NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Application for Rezone and Amendment
to the Official Zoning Map for Lincoln County, Wyoming
Public Hearing of the Lincoln County Planning and Zoning Commission will be tentatively held at 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in person at Afton Planning Office conference room 61 E 5th Ave., Afton, WY and via video conference at the Lincoln County Courthouse, Commissioner Boardroom, 925 Sage Avenue 3rd Floor, Kemmerer, WY; to take public comments regarding the following:
Rezone Proposal, File 601 RZ 26 Etna South Rezone
T35N R119W Section 14
Proposed Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan includes a zone change “Rural” zone for property described above be amended to “Mixed” zone. Any person having comments or protests concerning the requested zone change may appear at the public hearing at either location and present their comments or protests at that time. Detailed information can be viewed at: https://weblink.lcwy.org/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=161128&dbid=0&repo=LincolnCounty Projects for Planning. Written comments may be submitted to the Office of Planning & Development (must be received no later than Monday, April 13, 2026, by 5:00 p.m.) and they will be presented to the Commission for consideration.
Documents and comments can be sent to either Office of Planning and Development located at 925 Sage Avenue Suite 201 in Kemmerer, Wyoming, or at the Office of Planning and Development County Annex at 61 East 5th Avenue in Afton, Wyoming. Emails can be sent to Planning@lincolncountywy.gov.
PUBLISHED: March 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, 2026
CHAPTER 6, SECTION 2 CONSTRUCTION/MODIFICATION PERMIT - Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality
PUBLIC NOTICE:
In accordance with Chapter 6, Section 2(m) of the Wyoming Air Quality Standards and Regulations, notice is hereby given that the State of Wyoming, Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, proposes to approve a request by Call Ready Mix & Lumber, Inc. to construct the Call Freedom Pit, a 15-acre pit, which will include sand and gravel crushing, screening, exposed acreage, truck loading, stockpiling, haul activity and a concrete batch plant, located at 103715 US Hwy 89, Thayne, in Lincoln County, Wyoming. The applicant estimates an annual production rate of 300,000 tons. No blasting or hot mix asphalt plants are planned for this site.
For the duration of the public comment period, the permit application, the agency’s analysis, and the public notice are available for public inspection online at https://openair.wyo.gov, utilizing facility ID F032429 and permit number P0040744 under permits. This material may also be viewed online, at the above URL, utilizing a public computer at the Lincoln County Library, Kemmerer, Wyoming. Additionally, for the duration of the public comment period a copy of this public notice is available for public inspection at the Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Kemmerer, Wyoming. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, special assistance or alternate formats will be made available upon request for individuals with disabilities.
Written comments may be directed to Amber Potts, Administrator, Division of Air Quality, Department of Environmental Quality, 200 West 17th St., Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 or by fax (307) 635-1784. Please reference A0019081 in your comment. Comments may also be submitted electronically through the Division’s website (http://aq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com). Comments submitted by email will not be included in the administrative record. All comments received by 5:00 p.m., Monday, April 20, 2026 will be considered in the final determination on this application. A public hearing will be conducted only if in the opinion of the administrator sufficient interest is generated or if an aggrieved party so requests. 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: March 19, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of sale of abandoned vehicle regarding 2012, Jeep, Grand Cherokee, White, VIN 1C4RJFAG6CC188092. The vehicle was abandoned on or about March 2018. Last owner on record is: Kirsten Kenney. An Auction/Sale will be held on April 2nd at 10:00 am at 80 East 1st Avenue, Afton, WY 83110. C&R Services LLC claims a lien in the amount of $5,000.00 for the cost of storage, custody, preservation, and sale of such vehicle. A minimum bid of $5,000.00 is required.
PUBLISHED; March 19, 26, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Lincoln County Recreation Commission will meet for a FINAL BUDGET SESSION for fiscal year 2026-2027
at the Cokeville Town Hall Monday March 23, 2026 5:00 PM
PUBLISHED: March 19, 2026
WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CHEYENNE, WYOMING
NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF AND
FINAL SETTLEMENT FOR HIGHWAY WORK
Notice is hereby given that the Wyoming Department of Transportation has accepted as completed according to plans, specifications and rules governing the same work performed under that certain contract between the State of Wyoming and Avail Valley Construction-WY, LLC, The Contractor, on Highway Project Number CN12069 in Lincoln County, consisting of roadway realignment involving asphalt paving, grading, aggregate surfacing, traffic control, stormwater drainage, fencing and chip seal work and the Contractor is entitled to final settlement therefore; that the Director of the Department of Transportation will cause said Contractor to be paid the full amount due him under said contract on April 29, 2026
The date of the first publication of this Notice is March 19, 2026.
