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Articles from the December 21, 2023 edition


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  • Songs of Christmas

    Dec 21, 2023

    The junior high and high school Christmas concert was held last Tuesday at the Hulett School. The band and the choir performed a number of traditional and contemporary Christmas and holiday songs. This was the second concert for the holidays held under the direction of Lila Kennah....

  • Seasonal closures now in effect

    Dec 21, 2023

    Seasonal gates and recreation sites that are not open through the winter on the Black Hills National Forest were closed on Friday, December 15. Gates are closed to provide seasonal refuge for wildlife, protect natural resources and provide for public safety as some roads are converted to snowmobile trails. Seasonally closed roads and trails are identified on the current Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM). Snowmobile trails are open from December 15 to March 31 annually. Wheeled vehicles are not allowed on the snowmobile trails during that time...

  • Ellen Griffis

    Dec 21, 2023

    Funeral services for longtime Hulett, Wyoming, resident Ellen Griffis will be held December 22, 2023, at 11 a.m. at the Greater Hulett Community Center. Pastor Wayne Wilson of Newcastle, Wyoming will be officiant. Mary Ellen (Morris) Griffis left this world peacefully on December 12, 2023, at the age of 82. She was born to Glenn and Edna Morris on November 8, 1941. Ellen was the youngest of six kids. She graduated from Hulett High School in 1960. Ellen married Gene Griffis on November 25, 1960 and they spent 63 wonderful years loving, annoying...

  • Circuit Court

    Dec 21, 2023

    Speeding – Ramsey Livingston, Eau Claire, WI, 93/75, $150; Michael Hefron, Bloomington, IN, 89/75, $130; Kyle Vandyke, Thornton, CO, 79/70, $103; Peyton Stoneking, Douglas, WY, 107/80, $195 No Seat Belt (passenger) – Blake Harding, Gillette, WY, $10 No Valid Driver’s License – Patricia Edwards, Liberty Lakes, WA, $140 Vehicle Off Road – Joseph S. Sorenson, Gillette, WY, $250 No Left Side Mirror – Payton E. Brock, Quapaw, OK, $90 Window Tint Violation – Chase Loebs, Newcastle, WY, $90 No Auto Insurance – Patricia Edwards, Liberty Lakes,...

  • Crook County Sheriff's Office

    Dec 21, 2023

    Dec. 11 – Five VIN checks. Fingerprints. Seven traffic stops. Two business checks. Citizen assist. Suspicious circumstance. Dec. 12 – Two VIN checks. Property damage. Two traffic stops. Four house watches. Two welfare checks. Suspicious circumstance. Three citizen assists. Project Life Saver. Traffic hazard. Dec. 13 – Two suspicious circumstances. House watch. Three traffic stops. Two motorist assists. Two business checks. Assist other agency. Property damage. Dec. 14 – Four VIN check. Prisoner transport. Three traffic stops. Three busines...

  • Scoreboard

    Dec 21, 2023

    JH Girls Basketball Hulett – 22, Moorcroft – 17 Hulett – 13, Big Horn – 18 HS Girls Basketball Hulett – 23, Southeast – 28 HS Boys Basketball Hulett – 18, Southeast – 51...

  • CSC Graduates

    Dec 21, 2023

    Seventy-seven candidates for graduate degrees were honored at Chadron State College’s Winter Commencement Dec. 15 in the Chicoine Center. Amber Kaplan of Hulett earned a Master of Arts in Education. Lindsay Hansen of Moorcroft earned a Master of Arts in Education....

  • A thousand more homes to get broadband access

    Sarah Pridgeon|Dec 21, 2023

    Over a thousand homes in Crook County are set to have access to broadband internet for the first time thanks to federal grant awards that aim to make access available across the nation. Two local projects were among 32 applications to be approved for funding, with a total of $70.5 million in federal funds to be spent expanding broadband to more than 11,000 locations across the state that do not currently have access to high-speed internet. “This is the single-largest broadband investment in Wyoming history,” said Governor Mark Gordon in the...

  • HEARING

    Dec 21, 2023

    NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BEULAH 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 “Beulah Improvement and Service District.” 3. The proposed district is located within Crook County, Wyoming, and the boundaries of the district and the land sit...

  • SALE OF PROPERTY

    Dec 21, 2023

    NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (SALE OF PROPERTY) Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Hulett, County of Crook, State of Wyoming, will hold a public hearing in accordance with W.S.§15-1-112(b) regarding the sale of real property owned by the Town of Hulett, Wyoming, described as Lot 36 and Lot 37, Red Devil Drive Addition, Phase 3, Town of Hulett, Crook County, Wyoming. The Town of Moorcroft proposes to sell the foregoing described property to the governing body of the Crook County School District #1 in exchange for the...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Dec 21, 2023

    Man accused of strangling girlfriend, holding her against her will GILLETTE (WNE) — Officers forced their way into a home and later arrested a 37-year-old man who allegedly strangled his girlfriend and held her against her will Friday night. Police went to the 100 block of Bay Avenue for the report of a man and woman in a fight at about 11:15 p.m., Police Cpl. Dan Stroup said. When they arrived, they forced their way into the home after they heard a woman whimpering and what sounded like strangling noises. In the home, they spoke to the man a...

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