Diamondville News

By Diana Mackinen After listening to Marsha Clark representing the Fossil Basin Promotion Board and Tim Cassidy of the Energy Inn Motel under Old Business, the Diamondville Town Council at its meeting on Monday evening voted to keep the Lodging Tax at two percent and not raise it to four percent as requested by the promotion board.

Who rescues the Search and Rescue when they need it? The Diamondville Wrestling Club.

By Diana Mackinen Wednesday evening a town meeting was held for the residents of Kemmerer and Diamondville to hear and discuss what is happening with the Joint Powers Board and the new water treatment plant.

The Sheriffa TMs Office has temporarily gone back to their former method of noting incidents in this half of the county.

The City of Kemmerer and the Town of Diamondville, in conjunction with the Kemmerer-Diamondville Water and Wastewater Joint Powers Board, will be holding a public information meeting at the South Lincoln Training and Event Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010.

Library has 66 folks in the a Let It Snowa program Reading Through the Winter Looking at the number of people signed up for the Let it Snow reading program, I would say that Kemmerer-Diamondville residents are making it through the winter, at least in part, by reading.

The Opal Town Council would like to thank the Lincoln, Sweetwater and Teton County Sheriff's Offices, LaBarge, Kemmerer, Diamondville, Green River Rock Springs and Jackson Police Departments, the Wyoming Highway Patrol and the State Division of Criminal Investigation for their prompt response during the incident on December 31, 2009 in Opal.

The debate and discussion with regards to the continuation of the one cent, fifth penny, general excise tax in Lincoln County continues this week.

Rock Springs - Western Wyoming Community College is pleased to announce the names of the area residents who earned positions on the Presidenta s, Deana s, and Part-Time Deans Honor Rolls for the Fall 2009 Semester.

By Diana Mackinen The first meeting of the Kemmerer City Council for 2010 was called to order at 7:05 p.m. on Monday, January 11th by Mayor Michael Nelson.

By Diana Mackinen Diamondville resident Norris Tratnik spoke to the council about the feeding of the deer in the area.

Lincoln County Library Brenda McGinnis, Director 307/877-6961 The Kemmerer library will offer activities as part of the First Night Kemmerer / Diamondville celebration.

By Diana Mackinen The fundraiser held at the Diamondville Pizza Hut for the Meeks family, in all aspects, was a huge success.

Kemmerer council meets By Diana Mackinen The Kemmerer City Council meeting was opened at 7:05 p.m. by Mayor Nelson.

By Diana Mackinen Mayor Megan Kominsky called the Diamondville Council meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilman Mitch Berger led those present in the Pledge of Allegiance.

November 15th is America Recycles Day. Now is a good time to remind everyone what Lincoln County recycles and where to recycle.

When he heard about the balloon boy, he Googled him to read more about it. His e-mail to me and his ma follows.

October 19, 2009 - Whether you have a serious interest in genealogy or a simply a curiosity about family history, the collection of digital headstone images sponsored by the Lincoln County Historical Society will be of interest to you.

By Diana Mackinen An emergency Ordinance was passed at the Diamondville Town Council meeting on Monday evening, October 19th, 2009 to deal, somewhat, with the pest problem in Diamondville.

By Diana Mackinen The Diamondville Town Council announced at their regular meeting that Ashley Greenfield has been hired as the new police officer for the Town of Diamondville.