s first responders, emergency personnel and employees of the Wyoming Refining Company prepare for another week of training and a cumulative incident command scenario, we want to recognize these individuals and groups for everything they do to prepare for any potential emergency.
ere is a shout out to everyone who came together to create the second annual Madness on Main event. We know we can’t name everyone, someone will always be missed, but we want to thank you for putting on such a fun event for the community.
While we at the News Letter Journal see the legitimacy in the TAC*ONE active shooter training, taught by a group of police officers out of Washington, Colo., we are heart broken to see this be what our middle school and high school students are taught on the first day of school.
The News Letter Journal staff was saddened to learn of longtime veterinarian Dr. Pete Vorpahl’s passing this past week. Vorpahl was chosen as NLJ’s 2002 Person of the Year from a list of 12 people who made a difference in the community.
imes in Newcastle are changing and the News Letter Journal is fully involved in embracing those changes and helping to move the community forward while still providing the best service possible.
Newcastle and Weston County as a whole have had lots to offer as far as entertainment and activities for the entire family already this summer with Warm Summer Nights, the Night at the Museum, mini sprint races and the fly-in at Mondell Field Airport, and the fun is just getting started.
As I listened to the Weston County School District No. 1 board of trustees mull over the idea of implementing a cell phone ban at Newcastle Middle School, I found myself thinking, “what is there to think about?”
As the editorial board at the News Letter Journal discussed the needed story on the move of both FOCUS and the local public defender’s office to the Weston County Annex to join the Weston County Attorney’s office, and UW Extension office we all had a similar reaction.
