Study aims to make the system better
Volunteers needed for rural health care survey Rural health care is limited, as far as access to extended treatment access and elderly care, according to Tamara L. Tasseff, and she hopes to complete a...
View ArticleMind Over Matter
Miglia excels in engineering Confined to a chair at age 15, Newcastle High School graduate Barry Miglia (Class of 1987) has faced challenges that most can hardly imagine, yet he continues to overcome...
View ArticleRIP Keyton Road
Committee claims road belongs to Forest Service While working on Road Identification Procedure No. 3 County Attorney William Curley began to research Keyton Road (Forest Service Road 937) and...
View ArticleNHS students to connect with vets
Newcastle High School is teaming up with the Veteran of Foreign Wars to bring students and the community’s nearly 700 Weston County veterans together. These veterans have served in conflicts and wars...
View ArticleThe best healthcare fix is to provide Medicare to all
Dear Editor, I guess it is time to talk common sense again since our politicians avoid truth like it was a plague. The United States Government has been running a health insurance program called...
View ArticleCredit for planter project came up a bit short
Dear Editor, The picture of the planter at Dow Park was very appreciated, however, the person that was involved the most did not get recognition. Bernie Terry was instrumental in conceiving the idea...
View ArticleNetwork of paths and trails is taking us nowhere
Dear Editor, The list of Newcastle property owners grows smaller everyday, while the “burbs” are getting larger. This obviously means our property tax payers pay much more, and for less service. All...
View ArticleAmerican media is feeding us lies about the world
Dear Editor, Cuss, swear, filth and profanities! Now with that out of the way, I’ll get on with my rant. Why can’t we put the tax reform, voter reform and all the other rat race reforms temporarily on...
View ArticleThe test of time
The standardized tests Wyoming students take each spring are the tool the state uses to determine student growth, readiness, achievement and equity, and we thank WCSD #1 for presenting those scores to...
View ArticleVisitor doesn’t appreciate bypass ‘speed trap’
Dear Editor, “Get back into your truck and get out of here or I’ll write you a ticket for obstructing traffic.” The policeman in the black squad car was obviously quite irate. He had been friendly and...
View ArticleCity projects need to reflect needs of city residents
Dear Editor, The short list of misguided usages of our taxes goes well beyond what I referred to (re: “Network of paths and trails is taking us nowhere, News Letter Journal, September 21, 2017, page...
View ArticleAre you going to Scarborough Fair?
We really don’t give our community enough credit when it comes to the opportunities we have to appreciate culture and the arts, and that was proven again in the Crouch Auditorium on Sunday. When the...
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Hog wild
Livestock sale benefits cancer research Nik Runyan for NLJ When eight-year-old Madi Pitts sold her 260 pound hog at the Weston County Fair’s Youth Livestock Sale last month, it brought more per pound...
View ArticleVoelker’s bring U-Haul Products to Its Lot
Nik Runyan for NLJ U-Haul Company of Wyoming, Inc. announced last week that Voelker’s Auto Body & Glass has signed on as a U-Haul® neighborhood dealer to serve the Newcastle community. Voelker’s...
View ArticleMental Health office fully staffed
Northern Wyoming Mental Health recently completed its team in adding yet another new therapist to the staff. County Manager and Mental Health therapist Bob Lowe is also new to the center as of April,...
View ArticleWelch sentenced for counterfeiting
On Sept. 14, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal sentenced Russ Jay Welch Jr., 47, of Osage, to 27 months in prison. Welch pled guilty to one count of counterfeiting and forging obligations...
View ArticleHomeland Security looks to technology
Weston County Homeland Security recently applied for a grant to help use the additional funds available through the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, according to Denise Bradshaw, the county’s...
View ArticleFlood damage bids come in
A flood, caused by a break in a water main located in the second floor, at the Weston County Courthouse in November extensively damaged both the assessor’s office on the main floor and the space...
View ArticleResidents meet with city over garbage pickup
Earlier this year, city crews cleaned alleyways throughout Newcastle to help clear a path for garbage pickup, but some alleys proved to be more difficult than others. That led the city to request that...
View ArticleFlag protests are just another distraction
Dear Editor, As usual, our attention is being incessantly focused on more controversial issues such as the ballplayers taking the knee during the anthem. Whether one sees it as unpatriotic or not, the...
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