Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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The City of Sundance is ready to unveil the latest addition to local recreation: Sundance Square, a new park next door to Old Stoney. Complete with splash pad, stage and concession stand, the location is intended as both a place for locals and visitors to hang out and a location for events such as farmers’ markets and concerts. The grand opening of Sundance Square Park will take place the day after Old Stoney itself is officially revealed to the public. While the museum has been open for a few w...
Another week of dry heat with the occasional flash of lightning has brought another week of fires throughout Crook County. Fortunately, says Fire Warden Doug Leis, so far they’ve mostly been relatively small. “We did have a little rash of fires throughout the week,” says Leis. “Most of them were smaller fires, just lightning strike little things.” The largest fire of the week appears to have been caused by a downed power line. According to Moorcroft Fire Chief Rusty Williams, the live line was...
Crook County has been designated a primary natural disaster area by the U.S. Department of Agriculture due to the ongoing drought conditions in this area. Along with those in 20 other counties in Wyoming, producers in this area are now eligible for emergency credit to assist in recovering from the disaster. The county was automatically found to be eligible for this status because it was recorded by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having suffered from severe drought for eight or more consecutive weeks during the growing season. Farm Service Agency...
On hearing that it would be impossible to introduce run-off elections in time for the 2022 elections, the Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee has opted to not move ahead with legislation to do so. However, ranked choice or open primaries are still on the table for now. After hearing two hours of testimony from the Secretary of State’s Office and Wyoming’s county clerks at its meeting last week, the committee realized the time window is too narrow for all the necessary steps, says Senator Ogden Driskill, co-...
Loretta Dale (O’Haver) Durfee, 101, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away June 12, 2021, at the Crook County Memorial Hospital. Loretta was born to George Henry and Mary Belle (Penwell) O’Haver on March 25, 1920, on the family homestead ten miles south of Sundance. She was proud to be a twin and often told the story of her dad helping with the delivery and her mother saying, “George, there’s another one coming.” Loretta and Loren Dell joined big brothers Merlin and Manford. Loretta attended the Justice and Black’s Flat Country Schools and graduat... Full story
Arthur H. “Art” Wood, St., born January 20, 1936, passed away from Alzheimer’s on May 21, 2021. Art was a native of Wyoming and is now a permanent resident of a better place in Heaven. He resided in Edgerton for over 40 years. Through the years he held many different jobs including Army veteran, rancher, sheepherder in the Black Hills, farmer, woodworker, truck driver and oilfield hand. His hobbies included woodworking, carpentry and hunting with family. He also was an active member of his community. He enjoyed volunteering as both a Cub and B... Full story
A Memorial Service for Les Fullerton will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 19 at the Sundance United Methodist Church. Lunch will be held at the church after the service. For those interested, interment of the ashes will follow at the Upton Cemetery.... Full story
Larry J. Potter, age 85 of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, died Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, with his loving family by his side. The funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at the United Methodist Church in Belle Fourche. Visitation will be held 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Leverington Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche. Interment will take place at Black Hills National Cemetery, with military honors. The funeral service will be live-streamed on Larry’s obituary p... Full story
1 Years Ago June 16, 1921 One of the most interesting meetings of the season was held at the oil derrick on Hawken dome Sunday. Rev. N.E. Wood preached an excellent sermon to a large audience of people assembled from all points of the compass. Preceding the sermon an old fashioned picnic dinner was enjoyed, which included all the delicacies of the season prepared as only the housewives of this favored section know how to tempt the appetite. Quite a delegation went over to Hulett Sunday and...
More than 50 individual yard sales will be taking place over two days this weekend as the Country Junkin’ Weekend returns for its third year. Garage and yard sales have always punctuated the summer in this part of the world, but local chambers of commerce teamed up in 2019 to introduce an idea that would turn an opportunity for treasure-hunting into a countywide event complete with the opportunity for a road trip adventure across the area. From food to glassware, antiques to yard tools, individual vendors will be offering their wares in l...
The long term care unit at Sundance Memorial Hospital has temporarily closed to all visitation. The lockdown is expected to come to an end within approximately a week. Though there has been a small uptick in cases over the last few weeks, CEO Micki Lyons explains that the decision is not related to the overall pandemic situation. It is a mandatory closure due to a case occurring within the nursing home itself. “We had one LTC employee test positive for covid which requires us to shut down to visitors for a minimum of two weeks,” she says. The... Full story
Wildlife researchers have confirmed the presence of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats at Devils Tower National Monument. While this is the first confirmation of WNS in the state, the fungus that causes WNS, Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), was potentially detected in southeast Wyoming as early as 2018. Biologists from the University of Wyoming discovered evidence of WNS during surveys completed in early May 2021, when they captured and sampled bats to test for the fungus. The work was in collaboration with the Wyoming Game and Fish...
Ham radio operators from the Devils Tower Amateur Radio Club in Crook County will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise from noon on Saturday until noon on Sunday, June 26 to 27. The event is ARRL Field Day (www.arrl.org/FieldDay), an annual amateur radio activity organized since 1933 by ARRL, the national association for amateur radio in the United States. Hams from across North America ordinarily participate in Field Day by establishing temporary ham radio stations in public locations to demonstrate their skill and service....
We are still doing curbside and delivery if you would prefer not to come inside. The statewide mask mandate has ended, but if you want to wear a mask in the library, we have masks available. Teens and children are encouraged to come in and use the computers and kid’s iPads. The meeting room is open for meetings, parties, etc. Please call the library for more information and availability. If you are a master gardener, will you please contact the library? We would like to have some gardening programs, and need a master gardener to lead them. T...
