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The Fremont County Board of Commissioners is accepting letters of interest from citizens wishing to serve on the Fremont County Planning Commission.   Two seats on the Planning Commission come up for appointment in January and February.     The Board of Commissioners has decided to review applications for both seats in December so appointments can be in place when the terms expire.    Both appointments will be for three year terms.   The two seats are now held by Joe Lamanna and Mike Krauth Jr.   Both members are eligible for

The Fremont County Board of Commissioners is soliciting letters of interest from Fremont County residents to fill two upcoming openings on the Fremont County Tourism Council.   The Tourism Council develops and administers a Tourism Marketing Plan for Fremont County utilizing the proceeds from the Fremont County Lodging Tax.

The positions are three-year terms that will run from January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2016. Current board members Glenn Hayes and Lloyd Harwood, whose terms expire December 31, are eligible for reappointment.

A long sought after upgrade to the ambulance license for Arkansas Valley Ambulance (AVA), which operates in western Fremont County, was approved by the Fremont County Board of Commissioners at their September 24th meeting.   AVA applied for Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification so qualified EMT’s could issue prescription drugs in the ambulance but the request was twice tabled by the Commissioners over issues raised during ambulance inspections.    The most recent one month delay in August dealt with a complaint that AVA Operations Director Jay DeMay had issued a

The Fremont County Planning Commission will take up a zone change, a commercial development plan, and a permit for a cell tower at their monthly meeting on Tuesday.

New Cingular Wireless is seeking approval of a Special Review Use permit for a new A.T. & T. cell tower on the southeast side of Highway 50 two miles west of Highway 69 at Texas Creek.    A permit had previously been issued for the same site but the permit expired without a tower ever being built.