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Saratoga’s own Logan Robinson performed for an estimated 800,000 spectators with the University of Wyoming’s “Western Thunder” Marching Band during the 2025 New Years Day Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. Robinson, Panther class of 2024, is a freshman majoring in Geology at the University of Wyoming and can be found playing the tenor saxophone on the field at War Memorial Stadium during halftime at Cowboy home football games. “Five-and-a-half miles in a full polyester uniform w...
The Encampment girls basketball team defeated the Saratoga Panthers 41-29 in the Tiger Den this weekend, thanks to a second half comeback by the Tigers. At half, the Lady Tigers were down 24-18, but managed to tie the game in the third period and outscored their rivals 12 to one in the final period to secure victory. For Tiger head coach Mandy Westerman – it came down to her players, their maturity and the choices they’d make on the court. “I’ve been telling the girls in a lo...
Photo by Elliott Deins Finn McKinney, front, evades defenders during a game of broomball at the Kiwanis Ice Rink in Veterans Island Park on Saturday, December 21....
Axel, glide or look like a newborn deer in skates at the free Platte Valley Kiwanis Ice Rink on Veterans Island this winter. Over thirty pairs of skates were donated by the community, according to Kiwanis President Anita Herold, including 26 pairs from the Saratoga Recreation Department. Herold believes the rink provides physical, mental and social advantages for the youth of Saratoga. “It’s multifaceted,” Herold said about the benefits of kids having the ice rink avail...
Carbon County Commissioner Sue Jones received the 2024 Riding for the Brand award from the Wyoming County Commissioner Association during the WCCA Winter meeting in December. “I was very surprised and pleased,” Jones said about receiving the award. “ In my mind, that award has been historically given to people, like John Espy, that are going to Washington D.C. for the National Association of Counties and not somebody day-to-day in the trenches.” Her work in the trenche...
Saratogans may have noticed the big-eared-fluffy-four-pawed member of the police force patrolling the streets alongside Officer Casey Lehr. Argus, who turns three in February, was approved to join the Police Department by the Saratoga Town Council earlier this month. Finding and training Argus It took Lehr awhile just to find Argus. “You can’t just find any dog off the street to do police work,” he said. There are three main breeds for Police work – German shepherds, Dutch s...
Candice McSpadden was announced as the new Carbon County Educator for the University of Wyoming’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program in November. “I’m new to the role, but I’ve lived in Carbon County for over 13 years,” McSpadden said. Originally from California, McSpadden spent some time in Colorado before moving to the Platte Valley. Her passion for food resources and education comes during difficult times during high school. “I had been homeless in my senior year of high school...
As a wild year of political vitriol, anxiety and division wimpers to a highly anticipated end, there has been one thing that’s pushed me to continue forward, strengthened my bond with family and kept me in contact with friends on all corners of the county — football. Now look, sports are an inherent roller coaster ride of emotion. There’s the thrill of victory – when your team blocks a last second field goal to ice the game against an arch rival. There’s the agony of watchi...
The Encampment Tigers boys and girls basketball finished the preseason Carbon County Classic with only one loss out of six total games in the Tigers Den of Encampment K-12 last weekend. The boys finished undefeated and played hard on both sides of the ball this weekend, which allowed them to compete with some talented teams, according to head coach Duane Gilbert. “To me being undefeated doesn’t mean anything at this point and time,” Gilbert said. “Winning is always nice bu...
Mary Martin has been called the Encampment Tigers Superfan – a title she believes is about being there for the kids. “We don’t have a booster club, so I’m the booster club,” Martin said. “I make their locker posters, make sure they know they’re appreciated for taking that extra effort of sports in addition to studies. I’m there cheering them on at games, but also there when they’re singing songs.” She feels lucky that multiple principals have embraced her as Encampment Tiger d...
While winter weather settles in, there is still a chance to get a fly fishing fix at Trout Unlimited’s speaker series on the first Monday of the month. Anglers learned tricks and tips to tying three prominent Platte Valley macroinvertebrates from Trout Unlimited Wyoming Coordinator Ian McCreary at a corner table in The Malt on December 2. “Ugly flys catch fish,” McCreary said while winding thread around a frenchie fly, “pretty flys catch anglers.” The series is open to all le...
The 2024 Valley Service Organization (VSO) Giving Tree is tagless, just ten days after going up in the front window of Town and Country Realty in Saratoga. The annual project is organized by the VSO and designed to ensure all Valley children have a chance to enjoy a Merry Christmas regardless of their economic circumstances, according to Project Chairman Micki Hall. There is no set number of tags. The amount is based on the needs of the community. “There were a lot of tags t...
I'm Elliott Deins. A born-and-raised Floridian, Navy veteran, recent University of Oregon graduate and the new reporter at the Saratoga Sun. After a childhood of fishing, boating and diving around the Gulf Coast of Florida, I attempted community college. After seeing my terrible grades six weeks into my first semester, I enlisted into the Navy serving five years as an infantry corpsman. In 2018, I deployed as part of a Marine Expeditionary Unit - spending six months squeezed...
Four players from the Encampment Tigers’ six-man football team were selected to the 1A All-Conference honors, two were selected to the All-State team. After a seven win season and a thrilling triple-overtime loss to the Burlington Huskies in the state semifinals last month — Korbyn Barkhurst, Gunner Knotwell, Tyrel Brown and Brian Smith earned 2024 all-conference selections by the Wyoming Coaches Association. Barkhurst and Knotwell were elected to the All-State team. This is...