Pam Fredrick
Senior Budget Analyst
Budget Program
Wyoming Department of Transportation
PUBLISHED: March 19, 26, 2026
Public Notice of Amendment Approval
to the DEQ Industrial Siting Permit for The Project West Solution Mine and Soda Ash Plant; DEQ/ISC 23-02
Public Notice is hereby given that the Industrial Siting Division received an amendment request on December 12, 2025, from West Soda LLC, an indirect subsidiary of WE Soda US LLC, (Permittee) regarding the Project West Solution Mine and Soda Ash Plant in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The Permittee requested to change the date of construction commencement from before December 2025 to on or before July 2027.
All parties to the permit were notified of the requested amendment by certified mail, returned receipt. Information sent to the Industrial Siting Council and parties included a cover letter stating the right to be heard by the Council on this matter, a copy of the permit, and all information submitted to the Division regarding Permittee’s amendment request. The request to amend the permit was publicly noticed in the Casper Star Tribune on January 29 and February 3 and 7, 2026. A courtesy public notice was also posted on the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality website on January 21, 2026.
No party nor Council member requested the matter be heard before the Council. Pursuant to Condition #11 of the permit, the Director authorized the change on March 5, 2026. The public may review a copy of the approved amendment and any associated materials at the office of the WDEQ Industrial Siting Division in Cheyenne, Wyoming or online at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XWMJAD9u7QRCrYuoNDBx3TnZCFJPKsy9/view
Persons may also request a copy of the approved amendment by emailing deq-isd@wyo.gov.
Dated this 6th day of March, 2026.
Industrial Siting Division, Department of Environmental Quality
200 West 17th Street, 4th Floor
Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82002
Telephone: (307) 777-7174
PUBLISHED March 12, 26, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICE
Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Commission’s (Commission) Rules and Regulations, notice is hereby given of the Application of Questar Gas Company d/b/a Enbridge Gas Wyoming (Enbridge or the Company) for approval to implement a horizontal drilling pilot program, as more fully described below.
*(1) The Commission approved the Wexpro II Agreement in Docket No. 30010-123-GA-12.
PUBLISHED: March 12, 19, 2026
NOTICE OF WORKSHOPS
The Lincoln County Planning & Development Office will hold community workshops to discuss Community Zone Overlays and Compliance Updates scheduled for the following dates and times:
South Annual Land Use Regulation Review
March 13th, 2026 from 11am to 1pm, Lincoln County Courthouse, Commissioner Board Room, Third Floor, 925 Sage Ave, Suite 302, Kemmerer, WY 83101.
North Annual Land Use Regulation Review
March 25th, 2026 from 11am to 1pm, Conference Room 125 A & B, Afton Civic Center, 150 Washington St, Afton, WY 83110.
PUBLISHED: March 12, 19, 2026
FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE
WHEREAS, default in the payment of principal and interest has occurred under the terms of a promissory note (the “Note”) dated March 28, 2024, executed and delivered by Seth Raymond Kovar and Karami Lane Kovar to United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC and a real estate mortgage (the “Mortgage”) of the same date securing the Note, which Mortgage was executed and delivered by Seth R. Kovar and Karami L. Kovar, Husband and Wife (the “Mortgagors”), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC, and which Mortgage was recorded on March 28, 2024, as Instrument No. 1034066, Book 1106, Page 92 in the records of the office of the County Clerk and ex-officio Register of Deeds in and for Lincoln County, State of Wyoming; and
WHEREAS, the mortgage was assigned for value as follows:
Assignee: United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC
Assignment dated: 10/02/2025
Assignment recorded: 10/02/2025
Assignment recording information: Instrument No. 1041861 Book: 1147 Page: 683
Assignee: Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC
Assignment dated: 11/04/2024
Assignment recorded: 11/04/2024
Assignment recording information: Instrument No. 1042387, Book 1151, Page 73
All in the records of the County clerk and ex-officio Register of Deeds in and for Lincoln County, Wyoming.
WHEREAS, the Mortgage contains a power of sale which by reason of said default, the Mortgagee declares to have become operative, and no suit or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part there-of, nor has any such suit or proceeding been instituted and the same discontinued; and
WHEREAS, written notice of intent to foreclose the Mortgage by advertisement and sale has been served upon the record owner and the party in possession of the mortgaged premises at least ten (10) days prior to the commencement of this publication, and the amount due upon the Mortgage on the date of first publication of this notice of sale being the total sum of $286,630.97 which sum consists of the unpaid principal balance of $269,023.02 plus Interest accrued to the date of the first publication of this notice in the amount of $13,821.69, plus attorneys’ fees, costs expended, and accruing interest and late charges after the date of first publication of this notice of sale;
WHEREAS, the property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other liens and encumbrances that will not be extinguished at the sale. Any prospective purchaser should research the status of title and be prepared to show proof of funds before submitting a bid;
NOW, THEREFORE Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, as the Mortgagee, will have the Mortgage foreclosed as by law provided by causing the mortgaged property to be sold at public venue by the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff in and for Lincoln County, Wyoming to the highest bidder for cash at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon on April 07, 2026, at Lincoln County Courthouse, 925 Sage Ave, Kemmerer, WY 83101, for application on the above-described amounts secured by the Mortgage, said mortgaged property being described as follows, to-wit:
Lot 1 and 2 of Block 42 in the First Addition to the Town of Kemmerer, as platted and recorded in the Official Records of Lincoln County, Wyoming
With an address of: 602 Sapphire St., Kemmerer, WY 83101
Together with all improvements thereon situate and all fixtures and appurtenances thereto.