The Rural Broadband Association today recognized Range as the winner of the NTCA Marketing eXcellence Award in Branding Project. Range is a member of NTCA, the premier association representing nearly 850 independent, community-based telecommunications companies in rural communities across America. The Marketing eXcellence Awards recognize the vital role marketing, sales and communications play in the broadband industry and are announced annually at NTCA’s Marketing + Sales Conference. “In a year when everything had to pivot online, con...
Dear Editor, “Life is essential health care” proclaims the unsigned anti-abortion ad that has been appearing each week in The Sundance Times. Of course, the opposite is true: health care is essential to life. I passionately hope that the unnamed person or persons who are purchasing this advertisement each week are also committed to supporting the lifelong health and wellbeing of our nation’s children. It would be utterly hypocritical to prove our “pro-life” commitment by disallowing abortion but fail to extend the commitment to helping n...
If I had to name an equivalent to Old Stoney from back in my homeland, my mind would instantly go to Battersea Power Station. I’ve spent a lifetime waiting for someone to breathe new life into the iconic London landmark, and finally my patience has been rewarded. Looming over the River Thames along my daily commute to work, the station is one of the biggest brick buildings in the world and once consumed over a million tons of coal each year to provide a fifth of London’s electricity. Unf...
A Minnesota man has been given a split sentence on a felony charge of possession with intent to deliver after a large amount of marijuana was found in his vehicle during a traffic stop last summer. On June 22, 2020, a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper recorded a vehicle traveling at 78 mph in the 75 mph zone in I-90. The trooper performed a traffic stop near milepost 176 and made contact with the three occupants of the vehicle, which included passenger Samuel Galamue. The trooper allegedly smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and...
Christian Evans of Georgia faces felony possession charges after a sizeable amount of marijuana was allegedly found in his vehicle during a traffic stop on the interstate. A Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper reports pulling over a vehicle traveling at 85 mph in an 80 mph zone on I-90 at around 6:45 p.m. on May 29. The trooper made contact with the male driver and female passenger. The driver, identified as Evans, allegedly argued with the trooper about his speed and the reason for the stop. Once Evans had calmed down, the trooper requested his...
Speeding – Cody Wickersheim, WI, 90/80, $105; Douglas Jack Linton Jr., Moorcroft, 64/45, $155; Lawrence Lippincott, Cheyenne, 89/75, $130; Michael T. Tatum, Gillette, 85/75, $105; Lloyd Dehart, OH, 80/70, $105; Scott C. Tipton, SD, 87/80, $99; Tami Nelson, TN, 79/70, $103; Mark B. Williamson, Gillette, 84/75, $103; Derek Davison, SD, 60/45, $195; Barry Batchelor, UT, 94/75, $155; Vinitha Baskaran, WA, 103/75, $200; Ronald D. Maurer, CA, 100/70, $210; Lisa Cerrone, NV, 96/80, $140; Dianne Link, CO, 79/70, $103; Julie Shannon, FL, 87/75, $120; J...
June 7 – Paper service. Five VIN checks. Nine traffic stops. Seven business checks. Found property. Three sets fingerprints. Two welfare checks. Two motorist assists. Booked in two subjects. Two EMS pages. Littering. Traffic hazard. Domestic assault. Suspicious vehicle. June 8 – Paper service. Three VIN checks. Three traffic stops. Booked in subject. Fire ban violation. Vehicle crash. Four EMS pages. Three fire pages. Animal bite. Assisted Port of Entry. Assisted Lawrence County, South Dakota. Traffic hazard. Assisted Wyoming Highway Pat...
ORDINANCE NO.3, 2021 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 1, 2021 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2022. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUNDANCE, CROOK COUNTY, WYOMING: SECTION 1: GENERAL CARRYOVER FINAL READING GENERAL CHECKING ACCOUNT $ 300,000.00 SWEEP HIGH YIELD SAVINGS ACCOUNT $ 487,000.00 CLARENBACH PARK CHECKING ACCOUNT $ 9,000.00 1 % SPECIFIC PURPOSE TAX II $ 50,000.00 Total Carryover $ 846,000.00 SECTION 2: RESTRICTED FUNDS UTILITY CHECKING ACCOUNT $ 48,500.00 AMBULANCE FUND CEMETERY BEQUESTS $... Full story
MUSEUM BUDGET HEARING NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a public hearing on the proposed budget for the Crook County Museum District for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, will be held June 24th, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. at Old Stoney Business & Cultural Center’s, 120 N 4th Street, Suite A, Sundance, Wyoming. The regular monthly board meeting will follow immediately after the budget hearing. Publish: June 17 and 24, 2021... Full story
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having occurred and all prerequisites to foreclosure having been met, notice is hereby given that the mortgage given by Chance L. Englebert, married man, mortgagor, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Bay Equity LLC, mortgagee, dated November 7, 2018, recorded November 8, 2018, in Book 591 of Photos at Page 662, in the Office of the Clerk of Crook County, Wyoming, given to secure payment of a note in the original amount of One Hundred Fifty Three Thousand Five Hundred... Full story
TRANSPORTATION CHEYENNE, WYOMING NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF AND FINAL SETTLEMENT FOR HIGHWAY WORK Notice is hereby given that the State Transportation Commission of Wyoming has accepted as completed according to plans, specifications and rules governing the same work performed under that certain contract between the State of Wyoming, acting through said Commission, and Riverside Contracting, Inc., The Contractor, on Highway Project Number I904138 in Crook County, consisting of mill and overlay with chip seal and structure repair, and the... Full story
