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The Freedom Convoy, which is traveling across the United States, came through Crook County last Thursday. A couple of people came through Hulett who were going to meet up with the convoy on the interstate. Residents welcomed and cheered the convoy as they were on the interstate going past Moorcroft, Sundance and Beulah....
Mary Kuhl was given a deferred sentence on Friday for crimes related to misconduct during her time as county treasurer. She will serve two years of supervised probation as part of a plea agreement, after which the charges will be expunged from her record. Kuhl originally pled “not guilty” to one felony charge of unauthorized use of monies, as well as to one misdemeanor count of official misconduct and two misdemeanor counts of issuing false certificate. The allegations against her included that she listed a customer’s license plate tabs as lost...
This article has been corrected for clarification. This year's county audit flagged a serious issue within the Crook County Weed & Pest District that led to a "near complete breakdown in the accounting process". The list of errors presented included failures to pay bills or file reports and "general disorder" within the administrator's office and accounting system. Paul Stille of Leo Riley & Associates presented his annual findings to the county commissioners last week, commenting that, "Weed &...
Crook County will be offering an additional private pesticide applicator class in April. This class is an opportunity for individuals to renew or obtain a private pesticide applicator license. Any landowner that anticipates applying restricted use pesticides must acquire a private pesticide application license through this class, complete the take-home workbook, or pass the exam administered in the extension office, prior to purchasing and use of said pesticide. The class includes weed and pest district updates, worker protection standards,...
We would like to send a very special Thank You to all our family and special friends who sent 70th Anniversary cards and phone calls. All the messages were special and meant so much to us. We so enjoyed having family join us here in Arizona to help celebrate our anniversary and Jim’s 92nd birthday. Jim and Sally Ann Neiman...
Site Name Elevation (ft.) Current Snow Depth (in.) Current Snow Water Equivalent (in.) 30-year Median SWE Last Year’s SWE Current Percent of 30-year Median SWE Bear Lodge Divide 4680 5.1 1 2.1 1.4 48 Blind Park Snotel 6870 17 4 6.6 4.6 61 Cole Canyon Snotel 5870 18 3.7 4.7 3.5 79 Ditch Creek 6880 14.4 2.4 3.5 2.9 69 Little Bear Run 6240 10.2 2.1 3.6 2.2 58 Mallo 6420 18.3 3.3 6.5 4 51 Mount Tom 5560 12.4 2 4.3 2.5 47 North Rapid Creek Snotel 6250 17 4.7 5.8 5 81 Reuter Canyon 6280 20.7 3.6 8.2 3.7 44 Upper Spearfish 6500 18.4 3.8 6.2 4.6 61 S...
We will be having a Bird House Craft on Thurs., Mar. 17. Please call the library at 467-5676 to reserve your spot as we have a limited number of bird houses. NEW FICTION BOOKS: Abandoned in Death by J D Robb – The woman’s body was found in the early morning, on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair neatly arranged, her makeup carefully applied. But other things were very wrong – like the tattoo and piercings, clearly new. The clothes, decades out of date. The fatal wound hidden beneath a ribbon around her neck. And t...
As we near the finish line of the 2022 Legislative Budget Session, there is still plenty of work to do as we head into the last week. The legislative session is always busy, particularly in a budget year, but this year we had a few additional topics to work through, including redistricting and allocating the one-time American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars. There were also a slate of committee and individual bills to address the most pressing issues. This week the Senate passed the redistricting...
Speeding – Kelsey Hart, CO, 91/75, $140; Beau Carter Garcia, SD, 79/70, $103; William Lawrence Pollard, WA, 88/75, $130; Ridge Stewart, La Barge, 90/75, $135; Branden Bruns, SD, 85/70, $135; Camille Lawrence, MT, 95/80, $135; Dillon Barch, Gillette, 94/75, $165 No Valid Driver’s License – Paulo Mata Reyes, NC, $140 Speed Too Fast for Conditions – David Wold, MN, $100 No Seat Belt (driver) – Dillon Barch, Gillette, $25 Follow Too Closely – Ilya Androshchuk, WA, $90 Fail to Drive Vehicle Within Single Lane – Gabriel Holl, WA, $90 No Registrati...
