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The county commissioners were offended during last week’s hearing by the suggestion that road maintenance decisions have anything to do with racism. Terry McNeil approached the commission to complain about the state of New Haven Rd, which he travels as a driver for the Amish community. He suggested the road is not properly maintained due to a racist attitude towards the Amish, claiming that the Road and Bridge Department is just covering holes with dirt rather than cutting them out and is only grading as far as the Amish property. ...
Crook County Senior Services (CCSS) is launching this year’s Tree of Life project, a way to honor and remember the people who are special in your life during the holiday season. In each of the senior centers around the county, a tree will bear lights that each signify an individual. The white lights are in memory of a person who has passed away, while a colored light honors a person who is still alive. Meanwhile, a list of the names of those people who have been commemorated on the trees, as well as the person who chose to honor them, will b...
Due to an early printing schedule the week of Thanksgiving, deadline for all news and advertising for the November 23 issue of the Wyoming Pioneer will be noon on Friday, November 17....
Students from all grades sang Our America during the Hulett School's Veterans Day program. See page 6 for related story....
Albert Dwayne Ridgway, Jr. 74, of Aladdin, Wyoming, passed away November 11, 2023, in Rapid City, South Dakota, following a brief illness. Al was born in Wagner, South Dakota, to Albert Sr., and Pearl (Bradley) Ridgway and was the youngest of seven children. On that hot August day, the only member of the family to be born in a hospital. His siblings fondly remember walking into the hospital to meet their baby brother. As a young child, Jr. lived on a farm near Marty, South Dakota. He attended Ree Country School until the eighth grade. His...
NEW FICTION BOOKS: The Exchange by John Grisham – What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America’s favorite storyteller. It is now 15 years later, and Mitch and Abby are living in Manhattan, where Mitch is a partner at the largest law firm in the world. When a mentor in Rome asks him for a favor that will take him far from home, Mit...
The annual Hulett craft fair will be held this Sat., Nov. 18 at the Greater Hulett Community Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A variety of vendors will be on hand including wood working, honey, metal art and quilts. Lunch will also be available. Sponsors of this craft fair is the Hulett Recreation Board....
Information sought about missing Cody woman POWELL (WNE) — Family members of a missing Cody woman are asking anyone with information about her whereabouts to get in touch with law enforcement. Katie Ferguson was last seen on Oct. 10 in Arkansas, Ferguson’s mother, Mona Hartling, wrote in a Nov. 5 Facebook post. Ferguson had been traveling from Dothan, Alabama, to Cody with her ex-boyfriend and their two children, but “somewhere near Little Rock, Arkansas she disappeared,” Hartling wrote. Hartling shared few other details, explaining in a Saturd...
Speeding – Ronald Evan Tugby, Cheyenne, WY, 66/55, $100; Todd Klopp, Spearfish, SD, 75/65, $140; Jackie S. Griffith, Aladdin, WY, 75/65, $105; Chase Fred, Gladstone, ND, 85/70, $135; Rigan Pauline McInerney, Gillette, WY, 90/80, $105; Nicholas Hale, Sheridan, WY, 92/80, $120; Ronald Watkins, Corpus Christi, TX, 94/80, $130; Susan M. White, Cheyenne, WY, 98/80, $135 No Seat Belt (driver) – Kenneth Leroi-Heneri Eden, Gillette, WY, $25; Dalton Page, Newcastle, WY, $25 Drive While License Cancelled, Suspended or Revoked – David N. Gaskins, Clove...
Nov. 6 – Seven VIN checks. Paper service. Three traffic stops. Medical. Fingerprints. Assist other agency. Motorist assist. Juvenile problem. Two EMS pages. Fire page. Nov. 7 – Five VIN checks. Two paper services. Six traffic stops. Four business checks. Assist other agency. Suspicious. Prisoner transport. Traffic hazard. Fire page. Three EMS pages. Nov. 8 – Six VIN checks. Paper service. Three traffic stops. Two fingerprints. Two business checks. Two motorist assist. Citizen assist. Fire page. EMS page. Nov. 9 – Four VIN checks. Two paper s...
The Hulett music department under the direction of Lila Kennah presented their annual Veterans Day Concert on Nov. 6 at the school. The entire school participated in either band or chorus. The color guard with the American Legion Roy Montgomery Post #80 presented colors at the beginning of the program. Favorite patriotic songs such as the Star Spangled Banner, Let Freedom Ring and American Heroes were performed. During the American Heroes song, each branch of the armed forces was called out and...
Four Hulett Lady Devils received honors for their volleyball performance. Four received all-conference honors, and one received all-state honors. Left to right: Myah Shoun, Kaydence Olson, Ellie Jay and Natalee Harrison all received All-Conference honors. Harrison was also named to the All-State team....
BUFFALO — The state of Wyoming continues to recover from the pandemic, with unemployment trending down and the average monthly employment back to pre-pandemic levels. The preliminary numbers for the first-quarter average monthly employment this year was 3187 compared with 2978 in 2020 in Johnson County, according to data from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. The first quarter in Wyoming had 269,312 average monthly employees, a few hundred more employees than in the first quarter of 2020. That’s the first time the quarterly emp...
The county is not willing to financially prop up a private enterprise no matter the service it offers was the crux of a heated conversation last week about the ongoing issue of draining septic tanks. For the last couple of months, business owner Jim Geis has reported on his progress in attempting to solve the issue of state regulations no longer allowing him to only land-apply sewage on the land on which it was generated. The regulations were changed in 2018, but Geis was only informed that he was breaking the law in September. Since then, he...
NOTICE OF INTENT TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CROOK COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICES REGULATION Be advised the Board of Crook County Commissioners intends to approve and adopt the Crook County Ambulance Services Regulation pursuant to W.S. 16-1-101, 19-13-101 et seq. and 16-3-101 et seq. On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at the hour of 11:30 a.m., the Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing in the County Commissioners Room, Crook County Courthouse, Sundance, Wyoming, so all interested parties may present written or oral comments on th...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE YELLOWSTONE L&R RANCH IMPROVEMENT AND SERVICE DISTRICT BEFORE THE BOARD OF CROOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with W.S. §22-29-109 that a hearing is to be held on behalf of those petitioning for a service and improvement district before the County Commissioners as follows: 1. The name of the proposed district shall be the “Yellowstone L&R Ranch Improvement and Service District.” 2. The proposed district is located within Crook County, Wyoming, and the boun...
Once upon a time, the word “zoning” was akin to a curse in this part of the world – but that doesn’t seem to be the case any more. To make sure this is more than an illusion, the county commissioners will include public forums in the process of researching possible new zoning rules. Last month, the commission kicked off the process of developing a possible zoning plan for the county by inviting a community planning and zoning consultant to do the necessary groundwork of figuring out exactly what the county wants and needs. As Jayna Watson...
