Weston County

Photos courtesy of Deb Sewell

Above, Tiffany Schwenke, Region 1 director, shakes hands with Deb Sewell of Newcastle, who was at the awards ceremony representing her great-grandfather Julius Frederick Bock, as Sen. John Barrasso stands behind her.

 
Cowboy hats crowded the halls and elevators and stairways and restaurants of Casper, Wyoming’s Ramkota Hotel last weekend.  The reservations desk was crowded with booted cowboys and cowgirls of all ages asking for keys and luggage carts to the rooms they’d reserved well in advance.   “Howdy”...
    GILLETTE (WNE) — About 16,000 people were impacted Tuesday during a phone outage that downed phone lines across the city and county, along with 911 calls. The outage also affected those in Weston County and some parts of Crook County.   David King, Campbell County Emergency Management...
Weston County School District No. 1 administrators reviewed recently released Wyoming’s Test of Proficiency and Progress testing results — better known as WYTOPP — with the school board this month, and revealed that the district saw some gains in middle school but still struggles to reach certain...
The joint powers board to oversee dispatch operations for emergency responders is one step closer to taking over those services in Weston County after the selection committee chose Austin Baker and James Curren as at-large board members, according to Newcastle City Councilman Don Steveson. Both...
With a short staffed-police department, crumbling infrastructure and a hefty police budget, Councilman Tyrel Owens suggested that the Newcastle City Council consider holding a public meeting to discuss the dissolution of the Newcastle Police Department, with a switch to Weston County Sheriff’s...
For the second time since June, Commissioner Don Taylor voiced concern over an inability to ask that individuals or topics be added to the Board of Weston County Commissioners’ agenda — this time for the board’s Sept. 5 meeting.    As previously reported, in the NLJ’s Commission Clips for the June...
Thu. Sept. 21 7AM T.O.P.S. #218 WC Senior Center 1PM Crafts WC Senior Center 4PM WC Museum District mtg Anna Miller Museum 5-7PM Farmers Market next to Pinnacle Bank 5:30PM Newcastle City Planning Commission Mtg City Council Chambers 6PM Class of 2023 NHS Hall of Fame WC Senior Center 6PM Veteran’...

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Girls in grades K-12 will have the opportunity to check out the Girl Scout STEM van for free on Sept. 18, when the Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming will bring their science, technology, engineering and mathematics programming to town from 3:15 to 5 p.m. outside of the Weston County Library.    “...
During its regularly scheduled meeting on Aug.  23, the Weston County School District No.  1 board of trustees revisited a number of policies, including sabbaticals and pay structure for certified staff.   But the most notable change may have been to district policy GCMD-E, No. 1, concerning the...

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LaKacee Lipp, a member of the Newcastle Saddle and Sirloin FFA Chapter, is scheduled to receive the American FFA Degree at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Nov. 4 of this year.

 
The American FFA Degree is the highest honor awarded to an FFA member because it takes countless time and effort to achieve, and receiving this award means one has demonstrated the highest level of prioritizing FFA.    The requirements to earn this award are extensive to ensure that the best FFA...

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