Proudly Serving the Hulet and Devils Tower Community
Proudly Serving the Hulet and Devils Tower Community
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Sept. 19 – Abandoned vehicle. Business checks. Three fire pages. Paper service. Sex offense. Suspicious person/circumstances. Traffic complaint. Four traffic stops. Four VIN checks. Two wanted persons. Sept. 20 – Alarm. Assisted another agency. Business checks. False 911. Lifeflight assist. EMS call. Prisoner transport. Traffic complaint. Traffic hazard. Four traffic stops. Trespassing. Six VIN checks. Sept. 21 – Abandoned vehicle. Two EMS pages. Citizen assist. Civil standby. Paper service. Patient transfer. Four traffic stops. Utility probl...
Speeding – Matthew Kley, Chanhassen, MN, 88/75, $125; Justin Watkins, Canton, GA, 78/70, $101; Lori K. Huyck, Gillette, WY, $100; Douglas Stevens, Oliver BC, Canada, 79/70, $103; Danielle Richardson, Billings, MT, 88/80, $101; Philip Hersey, Berkley, MI, 86/75, $115; Timothy Miller, Saint Joseph, MN, 95/70, $185; Harsh Pandey, Belle Mead, NJ, 83/70, $125; Marco Mucci, Castelnuovo Rangone, MO, Italy, 92/70, $170; Scott Miller, Fish Haven, ID, 84/75, $103; Tomas K. Hardy, Lead, SD, 88/80, $101; Kyle L. Avery, Gillette, WY, 90/80, $105; Trey F...
(Above) Gene Griffis is always a part of the Hulett Roping Club's annual barbecue and playday event. See page 6 for more. (Right) Members of the community who were honored at the Old Settlers Picnic this past weekend: several members of the Buttons and Bows, Tiny Bush, Evelyn Hejde. In the back, Jeanne Shepherd and Bruce Mcamis. Unfortunately, Joe Graham had recently passed away. See page 7 for more....
Rare Element Resources (RER) announced this week that its demonstration plant project is advancing towards final detailed engineering while the location for the plant in Upton is prepared for construction. According to a statement from the company, the project has just passed the 60% design milestone and the final detailed engineering is scheduled for completion this year. Permitting and licensing activities are underway, while equipment and services with a long lead time are being made now in order to minimize the effects of inflation and...
The Powder River Energy (PRECorp) Foundation has facilitated $15,360 in direct donations to local volunteer fire departments through a single day of fundraising in July this year. Called the WyoGives ‘Day of Giving,’ the annual online fundraiser gives local charities an opportunity to raise funds online and leverage matching funds from entities like the Hughes Charitable Foundation to increase the total dollars raised. The 24-hour fundraiser was held on July 13, and the PRECorp Foundation dedicated 100 percent of the money raised to local vol...
A state of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services around Wyoming cities throughout October. Sandy McFarland is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims or VA healthcare. McFarland can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. Her office is located at 551 Running West Dr., Ste. 100, in Gillette, and she will be available in N...
The second annual quilt show was held at the Hulett Museum and Art Gallery last weekend and 25 beautiful quilts were on display for the public to enjoy. Quilts came in a number of varieties, including antique and modern styles. Quilts that were on display had a brief explanation about the work of art and who made them....
Please join us for some cowboy music and poetry with Kerry Grombacher and Aspen Black on Thurs., Oct. 6 at 4:30 p.m. NEW FICTION BOOKS: The Ninth Month by James Patterson – Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City. She’s a successful marketing executive who lives in a luxury apartment and enjoys a glamorous existence until she lands in the hospital with a double diagnosis: she parties too much – and she’s pregnant. Her nurse and new best friend, Betsey, helps Emily rediscover how much she loves morning runs in the park and qui...
If you will need to travel this winter on roads that may be closed due to weather, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is inviting you to sign up for two programs that will allow you to do so. Collectively known as the Wyoming Travel Authorization Program (W-TAP), the Wyoming Authorized Travel and Rolling Closure Authorization programs allow drivers to apply for authorization to travel on sections of closed roadways when the department has deemed it is safe enough. The Wyoming Authorized Travel application is open to all drivers, b...
