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The Highland Fire is burning in Crook County near SE Mark Road and SE Highland Road, with Level 1, 2, and 3 evacuations now ...
After an epic 2024 wildfire season burned vast areas across northern Wyoming and southern Montana, dozens of new burning coal ...
A temporary closure has been issued for public lands in Crook County as the result of the Willow Fire, says the Bureau of ...
Crook County has issued evacuation orders for the Willow Fire, including Level 3 GO NOW evacuations for the immediate area around Willow Butte, as well as Level 2 BE SET evacuations south of the fire.
County officials are asking all residents and visitors to comply with the restrictions to prevent wildfires and keep the ...
US Forest Service firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest have picked up 6 fires so far, mostly in the Cline Buttes and ...
Private property rights trump all in Wyoming. This was the message that the county commissioners were forced – somewhat reluctantly – to deliver to a group of landowners ...
Crook County is going through changes, but it’s more than semantics. The county’s three-person decision-making body, which is called a court and not a commission, ...
Crook County Superintendent Sara Johnson in 2023. Johnson announced her intended resignation Wednesday, following the victories of three conservative board members in May. Crook County School ...
On June 9, 2024, Crook County resident Ashley McCormick listens to a meeting of her neighbors with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley. In 2022, ...
The Bear Lodge Mining District, located in Crook County in northeast Wyoming, has been an active mining region since the discovery of gold in 1875 near Warren Peak.