News Letter Journal P.O. Box 40, 14 W. Main Newcastle, WY 82701 (307) 746-2777
Recession ready
The State of Wyoming doesn't have as much revenue to share with local governments as it has in the last few years, but it doesn't look like the City of Newcastle will be hurting too badly as a result of that. "First of all, the city is in good financial position. It has been well managed, and we're not in position to really worry about a lot of things," Mayor Greg James told the Newcastle City Council when the group got together to discuss planning for future infrastructure projects last week.
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Nice catch
When Hans Hunt graduated from Newcastle High School in 2007, many of his teachers and friends thought that he would probably play some kind of role in Wyoming politics eventually, but few would have guessed that he'd be the one to uncover the first scandal in the race for the governor's office less than three years later.
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Nofall
There hasn't been a lot of snow in this part of the Black Hills this winter, but there is still time to make up the shortfall, according to Keith Culver, the District Conservationist from the Newcastle Field Office of the Natural Resource Conservation Service.
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Newcastle's newest
Weston County Public Health announced Allie Mae Lunstra as the first baby born in 2010. Allie's parents are Austin Lunstra and Veronica Mireles of Newcastle. She was born on Jan. 4, 2010 in Gillette and weighed 7 lbs. 2.3 ozs. and was 20 1/2 inches long.
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