The Hulett roping club held their annual barbecue last Sunday at the Hulett Recreation Grounds. This barbecue and playday is the Hulett Roping Club's way of saying thanks to everybody who helped with this year's rodeo. The barbecue started 11 a.m. and it was followed by their annual meeting, playday and queen contest....
The long-standing tradition of the Old Settlers Picnic was held last Sunday at the picnic area at Devils Tower. An annual event that's been held since the 1930s, it used to bring thousands to enjoy a picnic at the monument with friends, family and neighbors. This year, the settlers who were honored were the Buttons and Bows Homemakers Club, Bruce McAmis, Jeanne Shepherd, Joe Graham and Evelyn Hejde. The day began with church at the Oshoto followed with an old fashioned picnic, the honorees...
Two troubadours are coming to Hulett for an afternoon of contemporary western music at the Crook County Library on Thurs., Oct. 6, when award-winning songwriters Kerry Grombacher and Aspen Black will perform their “Songs & Stories of the American West” concert at 4:30 p.m. They are both multi-instrumentalists, and their songs draw vivid portraits and tell fascinating stories that they accompany with guitars, bass, and mandolin. “It’s a real treat to bring our cowboy songs back to Crook County, and to Hulett for the first time,” songwrite...
CASPER — Wyoming women and health care providers are asking a Teton County judge to block state lawmakers and an anti-abortion group from joining an ongoing lawsuit over Wyoming’s abortion ban. Right to Life Wyoming and lawmakers Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, R-Cody, and Rep. Chip Neiman, R-Hulett, filed a motion last month asking to join the lawsuit as intervenors. If accepted, they would plan to make additional arguments about abortion as a procedure and the legislative process. While an attorney representing the state said he isn’t again...
GOP narrows field to three nominees for secretary of state CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming Republican Party has picked three nominees to put forward to the governor to become the interim secretary of state, party and other officials have confirmed to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Those successful candidates were approved on the first ballot during the GOP meeting in Pavillion, and they were identified as Karl Allred, Marti Halverson and Bryan Miller. A Wyoming GOP representative, as well as the spokesperson for Gov. Mark Gordon, later separately c...
Sixty years ago, a group of Extension agents, 4-H leaders and parents held the first Western Junior Home Ec Show, which is now known as the Family and Consumer Sciences Show (FCS Show). According to show president, Peggy Turbiville, Sundance, “We want everyone to come and enjoy, meet new people, and hopefully build friendships that will last a lifetime.” The 60th show will be held Oct. 7 and 8 at the Central States Fairgrounds in Rapid City. The event consists of 12 contests held over two days that are open to all youth ages five though 18, fro...
Speeding – Daniel E. Eicher, Mt. Vernon, MO, 40/30, $150; Scott J. Backes, Gillette, WY, 59/45, $130; Charmaine Carter, Hill City, SD, 86/80, $97; David Martin, Greenwood, IN, 86/70, $150; Ashlynne Simpson, Rapid City, SD, 79/70, $103; (minor), Gillette, WY, 30/20, $30; Xueheng Wan, Seattle, WA, 70/30, $400; Logan M. Taggart, Beulah, WY, 39/30, $143; Kendra Nowak, Morrice, MI, 70/65, $65; Karthick Moorthy, Nashville, TN, 98/80, $150; Trevor Martin, Laramie, WY, 83/65, $216; Tony Kim, Laguna Woods, CA, 51/30, $267; Tahlia Hunter, Rapid City, S...
If you have driven by Mercantile 307 in Hulett, hopefully you've noticed the artwork on the side of the building. Anna Swanson, who has been working at Devils Tower Lodge, is turning a boring brick wall into a work of art. She says she's thankful for the opportunity to do this mural and that it's proven to be intimidating more than a few times, but that's what makes it fun. "I started doing large format artwork a few years ago with a couple of murals in Jackson Hole and a few of the tipis at...
