Kemmerer Gazette Legal Notices, January 22, 2026

THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF WYOMING IN AND FOR LINCOLN COUNTY

In the Matter of the Estate of )           Case No. 2026-CV-0000001

RICHARD CARROLL, SR.,         )

    Deceased.    )

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DECREE OF

DISTRIBUTION UNDER W.S. § 2-1-205

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:

You are hereby notified that an Application for Decree of Distribution Under W.S. § 2-1-205 has been filed in the above-named Court alleging that Richard Carroll, Sr., also known as Richard Ray Carroll, Sr., and sometimes known as Richard Carroll, at the time of his death, owned the following described real property in Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming:

Lot 1 of Block 1 of the Seventh Avenue Addition to the City of Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming as described on the official plat thereof, together with all buildings, improvements and appurtenances thereon situate or in anywise appertaining thereto

(the “Real Property”), and requesting that the Real Property, subject to an existing mortgage in favor of Rocket Mortgage, LLC, be distributed to Richard Carroll, Jr. Any objection to said Application must be filed in said Court within thirty (30) days of the first date of publication. If no timely objections are filed, the Court shall enter the requested Decree establishing the right and title to said property.

Dated: January 22, 2026.        Richard Carroll, Jr., Applicant

HATHAWAY & KUNZ, LLP

Attorneys for Applicant

2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 500 (82001)

P.O. Box 1208

Cheyenne, WY 82003-1083

PUBLISHED: January 22 and 29, 2026.

CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

The Kemmerer City Council met in regular session this 22ND day of December, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Kemmerer, Wyoming. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Present on roll call were Mayor Robert Bowen, Councilmember Marlin Batista, Councilmember Caleb Ellis, Councilmember Brantley Popp, Councilmember Bill Price (via telecommunications), and Councilmember Mark Quinn. Councilmember David McConkie was absent.

Motion was made by Councilmember Popp to approve the agenda as presented; seconded by Councilmember Quinn and unanimously approved by council present.

Motion was made Councilmember Popp to excuse the absence of Councilmember McConkie; seconded by Councilmember Batista and unanimously approved by council present.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS:

Chad Nielson, Public Works Director; Lois Hicks, Recreation Manager; Kaylynn Williams, Community Events Coordinator; John Tibbetts, Director of Golf & Parks; and Natasia Diers, City Clerk-Treasurer gave department reports to the council.

VISITOR COMMENTS:

Mary Crosby made comments to the council.

CONSENT AGENDA:

Motion was made by Councilmember Popp to approve the items on the consent agenda as amended; seconded by Councilmember Batista and unanimously approved by council present. Those items were:

(a)  Approval of Meeting Minutes of December 8, 2025, as presented;

(b)  Approval of the payment of the bills, payroll, and ACH payments as presented;

18670 NCPERS $48.00 18671 Division of Victim Services      $250.00

18672 Auto Inn Repair, Inc.    28.25   18673 Black Canyon Rec Club 116.39

18674 Bridger Valley Propane            387.09 18675 Burnett’s Auto Parts, Inc.        6.22

18676 Centurylink       1,023.73          18677 Centurylink Communications  22.11

18678 Enbridge Gas   2,973.40          18679 Fossil Basin Promo Board        8,948.22

18680 Freedom Mailing Service,Inc.  316.55 18681 Gunter’s Service          3,138.84

18682 Holland Equipment Co.            232.31 18683 Kemmerer Gazette      73.20

18684 Lincoln County Sheriff 2,580.00          18685 Modern Electic 47,138.64

18686 One-Call of Wyoming  103.95 18687 Outlaw Supply, Inc.      1,811.25

18688 Personnel Screening Services  262.20 18689 Reladyne West, LLC     816.16

18690 Tegeler & Associates   375.00 18691 Toronto, Thomas P      5,000.00

18692 Uinta Appraisal Company        600.00 18693 Uinta Appraisal Co       6,843.72

18694 Verizon Wireless         627.18 18695 Wells Fargo Fin. Leasing          619.47

12/17/25 Fed.Tax DeP.-ACH   15,237.95        12/17/25 Net Payroll Dep.-ACH         49,491.43

12/17/25 AFLAC-ACH 12.24   12/17/25 Expert Pay-ACH      1,090.05

12/17/25 Orchard Trust-ACH 725.00 11/30/25 Worldpay-ACH        96.19

(c)  Set the 2026 calendar year city council dates as amended.