This year's 1A State Basketball Championships proved tough for the Hulett squads. The Lady Red Devils faced a tough Cokeville team who were the number one seed from the west. Cokeville dominated and gave Hulett their first loss of the weekend, 67-23. On Friday, the girls faced Little Snake River in the consolation semi-finals, where they lost 58-47. On the boys' side, the Red Devils opened their tourney against a tough number one seed, Dubois. The Rams, who ultimately finished the tourney in...
HS Boys Basketball at State Hulett – 25, Southeast – 34 Hulett – 22, Dubois – 72 HS Girls Basketball at State Hulett – 47, Little Snake River – 58 Hulett – 23, Cokeville – 67 JH Boys Basketball at Districts Hulett Eighth Grade – First place...
A meet and greet was held last Monday at the Greater Hulett community center for Dr. Gaddiel Rios and his wife Silvia. Dr. Rios is the new doctor at the Red Bluff Medical Center under the Campbell County Medical group. Dr. Rios has over 22 years of experience in family medicine and has practiced in both metropolitan areas and smaller, more rural communities like Hulett. The doctor graduated from Tufts University school of medicine in Boston Massachusetts and completed his family medicine...
Crook County School District #1 Notice is hereby given that the Crook County School District #1 Board of Trustees issued warrants for the following bills exceeding $500.00 at the regular meeting of the board held on FEBRUARY 21, 2022, at HULETT, WYOMING. To Whom Paid Purpose of Expenditure Amount General Fund A & B Welding Welding Supplies $ 1,006.60 A & J Screening Personalization $ 698.44 AirPro, Inc. Dust Collection Expansion $ 755.73 All Around Hardware Supplies $ 2,190.03 Amazon.com Credit Card Plan Teaching Materials & Supplies $...
Legal Notice Invitation to Bid Crook County Road & Bridge is seeking bids for supplying and delivery of Magnesium Chloride for the CMAQ Dust Mitigation Project. The bids are due by March 31, 2022 at 3:00pm. Please visit the Road & Bridge office; call 283-1441; or download the full bid package at crookcounty.wy.gov. Bring your complete bid packets to the Road & Bridge office or mail to PO Box 995, Sundance, WY 82729. Bid opening will be at the County Road & Bridge Office on March 31, 2022 at 3:00pm. Bids received after this time will be...
Public Notice: A motion was made at the December meeting by the Hulett Crook County Seniors to make two amendments to their by-laws. The first change the board would like to make is to add a comment to section V.D. to define the word removal. Removal is defined as action taken against any board member who does not abide by the votes and motions carried by the majority of the board. The second change would be to add Vice-President to section VI. C. The office of President and Vice-President shall both be filled by a Hulett Area Senior over the...
Hulett Town Council The Hulett Town Council met on Feb. 2, 2022 at 7 p.m. Present were Council Backen, Johnson, Kennah and Mayor Parsons. Absent was Councilman McCollum. Motion to approve the agenda, Backen/Johnson, mc. Motion to approve the January minutes, Kennah/Backen, mc. Financial report was given by Clerk Bears. Motion to approve, Johnson/Kennah, mc. PWD – No surprise but meters are getting harder to get. The upper blower at the sewer ponds is having some issues. Pravecek thinks it is still under warranty and is working on resolving t...
The Black Hills National Forest is proposing to reduce fire hazard on isolated National Forest parcels adjacent to the western edge of the Bear Lodge Mountains. High fuel loading on these parcels poses a risk to surrounding lands and communities. The proposed area consists of ten scattered blocks of land. Detailed maps can be found at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61415. There is no public or Forest Service access to these parcels. For this reason, the project would be implemented primarily via Good Neighbor Authority agreements with...
Rawlins boil advisory extended into this week LARAMIE (WNE) — A city of Rawlins advisory to boil water has been extended and is likely to continue through Wednesday. Residents in Rawlins and Sinclair started to conserve and boil their water as the city works to repair its water lines, which failed Thursday to the point of cutting off many customers. In what city officials have dubbed an emergency situation, the disruption of service happened as work continues to repair leaks in the water supply pipeline. While workers had reduced water p...
