Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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Public Notice Bentonite Performance Minerals, LLC of Colony, Wyoming has applied for a regular mining permit amendment from the Land Quality Division of the Department of Environmental Quality for the State of Wyoming. The mining permit amendment area for the mining of bentonite will be located in: W1/2SW1/4SW1/4, Section 19, W1/2NW1/4NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4NW1/4, Section 30, Township 57 North, Range 65 West and all land south of the North Fork of the Little Missouri River in Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, S1/2S1/2, Section 24, 300’ in N...
INVITATION TO BIDDERS Crook County School District #1 is seeking bids to replace cabinets, countertops and flooring in the Family and Consumer Sciences room at Sundance High School, 1016 E. Cleveland St., Sundance, WY. For additional information and to set up an appointment to view and measure the room, please email Randy Gill - [email protected] - no later than Monday, April 20th, 2020, by 1 PM. To be entitled for consideration, sealed bids must be received at the central office of Crook County School District #1, PO Box 830, 122 State Hwy...
Gov. Mark Gordon is asking the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to suspend the sale of short-term fishing licenses to out-of-state residents as a way to discourage travel to the state. Gordon’s comments came during a news conference Wednesday as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state grew to 230. When viewed in light of the state’s requirement for visitors from outside the state to self-quarantine for 14 days after their arrival, the issuing of short-term hunting licenses makes little sense, Gordon said. “If you’re going t...
The number of Wyoming patients to recover from confirmed cases of coronavirus was almost half of the state’s total number of confirmed cases on Friday, according to Wyoming Department of Health figures. The department reported that 105 patients had recovered from the virus — meaning they showed no symptoms of the illness for three days — while the state’s total of confirmed COVID-19 cases stood at 239. The statewide case count increased by nine on Thursday, with new cases found in five counties, including the first case detected in Niobrara Cou...
Wyoming should see a surge in coronavirus cases in the last week of April and peak in mid-May, according to several health officials in the state. The projection came as Wyoming’s total coronavirus case count increased to 270 as of Monday morning, an increase of 17 over the weekend. Dr. Nick Stamato, chief of medical staff for Campbell County Health in Gillette, said most of the computer models for the spread of COVID-19 show a surge in cases in the last week of April, with the number cases in the state peaking in the first or second week of Ma...
A hospitalized Johnson County man previously identified as being infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has died, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). The older man had health conditions that put him at higher risk of severe illness and complications related to COVID-19. There have been 275 confirmed and 98 probable cases reported so far from across Wyoming. This is the first reported death associated with the pandemic in the state. “This is a sad development we hoped we wouldn’t see in Wyoming and we want this per...
A one-stop shop for resources to help the public during COVID-19 has been created by the University of Wyoming Extension, said David Keto, UW Extension manager for communications and technology. The website is at bit.ly/uwyo-extension-covid. The page is linked from UW Extension’s homepage and offers a variety of resources particularly relevant during the current crisis, he said. The page offers general resources such as news updates, national and state resources and information regarding sanitation and cleaning, Keto said. It also provides r...
An older Johnson County man is the first state resident to die as a result of the coronavirus, according to officials. State officials and officials with the Johnson County Healthcare Center confirmed Monday that the man died late last week after being hospitalized for one day. Sean McCallister, chief executive officer for the Johnson County Healthcare Center, announced in a news release Monday the death of the man, who McCallister said had serious underlying medical conditions. State health officials have said since the virus reached Wyoming...
