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On September 14, the decades-old saga of Green Mountain took a significant step forward as the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) unanimously approved the Planned Use Development (PUD) for Green Mountain at Brush Creek Ranch. The approval of the PUD followed nearly two hours of public comment in the Great Hall of the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga. Along with testimony from representatives for Brush Creek Ranch, Valley residents spoke both in favor and against the PUD prese...
“It’s going to creep in in ways we don’t know.” At the May 17 meeting of the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees, Joe Gaspari proposed Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a potential subject for a future board work session. Five months later, on September 20, a 45 minute discussion over CRT took place in the cafeteria of Saratoga Elementary School. CRT, similar to vaccines and masks, has been a proverbial lightning rod in the ongoing culture wars both in and out of schools...
Competing in the Rawlins Cross Country Invitational, Saratoga's long-distance runners didn't have to travel far last week. Running at the Sinclair Golf Course, the Panthers saw both individual and team successes for their homecoming week. Men's Varsity at Rawlins Competing against 51 other runners, Saratoga was able to secure some decent individual placings against larger schools such as Laramie, Rawlins and Cheyenne South. Grant Bartlett, who is the Panther's two-time defending state champion,...
The Encampment Tigers were able to secure another win this weekend as they held their first home game of the season on September 18. One week after being dealt a loss by the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers, the Tigers roared back to secure the No. 3 spot in the 1A Six-Man West Conference. On Saturday, Encampment hosted the Farson-Eden Pronghorns, the defending Six-Man State Champions. Last season, Farson-Eden dealt a loss to the Tigers in the semi-final round of the playoffs. While...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers went 1-1 last week with a non-conference win over the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners and a conference loss to the Cokeville Lady Panthers. As volleyball nears the midseason mark, the Lady Rattlers are sitting at the No. 2 spot in the competitive 1A Southwest Conference. Lady Rattlers vs. Lady Miners The Lady Rattlers hosted HEM on September 17 to begin their weekend. After two conference games the week before and another...
It was a warm, nearly cloudless, fall day in Encampment as columns of white and black smoke rose from the firepit at Grand View Park on September 12. The source of the smoke came not just from wood, but from American and Wyoming flags being placed on the open flame. Such a sight was surely shocking to some, especially two young boys who witnessed the act and raced home to tell a parent. The parent, equally concerned, called dispatch at the Saratoga Police Department. It was, if anything, an oppo...
Now that the proverbial cat is out of the bag in regards to the presence of certtain drugs within Saratoga, it appears some community members are concerned about the Saratoga Police Department “going overboard”. During the September 7 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, Councilmember Ron Hutchins told Chief Ken Lehr he had been approached by “a few people” about the increased citations and names in the police report published each week by the Saratoga Sun. “I think the fact that we started pub...
Financials, as they have been for the past 36 months, were discussed by the Saratoga Town Council during their September 7 meeting. Along with making a substantial transfer from four enterprise funds into reserve accounts, the governing body also discussed the ongoing issue of delinquent accounts. The biggest question, which was eventually answered by the Saratoga-Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (SCCIJPB) the following night, was whether the accounts of deceased residents should...
The Town of Saratoga has filled two vacant positions and hired a fourth police officer following the September 7 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council. The position of treasurer, which has been open since the departure of Sammy Flohr in May, was filled with new treasurer Georgia Gayle sworn in by Mayor Creed James on Tuesday evening. The governing body also announced the replacement for Lisa Burton, former recreation director, who resigned August 13. New treasurer While there was no public in...
Saratoga’s long-distance runners headed south this weekend as they competed in the Liberty Bell Invitation on September 11 in Littleton, Colorado. Both the boys and girls teams did well, placing 8th out of 25 teams. The teams also did well individually, with runners placing in top spots while in Colorado. The team placings will likely serve as a confidence booster for Saratoga as they compete closer to home the next two meets. Men at Lander Leading the Men’s Varsity team, Grant Bartlett cam...
Just one week after dealing a 60-point loss to the Midwest Oilers, the Encampment Tigers suffered their first loss of the season while in the Little Snake River Valley on September 10. The Tigers, who clawed their way into the semi-final round of the six-man playoffs last season, were dealt a 24-66 loss by the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers. While, last season, the recent addition to the 1A West Six-Man conference were able to take a win from LSRV, the Rattlers returned the favor on t...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers came to the Platte Valley twice last week as they faced the Saratoga Lady Panthers on Thursday and the Encampment Lady Tigers on Saturday. In both cases, the Lady Rattlers came away with a conference win, but not without some resistance from the Platte Valley teams on their home courts. Lady Rattlers vs. Lady Panthers The match between LSRV and the Lady Panthers was the first conference game for either team as they faced off in the newly renovat...
Saratoga Lady Panther volleyball had games both at home and away this past week. Though there wasn't a win for the Lady Panther netters this time around, they certainly put up a fight against both Little Snake River Valley and Rock River. Panthers Vs. Rattlers The Little Snake River Valley Lady Rattlers bit into the Lady Panthers on their own court Thursday night as Saratoga lost 0-3. The 1st set was neck-and-neck ending at 26-28. The 2nd set was lost by 10 points with a score of 15-25. The...
