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  • Ackerman chosen for Shrine Bowl

    Feb 17, 2022

    Bryce Ackerman will be representing Hulett at the Shrine Bowl. The players selected for the 49th annual Wyoming Shrine Bowl All-Star Football game have been announced and Red Devil Ackerman has been chosen to represent Hulett. Graduating seniors are the only ones who can be chosen. The game is on Sat., June 11 in Casper....

  • County preps ARPA funding guidelines

    Sarah Pridgeon|Feb 17, 2022

    With approximately $200,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding left to spend and another installment of just under a quarter million dollars expected later this year, the county has been working to devise an application process for entities with projects they believe are eligible for pandemic-related funding. The Crook County Commissioners have scheduled a public hearing on April 5 at 4 p.m., at which time they will hear comments on the application form that has been devised, which details the requirements to both request and award the...

  • Neiman holds town hall meeting

    Melissa Bears|Feb 17, 2022

    Rep. Chip Neiman held a town hall meeting last Tuesday at the Greater Hulett Community Center. Nearly 30 residents attended the three-hour session. Neiman talked about a number of issues facing Wyoming. Some of the topics discussed were increasing fuel tax, funding of schools and runoff elections. The audience was also very interested in the voting procedure and how to find out how votes were being cast on bills. Neiman brought up the legislative website and navigated it showing the audience...

  • PRECorp granted permission for COPA changes

    Sarah Pridgeon|Feb 17, 2022

    The Wyoming Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted permission for Powder River Energy (PRECorp) to increase its Cost of Power Adjustment (COPA) by $1,386,882 per annum to reflect a change in wholesale power costs. The effect of this will be a modest increase to residential monthly bills. In a second filing, the cooperative has also been given permission to increase the discount offered to members who have permanent electric resistance heat or electric heat pump space heating systems. COPA COPA is the mechanism by which the cooperative...

  • Clarence Elkin

    Feb 17, 2022

    Funeral services for Clarence Elkin, 81, of Salmon, Idaho, originally of Taylor, North Dakota, are pending with Stevenson Funeral Home in Dickinson, North Dakota. Clarence passed away February 7, 2022 in Salmon. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at stevensonfuneralhome.com...

  • Fern Ilene Blakeman

    Feb 17, 2022

    Fern Ilene (Cordingly) Blakeman, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away at Crook County Long Term Care on February 12, 2022. Fern was born November 5, 1934, to Vernie and Florence Cordingly in Upton, Wyoming. She was the eighth of nine children. She grew up on the family ranch just south of Upton and graduated from Upton High School. On June 16, 1952, Fern married Kenneth Blakeman of Moorcroft, Wyoming. To this union, six children were born. The couple lived in Moorcroft, then Lawton and Kalamazoo, Michigan. They then moved to Barstow, California,...

  • Robert Glenn Walkinshaw

    Feb 17, 2022

    A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Cemetery at Sundance, Wyoming, on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, for Robert Glenn Walkinshaw, aged 98. Robert (or Ol' Bob, as he called himself) succumbed to a stroke at Crook County Hospital at 7:20 p.m. on February 9, 2022. There will be an informal gathering of friends and family after the service at the Sundance Church of Christ, 369 US-14, Sundance (West end near I-90). He was born on March 21, 1923 at Uva, Wyoming, a small cattle-shipping railhead with a general store and dance hall...

  • Circuit Court

    Feb 17, 2022

    Speeding – Tymmrie Rainbolt-Souder, Gillette, 87/75, $130; Patricia Welch, TN, 88/80, $101; Dwight Metcalf, AZ, 90/70, $160; Patrick Sheldon, Upton, 83/70, $125; Austin Seidel, SD, 106/70, $240; Michael Fudali, IL, 88/75, $125; Tessa R. Garman, Sundance, 84/65, $155; Joshua G. Pfeifle, Gillette, 91/80, $115; Tarra Lee Pudwill, SD, 93/75, $150 Vehicle Off Road – Tyson S. Tanninen, SD, $250; Duane Franklin Haney, Gillette, $250 No Seat Belt (driver) – Tymmrie Rainbolt-Souder, Gillette, $25 Fail to Drive Vehicle Within Single Lane – Makayla...

  • COMMISSIONERS

    Feb 17, 2022

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE COURTHOUSE IN SUNDANCE, CROOK COUNTY, WYOMING Thursday, February 10, 2022 10:00 o’clock a.m. Present for the special meeting were Chairman Kelly B. Dennis (via conference call), Vice-Chairwoman Jeanne A. Whalen, Member Fred M. Devish (via conference call) and County Clerk Linda Fritz. Jeanne moved to approve revised applications for the Federal Natural Resource Policy Account (FNRPA) Funding for the BLM Resource Management Plan Revision and the Black Hills National Forest Plan Revision a...

  • UW Graduates

    Feb 17, 2022

    The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from Crook County at the completion of the 2021 fall and summer semesters. Fall graduates are: Sara J. Thomas (Bachelor of Arts) of Hulett; Madison Jean Glenn (double Bachelor of Arts) of Moorcroft; Trey Hendrickson (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) and Rex P. Kanode (Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science in Business) of Sundance. Summer graduates are: Chace Sterling Peterson (double Bachelor of Science), Faith Marie Sanderson (Bachelor of Science) and Andrea Wood...

