Newcastle
The Weston County Fair Board is on standstill after the resignation of three former members — Linda Hunt, Susan Bridge and Mike McFarland — left the board without a quorum to conduct business.
On Aug. 15, board member Billy Jackson asked the Board of Weston County Commissioners during their...
Photo courtesy of Nichole Gregory
Gene Baldwin, Don Jording, and Nolan Gregory pose for a photo at one of the remaining pillars of the Cambria Park Golf Course, located at the Flying V Trail north of Newcastle. Each of them took turns hitting a couple of golf balls from one of the course’s old tee boxes after a history presentation on Aug. 20.
It’s a pretty good day when you can share some local history — and an even better one when you can get one of Newcastle’s eldest and one of its youngest golfers together for a tee-off at an historic site.
That’s what happened Aug. 20 at the Flying V Trailhead, north of Newcastle, when Linda Hunt...
Republican delegates from each county recently met in Laramie for the quarterly Wyoming GOP meeting, where state leadership discussed platform topics. During the meeting, the Weston County Republican Party was selected to host the next quarterly meeting in November.
Attending the meeting from...
Attorney general’s office regionalizes services
Northeast Wyoming Advocacy Resource Center will now provide family violence and sexual assault services in Weston County after the dissolution of the Foundation of Caring, Understanding, and Service, or FOCUS.
The advocacy resource center...
At the Weston County Health Services board meeting on Aug. 17, CEO Judd Dawson discussed the fiscal year 2023 financial report, which in the future he hopes will provide more integrated data solutions for the board to use in making financial decisions. Dawson presented the information with the...
Thu. Aug. 31 Make Appt. Free Developmental Screenings WC Children’s Center
7AM T.O.P.S. #218 WC Senior Center
10AM Crafts WC Senior Center
NOON WCHS Foundation Meeting WCHS Board Room
5-7PM Farmers Market next to Pinnacle Bank
7PM Alcoholics Anonymous WC Senior Center
Fri. Sept. 1 Make Appt. Free...
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Northeast Wyoming was well represented at Wyoming Boys’ State this year, with four young men from Newcastle, one from Upton and one from Sundance. Pictured are Chase Mills, Decklan Gill, Colton Vanderpool Mobley, Zach Orsborn, Casey Matthews, Pate Tavegie, and Nate Strickland.
Boys State is a trip filled with anything and everything government. It is a trip to help young men understand government positions through role-playing. Boys State attendees make lifelong friendships from across Wyoming.
Wyoming Boys State Purpose
Boys State is held annually in June for all...
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Eight-year-old Chase Heinrich, of Upton, will represent Weston County this weekend at the All Grit No Quit Youth Bull Riding Regional Finals at the Weston County Fairgrounds.
8-year-old cowboy will represent Weston County
Upton’s Chase Heinrich will showcase his bull-riding skills this weekend at the All Grit No Quit Youth Bull Riding Regional Finals at the Weston County Fairgrounds on Aug. 25 and 26. The second-grader is in his second year of competing and has racked...
Several changes were made to the Weston County School District No. 1 Athletics and Activities Handbook signed by parents and students for the 2023-24 school year, according to Carrie Manders, Newcastle Middle School activities director, and athletes who violate provisions of the document will face...
Weston County has encountered plenty of technology issues at the courthouse in recent years, and email problems for at least two elected officials seem to be the county’s newest technological tangle.
Tina Cote, Weston County’s district court clerk, reported to the Board of Weston County...
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