Wounded Casper police officer improving
By Shane Sanderson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A Casper police officer wounded in a May 6 shootout is now breathing unassisted and can nod and shake his head in response to...
View ArticleTaking the ‘cheer’ out of cheerleading
I ’m not sure that any high school activity is as polarizing as cheerleading. So many opinions exist regarding its legitimacy and even what to classify it as…is it a sport or is it something else? As...
View ArticleFix the tattered welcome mat
I was pretty disappointed to have to print a story on page one of this week’s News Letter Journal about at least one resident of this community taking advantage of a well-intentioned city ordinance to...
View ArticleObserve and report
In the past few weeks, readers have expressed concern that we haven’t printed stories about the recent achievements of some of the youth organizations in the community, and we have to confess that we...
View ArticleIt is a good time to be loyal and a hard-worker
By Bill Sniffin You can’t stop what’s coming. — From the movie No Country for Old Men This is my message for 2018 graduates — your future is coming at you at a terrific speed and there is very...
View ArticleMay is made for God blessed Americans
Dear Editor, It’s May in the most wonderful place on earth. America! I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and you. And I say to myself: What a wonderful world. I just quoted...
View ArticleIt is our economic system that is failing
Dear Editor, Listening to the banter at the coffee shop and reading “Letters to the Editor” in a “Deep Red State” is enough to make one wonder why and who is propagating such obvious and egregious...
View ArticleThe days of Washburn-Bettis and later the Berry Hotel
Leonard Cash told the story of the early days of block 7, lot 21, in last week’s issue of the News Letter Journal with particular emphasis on the Washburn-Bettis store, a local grocery. This week, we...
View ArticleThe Lodge and Grazers open
Abby Gray NLJ Correspondent On May 8, Newcastle’s Lodge and Convention Center opened its doors and was ready for business. Though there has not been much traffic at the hotel yet, general manager Kim...
View ArticleWALTER ERNEST JOHNSON
March 6, 1926–May 7, 2018 Walter Ernest Johnson was born in Long Pine, Neb., on March 6, 1926, to Frank Jelmer and Florence Mabel Davis Johnson. He attended 10 years of school in Manville, Wyo., then...
View ArticleDOMINIC PETER CALVETTI
Oct. 28, 1933–May 3, 2018 Dominic Peter Calvetti, 84, died on May 3, 2018, at Rapid City Regional Hospital, in Rapid City, S.D. Dominic was born in Lead, S.D., on Oct. 28, 1933, to Cherie and Gina...
View ArticleAG wants to take lead in opioid legal battle
By Kylie Mohr Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Wyoming Attorney General Peter Michael brought an entourage to Jackson on Monday to tell Teton County commissioners they’d...
View ArticleModel airplane group promotes hobby with airport display
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — The next time you’re in the terminal at the Gillette-Campbell County Airport, look up. Over the Indian riding bareback...
View ArticleMead: ITC will be ‘one of the most monumental achievements of the century’
By Greg Johnson Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — To the untrained eye, the 226,000 square feet of leveled ground with intermittent pipe couplings looks like a big, empty space....
View ArticleUW looks to decide rates more than year in advance
By Jeff Victor Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — University of Wyoming leadership will begin hashing out tuition increases further in advance to make it easier for prospective...
View ArticleSweetwater commissioners grant permit for state’s first large solar generator
By Ann Jantz Rocket Miner Via Wyoming News Exchange ROCK SPRINGS -– The Sweetwater County Commission has granted Sweetwater Solar LLC a conditional-use permit to construct, operate and decommission an...
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MEDIA ALERT: LOCAL UTILITY WARNS CUSTOMERS OF SCAM ATTEMPTS
From Black Hills Energy: Rapid City, SD – May 17, 2018 — Black Hills Energy has received customer reports of late bill payment scams with customers being told that they are past due on their account,...
View ArticleSimpson warns against corporate money in elections
By Michael Illiano The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — Former U.S. Sen. Alan K. Simpson urged voters to push for drastic reform to campaign finance laws and called the influx of...
View ArticleSecond Democrat enters House race
By Joel Funk Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – A second Democrat said he will enter the race to replace U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., but it doesn’t appear the candidate is...
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