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Flu update — What health officials want residents to know

According to local health officials and recent state surveillance data, flu activity in Weston County has remained re

Resolution stalled — Commissioners table special deputy attorney request

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the county offering to help Weston.

Funding loss weakens food support — Cent$ible Nutrition funding cuts leave county residents with fewer resources

A federally funded nutrition education program that has helped thousands of Wyoming residents stretch their food doll

Bringing the RIP back to life — County commissioners consider restarting road identification project

Weston County officials have long faced questions about ownership and responsibility for various roads in the county,

Behind closed doors — 2024–25 data shows wide differences in time spent in executive sessions

Wyoming state law outlines when public bodies may meet privately in executive session, but because the public and pre

Bomb sentencing — Riggle to serve 30 months

Statewide honors — NLJ earns several awards at Wyoming Press Association convention

The News Letter Journal brought home several of the Wyoming Press Association’s highest honors, along with multiple P

Tax vote — Mayor seeks path for penny tax vote

The Newcastle City Council has begun laying the groundwork for a possible local option penny sales tax that could app

On alert — Hospital expands security planning among violence concerns

Weston County Health Services is expanding staff training, visitor controls and long-term security planning after a s

Ballot counting — Event to showcase manual ballot-counting process

Alexis Barker

NLJ News Editor

In Ex-Sess — December, 2025

The News Letter Journal reviewed the minutes of each of these four governing bodies' 2025 meetings to determine which

Power preparedness — County reassesses outage readiness

More than 1,800 Weston County electricity customers were reported to be without power Friday afternoon as another wid

Statutory pressure — Audit delays put hospital district at risk

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the date of the discussion.

Godoy sentenced

A Newcastle man convicted of endangering a child was given a suspended prison sentence and placed on probation in the

In Ex-Sess — November, 2025

 The News Letter Journal reviewed the minutes of each of these four governing bodies' 2025 meetings to determine whic

Episode 51 — Give us Gordo vs. Gray

This week on the podcast, Bob and Alexis dig into one of the most serious accountability stories to come out of Westo

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