It will be around three months before the county’s new rules for large subdivisions kick in, but the wording of the regulations ensure that any development started before that time will still have to meet the appropriate standards. The Crook County Commissioners convened in a special meeting last week to discuss the large acreage subdivision regulations, consider the public comments received and ultimately adopt the new rules via resolution. According to that resolution, the commission felt it necessary to create the regulations because the c...
On Sun., Sept. 25 at the Hulett Recreation Grounds, the Hulett Roping Club will be hosting their annual Free barbecue. This is their way of saying thank you to everyone who made the 2022 Hulett Rodeo a great success. The barbecue will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Steak, beans, chips, cookies, biscuits, gravy and drinks will be available. Please bring your own table service. The annual meeting and election of officers will be at 1:30 p.m. Queen contest for young ladies ages 12-21 will follow the meeting with the playday to follow. There...
Sept. 5 – Paper service. Fifteen traffic stops. Fire ban violation. Two motorist assists. Assist Keyhole State Park Ranger. Suspicious vehicle. Business check. House watch. Three EMS pages. Sept. 6 – Eight VIN checks. Two paper services. Nine traffic stops. Business check. Welfare check. Citizen assist. Motorist assist. Two suspicious circumstances. Fingerprints. EMS page. Fire page. Sept. 7 – Four VIN checks. Paper service. Nine traffic stops. Business check. Fire alarm. Two suspicious circumstances. Fingerprints. Motorist assist. Welfare chec...
Speeding – Stephen Kirby, Chino, CA, 78/65, $181; Ranae Monson, Moorcroft, WY, 85/70, $135; Rayannan Taken, Gillette, WY, 75/70, $15; Jennifer Schulte, Milton, DE, 82/65, $209; Anita Johnson, Monument, CO, 90/80, $115; Enrique Calo, Ontario, CA, 86/75, $125; Rebecca-Ann Bekoff, Gillette, WY, 87/75, $120; Deborah Whitford, Oakland, NJ, 88/65, $281; Warren K. Huckins, Upton, WY, 86/70, $140; Mary Diercksen, W Caldwell, NJ, 82/65, $209; William Kelley, Glenrock, WY, 81/65, $202; Stephen Roy Stroud, Upton, WY, 76/70, $107; Cameron Lepine, C...
Campbell County finally succeeds in getting federal grant for industrial park GILLETTE (WNE) — If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And again. And again. After numerous failed attempts at getting funding for an industrial park, Campbell County was finally successful this week, when it was awarded a $2.8 million federal grant to help build an industrial park east of Cam-plex. The grant is from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Association, specifically from a program designed to help coal communities. Public Works...
GILLETTE — The top elections official in Campbell County has filed a complaint with the state and federal governments regarding a local political action committee. Campbell County Clerk Susan Saunders filed a complaint with the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office and the Federal Election Commission about the Coal Country Conservatives Political Action Committee. The PAC, which distributed political materials ahead of the primary election in August, did not file reports about where it was getting its money from or how it spent its money. Can...
JACKSON — The Teton County Sheriff’s Office has seen a rash of calls this week regarding scammers posing as local law enforcement officers to extort money or personal information. “There’s been a wave of phone scams this week where the caller is using deputies’ names,” Teton County Sheriff Matt Carr said. “They tend to target things by ZIP code, working in a certain area at a certain time. They’re probably pulling our deputies’ names off the internet.” This week, Dispatch Manager for the Sheriff’s Office Riclyn Betsinger said that although sh...
LARAMIE — The way University of Wyoming students and administrators approach tuition will change next year. The UW Board of Trustees gave the green light for two recommendations from administrators Thursday: increase tuition by 4% and transition to a block tuition model starting in the 2023-24 school year. While students now pay tuition per credit hour they take, a block tuition model will introduce a lump sum students pay regardless of the number of credits. Block tuition rates will be the norm for any undergraduate student taking 12-18 credit...