TABLED BUSINESS:

(a)  Motion was made by Councilmember Quinn to remove from the table the opening of the clubhouse for the winter; seconded by Councilmember Popp and unanimously approved by council present. Motion was made by Councilmember Quinn to authorize city staff to move forward with preparing the clubhouse for year round operation and authorize the expenditure of $2,790.00 for the proposed additions and maintenance items; seconded by Councilmember Ellis and unanimously approved by council present.

NEW BUSINESS:

(b)  Motion was made by Councilmember Ellis to authorize the mayor to sign the Junior Jazz Letter of Agreement with the exclusion of the indemnification; seconded by Councilmember Quinn and unanimously approved by council present.

(c)  Motion was made by Councilmember Popp to authorize staff to apply for the American 250 Grant for Municipalities in the amount of $24,990; seconded by Councilmember Quinn and unanimously approved by council present.

(d)  Motion was made by Councilmember Popp to Pass, Approve, and Adopt Resolution No. 2025-866, A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 2025-858, Providing for the Establishment, Functions, and Duties of Recreation Advisory Board for the City of Kemmerer, Wyoming; seconded by Councilmember Ellis and unanimously approved by council present.

COMMENTS:

Councilmember Quinn, Councilmember Batista, and Councilmember Price made comments. Mayor Bowen made comments.

ADJOURN:

There being no further business before the council, Mayor adjourned the regular meeting; 6:31 p.m.

     BY: ROBERT BOWEN, MAYOR

ATTEST: NATASIA DIERS

CITY CLERK-TREASURER

PUBLISHED: Jan. 22, 2026

FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default in the payment of principal and interest has occurred under the terms of a Promissory Note and Loan Agreement dated November 6, 2017 (the “Note”), executed and delivered by Bridger Jay Mackey and Alix Mackey (“Mortgagors”) to Farm Credit Services of America, FLCA (“Mortgagee”), and under a real estate mortgage of the same date securing the Note (“Mortgage”), which Mortgage was executed and delivered by Mortgagors to Mortgagee. The Mortgage was recorded in the real estate records of the Clerk of Lincoln County, Wyoming on November 20, 2017, at Rec. No. 995415.

The Mortgage encumbers certain real property that is described as follows (commonly known as 501 Thornton Lane, Afton, WY 83110 and hereinafter the “Property”):

LOT 10, TRIPLE T RANCHES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED JUNE 13, 2008, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 939777, OFFICIAL RECORDS, LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING.

The Mortgage contains a power of sale which, by reason of the aforesaid default, Mortgagee declares to have become operative. No suit or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part thereof, nor has any such suit or proceeding been instituted and the same discontinued. Written notice of intent to foreclose the Mortgage by advertisement and sale has been served upon the record owners and the party in possession of the Property at least ten (10) days prior to the commencement of publication of this notice.

The amount due that is secured by this Mortgage, as of the date of this Notice, is $353,689.53, consisting of $337,753.10 in principal, $15,518.39 in interest, and $418.04 in late fees, plus attorneys’ fees and costs expended, plus additional interest and late charges accruing after the date of this notice.

NOW, THEREFORE Mortgagee will have the Mortgage foreclosed as provided by law by causing the Property to be sold at public sale by the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff in and for Lincoln County, Wyoming to the highest bidder for cash at ten o’clock in the forenoon (10:00 a.m.) on February 3, 2026, on the second floor of the Lincoln County Courthouse, 925 Sage Ave., Kemmerer, WY 83101, for application to the above-described amounts secured by the Mortgage.

The property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other liens and encumbrances that will not be extinguished at the sale and any prospective purchaser should research the status of title before submitting a bid.

