The Year in Review

January

As the year began, locals who had hoped for Sundance to become the next big source of rare earth minerals were pleased to hear that Rare Element Resources was aiming to restart the permitting process for its planned mine in the Bear Lodge Mountains. Meanwhile, Oneok Pipelines announced that it would be constructing a second pipeline following the same route as the Bakken line through Crook County.

The City of Sundance began the process of acquiring the piece of property on which Central Office had once stood, while also passing an emergency ordinance to revise the definition of a “vici...