P.D. asks for budget raise

Moorcroft Chief of Police Doug Lundborg discussed the anticipated increase for which his department is asking at the first budget meeting last Tuesday night, mostly to address two large expenditures.

Dispatch update

Crook County Sheriff Jeff Hodge has recently upgraded the county's dispatch system. According to Lundborg, the entire section had to be replaced when Sheriff Hodge came on board to replace "old antiquated equipment" and bring the dispatch center up to date.

"It was a tremendous amount of money," he said.

Moorcroft's percent of this upgrade will be $6000 per year at $500 each m...