Dated December 17, 2025

FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, FLCA

BY: Timothy L. Woznick

CROWLEY FLECK PLLP

PO Box 394

Cheyenne, WY  82003

(307) 426-4100

PUBLISHED: January 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2026

Public Notice

Kemmerer Operations, LLC of Kemmerer, Wyoming, Permit No. 379-T10, has applied for area bond release from the Land Quality Division of the Department of Environmental Quality for the State of Wyoming.  This permit was originally approved on June 30, 1975. The coal mining permit area is located in all or portions of Township 21 North, Range 116 West, Township 21 North, Range 117 West, Township 19 North, Range 117 West, and Township 20 North, Range 117 West, 6th P.M. Lincoln County, Wyoming.  The Kemmerer Mine is located approximately six miles to the southwest of the town of Kemmerer.  This area can be found on the Kemmerer III and IV, Elkol, and Warfield Creek USGS quadrangle maps. The parcels to be released from bond are located in Sections 22 and 27 in Township 20 North, Range 117 West.  This bond release request includes 79 acres. This request is for Area Bond Release under Category Five lands. The total amount presented by this bond release request is $4,420,960. This reclamation was performed from 2023 until 2025.

Information regarding the mining operation, reclamation procedures and area proposed for release may be viewed in the Office of the Land Quality Division of the Department of Environmental Quality in Cheyenne and Lander, Wyoming, and the mine office of Kemmerer Operations, LLC in Kemmerer, Wyoming.  Written objections to the proposed bond release request must be received by the Administrator of the Land Quality Division, Department of Environmental Quality, 200 W. 17th Street, Suite 10, Cheyenne, WY 82002, before the close of business on the 1st of March 2026. Objections may also be submitted by the same deadline via the Land Quality Division’s electronic comment portal at http://lq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com/.  If written objections are filed, and a public hearing is requested, the Environmental Quality Council (Council) shall hold a public hearing within sixty (60) days after the final date for filing objections unless a different period is stipulated to by all parties. The Council shall publish notice of the time, date and location of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality of the proposed operation once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks immediately prior to the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted as a contested case in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act (W.S. §16-3-101 through §16-3-115), with a right of judicial review as provided in that act. Without prejudice to the objector or applicant’s right to a hearing before the Council, the Administrator may hold an informal conference to resolve written objections after notification to all parties. The Administrator shall make a record of the conference unless waived by all parties, which shall be accessible to all parties. The Administrator shall furnish all parties of the conference with a written finding of the Division based on the conference, and the reasons for the finding.

Para español, visite deq.wyoming.gov. Americans with Disabilities Act: special assistance or alternative formats will be made available upon request for individuals with disabilities. Please provide at least fourteen (14) days before the close of the public comment period for such requests.

PUBLISHED: Jan 8, 15, 22, 29 2026    

PUBLIC NOTICE

Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Commission’s (Commission) Rules, notice is hereby given of the Application of Rocky Mountain Power (RMP or the Company) for a Deferred Accounting Order to record a regulatory asset associated with the differences in incremental costs and revenues between the 2020 PacifiCorp Inter-Jurisdictional Allocation Protocol (2020 Protocol) and the 2026 PacifiCorp Inter-Jurisdictional Allocation Protocol (2026 Protocol), as more fully described below:

