Newcastle News Letter Journal
Kelly Parcel, via the Wyoming News Exchange
JACKSON — The state Legislature has tied selling the Kelly parcel to Grand Teton National Park to the fate of the draft Rock Springs Resource Management Plan — a controversial federal land proposal that has attracted the ire of Wyomingites.
But connecting the two issues — along with another...
Newcastle High School could add competitive golf to its roster of activities
Spring has not yet sprung, but when it does the Dogies will be competing on the track and soccer field…and maybe even on the golf course.
Newcastle summer recreation golf program facilitator Brad Troftgruben on Feb. 28...
Weston County School District No. 1 enrollment over the past decade
Over the course of the 2014-15 through 2023-24 school years, the district’s total enrollment’s peak was 810, in the 2019-2020 school year. The lowest enrollment, 754, occurred in 2017-18 and this year (2023-24).
Via the Wyoming Department of Education
Weston County school superintendent has concerns about budget
There are some early indications that Weston County School District #1 may have to start tightening its belt next year, and the situation could grow even more dire if the Wyoming State Legislature’s current budget battles somehow...
Photo by Michael Smith
CHEYENNE — Appointed lawmakers from both the Wyoming House of Representatives and Senate managed to pass a budget for the 2025-26 biennium in a single day, but not without some major compromise. Five members from each chamber sat on the second joint conference committee and passed a budget Tuesday...
via the U.S. Drought Monitor
Over 95% of Weston County is now listed as being in some category of drought as snow totals drop across the area, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor and the March 1 Black Hills Snow Course Readings report completed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Sundance. Three months ago, Weston...
Weston County, Newcastle officials call for more applications for volunteer boards
Positions on Weston County’s and Newcastle’s volunteer boards don’t tend to get a lot of applications, and the boards need more people, officials say.
Newcastle
At the Newcastle City Council’s meeting on Feb....
There are plenty of choices for museum, hospital board elections
The filing period for both the Weston County Museum District Board of Trustees and Weston County Hospital District elections has officially closed with a candidate running for each seat…and then some.
With only four open seats...
In battle for representation, commissioners table resolution to declare vacancies
The Board of Weston County Commissioners tabled a resolution that would have declared two vacancies in the Wyoming State Legislature — one for a representative and one for a senator for Weston County — during the...
CHEYENNE — A bill to protect parental rights in education has raised opposition from nurses, educators and now the governor himself.
Gov. Mark Gordon refused to put his signature on Senate File 9, “Parental rights in education- 1,” after it was signed by Senate President Ogden Driskill, R-Devils...
POWELL (WNE) — Park County Republicans have put their support behind former President Donald Trump.
On Saturday, local Republicans elected Brent Bien of Cody as their delegate to the Republican National Convention — and the former gubernatorial candidate said he “unequivocally” backs Trump as...
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