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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After years of craft fairs and occasion openings, She Shed owners Linda Humes and Renie Bunner have combined their beautiful abilities with fabric and thread before their work to Moorcroft as a store front in the Moorcroft Town Center (MTC), between the Starfish Secondhand Store and the daycare center. The She Shed is open Tuesday through Saturday, from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. The adventure began when Humes' father, who worked with wood, passed away and the two women eventually sold his tools,...
Pine Haven Public Works has been dealing with a complete failure of one of the town's two water well pumps and a drastic drop in the operation of the second. Department director Sean Glass was not able to revive the first pump and the latter, which is supposed to draw more than 100 gallons per minute, was pumping only 20 as of Tuesday morning. Mayor Karla Brandenburg said that if they could get one of these motors to work as they were intended, "We'll be ok." A Code Red had been sent out to resi...
Hot Iron, the construction company installing the water main along Pine Haven's Boe Drive, is currently laying pipe along the north side of Woodland Drive working east from Boe Drive to Sunrise Court. Hot Iron will tie in the water main at Boe Drive and Pendleton Drive later this week. They have installed 16 new fire taps to date, including the eight in the C-Bar Subdivision and have three remaining to be installed, two on the north end of Lakeview Drive and one within the Enloe Street...
The 2023-'24 winter proved the third deadliest for Yellowstone wolves in the decades since Canis lupus was reintroduced to the landscape in 1995. Overall, 13 wolves were shot by legal hunters, caught by trappers, killed by poachers or died of suspected hunting-related injuries. Like in past winters, the vast majority of wolves that met their fate after straying beyond the protections of Yellowstone National Park did so in Montana, near the park's northern boundary. Eight wolves were legally hunt...
Facing temperatures over 100° this summer, Moorcroft’s family nurse practitioner Laura Richins shares a few warning signs of trouble and tips to keep the kids and ourselves safe from overheating and risking the serious consequences of heat exhaustion or heatstroke. According to Richins, “Most often, this happens when people exercise in very hot or humid weather without drinking enough fluid, but it can also happen to people who are not exercising. People who are older, those with health problems, young children and babies need to exercise addi...
In last week’s article, on the front page regarding the new deal to facilitate monitoring for vandalism in Moorcroft, the company with which the town is negotiating a new contract is VCN (Visionary Broadband)....
July 15 – Three VIN checks. Business checks. Two animal complaints. Assist to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Two EMS pages. July 16 – Three VIN checks. Two paper services. Theft. Domestic. Medical. Citizen assist. Animal complaint. Six business checks. Two fire calls. EMS call. July 17 – Three VIN checks. Paper service. Three traffic stops. Citizen assist. Welfare check. Two assists to another agency. Two fingerprints. Citizen dispute. Lost property. Business check. Three EMS calls. July 18 – Three VIN checks. Two paper services. Traffic stop. C...
Speeding – Jenner Nelson, Minneapolis, MN, 79/75, $10; William Waskowitz, Cincinnati, OH, 69/65, $10; Eleanor Lent, Arlington, VA, 79/75, $10; David Williams, Rapid City, SD, 84/80, $10; Elizabeth Boos-Uttecht, Aladdin, WY, 79/75, $10; Jonathan Moody, Loveland, CO, 79/75, $10; Taylor Dahlin, Sheridan, WY, 80/75, $15; Jedidiah McDonald, Columbia Falls, MT, 85/80, $15; Ronald Paprocki, New York, NY, 85/80, $15; Gauge A. Ross, Gillette, WY, 85/80, $15; Todd Hotchkiss, Gillette, WY, 80/75, $15; Matthew Comte, Ormond Beach, FL, 80/75, $15; Casey C...
