Weston County
Don Taylor file photo
The Newcastle City Council formally voted on Nov. 20 to deny a settlement offer from Weston County Commissioner Don Taylor, who was issued a citation by city police as the owner of the Mondell Heights Retirement Home for an alleged violation of a city ordinance three months earlier.
The offer was...
Newcastle has been forced to scrap plans to purchase two police vehicles from a dealer outside of the community after discovering that its former police chief, Chuck Bowles, failed to advertise for bids for the vehicles as mandated by state law.
On Nov. 6, Police Chief Derek Thompson alerted the...
File photo from RER's open house on Oct. 9
Rare Element Resources is one step closer to making its demonstration-scale processing and separation plant for rare earth elements a reality after the company received the final federal approval needed, according to an email from George Byers, a long-time consultant to Rare Element Resources and...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thu. Nov. 23 Closed Thanksgiving
no classes or meetings
WC Senior Center
Closed Thanksgiving WC Courthouse
NOONish Community Thanksgiving
Dinner (bring dish to share)
First United Methodist Church
Fri. Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Break
Closed no classes or meetings
WC Senior...
For the last decade, Newcastle and Upton fans have joined forces and cheered on their high school wrestlers together, as the two Weston County school districts combined their small wrestling programs in an effort to roster a team that could fill most of the weight classes.
In that time, although...
In September the Wyoming Historical Society hosted its annual meeting in downtown Cody, and the meeting’s highlight was an awards banquet for people and organizations nominated and recognized for their interest in and preservation of history.
Mike Jording, a longtime member of the Weston County...
Thu. Nov. 16 7AM T.O.P.S. #218
WC Senior Center
1PM Bridge/Crafts
WC Senior Center
5:30PM WCHS Board of Trustees Mtg WC Health Services
6PM Veteran’s Memorial Mtg
Four Square Church
6PM Dinner to Honor Vets & Their Families Masonic Hall 1440 W. Main
6-8:30PM Celebrate Recovery
Church On The...
Jodi McGuire, submitted photo
Jodi McGuire, a Newcastle Elementary School special education teacher since 2012, is in her 12th year of teaching at the school and was recently revealed as Weston County School District No. 1 Teacher of the Year at a ceremony in Casper.
Speakers at the ceremony included Sen. John Barrasso,...
Vicki Hayman, submitted photo
Vicki Hayman attended the 89th conference for The National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Services in Providence, Rhode Island, in September, and while she was excited for her first visit to Rhode Island, she was also thrilled to receive national recognition for two of her...
City utility customers can expect to see an increase in their water, sewer and garbage bills after the Newcastle City Council approved the garbage rate increases on third reading at the board’s Nov. 6 meeting.
According to the ordinance, the 95-gallon containers used for residents will increase...
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