Sundance Times

10/29/2025

A few additional shots of Trunk or Treat that we weren't able to fit in the paper this week - there were too many excellent costumes not to share.

10/29/2025

Did you know we also have a book shop? Come say hi and have a browse, we also have a buy 1 get 2 free sale on older books to make way for new stock!

Halloween is nearly here, hide under the covers with one of our great spooky books!
(We've also got friendly ghosts and pumpkin crafting if your nerves prefer.)

The Fine Print Bookshop is open Monday through Thursday 8 to 5 and Friday 8 to 12:30 p.m.

06/23/2025

Wes Pridgeon and I, Sarah Pridgeon, are thrilled to announce that today we took over as the owners of Sundance Times Inc. and are now the proud publishers of The Sundance Times, Moorcroft Leader and Wyoming Pioneer.

We want to say a huge thank you to Jeff and Yvonne Moberg for their belief and trust in us, and for the many years of mentoring and friendship. We will miss them very much around here and in fact do begrudge them the extra time for fishing.

Here we are posing with over 100 years of newspapers housed here in the office - a legacy we will do our best to live up to (mainly by doing things exactly the way we've been taught to do them and trying not to set fire to anything).

11/06/2024

17 of 17 precincts reporting!

Here’s the final (unofficial) results for those competitive races:

CCSD- Moorcroft (vote 1) - Gray 2171, McCrea 1002

CCSD Sundance (vote 2) - Ellsbury 2002, Lenz 1746, Hawk 914, Howard 904

CCMSD Sundance (vote 1) - Edwards 2193, Erickson 1243

Const. Amendment A - For 1924, Against 1997

Prop. 1 (SPOT Tax) - For 2026, Against 2061

Prop. 2 (Senior Service Dist. Tax) - For 2216, Against 1842

Thanks for sticking with us tonight - we will have a wrap up in tomorrow’s paper and an official look at the results next week!

11/06/2024

We’re told all but Elmore precinct is now reporting (16 of 17).

Here’s where we stand with the remaining competitive races:

CCSD- Moorcroft (vote 1) - Gray 2015, McCrea 922

CCSD Sundance (vote 2) - Ellsbury 1888, Lenz 1632, Hawk 843, Howard 841

CCMSD Sundance (vote 1) - Edwards 2056, Erickson 1147

Const. Amendment A - For 1803, Against 1829

Prop. 1 (SPOT Tax) - For 1898, Against 1891

Prop. 2 (Senior Service Dist. Tax) - For 2096, Against 1663

11/06/2024

Six precincts reporting (Sundance (north/south/outside), Aladdin, Colony and Beulah) and absentee votes:

Sundance City Council (vote for 2)- Wilson 369, Stevenson 266, Schell 258 and Benavidez 188

CCSD- Moorcroft (vote 1) - Gray 1107, McCrea 553
CCSD Sundance (vote 2) - Ellsbury 1299, Lenz 1118, Hawk 492, Howard 453

CCMSD - Hulett (vote 1) - Hubbard 1742
CCMSD Sundance (vote 1) - Edwards 1368, Erickson 631
CCMSD Moorcroft (vote 1) - Coleman 1643

11/06/2024

We are getting some results in.
Sundance and Aladdin reporting (we are told this doesn’t include absentees yet):

Sundance City Council (vote for 2)- Wilson 225, Stevenson 179, Schell 160 and Benavidez 137

CCSD- Moorcroft (vote 1) - Gray 476, McCrea 221
CCSD Sundance (vote 2) - Ellsbury 617, Lenz 548, Hawk 198, Howard 148

CCMSD - Hulett (vote 1) - Hubbard 732
CCMSD Sundance (vote 1) - Edwards 667, Erickson 219

11/06/2024

Waiting for those results!

11/06/2024

Good evening folks! We will be reporting on tonight’s general election results for Crook County as they come in.
Keep in mind polls close at 7 pm and it takes a bit before we receive any results. We will post them as soon as we possibly can.
Also, please remember all of tonight’s results are unofficial. We will deliver official results along with applicable write-in candidate tallies next week.

10/07/2024

Breaking news regarding an officer-involved shooting that took place in Sundance on Saturday.

The suspect in an armed home invasion was shot and killed by deputies from the Crook County Sheriff’s Office early on Saturday morning in Sundance. At around 5 a.m. on October 5, according to a statement from the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to a call for an armed home invasion involving...

09/23/2024

The National Park Service has confirmed the sad news that a rock climber was killed yesterday after falling from Devils Tower.

Click the link for additional information.

A rock climber is reported to have died after falling from Devils Tower on Sunday. According to Devils Tower National Monument, 21-year-old Stewart Phillip Porter of Eau Claire, WI, sustained major injuries after falling from the second pitch of El Cracko Diablo. Devils Tower Law Enforcement was inf...

08/21/2024

We’re told all 17 precincts are now in with the following totals:

Commissioner
Davis - 999
Dennis - 741

Moorcroft council (vote for 2)
Blakeman/Humpal - 97
Petersen - 71

Pine Haven council (4 yr, vote for 2)
Heying 103
Edwards 86

Pine Haven council (2yr, vote for 1)
Roberts 112

Keep in mind all of the municipal council candidates will be moving on to the November general election along with any qualified write-ins. We will update those races once we receive that information in the days ahead.

Thanks for staying up with us tonight - we will have a wrap up tomorrow in the paper and full results will be posted on our website!