Wyoming
By Tom Hallberg
Jackson Hole Daily
Via Wyoming News Exchange
WILSON — A Wyoming billionaire philanthropist has made a strong pledge in support of land conservation.
In a New York Times opinion piece published Wednesday, Hansjorg Wyss, a Wilson resident, said he would put $1 billion toward...
By Ramsey Scott
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CHEYENNE — Candidates for statewide office released their final pre-election fundraising reports Tuesday night, a week before Election Day. And across the board, Republicans hold a significant money lead over their Democratic...
Alexis Barker
NLJ Reporter
Eight teams met at Newcastle High School this past weekend to face off in the 1A East Regional Volleyball tournament. The tournament was actually hosted by Upton High School, but Newcastle High School acted as the host site.
Coming in number one ranked for the...
By Bri Brasher
with Leonard Cash
NLJ Reporter
Preserving historical sites is never an easy task, and the building now known as the Jenney Stockade is no exception. This week’s installment of the History on Main Series with Leonard Cash covers the birth of the Jenney Stockade and its original...
Alexis Barker
NLJ Reporter
Newcastle appears poised to have one of the wettest years in its history, according to Melissa Smith, a National Weather Service hydrologist in Rapid City.
Along with record-setting precipitation, Newcastle is no longer categorized as being in drought conditions,...
By Bri Brasher
with Leonard Cash
NLJ Reporter
The History on Main Series with Leonard Cash continues this week with Cash’s research and writing on the Christian Church in Newcastle. The church once stood where the Weston County Law Enforcement Center is now. As stated in last week’s News Letter...
By Bri Brasher
with Leonard Cash
NLJ Reporter
This week, Leonard Cash shares his research on the Christian Church, the first of which was located in Block 8, Lot 6, of Newcastle’s downtown. Prior to the building of the church, hotel keeper James E. Grant and the Kilpatricks “engaged M.F....
By Bri Brasher
with Leonard Cash
NLJ Reporter
The story of the property first owned by the Kilpatrick family and then by Frank Mondell wraps up this week with the end of Weston County Memorial Hospital’s timeline and the start of the Mondell Heights retirement community, the property’s current...
By Bri Brasher
with Leonard Cash
NLJ Reporter
Leonard Cash continued retelling the history of the hospital on the hill for this week’s installment of the History on Main Series, starting again in the mid 1950s. The Weston County Memorial Hospital was up and running in 1949 under the direction...
By Bri Brasher
with Leonard Cash
NLJ Reporter
The retelling of the hospital on the hill continues this week with Leonard Cash and the History on Main Series. Last week, the News Letter Journal left off with the building of the Weston County Memorial Hospital, even while the Newcastle community...
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