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  • Hunting season promises mixed results

    Sarah Pridgeon|Sep 7, 2023

    Hunting seasons this fall may be negatively affected by poor deer numbers, according to Sundance Game Warden Nate Holst, but elk and turkeys are doing just fine and should make for plentiful harvest opportunities. Deer The deer population in this county was hit by an outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) a couple of years ago, which affected both white-tailed deer and pronghorn antelope. Cases were identified across the east of the state, including in Crook County, in 2021. EHD is not unusual in Wyoming; in fact, wildlife managers...

  • Law enforcement scam hits county

    Sarah Pridgeon|Sep 7, 2023

    A well-known style of scam in which a person claims to be a member of law enforcement and demands money for an outstanding fine or warrant is reported to have now taken place in Crook County. According to the Crook County Sheriff’s Office, a series of scam calls have been made recently to residents of the county. The call involves a male voice on the phone who claims he is Sheriff Jeff Hodge, badge number 387, and is calling about you having warrants, needing to come in and provide DNA sample or pay fines. The call ends with the statement t...

  • Riding for a cause

    Sep 7, 2023

    The annual Ride a Horse Feed a Cowboy was held the weekend of August 26 at the Hulett Recreation Grounds. This was the 17th year that Chanda Snook and her crew put on this event to help locals and people in rodeo, who are experiencing traumatic health issues. The money raised will be given to RHFC recipients to help with financial burdens caused by health issues. This year the event was helping Roni Johnson, Marla Waugh, Mike Tokarczyk and Greg and Michelle Davis. Besides the Wace Snook...

  • Dolly Deranleau

    Sep 7, 2023

    On the morning of August 29, 2023 with numerous loved ones and her doting husband present, Dolly Deranleau peacefully left this world behind. Born Dolly Ray Dirks to Charles and Gilda Dirks of Alva, Wyoming on December 19, 1940 on the Giachino family ranch, Dolly spent her early childhood on the ranch with her three siblings helping care for cows, pigs, and farm potatoes. She often spoke of memories about her parents, siblings and activities such as driving the tractor at no more than six years...

  • Tracy Lynn Griebler

    Sep 7, 2023

    Tracy Lynn (Kolb) Griebler, age 29 of Broomfield, Colorado and formerly of Hulett, Wyoming and Spearfish, South Dakota, passed away Monday August 21, 2023, at Denver Hospice in Denver, Colorado. She fought a nearly year-long battle with brain cancer. Tracy was born February 11, 1994, in Englewood, Colorado to Alan and Roberta Kolb. She was home-schooled and attended private school through the eighth grade and graduated from Spearfish High School in 2012. Tracy attended the University of Wyoming...

  • Scoreboard

    Sep 7, 2023

    Volleyball Hulett – 2, Pine Bluffs – 0 (34-32, 25-20) Hulett – 2, Niobrara County – 0 (25-21, 25-20) Hulett – 0, Lingle-Ft. Laramie – 2 (14-25, 6-25) Golf Devils Tower Invite Girls – Jilian Meidinger 133 Devils Tower Invite Boys – 8. Bradley Geib 98 Keyhole Invite Boys – Bradley Geib 107 Upton Invite Girls – Jilian Meidinger 151 Upton Invite Boys – Bradley Geib 103...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Sep 7, 2023

    Wyoming decides to leave National School Board Association POWELL (WNE) — The Wyoming School Board Association, which includes Park County School District 1, is no longer a member of the National School Board Association (NSBA). Kim Dillivan, PCSD1 board chairman, said he does not anticipate a change to the school board’s professional development as a result of Wyoming’s exit. Individual school boards can still be a member of the NSBA, but Dillivan does not see a difference between membership to the NSBA or the Consortium of State School Board...

  • Fundraiser this weekend

    Sep 7, 2023

    The annual Hulett Fire Department barbecue and fundraiser will be held Sat., Sept. 9 at 5 p.m. at the Hulett fire hall. There will be a free barbecue, followed by an auction and raffle for a quarter beef, $100 fuel from Tower Valley and a $500 gift certificate to Cabelas....

