Weston County
An increase in the number of students at Newcastle Elementary School buffered the decline in students at both Newcastle Middle School and Newcastle High School, resulting in a preliminary enrollment for Weston County School District No. 1 that is similar to last year’s student population.
On Aug....
Seventy year-old Carl Pearson, of Weston County, was sentenced to 25 to 30 years in prison for first-degree sexual assault of a minor and two counts of sexual assault in the third degree on Aug. 30, according to sentencing documents provided by Weston County Sheriff Bryan Colvard.
Pearson pleaded...
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Becky Flores, a neurologic physical therapy student, gets ready to time Leonard Metz walk down the hallway during his physical therapy session on Wednesday, Aug. 31. She is training under Dr. Ryan Schrock, Wyoming’s only Board Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist and co-owner of Rehab Solutions.
In many communities retail space has given way to professional services in their downtown business districts, and Newcastle appears to have taken another step in that direction with the announcement that a pair of medical businesses will be moving into a space that has traditionally hosted retail...
An aerial photo of the parking lot has been provided to parents. The school is open and willing to hear all suggestions on potential solutions.
Concerns about the pickup and drop-off procedures at Newcastle Elementary School have been a topic of discussion since COVID-19 threw a wrench in all school procedures. The pandemic kept parents in their cars, which led to long lines backed up on the highway, increased wait times and generated an...
Areas in and around Newcastle experienced momentary power outages two days in a row on Aug. 30-31.
The brief outages caused havoc across the city on Tuesday, with a cloud of smoke from the Wyoming Refining Company’s facility sparking a brief shelter in place at Newcastle’s high school and middle...
Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock has now agreed to work with Republican Party Chairwoman Kari Drost to have poll watchers during the 2022 general election, but earlier last week Hadlock stated in an August 29 email that she was banning poll watchers after irregularities she claimed had occurred on...
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Are you involved with a new public planning project in your community? Maybe you’re working with your city to design or redesign a popular park, or perhaps you’re developing a new coworking or maker space. These tips from News Letter Journal will walk you through everything from lighting a...
CASPER —Two years ago, Jon Guy was in prison, serving 17 years for a 2004 stabbing in Laramie.
On Friday, he was headed to a signing for his first book, released this week.
The book, “Think Straight,” is a self-proclaimed “owner’s manual for the mind,” Guy says. Part science, part philosophy, it’s...
It is a good but stressful day when you discover that you need to expand and grow your business in order to meet current demands. On the one hand, you can see that you have a great product that is jumping off the shelves, but on the other hand, you realize that you need to make major changes in...
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The Dogies were off and running last Thursday in their opening, and only home, meet of the season. Pictured left to right are Logan Olson, Archer Ohnstad, Ben Carter, Sam Scribner, Caleb Hoover, Thatcher Troftgruben and Sam Cunningham.
The starting pistol went off for the Dogie and Lady Dogie cross country teams as they began their 2022 season with their home meet at the Newcastle Country Club golf course on Thursday. Though the turnout for the meet was less than what head coach Kathy Beehler was hoping to see, she was pleased...
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