  • Hulett Branch Library

    Nancy Bowles|Feb 17, 2022

    The library will be CLOSED Mon., Feb. 21 for Presidents’ Day. If we do not have a book that you would like to read in our library, remember that we can order it for free from another library, if it’s available. NEW FICTION BOOKS: Robert B. Parker’s Bye Bye Baby by Ace Atkins – Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking on the establishment with her progressive agenda. Tough, outspoken and driven, the young congresswoman has ignited a new conversation in Boston about race, poverty, health care and the environ...

  • Crook County Sheriff's Office

    Feb 17, 2022

    Jan. 31 – Business checks. House watches. Four EMS pages. Paper services. Two sets fingerprints. Suspicious person. Theft report. Three traffic stops. Ten VIN checks. Feb. 1 – Business checks. EMS page. Found property. Four traffic stops. Five VIN checks. Feb. 2 – VIN check. Traffic stop. Abandoned vehicle complaint. Animal welfare complaint. Business check. Assist to DFS. EMS page. Feb. 3 – Two paper services. Eight traffic stops. Suspicious vehicle complaint. Suspicious person complaint. Assist to Wyoming Highway Patrol. House watches...

  • Lawmakers have lengthy to-do list for budget session

    Victoria Eavis, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 17, 2022

    CASPER — Wyoming lawmakers were set to convene Monday for a budget session. But the to-do list this time around is longer than normal. The Wyoming Legislature is tasked with crafting a two-year financial plan for the state, something that is a necessity every budget session. But along with that, lawmakers must decide ow to spend a half billion dollars in relief aid while redrawing the state’s legislative map as part of the once-a-decade redistricting process. The 20-day budget session happens every even-numbered year. This time around, the Legi...

  • Gores headed to Air Force

    Feb 17, 2022

    The U.S. Air Force and Space Force recruiting out of Cheyenne Wyoming proudly announces that Lainey Gores has made it through the qualification process and swearing in to the United States Air Force. Gores is a 2022 high school senior....

  • UW Honor Rolls

    Feb 17, 2022

    The University of Wyoming lists five students from Crook County on the 2021 fall semester Provost’s Honor Roll. Crook County students on this list are: Jonathan Tinsley of Aladdin; Myles T. Stefanich of Beulah; Alessandro Mastrovito of Hulett; Edward Robinson of Pine Haven; and Madison Rae Barritt of Sundance. The Provost’s Honor Roll consists of undergraduates who have completed at least six but fewer than 12 hours with a minimum 3.5 grade-point average for the semester....

  • Hulett Scoreboard

    Feb 17, 2022

    HS Boys Basketball Hulett – 52, Edgemont – 20 Hulett – 65, Rock River – 27 HS Girls Basketball Hulett – 30, Edgemont – 44 Hulett – 42, Arvada-Clearmont – 45 Hulett – 44, Rock River – 52 HS Wrestling Powder River Duals: Powder River Duals was held in Hulett on Feb. 10. According to Coach Backen, the boys wrestled good, but unfortunately didn't get any all-conference wrestlers. Eddie Tokarczyk's record was 4-1 at the tournament and he lost by just three points on the match he lost. Carbon County...

  • State Briefs

    From Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Feb 17, 2022

    Man killed in wreck near Laramie CHEYENNE (WNE) — Speed is being investigated as the possible cause of a fatal crash that occurred Friday morning around milepost 326 on Interstate 80 east of Laramie. At 9:34 a.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were notified of a one-vehicle rollover. A 2008 Chevrolet Silverado was headed west on I-80 when the driver lost control of the vehicle, entered the median and overturned. The roadways were slick with snowfall at the time of the crash. The driver has been identified as 49-year-old Selma, California, r...

  • Commissioners

    Feb 17, 2022

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE COURTHOUSE IN SUNDANCE, CROOK COUNTY, WYOMING Tuesday, February 1, 2022 8:30 o’clock a.m. Present were Chairman Kelly B. Dennis, Vice-Chairwoman Jeanne A. Whalen, Member Fred M. Devish and County Clerk Linda Fritz. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited to the Flag. Fred moved to approve the minutes from January 4 & 5, 2022. Jeanne seconded, all ayes, motion carried. Jeanne moved to approve the following resolution: RESOLUTION NO. 2022-6 FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT WHEREAS Crook County...

  • CHANGE OF NAME

    Feb 17, 2022

    STATE OF WYOMING COUNTY OF CROOK IN THE DISTRICT COURT SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CIVIL ACTION CASE NO. 8846 IN THE MATTER OF THE CHANGE OF NAME OF Lainey Mae Gores Petitioner NOTICE OF PUBLICATION You are hereby notified that a Petition For Change of Name, Civil Action No. 8846, has been filed on behalf of Lainey Mae Gores in the Wyoming District Court for the 6th Judicial District, whose address is PO Box 406, Sundance, Wyoming 82729, the object and prayer of which is to change the name of the above-named person from Lainey Mae Gores to Lainey...

  • By-laws

    Feb 17, 2022

    Public Notice: A motion was made at the December meeting by the Hulett Crook County Seniors to make two amendments to their by-laws. The first change the board would like to make is to add a comment to section V.D. to define the word removal. Removal is defined as action taken against any board member who does not abide by the votes and motions carried by the majority of the board. The second change would be to add Vice-President to section VI. C. The office of President and Vice-President shall both be filled by a Hulett Area Senior over the...