Newcastle

As the end of the school year creeps closer, schools in Weston County School District No. 1 are beginning to enter the WY-TOPP testing window.    While both Newcastle Elementary School and Newcastle High School have been designated as “partially meeting expectations”  by the Wyoming Department of...
The student who brought a gun to school on March 15, leading to lockdowns at both Newcastle High School and Newcastle Middle School, has been expelled for one year. The Weston County School District No. 1 board of trustees voted in favor of the expulsion following a brief executive session on March...
To avoid confusion with state statutes regarding city administrators, the Newcastle City Council voted to change the advertised position from city administrator to city planner during its regular meeting on April 3.    The council voted on Feb. 21 to begin advertising for a city administrator,...
The Weston County School District No. 1 board of trustees wants to use exit interviews or surveys to better determine why teachers and other staff members leave the district. The hope is to use the information to learn wha the district can do better retain quality employees.   Over the past two...
The Newcastle City Council will be holding another public meeting to discuss dispatch operations in Newcastle and Weston County on April 12 at 5 p.m. in the city council chambers located at 10 W. Warwick.    On April 4, Mayor Pam Gualtieri attended the Board of Weston County Commissioners meeting...
NLJ file photo
Rosie Pzinski, shown here during the Weston County Museum District’s
historical fashion review in 2022, is a resident of Weston County Senior
Services center and is active there and in the community.
Some time ago Sharon and Larry, a Newcastle couple who enjoy playing Cribbage, had the idea of talking with Weston County Senior Services to see if a room was available in which several card tables and chairs could be set up and utilized during the forenoon, one day a week. Their hope had not...
Weston County Fair Board Chair Susan Bridge said she is pleased with the way the facility is running and the positive feedback the board is receiving, despite the recent resignations of Weston County Fairgrounds manager Kara Fladstol and a contract employee — followed by the resignation of a long-...
In the photo above by Amy Menerey, the sun pops out enough to melt a good deal of the snow accumulation
in Newcastle. While surrounding areas have been blanketed with substantial amounts of snow — including the
most recent storm that blew in on Monday and Tuesday,
It just keeps coming.   An anticipated 8 to 10 inches of snow between April 3 and 5 will add to the already significant snowpack in areas surrounding Newcastle. The snowstorm that began at midday on Monday will likely result in the area exceeding its April average of 5 inches of snow, according to...
Mick Bohn listens to the second human trafficking presentation that was held at the Newcastle Lodge and Convention Center on March 24. The lecture, open to the public, was presented by Rev. Tess Franzen, founder and excecutive director of Freedom’s Journey in Rapid City, S.D.
"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love." – Mother Teresa The Rev. Tess Franze described the dangers and evils associated with human trafficking in two presentations she gave at the Newcastle Lodge and Convention Center on March 24 in Newcastle. Franzen is the...
(Editor's Note: This story has been updated from its original published version as more information has become available.)   Two weeks after a situation involving an actual gun at Newcastle High School was diffused, all three schools in Weston County School District No. 1 were locked down on Monday...

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