Weston County
Landfills in Weston County — the Upton Landfill, Newcastle Landfill and Weston County Solid Waste District — will split roughly $93,498 in leftover County wide Consensus Grant funding currently held by the state after the Upton City Council, Newcastle City Council and Board of Weston County...
Sheriff Bryan Colvard wants to increase security at the Weston County Courthouse and the Weston County Courthouse Annex by installing a response system through AEGIX at both locations. He proposed the system to the Board of Weston County Commissioners on Oct. 17.
According to Colvard, the system...
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Newcastle High School Class of 2007 graduate Erin Darlington-White has joined the team at Weston County Natural Resource District as administrative assistant. Darlington was born and raised in Weston County, and looks forward to helping the landowners from the county she calls home.
The Weston County Natural Resources District recently welcomed two new additions to the team — Erin Darlington-Whitcher, administrative assistant, and Cole Wehri, high school intern.
Darlington-Whitcher started at the end of August, and she has a plethora of duties around the office.
“I am...
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The mobile command unit of Weston County Search and Rescue set up at 532 Beaver Creek Road while searching for Garrett Tysdal, who went missing while moving cattle. Unfortunately, Tysdal was found deceased after a two-day search.
A two-day search for Weston County native Garrett Tysdal, who went missing in the Beaver Creek area while moving cows earlier this month, ended in the way family and search crews dread.
According to Scott Beachler, a member of Weston County Search and Rescue and the county coroner, the search...
Thurs. Oct. 26 7AM T.O.P.S. #218 WC Senior Center
8AM-5PM Friends of WC Fair Garage Sale-donation
drop off WC Fairgrounds
NOON WCHS Foundation Mtg
WCHS Board Room
1PM Bridge/Crafts
WC Senior Center
2-4PM Health Fair
Elk Mountain School
5:30PM Cemetery Walk/Find
Historic Pumpkins
Meet at Anna...
Vicki and Dan Keierleber, along with Tonya Dafoe and Ed Beason, have started a Veterans Talking to Veterans support group in Newcastle. All four have gone through certification to become trauma coaches. The group also covers health and wellness and financial coaching after the four saw a need in...
Courtesy of Brianna Smellie
Diagnosed with Wolfe-Parkinson-White earlier in the year, 11-year-old Kase Smellie also suffered a serious cardiac event in June and was life-flighted to the Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora.
The community came together this past summer to support Kase Smellie, a Newcastle Middle School student who suffered a cardiac arrest, and Kase’s family wants to thank community members for their continued support in his recovery.
Kase, 11, is still undergoing various therapies but has returned...
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On Monday, Oct 16, Police Sergeant Derek Thompson smiles as the Newcastle City Council votes unanimously to promote him to chief of police during the city council’s regular meeting in the council chambers at city hall.
The Newcastle Police Department officially has a new chief after Sgt. Derek Thompson accepted the position offered to him on Oct. 16 and Mayor Pam Gualtieri swore him in to his new post during the City Council meeting. The previous chief, Chuck Bowles, was terminated on Oct. 2.
Gualtieri...
Despite the danger of fires still being very real – Weston County Fire Warden Daniel Tysdal reported a 3.08-acre fire north of Osage on the Skull Creek Road yesterday — open burning restrictions are being lifted in Weston County.
“Due to current and forecasted precipitation, cooler temperatures...
Following a mixed response to his original proposal that the Newcastle City Council consider dissolving the Newcastle Police Department to move to Weston County Sheriff’s Department-led policing, Councilman Tyrel Owens again asked on Oct. 2 that the city schedule a town hall to discuss the topic...
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