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March 29th was a sad day in Newcastle as the process of the Toomey’s Mills demolition began. Area residents reminisced and some shed tears as they watched the three silo’s ripped apart and fall to the ground. The story of Toomey’s Mill dates back to 1904. The town of Newcastle rallied together and sold stock in order to build the mill so that the farmers north of town could sell their winter [...]

The Wyoming Disability Awareness Walk is in it’s 8th year and will take place in various cities across the state of Wyoming this Saturday. The Wyoming Disability Awareness Walk began in 2005 in Casper and saw approximately 100-150 people participate in the event. In 2007, the event officially became the “Wyoming Disability Awareness Walk” and expanded into the cities of Rock Springs, [...]

  It’s that time of year, when KASL contracts with the Easter Bunny to hide two special eggs, one in Upton, and one in Newcastle, each worth $150.00. To get the clues that will lead you to the eggs, stop by each one of our Easter Egg Hunt sponsors! Each weekday, a clue will be added to the list of clues you’ll find at each location. Are they the same clues? You’ll have to stop at each location [...]

Newcastle Dogie Senior Mitch Weigel has been selected to the Wyoming Class 3A All-State basketball team. Mitch was one of four seniors on this years state qualifying squad, and finished as the Dogies leading scorer.

The Harlem Ambassadors delighted more than 600 local onlookers as their zany antics and funny pranks held our own Newcastle Fogies against the hoops! The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce made the plans realty and then organized this community fun and family event. Monday, March 19th the Harlem Ambassadors ended the game with triple digits on the score board where our Newcastle Fogies only maintained [...]

On March 16th RENEW hosted a Chamber Coffee in observation of Disability Awareness Month. Those in attendance were greeted by the smiling faces of the RENEW team and RENEWS CEO and President Larry Samson. It was a perfect day to get out of the office; network with community members and enjoy the delicious refreshments. The 8th annual Wyoming Disability Awareness Walk is coming up fast. Join your [...]

A benefit Bake Sale/Silent Auction, for the J.D. & Cindy Rhoades Family, will take place on March 24th at 9:00 AM at the Antler’s Lounge in Newcastle. The money raised will help with medical expenses along with the expenses of having to take their oldest son Joey, a Senior at Newcastle High School, to Cincinnati Children’s Center to see the specialist. Anyone wishing to donate baked [...]

On Tuesday, March 13, two members of the Newcastle FFA organization will compete in the Region 3 FFA public speaking contest. Both Layne Pearson and Ashten Marchant won their respective speech contests last Tuesday at the Northeast District FFA speech contest that was held in Upton, Wyoming. Other schools competing alongside Newcastle and Upton were Sundance, Moorcroft and Gillette. Layne Pearson [...]

The week of March 10th marks the monumental 100th anniversary for the Girls Scouts of America organization. 100 years of building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Beginning in Savannah, Georgia, with a small group and ambitious dreams. Juliette Gordon Low organized the first local Girl Scout meeting under the belief that all girls should be given every [...]

Three Newcastle Dogies have been selected to the 3A East All-Conference basketball team. Madi Lacy earned honors on the girls side while both Mitch Weigel and Jeremy Feist were named to the boys squad.