Shooting for Heart Health
Photo and Story by KateLynn Slaamot for NLJ On a mission to save lives, the American Heart Association promotes many fundraisers across America, including Hoops for Heart. The fundraiser is also...
View ArticleBefore it became a parking lot: Part II
From building to parking lot: the timeline of block 7, lot 20: Part II For this week’s issue of the News Letter Journal, local historian Leonard Cash continued with the history of block 7 lot 20, land...
View ArticleA part for you
We were pretty excited to announce this week our plans to commemorate the 115th anniversary of what was arguably Newcastle’s biggest year (1903) by performing re-enactments of the events that grabbed...
View ArticleTrump was our way to “club” the political elite
Dear Editor, Sheep, cows and horses are herd animals. There was a story about two horses that had grown up together, but one got sold and went away. That horse was gone for three or four years. The...
View ArticleGovernor’s primary is shaping up to be a doozy
By Bill Sniffin My, how things can change on the statewide political scene over a few months. The Wyoming governor race in 2018 may end up being the most interesting race in the state’s history. I...
View ArticleLove’s deceptive lure can make turkeys of us all
By Jen Kocher Admittedly, I go out on a limb to impress the men I’m trying to date. Often this means feigning an interest or ability in some activity, or sometimes, outright lying. In other words,...
View ArticleBARBARA LOIS MORRISSEY JOHNSON
Sept. 5, 1934–April 30, 2018 Barbara Lois Morrissey Johnson was born in Lead, S.D., on Sept. 5, 1934, to William Lawrence and Anna Mabel Henderson Morrissey. She attended school in Lead, until they...
View ArticleSHE SAID YES!
CLAAR–REED With the blessing of her children, Christopher Reed proposed to the love of his life, Melissa Claar, on her birthday, Dec. 14, 2017, and of course she said yes! They are planning a...
View ArticleNewcastle’s ladies finish season strong
In their final week of regular season play, the Lady Dogies brought some of their best efforts to the pitch to finish strong, and even made Newcastle soccer history by tying the high flying Lady Bison...
View ArticleHansen retires after nearly 5 decades
The Hansen and Peck law firm in Newcastle is losing half of its partnership. Attorney Don Hansen is in the process of retiring after nearly 50 years, during which time he served as county attorney for...
View ArticleWALTER E. JOHNSON
Walter E. Johnson, Age 92 passed away Monday, May 7 at the Weston County Manor. Services are pending. A complete obituary will follow at a later date.
View ArticleMARY ANN ROBINSON
May 29, 1944–May 1, 2018 Mary Ann Robinson, 73, of Moorcroft, Wyo., passed away on May 1, 2018, at Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette. Mary Ann Robinson was born May 29, 1944, to Kenneth and...
View ArticleRoyal Weddings just aren’t our style
Dear Editor, Why are Americans interested in the English royal wedding? After all we had to fight the oppressive English royalty to be free (the Revolutionary War). Then the English attacked us again...
View ArticleThe miracle of the massacre that never happened
By Bill Sniffin To the people involved, it was a miracle on May 16, 1986, when a Wyoming school-bombing attempt failed, sparing 154 students and teachers from dying. Cokeville, Wyoming, is a sleepy...
View ArticleI prefer capitalists over bureaucrats
Dear Editor Jerry Baird continues to castigate capitalists but why. People who invent something or provide a service which the public wants, become capitalists when what they produce becomes...
View ArticleLearning about politics from a Christine perspective
By Hannah Gross Politics is something many people want to stay out of, but if we want to be “in the know” of our government and its decisions, we have to educate ourselves with the political system....
View ArticleHistoric walk up main stirring old memories
Dear Editor, Hi Leonard, still enjoying the walk up main street & as we get to the corner of Main & Sumner street, I can relate to what I remember in the time frame of 1934 & through the...
View ArticleBefore the Berry Hotel
The timeline of block 7, lot 21 of Newcastle’s downtown continues the News Letter Journal’s History on Main series with local historian Leonard Cash. To begin, Cash shared Weston County Courthouse...
View ArticleThousands urge Mead to delay grizzly hunt
By John Spina Jackson Hole Daily Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The National Parks Conservation Association delivered a petition with nearly 33,000 signatures to Gov. Matt Mead’s office Friday,...
View ArticleSage grouse advocates face new hurdles
By Ashleigh Fox The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — A estimated 37 percent of the greater sage grouse population in the United States calls Wyoming home, and many Wyomingites lead...
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