By Sarah Pridgeon At a special meeting of the Crook County School District Board of Trustees on Monday, a compromise was reached that will allow the board to review a packet of evidence compiled in support of a petition that was presented at last month’s regular meeting. The petition called for an investigation into...
By Sarah Pridgeon The Sundance City Council laid the groundwork for upcoming projects at this month’s regular meeting, including the final steps to completing the swimming pool and the first steps in constructing the transfer station. Mayor Brooks opened the meeting by announcing that a public hearing will take place before the Land Use...
By Sarah Pridgeon The students of Crook County’s schools achieved results that outstrip their counterparts all across Wyoming in this year’s Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students (PAWS) reading tests. While reading averages have increased as a whole, Sundance, Hulett and Moorcroft schools almost unanimously outscore the rest of the state. “We have great students...
By Sarah Pridgeon The Cole Water Storage Tank, which has slowly been slipping downhill over the past few months, will be taken down at the end of September, says Public Works Director Larry Schommer. At present, however, no suitable alternative site has been secured for the tank. The tank will remain in place until...
By Sarah Pridgeon Three Republican candidates will run for the position of Crook County Commissioner at the upcoming primary election: Ted Davis of Sundance, Will West of Oshoto and incumbent Kelly Dennis. Dennis is seeking re-election for a second term, and believes that financial issues will be among the most important faced by the...
By Katie Allen and Sarah Pridgeon Crook County’s volunteer firefighters were called away from the County Fair parade on Saturday to respond to a wildland fire on the Ayers ranch. As the fire began to head for an inaccessible area, a Type I Helitak aircraft, courtesy of the US Forest Service, was diverted from...
By Sarah Pridgeon Jay Pixley of Sundance emerged as the winner of the short go-around at Cheyenne Frontier Days last weekend, despite entering the event in eighth place. As the only steer roper to successfully rope his steer, he earned the victory with a time of 26.1 seconds, finishing with a three-run time of...
Powder River Energy Corporation and Basin Electric teamed up to co-sponsor the purchase cost of a new refrigerator and freezer for the Crook County Food Pantry run by the Crook County Council of County Services. The Council had recently relocated the Food Pantry and could store more food, but the old appliances were leaking...
Crook County Volunteer fire units and personnel received very high evaluations from their work on the Oil Creek Fire in Weston County earlier this month. All units worked extremely well with their Division Supervisors and were always ready when needed. In particular, the crew of Hulett’s Engine 433 was highly praised for containing a...
G&F Commission agrees to create new hunt area, nix request for unlimited quota At their July 10, 2012, meeting in Lander, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission addressed proposed changes to mountain lion hunting seasons in the Black Hills and Platte Valley. At this meeting, the Commission agreed to increase mortality quotas for...
