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  • Event-filled weekend

    Sep 29, 2022

    (Above) Gene Griffis is always a part of the Hulett Roping Club's annual barbecue and playday event. See page 6 for more. (Right) Members of the community who were honored at the Old Settlers Picnic this past weekend: several members of the Buttons and Bows, Tiny Bush, Evelyn Hejde. In the back, Jeanne Shepherd and Bruce Mcamis. Unfortunately, Joe Graham had recently passed away. See page 7 for more....

  • RER announces progress for planned demo plant

    Sarah Pridgeon|Sep 29, 2022

    Rare Element Resources (RER) announced this week that its demonstration plant project is advancing towards final detailed engineering while the location for the plant in Upton is prepared for construction. According to a statement from the company, the project has just passed the 60% design milestone and the final detailed engineering is scheduled for completion this year. Permitting and licensing activities are underway, while equipment and services with a long lead time are being made now in order to minimize the effects of inflation and...

  • Gayle Dickey

    Sep 29, 2022

    Graveside services for Gayle Dickey, 94-year-old Buffalo, Wyoming resident who passed away at the Johnson County Memorial Hospital August 15, 2022, will be held Friday, September 30 at 1 p.m. at the Green Mountain Cemetery in Sundance, Wyoming with Pastor David Jagemann officiating. Donations in Gayle’s memory may be made to the Susie Bowling Lawrence Hospice at 497 W. Lott St. in Buffalo, Wyoming. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneral.com. Gayle Barbara Dickey was born on June 5, 1928, to Raymond Wilcox Robinson and Edna B...

  • James Ernest Maupin

    Sep 29, 2022

    James Ernest Maupin "Jim" was born May 28, 1949, in Pierre, South Dakota, the son of Thomas J. and Christine Maupin of Eagle Butte, South Dakota. In 1952, the family moved to the ranch south of Alzada, Montana, just over the Wyoming line, where they raised registered Hereford bulls for many years. Jim attended grade school at the country school near the ranch and later attended Hulett High School, where he participated in football, track and wrestling, which started his junior year at Hulett. Throughout the seasons, Jim would stay during the we...

  • PRECorp Foundation donates to local fire departments

    Sep 29, 2022

    The Powder River Energy (PRECorp) Foundation has facilitated $15,360 in direct donations to local volunteer fire departments through a single day of fundraising in July this year. Called the WyoGives ‘Day of Giving,’ the annual online fundraiser gives local charities an opportunity to raise funds online and leverage matching funds from entities like the Hughes Charitable Foundation to increase the total dollars raised. The 24-hour fundraiser was held on July 13, and the PRECorp Foundation dedicated 100 percent of the money raised to local vol...

  • Veterans' assistance available

    Sep 29, 2022

    A state of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services around Wyoming cities throughout October. Sandy McFarland is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims or VA healthcare. McFarland can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. Her office is located at 551 Running West Dr., Ste. 100, in Gillette, and she will be available in N...

  • Quilt show enjoyed by many

    Sep 29, 2022

    The second annual quilt show was held at the Hulett Museum and Art Gallery last weekend and 25 beautiful quilts were on display for the public to enjoy. Quilts came in a number of varieties, including antique and modern styles. Quilts that were on display had a brief explanation about the work of art and who made them....

  • Hulett Branch Library

    Nancy Bowles|Sep 29, 2022

    Please join us for some cowboy music and poetry with Kerry Grombacher and Aspen Black on Thurs., Oct. 6 at 4:30 p.m. NEW FICTION BOOKS: The Ninth Month by James Patterson – Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City. She’s a successful marketing executive who lives in a luxury apartment and enjoys a glamorous existence until she lands in the hospital with a double diagnosis: she parties too much – and she’s pregnant. Her nurse and new best friend, Betsey, helps Emily rediscover how much she loves morning runs in the park and qui...

  • Sign-ups available for winter travel authorization

    Sarah Pridgeon|Sep 29, 2022

    If you will need to travel this winter on roads that may be closed due to weather, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is inviting you to sign up for two programs that will allow you to do so. Collectively known as the Wyoming Travel Authorization Program (W-TAP), the Wyoming Authorized Travel and Rolling Closure Authorization programs allow drivers to apply for authorization to travel on sections of closed roadways when the department has deemed it is safe enough. The Wyoming Authorized Travel application is open to all drivers, b...

  • Hulett Roping club says thanks

    Sep 29, 2022

    The Hulett roping club held their annual barbecue last Sunday at the Hulett Recreation Grounds. This barbecue and playday is the Hulett Roping Club's way of saying thanks to everybody who helped with this year's rodeo. The barbecue started 11 a.m. and it was followed by their annual meeting, playday and queen contest....

  • Old Settlers Picnic tradition continued

    Sep 29, 2022

    The long-standing tradition of the Old Settlers Picnic was held last Sunday at the picnic area at Devils Tower. An annual event that's been held since the 1930s, it used to bring thousands to enjoy a picnic at the monument with friends, family and neighbors. This year, the settlers who were honored were the Buttons and Bows Homemakers Club, Bruce McAmis, Jeanne Shepherd, Joe Graham and Evelyn Hejde. The day began with church at the Oshoto followed with an old fashioned picnic, the honorees...

  • Western music in Hulett at the Crook County Library

    Sep 29, 2022

    Two troubadours are coming to Hulett for an afternoon of contemporary western music at the Crook County Library on Thurs., Oct. 6, when award-winning songwriters Kerry Grombacher and Aspen Black will perform their “Songs & Stories of the American West” concert at 4:30 p.m. They are both multi-instrumentalists, and their songs draw vivid portraits and tell fascinating stories that they accompany with guitars, bass, and mandolin. “It’s a real treat to bring our cowboy songs back to Crook County, and to Hulett for the first time,” songwrite...