Devils Tower on pace to have busiest year ever GILLETTE (WNE) — Devils Tower has been on a record-setting pace so far in 2024. Through June, 192,682 people visited the national monument in Crook County. That’s up more than 5000 visitors from 2021, which is the busiest year on record for Devils Tower. In 2021, 550,712 people visited Devils Tower. It was the first time the national monument broke the 500,000-visitor mark, and it happened as the country started to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic and people began flocking to the outdoors. But...
If travel to Gillette is on your agenda during the week of the International Pathfinder Camporee, a new website can help you navigate the closures and disruptions that the huge event will cause. The City of Gillette has launched informgillette.com, a site that contains numerous resources for the public to avoid disruption and inconvenience throughout the week. The Camporee itself is a closed event sponsored by the Seventh Day Adventist Church for 60,000 kids from around the world and will take place from August 5 to 10. Most activities will...
Summer has been flying by and we aren’t ready for it to be over, but we are beginning to plan our fall programming at the library. We would love the community to let us know what YOU want to see happening at the library. Stop in, give us a call or send an email to [email protected] to share your ideas. We also welcome guest ‘teachers’, if you are willing to share your knowledge with others. We are looking for programs for adults and children of all ages. Some topics that may interest our patrons include sewing, jewelry making, cooki...
Moorcroft and Verizon have come to a mutually beneficial amendment to the company's lease that has been in effect for the last several years. This new agreement will include the installation of five routers in specific locations around town, "so we can put up cameras and keep an eye out for possible vandalism", according to Councilman Bob Stewart, who advocates this trade of the monthly fee due to the town for this added security provided by Verizon. According to Mayor Ben Glenn, "It sounds...
Speeding – Denis Cote, Orleans, ON, Canada, 74/65, $113; Jian Zou, Edmonds, WA, 89/70, $155; Bryan Jackson, Minot, ND, 80/75, $15; Emmanuel Bolee, Fargo, ND, 91/75, $140; Keith R. Reinhard, Gillette, WY, 79/70, $103; Richard Chambers, Keyport, WA, 84/80, $10; Brennan Michael Aga, Spearfish, SD, 85/70, $135; Barbara Iwan-Limbo, Rapid City, SD, 80/75, $15; Will Collier, Gillette, WY, 94/75, $155 No Valid Driver’s License – Jose M. Dominguez Varela, Gillette, WY, $150 No Daily Use Permit – Emerly L. Spoonhunter, Gillette, WY, $85 No Camping...
July 8 – Four VIN checks. Project Lifesaver. Traffic stop. Citizen assist. Two assist other agency. Welfare check. Two motorist assists. Citizen dispute. Traffic hazard. Three business checks. Trespassing. Suspicious circumstance. July 9 – VIN checks. Three business checks. Traffic stop. Motorist assist. Threatening. Accident. EMS page. Three fire pages. July 10 – Two VIN checks. Theft. Traffic stop. Two motorist assists. Animal complaint. Traffic hazard. Civil standby. REDDI report. Suspicious circumstance. Business check. July 11 – Five VI...
On July 8, police were dispatched to Coffee Cup Fuel Stop for a report of a vehicle lock out. Police successfully gained access to owner’s vehicle. On July 9, police were dispatched to a residence reporting suspicious activity. Upon arrival, the individual living in the residence was concerned about a light shining onto the house. Officers checked around the residence and confirmed that the light was from the interstate. Nothing further. On July 9, police were dispatched to Coffee Cup Fuel Stop for a report of a vehicle lock out. Police s...
May 2024 Speeding: Hanna L. Sedlacek, 44/30, Scribner, NE, $188; Benjamin M. Abrahamson, 44/30, Kenosha, WI, $188; Jodine K. Longtine, 44/30, Newcastle, WY, $188; Donelle R. Norris, 28/20, Moorcroft, WY, $126; Shin Aoki, 49/30, Greenwood, IN, $223; Charles W. Sanders, 44/30, Hampshire, IL, $188; Taylor D. Nieskens, 27/20, Maple Lake, MN, $119; Abigail C. Harris, 44/30, Andalusia, IL, $188; John C. Jaecques, 46/30, Fort Myers, FL, $202; Alejandro D. Conde Arroyo, 44/30, Los Lunas, NM, $188; Amy London, 44/30, Fresno, CA, $188; Sean P. Riley,...
