Bike path hits snag after bid exceeds funds
The city of Newcastle plans to review the portion of a bike path under construction that would connect Newcastle Elementary School to Grey Addition and extend past The Hop toward the port of entry,...
View ArticleVincent Gerald Minne
Vincent Gerald Minne October 23, 1936-August 10, 2017 Vincent Gerald Minne, 80, of Newcastle, Wyoming passed away Thursday August 10, 2017 while vacationing in Washington State. He developed...
View ArticleJohn “Jack” Spencer
John “Jack” Spencer December 14, 1932-August 9, 2017 John “Jack” Spencer, 84, of Sundance, WY passed away on August 9, 2017, at the Fort Meade VA Hospice Center in Sturgis, SD. Jack was born on...
View ArticleThe “people” must set aside past differences or perish
Dear Editor, We cant give up without a fight! Why even bother? What do we need or want that we are not getting now? By hook and by crook we are losing our rights— losing our livelihood— losing our...
View ArticleGoing organic really isn’t all it is cracked up to be
Dear Editor, Concerning your recent letter to the editor by Zydan Brooks, (“The benefits of going organic far outweigh the extra cost,” News Letter Journal, August 10, 2017, page 2), I’m afraid he is...
View ArticleDeranged reaction to Trump makes policy talk impossible
Dear Editor, A tyrant? I guess it was bound to happen. In last week’s lecture, (“We are forfeiting our greatest achievement,” News Letter Journal, August 10, 2017, page 2), Professor Baird finally...
View ArticleEclipse our own expectations
By all accounts, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally provided a welcome infusion of cash into our local economy, and while Rally revenue has tailed off considerably across the Black Hills in the past couple...
View ArticleViolent video games blurs the line of right and wrong
Dear Editor, Violent video games cause the children that play them to not be able to be aware of their surroundings and what is going on around them, and should not be played by teenagers. Violent...
View ArticleIt is important for teens to learn how to set goals
Dear Editor, As stated by “dosomethign.org,” more than 1.2 million students drop out every year, and are faced with many challenges and expectations. Students should have goals because setting goals...
View ArticleSettle into a new routine
Monday’s Great American Eclipse provided a wonderful opportunity for us to get together one more time as a community before school begins this week, and we hope those of you who joined the celebration...
View ArticleA Lumber Yard & Its Colorful Characters
with Leonard Cash Between selling lumber, housing horses, and facilitating a bootlegging business, block six, lots 19 through 24 has quite the history. This week, Leonard Cash reports on the block’s...
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Just as good as any man
While the history of lots 19 through 24 is fairly straightforward, the land’s most famous occupant was a rather unique character. Jennie Wall was born in Montecello, Iowa in 1872 before her family...
View ArticleNewcastle High School students work as citizen scientists
Newcastle High School science teachers Doug Scribner, James Stith and Zach Beam organized a group of students interested in working on citizen science projects for Monday’s eclipse event, and the group...
View ArticlePRECorp members meeting in Upton
Powder River Energy (PRECorp) will host its 72nd Annual Membership Meeting at the Upton Elementary/Middle School on Saturday, August 26, at 11 a.m. PRECorp is an electric cooperative that serves rural...
View ArticleWCHS not concerned over slow month
Many businesses have tough months, and Weston County Health Services is no different. Despite negative incomes for the month of July, the organization’s executives are adamant that there is no need to...
View ArticleCheney visits commissioners
Representative Liz Cheney took time while traveling through the state on Friday to meet with the Weston County Commissioners, and during her hour visit she discussed topics of importance in Washington...
View ArticleUpton railcar business gets federal funding
The Upton Economic Development Board continues to see local support in its venture to expand services at the Upton Logistics Center by installing the necessary facilities and track to support a railcar...
View ArticleGrowing from her roots
The Executive Director of the Wyoming State Board of Pharmacy, Mary Kirkpatrick, grew up in Newcastle in her family’s downtown drug store. Newcastle Drug and Jewelry was in business from 1910-1990,...
View ArticleIt’s Never Too Late
Minzel’s journey to pharmacy Newcastle High School graduate Ruth Minzel took care of her family before following her own dreams and working her way through pharmacy school, but she was licensed in...
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