http://www.kemmerergazette.com Top Stories RSS Feed Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:27 -0600 http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1235 The Cokeville police department made another seizure of over 30 pounds of marijuana Thursday. The 34-pound seizure resulted from a traffic stop in front of Blondie's Diner on Highway 30. The shipment was bound from Eugene, Ore., to Chicago, Ill., according to Cokeville police chief Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:11:48 -0600 http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1228 What started out as a traffic stop by the Cokeville police department yielded a seizure of 31 pounds of marijuana Feb. 23. The incident is the most recent of five marijuana and one methamphetamine incidents in a month for the department. "It's been busy," said Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:38:03 -0600 http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1227 About 30 people showed up for a public meeting on proposed amendments to the Kemmerer-Diamondville Joint Powers Board agreement Wednesday of last week. This Tuesday, about 25 came to the second such meeting, also held at the South Lincoln Training and Event Center. Each night, Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:34:28 -0600 http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1226 Blake Bryan Leavitt will face up to three years in the Wyoming State Penitentiary, following a September chase over roads and farmland in north Lincoln County and Idaho. On Feb. 17, a 12-person jury convicted Leavitt, age 23, of five criminal counts, including felony interference Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:24:15 -0600 http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1225 Kemmerer High School cheerleading coach Sheri Paulson instructs new Ranger mascot, aka Chris Pope, in his duties at this weekend's regional basketball tournament. For the full scoop on both the boys and the girls games, see the March 4 Gazette. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:20:31 -0600 http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1224 Russian delegates on an education-themed trip to Kemmerer brunched at David and Brenda McGinnis's home Sunday. The Kemmerer Rotary Club "Open World" trip included time in the schools and at Fossil Butte National Monument, as well as stops in Washington, D.C., and Evanston. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:42:07 -0600 http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1220 Last week, seven teachers received notification that their contracts would not be up for renewal at April's school board meeting. An eighth teacher will have the option to teach half-time for the 2010-2011 school year, with the board's approval. Lincoln County School District #1 superintendent Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:29:21 -0600 http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1219 At the Kemmerer city council's Monday night meeting, Lincoln County commissioner Kent Connelly gave the council a heads-up that he might be coming to them for support on a project to selectively log timber in the Ham's Fork drainage of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Bark Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:26:22 -0600 http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.kemmerergazette.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1218 Lincoln County is moving forward with plans to lease a new jail, to be built by the Utah-based development company Fundamentics. Last week, they signed an "agreement for pre-construction," which lets the company start planning the facility. Fundamentics will pick the site, though county officials Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:25:09 -0600