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Terri Lesley is suing the Campbell County Library System and members of the Bennet family
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The county was chosen by the state to launch a pilot program in the hope that it can eventually be implemented in other counties, reduce recidivism, and create productive members of society.
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Brandy Elder, the county’s human resources director, was unanimously approved on Aug. 8 until a permanent director is hired. Longtime director Terri Lesley was fired over her refusal to remove or relocate books on sex education and LGBTQ issues for youth.
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First responders from three counties acted quickly wen a tornado formed directly over the largest open pit coal mine in the U.S. outside of Gillette. Emergency management centers were already monitoring a storm that created a funnel cloud at least three times. After moving along the Campbell and Converse County lines, the storm took a turn that positioned it over the North Antelope Rochelle Mine.
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The Campbell County Joint Powers Lodging Tax Board voted 5-1 at a special meeting on April 26 to move forward with a contract with Zartico, a Utah-based geofencing software company that will track spending habits during this year’s National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) in July. While some in the community were supportive, other questioned the need, constitutionality, and intent behind these plans.
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The Campbell County Convention and Visitors Bureau will roll out geofencing technology to track rodeo participants and visitors. They're doing so to get a better understanding of where money is spent in the community and how it can help benefit the local economy. Other information, such travel routes to and from the event site, is also a focus that local officials and businesses can use in future decision making. But while some are optimistic of what this could mean for the local economy, others are skeptical of these plans.
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The committee was launched in 2018 to help address these issues in the county, but was disbanded at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be revived in January with city, county, educational, prevention, and nonprofit organizations having a presence in addition to the public, which will have a larger role. This comes as Campbell County has set a record for suicides in a single year in 2022.
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A nonprofit food distribution program in Campbell County has received a grant to meet increased needThe Edible Prairie Project provides non-perishable food items via repurposed newspaper stands at several locations in Gillette and one in Wright. A recent $1,000 grant from the Gillette Elks Lodge will allow for more food to be purchased for those in need at a time when demand for it is at record levels. Two more newspaper stands are set to be added to the network of pantries in January.
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The coal commercialization facility near Gillette that was the recipient of the "Overcoming Adversity" award from the Mid-American Economic Development Council. It recognizes projects, initiatives, or best practices in a community that are meant to overcome challenges faced by communities, states, or regions to provide a stronger future.
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The 2024 International Pathfinder Camporee, also known as Camporee, is a major gathering held every five years by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Gillette was selected to host the event early last year, which will bring more than 50,000 people for a week in August 2024 and again in 2029. An amphitheater is currently under construction near the Cam-plex that will accommodate attendees.