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Saratoga Elementary School (SES) teacher Nancy Windholz was honored with an award by President Barack Obama for outstanding teaching of math. Windholz was honored by students, fellow teachers and members of the school board at an assembly Friday at the SES gym. Saying that the award was a sign of the quality of the teaching staff employed by Carbon County School District no. 2 (CCSD 2), superintendent of schools Jim Copeland said, "This is a typical piece of academic success." The Presidential... Full story
Wyoming has continued to shed jobs in the midst of a bearish oil market, according to unemployment figures published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) June 22. Wyoming and North Dakota are the only two states in the U.S. that saw unemployment numbers increase over the year, according to the BLS' figures. Wyoming's unemployment numbers increased by 1.5 points, from 4.2 in June 2015 to 5.7 in June of this year. Wyoming also had an increase in unemployment from May 2016 until June 2016,... Full story
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD 2) board of directors met on Wednesday where it passed a new budget for the 2016-2017 school year, discussed a new scheme to improve educational performance district wide and adopted a plan to standardize emergency response at local schools. The 2016-2017 budget was similar to that of the 2015-2016 school year budget, only with $100,000 less allocated for the year than last year, with increases in spending on instruction and significant increases in major maintenance to school buildings. Though CCSD 2... Full story
Wyoming Game and FishDepartment (WGF) held an annual meeting in Saratoga Thursday to update Valley residents and hunters about the progress of the Platte Valley Mule Deer Plan, and to hear public feedback on the plan from residents, hunters and nature lovers. The plan began in 2011 according to Will Schultz, a biologist for WGF. At that time, the population of mule deer in the Valley was decreasing, and so was satisfaction with the hunting conditions and harvest among hunters, Schultz said. At that time, WGF determined population goals for the... Full story
The town of Saratoga recently was given a copy of the new master plan for the town by Community Builders, Inc., the firm that was hired to produce the plan. The master plan is 254 pages including all appendices, and lays out strategies for town growth, the resources that Saratoga has and issues that may stand in the way of progress for the town as it grows over the next couple decades. The plan notes that a well-diversified economy will help the town grow and become more prosperous. According th... Full story