Follow the money
Board wants to know what county does with fairgrounds revenue Questions were raised at the February Fair Board meeting regarding the group’s goals financially and the current policies regarding...
View ArticleUpton may evaluate employees
At their regular meeting of Mar. 8, the Upton Town Council voted unanimously to change how timesheets are handled for city employees before turning their attention to questions of job descriptions and...
View ArticleLess snow means fire concerns
The few inches of snow that fell in and around Newcastle on Monday evening was a welcome surprise, but so far in 2016, Weston County has seen little to no snow activity and as spring approaches fire...
View ArticleCounty Dems prep for caucus
Weston County Democrats will have the chance to participate in a county caucus, and two of those residents will have the opportunity to actively participate in the Wyoming Democratic Caucus, after...
View ArticleSix express interest in council seat
When Councilwoman Linda Hunt announced her resignation last month, it created an open seat on the Newcastle City Council, but City Clerk Charita Brunner said at Monday night’s meeting that she was...
View ArticleCounty budget talk continues
Discussion of planned budgets cuts continued at the Weston County Commissioners’ meeting of Mar. 15, at which the commissioners agreed on the wording of a letter to be sent out to department heads and...
View ArticleHospital CFO to fill council seat
With the energy bust raising concerns about future city budgets, the Newcastle City Council on Monday night chose Weston County Health Services Chief Financial Officer Lynn Moller from a field of six...
View ArticleNo time to waste on waste
City landfill likely to close Although they have not taken formal action, it appears likely that the Newcastle City Council will choose to take steps in the months to come to accept an offer from the...
View ArticleCounty board votes to pursue taxation
The board of the Weston County Solid Waste District voted on Mar. 16 to approach county officials with a ballot measure that asks voters to approve a three-mill levy to fund the construction of a...
View ArticleEveryone needs a Dave
Whitford faces down leukemia Clad in a surgical mask to protect himself from ambient germs and sporting only a light peach fuzz where he once had a full head of hair, WCSD #1 bus driver Dave Whitford...
View ArticleWicked Brew: Coffeehouse culture comes to Upton
Co-owners Brandi Lunstra and Kayla Knowlton were looking to provide more than just steaming cups of joe to customers when they opened their Wicked Brew Coffee and Eatery on Ash Street across from the...
View ArticleYoung voice to rep county on Cuyahoga
Kristina Mireles, a 2012 graduate of Newcastle High School, was selected at the Weston County GOP Convention this March as an alternate delegate to the party’s National Convention, which will be held...
View ArticleTie a yellow ribbon…
Council challenged on light pole restrictions The Newcastle City Council has affirmed their decision to limit the practice of tying ribbons to the decorative light posts on Main Street to raise...
View ArticleHunger’s burn makes it hard to learn
Schools diligent about keeping students fed A recent $2,000 donation to WCSD #1 provided by Shopko has been put toward a fund utilized by the district to assist students with outstanding school lunch...
View ArticleFun Day will pay a fee
Earlier this month, the Weston County Fair Board voted unanimously to allow the Wyatt Pillen Memorial Fun Day to continue during Fair Week, but the group determined that a use fee should be charged to...
View ArticleChamber director explains recent changes
The Newcastle Area Chamber of Commerce has created a bit of a buzz in recent months as they’ve announced to various organizations that they are shifting their focus, and Director Susan Love attended...
View ArticleWCHS Health Fair coming up
It is time once again for Weston County Health Services to host their annual Health and Trade Fair at the Weston County Senior Center. This year’s fair will take place on April 16 from 9 a.m. until 2...
View ArticleThe fast track
More highway speed limits being increased to 70 mph According to a press release from the Wyoming Department of Transportation, drivers on Wyoming highways can expect to see about 1,500 miles of...
View ArticleToo soon to gauge impact of layoffs
Weston County posted an unemployment rate of 4 percent in February, according to Research and Planning, a division of the state’s Department of Workforce Services, down from 4.2 percent in January....
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