  • Lawyers fighting abortion ban seek to limit who participates

    Ellen Gerst, Caper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Sep 29, 2022

    CASPER — Wyoming women and health care providers are asking a Teton County judge to block state lawmakers and an anti-abortion group from joining an ongoing lawsuit over Wyoming’s abortion ban. Right to Life Wyoming and lawmakers Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, R-Cody, and Rep. Chip Neiman, R-Hulett, filed a motion last month asking to join the lawsuit as intervenors. If accepted, they would plan to make additional arguments about abortion as a procedure and the legislative process. While an attorney representing the state said he isn’t again...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    From Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Sep 29, 2022

    GOP narrows field to three nominees for secretary of state CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming Republican Party has picked three nominees to put forward to the governor to become the interim secretary of state, party and other officials have confirmed to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Those successful candidates were approved on the first ballot during the GOP meeting in Pavillion, and they were identified as Karl Allred, Marti Halverson and Bryan Miller. A Wyoming GOP representative, as well as the spokesperson for Gov. Mark Gordon, later separately c...

  • Hulett Scoreboard

    Sep 29, 2022

    Cross Country Rapid City: This was a very tough meet. The best from four states competed and Hulett was the only one from Crook County. Abby Palus 22:48.33 Cassie Palus 23:56.76 (personal best) Brooklyn Palus 26:24.58 Rachel Merwin 26:31.00 High School Volleyball Lusk Tournament: Hulett – 25, Guernsey – 23 Hulett – 25, Guernsey – 5 Hulett – 25, Upton – 18 Hulett – 25, Upton – 19 Hulett – 25, Wright – 19 Hulett – 25, Wright – 20 Hulett – 25, HEM – 15 Hulett – 25, HEM – 11...

  • 2022 Family and Consumer Sciences Show

    Chris Maupin|Sep 29, 2022

    Sixty years ago, a group of Extension agents, 4-H leaders and parents held the first Western Junior Home Ec Show, which is now known as the Family and Consumer Sciences Show (FCS Show). According to show president, Peggy Turbiville, Sundance, “We want everyone to come and enjoy, meet new people, and hopefully build friendships that will last a lifetime.” The 60th show will be held Oct. 7 and 8 at the Central States Fairgrounds in Rapid City. The event consists of 12 contests held over two days that are open to all youth ages five though 18, fro...

  • School Warrants

    Sep 29, 2022

    Crook County School District No. 1 Notice is hereby given that the Crook County School District #1 Board of Trustees issued warrants for the following bills exceeding $500.00 at the regular meeting of the board held on SEPTEMBER 19th, 2022, at SUNDANCE, WYOMING. To Whom Paid Purpose of Expenditure Amount General Fund A & B WELDING SUPPLY CO INC Ag Supplies $1,835.70 AMAZON.COM CREDIT CARD PLAN Skill Center Supplies $2,241.05 AMAZON.COM CREDIT CARD PLAN Curriculum $22,275.09 ANDERSONS ITS ELEMENTARY Supplies $925.67 ARCHITECTURAL SPECIALTIES...

  • Commissioners

    Sep 29, 2022

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE COURTHOUSE IN SUNDANCE, CROOK COUNTY, WYOMING Wednesday, September 14, 2022 9:00 o’clock a.m. Present for the special meeting were Chairman Kelly B. Dennis, Vice-Chairwoman Jeanne A. Whalen, Member Fred M. Devish and County Clerk Melissa Jones. Fred moved for the chairman to sign a Cooperative Agreement Between the Wyoming Department of Transportation and the Crook County Board of County Commissioners Federal Project HI-BFP CN18065 Bridge Over Donkey Creek. Jeanne seconded, all ayes, m...

  • Bids

    Sep 29, 2022

    Crook County Weed and Pest have the following Items posted for sale: Approximately 30 sheets of Tin 4-Wheeler Tracks. Miscellaneous Office Supplies Sealed bids are due in the Weed and Pest office on or by October 12, 2022 at 6 p.m. The Crook County Weed and Pest reserves the right to deny any/all bids. Feel free to make an appointment at the office to see the items for sale! Publish: September 29 and October 6, 2022...

  • Statement of Ownership

    Sep 29, 2022

    UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION 1. Publication Title: THE WYOMING PIONEER; 2. Publication Number: 18165; 3. Filing Date; 09/23/2022; 4. Issue Frequency: Weekly; 5. Number of Issues Published Annually: 52; 6. Annual Subscription Price: $30; 7. Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: THE WYOMING PIONEER, PO BOX 400, SUNDANCE WY 82729-0400 / CROOK; 8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Office of Publisher: THE WYOMING PIONEER, PO BOX 400, SUNDANCE WY...

  • Circuit Court

    Sep 29, 2022

    Speeding – Daniel E. Eicher, Mt. Vernon, MO, 40/30, $150; Scott J. Backes, Gillette, WY, 59/45, $130; Charmaine Carter, Hill City, SD, 86/80, $97; David Martin, Greenwood, IN, 86/70, $150; Ashlynne Simpson, Rapid City, SD, 79/70, $103; (minor), Gillette, WY, 30/20, $30; Xueheng Wan, Seattle, WA, 70/30, $400; Logan M. Taggart, Beulah, WY, 39/30, $143; Kendra Nowak, Morrice, MI, 70/65, $65; Karthick Moorthy, Nashville, TN, 98/80, $150; Trevor Martin, Laramie, WY, 83/65, $216; Tony Kim, Laguna Woods, CA, 51/30, $267; Tahlia Hunter, Rapid City, S...