By Sarah Pridgeon Bruce Brown, supporting presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has been selected to attend the National Republican Party Convention in August. The vote to select an alternate delegate, which took place at the Crook County Republican Party’s 2012 Convention on Saturday, represents the county’s official choice of candidate for the presidential elections. Four...
Sundance High School music teacher Todd Kahler has been selected as this year’s Outstanding Citizen of the Year by the Sundance Area Chamber of Commerce and the community members who participated in the selection process. Kahler, who began teaching at SHS in 1983, has been an active member of the community who has lent...
Recent warm weather has caused Keyhole Reservoir to rise over a 20 inches in elevation in the last week bringing it to full elevation of 4099.3 feet on Tuesday. “Keyhole Reservoir is at its highest level since June of 1999,” said Jeff Nettleton, Chief of Facility Operation and Maintenance and Engineering Services for the...
By Sarah Pridgeon Rare Element Resources has announced that the results of a pre-feasibility study for the Bear Lodge Project show it to be both technologically and economically feasible with an initial projected mine life of 19 years. Meanwhile, significant amounts of gold have been found surrounding the Bull Hill rare earth prospect. “We...
By Sarah Pridgeon Steps taken to improve the financial situation at Crook County Medical Services District (CCMSD) have begun to bear fruit, says new CEO Jannette Van Beek. Sundance’s hospital will not, contrary to recent rumor, be closing its doors. “The hospital is not going to close,” says Van Beek. “We have surprisingly little...