The Saratoga Cross Country team trekked up to central Wyoming on Thursday as they competed at the Lander Invitational. While there, both men’s and women’s teams placed well early in the season. Men at Lander Grant Bartlett led the men’s varsity team on September 2, placing 1st as he finished with a time of 17 minutes, 45 seconds. Twin brother Grady Bartlett wasn’t far behind as finished in 3rdr place with a time of 18 minutes, 25 seconds. Calvin Condict placed 11th in Lander, finishing with a...
The Encampment Tigers came out of their first game of the season with a decisive victory as they work to show they belong in six-man football. On Friday, the Tigers hit the road as they were hosted by the Midwest Oilers. Encampment would end up dominating the Oilers’ gridiron as they ended the match-up with a 60 point lead over the other six-man team. In the 1st quarter, the Tigers scored 37 unanswered points against Midwest beginning with an interception and 57 yard return by Caysen B...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers hit the road again last week as they travelled to Pavillion for the Wind River Invite. While there, the Lady Rattlers had an undefeated weekend as they dealt losses to both 2A and 1A schools. “We knew that, going in, we played mostly 2A schools and the competition is normally pretty good. We just took what we needed to work on from the weekend before and we just built on that,” said Head Coach Jenny Evans. “Each game, we went in and we focus...
A coal miner and a part salesperson buy an inn. That's not the start of a joke. The Ten Mile Inn has recently come under new ownership with Troy and Barb Wallace. Recently from Glendo, Wyoming, Troy worked at the North Antelope Rochelle Mine and Barb spent the last 25 years selling parts for Ford and Dodge. While they spent the last decade in Glendo, the Wallaces were previously residents of Glenrock and, before that, Saratoga. One might say they've come full circle as they make their return to...
On the evening of August 26, the hunt for a suspect involved in a drive-by shooting in Denver came to a dramatic end on Highway 789 between Baggs and Rawlins. By the time law enforcement apprehended 30 year old Jose Valdez of Craig, Colorado, he had been pursued across state lines and through five Wyoming communities. Encampment K-12 School also initiated a two-hour delay on Thursday morning to allow law enforcement to search the property. With the pursuit of Valdez beginning in Colorado, both...
A common saying in Wyoming is the population of pronghorn in the state outnumber that of people. While that's not entirely accurate-there are 400,000 pronghorn in Wyoming compared to 550,000 residents-the Cowboy State is home to more speedgoats than any other western state. Due to the large number of pronghorn in the state, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has not conducted any in depth studies on the animal until now. At the August 17 meeting of the Board of Carbon County Commissioners...
It is often easy to forget how insulated our communities are in the Platte Valley until something happens which seems to shatter that peacefulness to which we’ve been so accustomed. I am reminded of the 1998 film “Pleasantville” in which two modern-era teenagers are transported into a 1950s sitcom. Everything in the world seems perfect, bathed in the neutralizing tones of black and white, but reality quickly invades the world of Pleasantville. Soon, that perfect but mundane world is chang...
The long-distance runners of Saratoga Cross Country appear to be off to a great start this season. Despite running at over 8,000 feet elevation at the Kelly Walsh Beatrap Invitational, the thin air of Casper Mountain did little to slow down Head Coach Rex Hohnholt’s new and returning athletes on August 27. Girls at Kelly Walsh Returning runner Marilee Williams led the women’s varsity team in Casper on Friday. Out of 66 runners, M. Williams placed 19th with a time of 23 minutes, 23 seconds. Rhiwa...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers got the chance to stretch their fangs this past weekend as they headed south into Colorado for the SoRoCo Volleyball Tournament in Oak Creek. While there, the Lady Rattlers went 3-1 as they defeated Gilpin County, the Moffat County Lady Bulldogs and the Roaring Fork Lady Rams. LSRV did drop one match, as they fell to the SoRoCo Lady Rams. Lady Rattlers vs. Gilpin County The Lady Rattlers came out strong in their first match of the pre-season...
Like an exposed nerve, the recently unveiled drug issue in Saratoga doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon. Despite only having three full-time officers, the Saratoga Police Department continues to make drug-related arrests as they search for housing for more officers. K9 Sergeant Justin Brown, attending in place of Police Chief Ken Lehr, provided the Saratoga Town Council with an update at their August 17 meeting. Drugs and fishing holes Two weeks prior, during the August 3 meeting of the...
Last year, Yvonne Johnson was hired as the executive director of the Carbon County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC). Since then, she has traveled around the county visiting as many municipalities as possible. On August 17, Johnson made her first appearance before the Saratoga Town Council. Her visit came just days before the CCEDC’s Black Ties & Boots event held at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga. For the past three fiscal years, the contribution to the CCEDC has been ques...
After having been cancelled last year due to COVID-19, Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce CEO Amanda Knotwell knew the 25th Annual Steinley Cup Microbrew Festival had to go big. If the number of brewers in attendance were any indication, it certainly did that. This year, the Steinley Cup Microbrew Festival saw a total of 17 microbreweries gather on Veterans Island on August 21. Of those 17 however, only 12 could compete for the coveted Steinley Cup, a traveling trophy which goes to the...