Weston County commissioners
After being informed of email issues plaguing two different county offices, the Board of Weston County Commissioners voted on Sept. 5 to move their online communications into the future by upgrading all county offices to Microsoft Office 365.
As previously reported in the story “County officials...
Weston County is moving closer to having a new county wide landfill, according to Ed Wagoner, chairman of both the Weston County Solid Waste District board and the Weston County Commissioners. He reported last week that an average of 12,000 yards a day of dirt is presently being moved to build pits...
Commissioner’s bill to county for the service raises immediate red flag
Commissioner Don Taylor believed he had provided a solution to the challenges presented by the county’s legal responsibility to perform Title 25 transfers. Problems related to the occasional need to transfer individuals...
A screenshot of the interactive map of the Wyoming Department of Transportations STIP. The map can be found at https://webapp.dot.state.wy.us/ao/f?p=951:1:116133076854266.
The Wyoming Department of Transportation plans to complete over $48 million in projects in Weston County between 2024 and 2029, despite cost escalation and employee shortages both in the area and across the state, according to District 4 engineer Scott Taylor’s presentation to the Board of Weston...
The Board of Weston County Commissioners plans to do more outreach with volunteer and commission-appointed boards after Commissioner Vera Huber suggested during the board’s Aug. 1 meeting that board members begin attending other board meetings.
According to Huber, various board members had...
After eight years of back and forth between the Board of Weston County Commissioners and the Newcastle City Council, a joint powers board agreement for dispatch operations in Weston County has been signed by Newcastle Mayor Pam Gualtieri, Upton Mayor Nick Trandahl and Commission Chair Ed Wagoner...
The regular meeting of the Weston County Commissioners for June 6, 2023. Video by Walter Sprague of the News Letter Journal.
The proposal made to Weston County Commissioners, Newcastle City Council, and Upton City Council regarding the creation of a Joint Powers Board to run the 911 Dispatch center. Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Please LIKE, SHARE, & SUBSCRIBE so the News Letter Journal can continue to provide more content...
Tone has changed but the result is so far unchanged
The Newcastle City Council took what appeared to be a first step towards a deal that would have meant Weston County would only have one dispatch center for all emergency responders, but the Board of Weston County Commissioners declined to accept...
Weston County Fair Board Chair Susan Bridge said she is pleased with the way the facility is running and the positive feedback the board is receiving, despite the recent resignations of Weston County Fairgrounds manager Kara Fladstol and a contract employee — followed by the resignation of a long-...
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