  • Circuit Court

    Sep 7, 2023

    Speeding – Kristina Reynolds, Gillette, WY, 91/80, $115; Phillip R. Tuggle, Savannah, GA, 84/70, $140; Stanley Box, Colorado Springs, CO, 79/65, $188; Lance Horst, Spearfish, SD, 94/75, $155; Margaret Reis, Cincinnati, OH, 80/70, $105; Colby Shemayme, Del City, OK, 85/70, $135; David Temple, Tracy, CA, 51/30, $267; Cortes Rafael Montejo, Brooklyn Park, MN, 40/30, $150; Jovan Alzarez Alaba, Las Vegas, NV, 91/75, $140; Alexandra Adams, Wilmette, IL, 92/80, $120; Jeremiah D. Maddison, Hulett, WY, 83/70, $125; David Menaged, New York, NY, 81/70, $...

  • Hospital district considers investment option

    Sarah Pridgeon|Sep 7, 2023

    In the light of recent cost-of-living increases and a nationwide period of high inflation, Crook County Medical Services District is seeking new ways to increase its liquidity. The Board of Trustees recently approved a rate increase for services and, last week, listened to a presentation from a local government investment pool called Wyoming CLASS. The name stands for “Wyoming Cooperative Liquid Assets Securities System”, a program organized in 2020 to provide public entities in this state with a competitive investment alternative. Par...

  • U.S. Senate candidate to host town hall in Sundance

    Sarah Pridgeon|Sep 7, 2023

    Newly announced congressional candidate Reid Rasner will be visiting Sundance during his weekly “town hall meetings” tour of Wyoming next month. Rasner will be present between 10 and 11 a.m. at the Crook County Library on September 16. The meetings are intended to kick off Rasner’s “We the People” tour as he campaigns to win U.S. Senator John Barrasso’s seat in 2024. Rasner describes himself as a proud fourth-generation Wyomingite. He has a diploma from Natrona County High School and a degree from the University of Wyoming and is now a wealt...

  • Legislators revise bill increasing diesel fuel tax, debate tax of EVs

    Hannah Shields, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange|Sep 7, 2023

    CHEYENNE — Wyoming legislators laid back a bill draft that would increase diesel fuel tax due to concerns over interstate commerce conflict and whether the increase was substantial enough to generate a sufficient amount of revenue for the state. During the first day of a two-day meeting in Casper, legislators on the Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee also voted 13-1 to sponsor an electric vehicle tax bill, which would create a $200 annual fee for EV owners and a $100 annual fee for plug-in hybrid vehicle owners. If a...

  • School Revenues and Expenditures

    Sep 7, 2023

    CROOK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1 REPORT OF SCHOOL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES Sources and Uses for the Year Ended June 30, 2023 FUNDS CCSD Capital Capital Special Projects Projects Enterprise Internal Trust Agency General Revenue Fund Fund Lunch Service Funds Activity REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES: Local 9,230,144 176,282 73,701 268,836 3,641,219 992,582 County 2,359,649 State 10,498,461 1,546,172 2,901 Federal 1,667,859 308,150 Other 32,923 170,000 25,000 TOTAL REVENUE & OTHER SOURCES 22,121,177 3,390,313 - 73,701 749,887 3,641,219 0 1,017,582...

  • Board of Control Hearing

    Sep 7, 2023

    NOTICE OF HEARING SCHEDULING CONFERENCE Relating to Water Rights IN THE MATTER OF Wyoming State Board of Control Docket No. II-2017-1-1, the third amended petition of C&N Livestock, LLC, before the Wyoming State Board of Control for: An amended land description, issuance of a certificate of appropriation, change of point of diversion and means of conveyance of the W.S. Driskill Territorial Appropriation, Proof No. 1523, diverting from Beaver Creek, tributary Belle Fourche River, through the Driskill Ditch, with priority of August 13, 1889, to...

  • Meeting

    Sep 7, 2023

    September 28, 2023, CCMSD Board of Trustees Regular Meeting The Crook County Medical Services District (CCMSD) Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting on September 28, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at the Sundance State Bank meeting room. The meeting will also be hosted via Teams webinar. Join the meeting at the link below: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8bbb87ad-10a5-4e3b-8fb4-5679462951c4@f1f73db4-4d69-4e07-8652-10c57c1f3e50 Publish: September 7, 2023...

  • Hulett Branch Library

    Nancy Bowles|Sep 7, 2023

    Please join us on Mon., Sept. 11 for Friends of the Library Meeting at 4 p.m. All Adults are welcome to become members. It is a great way to give back to the Community. Friends of the Library help to purchase items and help with programs. Hope to see some new members. NEW FICTION BOOKS: The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman – One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother, Ivy...