreciation, according to Edwards, of the around 75 guests who attended throughout the day on Saturday,...

  • NWC Honor Rolls

    Jun 9, 2022

    Northwest College has named 430 students to its spring semester honor rolls. The list of students represents 35 communities in Wyoming and 18 in Montana, as well as ten states and eight countries. Hunter Bailey of Moorcroft is listed on the President’s Honor Roll and Sundance’s Lane Gill is on the Vice President’s Honor Roll. To be listed on the President’s Honor Roll, students must complete at least 12 semester hours of college-level coursework with a 4.0 grade point average. Students qualifying for the Vice President’s Honor Roll completed...

  • Proposed Budget

    Jun 9, 2022

    Proposed Budget CROOK COUNTY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT Budget Hearing Information 713 OAK ST Location: SUNDANCE STATE BANK MEETING ROOM SUNDANCE, WY 82729 Date: 6/22/2022 307-283-3501 Time: 10:30AM Crook County Budget Prepared by: ALAYNA MARTEN, CFO BUDGET MESSAGE The assumptions used for the FY 2023 Draft budget are as follows: a) Patient revenues will be slightly higher than prior year estimates. After a charge master review it was recommended that the District increased charges by 4%. Charges reflect FMV for Wyoming. Additionally, our goal i...

  • NOTICE OF HEARING

    Jun 9, 2022

    NOTICE OF HEARING TO VACATE A PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 21 AND 807, known as the Cold Springs and Lost Canyon County Roads The Board of County Commissioners of Crook County, Wyoming will consider the viewer’s report upon the Petition by Michael J. Frey for Moskee Land Corp LLC to vacate a portion of County Roads No. 21 and No. 807, known as the Cold Springs and Lost Canyon County Roads, on June 14, 2022 on or after 4:00 p.m. in the Crook County Commissioners Room in Sundance, WY. The petition and maps can be obtained by calling the County C...

  • CALL FOR BIDS

    Jun 9, 2022

    CALL FOR BIDS The Town of Pine Haven hereby requests sealed bids for the irrigation system at the Pine Haven Area Cemetery, Pine Haven, WY. Sealed bids will be received no later than 4:00 p.m. June 17th, 2022 at 24 Waters Drive Pine Haven, WY. Bid specifications for the project are made available at the Town Hall 24 Waters Drive, Pine Haven, WY 82721 or by email, [email protected] or Towns Web Site pinehavenwy.govoffice2.com Pre Bid Meeting will take place, June 14th. at the Pine Haven Town Hall 24 Waters Dr. Pine Haven, at 2:00 pm. The...

  • Crook County Sheriff's Office

    Jun 9, 2022

    May 23 – Two fire pages. Found property. Fraud. Three EMS pages. Minor in possession. Motorist assist. Property damage. Suspicious person/circumstances. Two traffic stops. Three VIN checks. May 24 – Six VIN checks. Eight traffic stops. Animal complaint. Juvenile problem. Two motorist assists. Coroner call. Two prisoner transports for doctor appointments. May 25 – Five VIN checks. Paper service. Four traffic stops. Suspicious circumstance. Trespassing complaint. Traffic hazard. Citizen assist. Disturbance complaint. Business checks. EMS page....

  • Low reserves may force town's hand

    Grace Moore|Jun 9, 2022

    During last week’s review of the budget before its last reading, a concern over the $50 in the waste water reserve at this time was brought to the council’s attention by town treasurer Cheryl Schneider, who said, “$50 is not enough to do a reserve amount.” She acknowledged the difficult conversation to which this situation returns the group, however, “That $50 is the lowest I’ve seen it since I’ve been here so that’s pretty low and scary.” Schneider explained to recharge that account will necessitate action: “If we did a 45₵ increase on the...

  • CCLUP&ZC

    Jun 9, 2022

    CROOK COUNTY LAND USE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES AT THE COURTHOUSE IN SUNDANCE, CROOK COUNTY, WYOMING Monday, May 9, 2022 7:02 p.m. Present were Chairman Morgan Ellsbury, Member Dustin Buckmiller, Member Terry Wilkerson and Member Mary Yemington, Vice-Chairman Cody Galloway was absent. Chairman Morgan Ellsbury asked if there were any amendments to the agenda. Terry Wilkerson moved to adopt the agenda as printed; Dustin Buckmiller seconded, all ayes, motion carried. Chairman Morgan Ellsbury asked if there were any additions or...

  • CCNRD

    Jun 9, 2022

    Crook County Natural Resource District (CCNRD) April 4th Regular Board Meeting Minutes CALL MEETING TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 12:02 by Chairman Wayne Garman at the USDA Service Center in Sundance, Wyoming. ATTENDANCE Board: Wayne Garman, Lily Altaffer, Kim Fundaun, Wanda Burget Employees: Sarah Anderson, Bridget Helms, Call in: Carmen Horne-McIntyre Guests: Keela Deaton, NRCS District Conservationist, Staci Steiner, FSA County Executive Director OPEN ISSUES TO DISCUSS NRCS Update Ms. Deaton reported that 8 contracts have been...

  • CCNRD

    Jun 9, 2022

    Crook County Natural Resource District (CCNRD) May 3rd Regular Board Meeting Minutes CALL MEETING TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 11:46 am by Chairman Wayne Garman, at the Sundance USDA Service Center. ATTENDANCE Board: Wayne Garman, Kim Fundaun, Wanda Burget, Call in: Lily Altaffer Employees: Sarah Anderson, Bridget Helms, Jessica Halverson, Call in: Carmen Horne-McIntyre Guests: Keela Deaton, NRCS District Conservationist OPEN ISSUES TO DISCUSS Commissioner’s Presentation The meeting was recessed to the Crook County Courthouse f...