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Articles from the August 1, 2024 edition


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  • Sawmill scorched

    Aug 1, 2024

    The Hulett volunteer fire department was dispatched to a fire at the Bearlodge Forest Products sawmill on Sunday. A Hulett resident called 911 at 10:45 a.m. when he saw smoke as he was headed out of town. The Hulett fire department and ambulance responded and, with the help of the firefighters, friends and residents, the fire was contained fairly quickly. The part of the sawmill that was on fire was the furnace area and was fully engulfed when the department arrived. According to Fire Chief...

  • Good turnout for blood drive

    Aug 1, 2024

    The last blood drive, which was held at the Hulett Civic Center saw over 20 units donated. Hulett continues to be a very vital blood drive in the area. The next blood drive will be Wed., Sept. 11 from 2 to 5:15 p.m. Vitalant is the nation's largest independent, nonprofit blood services provider exclusively focused on providing lifesaving blood and comprehensive transfusion medicine services for about 900 hospitals and their patients across the U.S. Every day, Vitalant needs to collect about...

  • Fine fair finale

    Aug 1, 2024

    Fair week wrapped up for another year with a finale of smiles and cheering. A busy parade made its way along Main Street in Sundance on Saturday morning with participants ranging from volunteer emergency personnel to political candidates, local business and 4-H clubs. This kicked off a day of events including a BBQ, the crowning of the rodeo royalty and, of course, the annual livestock sale. With temperatures reaching triple digits midweek, it was a hot one for all concerned, but the show went...

  • Tree removed due to safety concerns

    Aug 1, 2024

    Nobody likes to cut down a mature, old tree, but the Town of Hulett had to take down one in their town park. A tree that was struck by lightning last summer started showing signs of deterioration and dying. The Town was proactive and decided to take down the tree before a limb fell off and hurt someone or damaged other property. Part of the tree is still in the park and the company that cut it down carved a bench to try to preserve some and make it useful....

  • Electronic recycling back for ninth year

    Sarah Pridgeon|Aug 1, 2024

    Crook County Natural Resource District (CCNRD) is once again bringing a trailer to town to collect the electronics that are clogging up your storage space. The district will this year be hosting the event in the parking lot of its office in Sundance and will have signs posted to designate entry and exit points in order to keep the traffic flowing properly. The trailer will be taking waste on September 7 from 10 a.m. until noon. If you are planning to take advantage of this service, be aware that it is no longer possible for CCNRD to accept the...

  • Road Vacate

    Aug 1, 2024

    NOTICE OF HEARING TO VACATE A PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 51, KNOWN AS THE KLONDIKE ROAD TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Board of County Commissioners of Crook County, Wyoming has resolved in Resolution No. 2024-17 pursuant to Wyoming Statute 24-3-101 et seq. to vacate a portion of a county road known as the Klondike Road (formerly the Hulett-Alzada Road) which is County Road No. 51, as shown on the Map attached to the Petition and shown below in this Notice being that portion of said road that...

  • Circuit Court

    Aug 1, 2024

    Speeding – Robert St. Onge, Nashua, NH, 85/80, $15; Julie Gonzalez, Rapid City, SD, 80/75, $15; Elijah Gurevich, Lake in the Hills, IL, 85/80, $15; Shane Agee, Victor, MT, 80/70, $15; Sherry Beasley, Wright, WY, 90/80, $105; Christopher A. Chipperfield, Gillette, WY, 80/70, $105; Felix Ortizmartinez, Los Angeles, CA, 84/70, $130; James Clifford Ross, Crosslake, MN, 59/45, $130; Hernesto Jabalera, Worden, MT, 85/70, $135; Agata Petukhova, Naperville, IL, 97/80, $145; Anne M. Romero, Rapid City, SD, 95/75, $160; Simon Mwangi, Tacoma, WA, 9...

  • SC Honor Rolls

    Aug 1, 2024

    Sheridan College is pleased to recognize students named to its honor rolls for the spring 2023 semester. The Vice President’s Honor Roll includes 83 Sheridan College students who earned at least a 3.5 GPA or above for the semester with 12 or more credit hours. The following students from Crook County were named to the Vice President’s Honor Roll: Jesse Harmon and Nate Schommer of Sundance. Finally, 142 Sheridan College students were named to the Part-Time Honor Roll who earned a 3.5 GPA or above for the semester with at least six credit hou...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Aug 1, 2024

    Arch coal production stays down in PRB GILLETTE (WNE) — The amount of thermal coal shipped from Arch Energy Resources, the bulk of which comes from its Powder River Basin mines, dipped further as the industry’s slow start continued through the first half of the year. The roughly 9.7 million tons mined from Black Thunder marked the lowest production number at the mine this millennium, and its first time notching fewer than 10 million tons in a quarter, according to Mine Safety and Health Administration data. After shipping 12.8 million tons — p...

  • Meet the candidates

    Sarah Pridgeon|Aug 1, 2024

    With the primary election coming up, voters will soon be asked to decide which of their friends and neighbors should take on the various mantles of government for the next few years. One commissioner seat as well a number of national and city candidates for the general election will all be selected on August 20. U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R) Incumbent Barrasso has served as Wyoming's U.S. Senator since 2007, before which he was a state senator from 2003-2007. He is currently the third-ranking...

  • Records

    Aug 1, 2024

    Public Notice Weston County Children’s Center/Region III Developmental Services will be destroying children’s records with the birth years of 2010 and 2011. If you wish to obtain these records please come to the main office: 104 Stampede, Newcastle, WY 82701, with proper ID. Last day to obtain records: August 9, 2024 Publish: July 25 and August 1, 2024...

  • Bids

    Aug 1, 2024

    CALL FOR BIDS Crook County School District #1 is seeking bids for the Sundance High School Re-Roof Project, located at Sundance High School, Sundance, WY. This project will consist of: Removing and Replacing the existing PVC membrane roof system at Sundance High School with a completion date of December 1, 2024. Bid documents are available at: CCSD #1 Central Office 122 State Highway 585 Sundance, Wyoming 82729 Or electronically at: Schutz Foss Architects, PC 3030 4th Ave. North Billings, MT, 59101 [email protected] (406) 252-9218 Bids must...

  • Members of family gospel quartet among seven dead in Campbell County plane crash

    Jake Goodrick, Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange|Aug 1, 2024

    GILLETTE — Three family members of popular gospel quartet The Nelons are among seven who died when a private plane crashed Friday afternoon in Campbell County north of Gillette. Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband Jason Clark and daughter Amber Nelon Kristler died in the crash, according to a Facebook post made by Gaither Music Group and the Atlanta quartet’s fourth member, Autumn Nelon Streetman. Nelon Kistler’s husband Nathan Kistler, along with Melodi Hodges and pilot Larry Haynie and his wife Melodi also died in the crash, according to the s...

  • Early deadline

    Aug 1, 2024

    We will have an early printing schedule due to the motorcycle rally. Deadline for the August 8 issue of the Wyoming Pioneer will be noon on Friday, August 2. Deadline for the August 8 issue of the Moorcroft Leader and the Sundance Times will be noon on Monday, August 5....