Weston County
Weston County unemployment increased slightly from July to August, from 2.1% to 2.2%, according to the Sept. 20 report from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services Research and Planning section.
Despite the increase, the county’s unemployment rate remains one of the lowest in the state.
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Photo by Walter Sprague
When Newcastle schools went back into session last month, some of the students enjoyed the special privilege of being driven to school by the top bus driver in Wyoming.
In late July, the Wyoming Pupil Transportation Association — more familiarly, the WPTA — held its annual School Bus Rodeo in...
Compared with the state average rates, Weston County residents over the age of 65 have a lower median household income, are less likely to have a graduate or professional degree and have a significantly higher rate of self-reported obesity, according to the 2023 Wyoming Healthy Aging County Profile...
Wed. Sept. 27 5:30PM WCHS Board of Trustees Meeting
WCHS Boardroom
Thu. Sept. 28 7AM T.O.P.S. #218 WC Senior Center
NOON WCHS Foundation Meeting WCHS Boardroom
1PM Bridge/Crafts
WC Senior Center
5-7PM Farmers Market - final week next to Pinnacle Bank
6-8:30PM Celebrate Recovery
Church On...
GILLETTE (WNE) — “You have not reached 911. You have reached Londen,” the voicemail begins.
“This is not emergency services and please do not leave me a message,” it continues. “But have a great day.”
Londen Tabor plans on leaving the conversation-starting voicemail as is for a good long while...
Photos courtesy of Deb Sewell
Above, Tiffany Schwenke, Region 1 director, shakes hands with Deb Sewell of Newcastle, who was at the awards ceremony representing her great-grandfather Julius Frederick Bock, as Sen. John Barrasso stands behind her.
Cowboy hats crowded the halls and elevators and stairways and restaurants of Casper, Wyoming’s Ramkota Hotel last weekend. The reservations desk was crowded with booted cowboys and cowgirls of all ages asking for keys and luggage carts to the rooms they’d reserved well in advance.
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GILLETTE (WNE) — About 16,000 people were impacted Tuesday during a phone outage that downed phone lines across the city and county, along with 911 calls. The outage also affected those in Weston County and some parts of Crook County.
David King, Campbell County Emergency Management...
Weston County School District No. 1 administrators reviewed recently released Wyoming’s Test of Proficiency and Progress testing results — better known as WYTOPP — with the school board this month, and revealed that the district saw some gains in middle school but still struggles to reach certain...
The joint powers board to oversee dispatch operations for emergency responders is one step closer to taking over those services in Weston County after the selection committee chose Austin Baker and James Curren as at-large board members, according to Newcastle City Councilman Don Steveson. Both...
With a short staffed-police department, crumbling infrastructure and a hefty police budget, Councilman Tyrel Owens suggested that the Newcastle City Council consider holding a public meeting to discuss the dissolution of the Newcastle Police Department, with a switch to Weston County Sheriff’s...
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