Kidnapped man lands up to 14 years in prison GILLETTE (WNE) — A Gillette man who pleaded guilty to the second-degree sexual abuse of a minor received has been sentenced to ten to 14 years in prison. Zackery Minard, 22, was found in bed with a 14-year-old girl by the girl’s mother, who called her boyfriend, Timothy James Ott. Ott, 30, and a friend beat up Minard, put him in a car trunk and drove him out of town, eventually abandoning him on a country road. The temperature outside was about 35 degrees. According to Minard, Ott told him to wal...
CASPER - Walking into the Natrona County Townsend Justice Center is a bit daunting. You're met with security, asked to part with electronic devices and then shepherded through a metal detector. Take a quick right, then left, and just past the elevator you arrive at the Natrona County Court Navigator Pilot Project, which has a name possibly larger than the closet-like space from which it operates. While sparse and windowless, the room and its volunteers represent an effort from the state's...
Wyoming’s top elected officials denounced political violence and offered their prayers following an assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. “President Trump, his family and the families of the victims of today’s shooting are in our prayers,” Gov. Mark Gordon said in a statement. Trump’s campaign said the presumptive GOP nominee was doing “fine” after the shooting, according to the Associated Press, after a bullet pierced the upper part of his right ear. “We are thankful for th...
GILLETTE - The last several months have been a whirlwind for Crook County ranchers Shondah and Randall Otwell. They have been putting the finishing touches on their product, the water rippler, which they hope will make life easier for ranchers all across the country when it hits the market this fall. The water rippler solves a problem that has plagued the agricultural industry for generations. In the winter, water tanks freeze over and ranchers have to go out to each tank and break the ice...
The Wyoming Department of Transportation would like to remind motorists of the new penalties for violating highway closures to light and high profile vehicles that went into effect July 1. The "Light and high profile vehicle closures bill" (SF0113) passed in the 2024 legislative session. The bill language notes that, "any person who willfully fails to observe any sign, marker, warning, notice or direction" for closures to light, high-profile vehicles is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon...
Moorcroft Mayor Ben Glenn and two other councilmen has been actively working toward installing a basketball court adjoining the existing tennis court in Westview Park. With Councilman Austin Smith quoting the lowest bid for the dirt work, he excused himself from the conversation and vote at last Wednesday night’s meeting, where the formerly tabled subject was presented for consideration. Glenn, whose company had bid but was not chosen, previously asked Town Attorney Pat Carpenter if he could join the discussion was informed that he could, ...
The turnout for the annual July 4 firework display at Keyhold Reservoir, which doubles as a fundraiser for the Pine Haven Volunteer Fire Department was considered a "great success" by Fire Chief TJ Gideon. However, he and his colleagues do believe that the weather before the show, which turned a little stormy, "played a role in attendance, it seemed the numbers were down". Between 35 and 40 volunteers helped clean up the area Sunday morning and the group had the entire site cleared within the...
At last week's monthly workshop of Pine Haven's council, Mayor Karla Brandenburg brought forth a question from a citizen regarding the six benches NEWWA promised in their benefit event in March of 2023. "Where are the benches?" the mayor asked, stating that a couple residents brought this subject to her. Councilwoman Suzette Edwards said she had similar questions addressed to her as well. The invitation to the benefit stated that the group was raising money for six new benches to honor Jason...
Pine Haven's Etched in Time Park has been the center of a few concerns for the last few years that involved a miscommunication between the town's long-lived beautification committee and the last couple of councils. According to the committee spokesperson Tammie McGovern, the council at the time of the park's opening agreed to take over the maintenance and management of the site. But with the changing of the governing body over the years, this agreement was lost. With a better understanding of...
