city of Newcastle
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...
Chief Bowles and his family. Submitted photo.
He had a dream to move to Wyoming.
Then he discovered the Newcastle police chief job posting, and Newcastle’s newest police chief, Chuck Bowles, was on the job. As a result of Bowles taking advantage of the opportunity to fulfill a dream for him and his family, Newcastle’s police department...
The City of Newcastle has had to file for an extension to its Landfill No. 2 permit because the proposed Weston County Solid Waste District landfill did not open before the original Newcastle Landfill No. 2 closure date of February 2022, according to Greg Stumpff, the city’s public works supervisor...
To avoid confusion with state statutes regarding city administrators, the Newcastle City Council voted to change the advertised position from city administrator to city planner during its regular meeting on April 3.
The council voted on Feb. 21 to begin advertising for a city administrator,...
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Newcastle’s public works personnel worked throughout the night on
March 9 into the morning of March 10 to repair a water main break.
The break was reported at about 8 p.m. and the water was turned
back on by 5:30 a.m. The break did cause a late start for Weston
County School District No. 1.
Water issues have been plaguing Newcastle for some time, and according to the city’s public works supervisor, the most recent water main break resulted in a late start for schools in Weston County School District No. 1 on Friday, March 10.
The leak leading to the late start on Friday was...
The Heritage Park Steering Committee and the city of Newcastle are exploring other funding avenues for Heritage Park after the State Loan and Investment Board denied the city’s funding request due to ineligibility. The city had earmarked the park as a No. 1 priority when requesting funds available...
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...
The Newcastle City Council is working to finalize a Chapter 56 permit for the city to lethally remove deer living inside Newcastle city limits. The process began in April 2022.
Chapter 56 is a Wyoming Game and Fish Commission regulation for the lethal taking of wildlife, according to Councilman...
A running battle between city and county officials over dispatch services has escalated again, apparently as a result of unilateral changes made by city leaders in the arrangement under which the Newcastle Police Department provides dispatch services for all of the emergency responders in Weston...
Tallgrass Landscape Architecture LLC, of Custer, South Dakota, has completed a feasibility study for the proposed Heritage Park near Pinnacle Bank.
Mike Fridell of Tallgrass presented the study, displaying the park design, maintenance, cost estimations and economic impact, to Newcastle City...
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