1. RMP is a division of PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation, engaged in the business of supplying electric utility service to customers throughout its six-state service territory, including Wyoming. RMP is a public utility subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction. Wyo. Stat. §§ 37-l-101(a)(vi)(C) and 37-2-112.
2. On December 31, 2025, pursuant to Wyoming Statutes §§ 37-2-112 and 37-2-115, the Company filed an Application requesting the Commission issue a Deferred Accounting Order to record and defer a regulatory asset associated with the differences in incremental costs and revenues between the 2020 Protocol and the 2026 Protocol cost allocation methodologies, effective January 1, 2026.
3. The 2020 Protocol expired December 31, 2025. The 2026 Protocol Application is set for hearing on May 26, 2026, in Docket No. 20000-690-EA-25. The 2026 Protocol proposes a new cost allocation methodology across RMP’s multiple state service territory that includes Wyoming. The Company requested the deferral to address costs incurred during the transition period from December 31, 2025, until a new cost allocation methodology is reflected in RMP’s base rates. RMP states the deferral will track and align costs and benefits while avoiding over or under allocation of costs while the 2026 Protocol is pending approval and implementation in Wyoming and other jurisdictions. The Company proposes a uniform adoption date for the new cost allocation methodology across all jurisdictions.
4. RMP is not currently seeking recovery of these costs from customers. The requested Deferred Accounting Order, if approved, will enable the Company to seek recovery in the future. If approved, deferred costs will be recorded in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Account 182.3.
5. The total amount of the potential deferral is unknown. RMP estimates current costs and benefits of approximately $5.1 million annually. Deferred accounting permits the Company to track the expenses accrued from December 31, 2025, through the beginning of the rate effective period of the 2026 Protocol for potential future recovery.
6. This is not a complete description of RMP’s Application. Interested persons may inspect the entire Application at RMP’s Wyoming offices and at the Commission’s office or online at: https://dms.wyo.gov/external/publicusers.aspx. (enter Record No. 18030). The Application may also be reviewed on line at: https://www.rockymountainpower.net/about/rates-regulation/wyoming-regulatory-filings.html.
7. Anyone desiring to file a public comment, statement, protest, intervention petition, or request for a public hearing in this matter must file with the Commission in writing on or before February 9, 2026. Any intervention request filed with the Commission shall set forth the grounds of the proposed intervention or request for hearing as well as the position and the interest of the petitioner in this proceeding. Please mention Docket No. 20000-699-EA-25 in your communications.
8. If you wish to intervene or request a public hearing that you will attend, or wish to file a public comment, statement, or protest, and you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or in writing at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002. Communications impaired persons may also contact the Commission through Wyoming Relay at 711.

Dated: January 8, 2026.

PUBLISHED: Jan. 15, 22, 2026

NOTICE AND ORDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING

Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Commission’s (Commission) Rules, notice is hereby given that a public hearing is scheduled regarding Rocky Mountain Power’s (RMP or the Company) request for authority enter and participate in the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM). The public hearing is set to commence on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., in the Commission’s hearing room located at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

2. RMP is a division of PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation, engaged in the business of supplying electric utility service to customers throughout its six-state service territory, including Wyoming. RMP is a public utility, subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction. WYO STAT. §§ 37-l-101(a)(vi)(C) and 37-2-112.
3. On December 30, 2024, RMP filed a “Notice” that RMP was in the process of preparing to enter and participate in the EDAM. The Company filed the “Notice” based upon a Commission directive to file an Application after discussions with the Company at open meetings held on October 10, 2024, and October 17, 2024.
4. On February 18, 2025, RMP submitted an amended filing pursuant to the provision of Commission Rule, Chapter 3, Section 21(f)(i). The Amended Application seeks Commission approval to allow RMP authority to enter and participate in the CAISO’s EDAM stating that the Company’s participation will result in certain reliability, economic and environmental benefits to its Wyoming Customers. The EDAM is an extension of CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) RMP has participated in the WEIM since its inception in November of 2014.
5. Wyoming Industrial Energy Consumers (WIEC) and Interwest Energy Alliance petitioned to intervene in this matter, which the Commission granted by Order issued on May 14, 2025. The Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA) intervened on March 27, 2025, as a matter of right.
6. This is not a complete description of RMP’s Application. You may review the Application and its supporting testimony and exhibits at the Commission’s office during business hours or online at: https://dms.wyo.gov/external/publicusers.aspx (enter Record No. 17731).
7. All interested persons are encouraged to attend the public hearing which will be conducted in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, Wyoming Public Service Commission Rules. All interested persons may appear and be heard, in person, by video or telephone conference, or through counsel appearing in person or by video or telephone conference.

            Attend Zoom Meeting and actively participate at:

            https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9933449233

            Or by dialing: 1 669 900 9128 Meeting ID: 993 344 9233

8. If you wish to attend the hearing and you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Commission at (307) 777-7427 (Voice or TTY) in Cheyenne during regular business hours or write them at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, to make arrangements. Communications impaired persons may also contact the Commission by accessing Wyoming Relay (TTY) by dialing 711. Please mention Docket No. 20000-675-EA-24 in all correspondence with the Commission.

Dated: January 6, 2026.

PUBLISHED: Jan. 15, 22, 2026