Date: 2/11/2026 Brian G. Sayer
Brian G. Sayer
The Sayer Law Group, P.C.
925 E. 4th St.
Waterloo, Iowa 50703
319-234-2530
319-232-6341
PUBLISHED: March 5, 12, 19, 26. 2026
FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE
(For Publication)
WHEREAS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a default in the payment under the terms of a secured and perfected Note has occurred. The Note is secured by a Mortgage dated November 28, 2022 and recorded on November 28, 2022 at REC # 1028058 Book 1077, Page 533 in the records of Lincoln County, Wyoming from Alec V Howard and Caitlyn Howard, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for American Pacific Mortgage Corporation for the amount of $180,372.00. The Mortgage having been assigned to and now in possession of Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, through an assignment recorded on July 7, 2025 at REC# 1040398 in Book 1139, Page 439 in the records of Lincoln County, Wyoming.
WHEREAS the Mortgage contains a power of sale, which by reason of the default that has occurred, the Mortgagee has declared to become operative, and no suit or proceeding has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part thereof, nor has any suit or proceeding instituted and the same discontinued and:
WHEREAS written Notice of Intent to Foreclose by Sale and Advertisement has been served upon the record owner and party in possession of the mortgaged premises at least ten (10) days prior to commencement of the publication, and the amount due upon the Mortgage at the date of first publication of this notice of sale being the estimated total sum of $186,273.84 which consists of the unpaid principal balance of $172,721.68, plus outstanding charges, attorney fees, costs expected, accruing interest and late charges after the date of first publication of this notice.
WHEREAS this 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.
NOW, THEREFORE Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC as Mortgagee, will have the Mortgage foreclosed as by law provided by having the mortgaged property sold at public venue by the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff in and for Lincoln County, Wyoming to the highest bidder for cash on March 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM at the front door of the Lincoln County Courthouse located at 925 Sage Avenue, Kemmerer, Wyoming 83101. For application on the above described amounts secured by the Mortgage, said mortgaged property being described as follows, to wit:
Part of Lot 9 of Block 10 of Lincoln Heights 4th Subdivision to the Town of Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of Lot 9 at a pin common to Lot 9, Lot 8 and 9th West Avenue;
thence North, 139.30 feet to the true point of beginning;
thence West, 130.00 feet;
thence North, 18.33 feet;
thence East 130.00 feet;
thence South, 18.33 feet to the true point of beginning.
ALSO
A parcel of land being the northerly 25.2 feet of Lot 9 of Block 10 of Lincoln Heights 4th Subdivision to the Town of Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming and also being known as Unit F as conveyed by the Tax Deed to Carol Reser, recorded February 13, 1992 in Book 307PR on page 158 on file in the Lincoln County Clerk’s Office in Kemmerer, Wyoming and being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the southeast corner of said Lot 9 and running thence north along the common boundary line of said Lot 9 and Ninth West Avenue a distance of 139.30 feet to the point of beginning of that particular parcel of land conveyed by Warranty Deed from Shirley A. Roberts to Carol A. Reser as recorded in Book 290PR on page 287 on file in the Lincoln County Clerk’s Office in Kemmerer, Wyoming;
thence continuing North along said common boundary of Lot 9 and Ninth West Avenue a distance of 18.33 feet to a point being the Northeasterly corner of said Carol A. Reser parcel, said point being the Point of Beginning of this description;
thence West along the North boundary of said Carol A. Reser parcel a distance of 130.00 feet to a point on the Westerly boundary line of said Lot 9 and also being the Northwest corner of said Carol A. Reser parcel;
thence North a distance of 25.20 feet to the Northwest corner of said Lot 9;
thence East along the North boundary line of said Lot 9 a distance of 110.00 feet to a point of curvature of a curve to the right;
thence 31.42 feet along the arc of said curve to the right having a central angle of 90⁰00’ and a radius of 20.00 feet to a point of tangency on the said common boundary line of said Lot 9 and Ninth West Avenue;
thence South along said East boundary line of Lot 9 a distance of 5.20 feet to the point of beginning.
With an address of 1139 9th West Avenue, Kemmerer, Wyoming 83101. Together with all improvements thereon situated and all fixtures and appurtenances, thereto.
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC
Scott D. Toebben, Wyoming State Bar No. 7-5690
Aricyn J. Dall, Wyoming State Bar No: 7-6499
Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. - CO
216 16th Street, Suite 1210
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 720-259-6710
wyoming@rsmalaw.com
PUBLISHED: Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19, 2026
