board of Weston County Commissioners
After more than a year and a half of back and forth between the News Letter Journal and the Board of Weston County Commissioners regarding the secret ballots used to select the replacement for former Rep. Hans Hunt in 2021, a judge will finally determine if the voting method used by the...
After expressing concerns over the level of service being provided by Newcastle’s current ambulance service, the city wants the county commissioners to explore the option of creating an EMS district to help fund ambulance operations in Weston County.
The Newcastle City Council held a meeting...
FOCUS, the local domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy organization, will be operated by Sandra Stevens of Crook County Family Violence & Sexual Assault Services in Sundance for the foreseeable future. The former director, Stacie Hoxie, is no longer an employee as of April 3, according...
Depositions held ahead of May hearing for secret ballot case
The majority of county commissioners questioned by the plaintiff’s attorney in a lawsuit over the use of a secret ballot by elected officials admitted they had misgivings over the manner in which they voted, but the group’s leader...
The Newcastle City Council will be holding another public meeting to discuss dispatch operations in Newcastle and Weston County on April 12 at 5 p.m. in the city council chambers located at 10 W. Warwick.
On April 4, Mayor Pam Gualtieri attended the Board of Weston County Commissioners meeting...
The Weston County Attorney’s Office will temporarily oversee human resource issues in the county as the Weston County commissioners proceed with plans to create an HR position after one of the newest members of the board raised red flags over the county’s current HR practices.
On March 21 during...
Chairman Ed Wagoner and Vice Chairman Nathan Todd, of the Board of Weston County Commissioners, raised concerns about an informal meeting attended by the other three commissioners — Vera Huber, Garrett Borton and Don Taylor — with technology professionals the week before the board’s regular March 7...
Judge Stuart S. Healy III, for the District Court in the Sixth Judicial District, has accepted the News Letter Journal’s lawsuit challenging the legality of a secret ballot, and also ruled that the hearing on the lawsuit will take place in Weston County in June. Healy ruled during a hearing on Feb...
During a joint meeting on Feb. 22, the Newcastle City Council and Board of Weston County Commissioners agreed to revisit the issues that led to a march toward creation of two separate dispatch facilities — one city, one county — to service residents.
For the past several years, tension between...
In the hopes of being more transparent and user friendly, the Board of Weston County Commissioners says, it is contemplating overhauling the county’s website. Concerns about the website were brought to light during conversation earlier this year regarding which newspaper should be designated as the...
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