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The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) encourages eligible fully vaccinated Wyoming adults to enhance and extend their protection against COVID-19 by getting a single booster dose of one of the available free, safe and effective vaccines. National experts have updated their booster recommendations to include anyone 18 and over who received their second Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dose at least six months ago and anyone 18 and over who received a Johnson and Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine at least two months ago. Dr. Alexia Harrist,...
The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund board recently awarded $277,082.25 to 15 grant projects around the state at their recent grant review meeting. Awards were given to a wide variety of projects, including historic preservation, theatre and music programming, theater equipment, public art, museum exhibits and curation, music and literary educational programming. Below is a complete listing of award by county. Carbon County Platte Valley Arts Council, Inc., Platte Valley Public Arts Project, $50,000 Crook County Hulett Museum and Art Gallery...
The 2021 Giving Tree will be up at Town and Country Realty in Saratoga Monday, November 22. The Giving Tree project, organized every year by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) is designed to ensure all valley Saratoga and Encampment children have a chance to enjoy a Merry Christmas regardless of economic circumstances, according to Project Chairman Kassey Westring. Parents who wish their children included in the project this year are urged to complete and return the forms by this Thursday (November 18). The forms detail their children’s C...
Though the lower portions of the Platte Valley have experienced some slightly warmer weather in recent weeks, winter is on its way. On November 11, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) announced the seasonal closure of Wyoming Highway 130 through the Snowy Range. According to the press release from WYDOT, blowing and drifting snow combined with upcoming weather conditions and road conditions warranted closing the high country section of Wyoming Highway 130, also known as Snowy Range...
What if you were told an hour of your time could change someone’s life? In the time it takes you to read this article, nearly 100 people will receive lifesaving blood transfusions. By taking just an hour or so to donate, you will do something wonderful! Here, in the southern part of Wyoming, it takes 500 people a week to donate blood to serve the 47 area hospitals in this region! One out of every 3 people will need blood during their lives, but only one in 20 people regularly give blood. Saratoga’s next blood drive with Vitalant is on Tue...
The annual Lighted Christmas Parade will be held at 5:00 pm on Saturday, December 11. 2021 theme is a Red, White and Blue Christmas! The parade begins at Constitution Ave. by the Saratoga Care Center and goes down River Street, turning onto Bridge Ave and goes through historic downtown Saratoga. While waiting for the parade to begin, please take advantage of our local retailers and "shop small" this season. The parade ends at the Platte Valley Community Center just in time to welcome Santa and...
Platte Valley Helping Hands (PVHH) will continue to provide their Annual Free Community Thanksgiving Day Dinner, but with the same limitations as last year, due to the continued spread of Covid-19 in the area. All meals will be delivered to homes by volunteers. No meals will be served on site. Last year PVHH delivered 116 meals and hope to deliver even more this year. These free meals are made possible by the generous donations they received from last year’s meals. This traditional Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, dressing, potatoes & gravy, h...
Jeffrey Mincy has been named CEO of the Platte Valley Clinic and Saratoga Care Center and will head administrative operations of the North Platte Valley Medical Center when construction is complete in the summer of 2022, the Platte Valley Healthcare Project has announced. According to PVHP Chairman Will Faust, Mincy was selected from a field of multiple candidates by Health Management Services, LLC (HMS) which is under contract to oversee administrative operations at the facilities. Prior to...
This year's Christmas parade should be bigger and better than ever, according to the chair of the event, which is sponsored by the Valley Service Organization. Judy Hamel said the theme for this year's Christmas parade was finalized at the last VSO meeting and will be a patriotic theme...A Red, White and Blue Christmas. The Christmas parade will be held in conjunction with Winter Wonderland on Saturday, Dec. 11th. Organizers have contacted Santa and Mrs. Claus and the arctic couple is expected...
Medicine Bow National Forest fire personnel are hoping to conduct prescribed burns in the northwest portion of the Sierra Madre Range in the coming weeks. The targeted burns will improve vegetation conditions and wildlife habitat. The burns will also reduce fire danger by mitigating fuel loading to reduce future fire hazard. The primary burn units this will include approximately 430 acres near Forest Roads 435 and 456, between Jack Creek Campground and the National Forest boundary. The burning operations are part of the Divide Peak Prescribed...
Laurie Forster gave the long-time reins of her real estate company Town & Country Realty to her agent Amanda Shahadey back in July. Amanda bought the business and building but the same faces are in the office. Laurie including her husband Reg, along with Associates Shelby McGuire & JoAnn Capellen in addition to long time Administrative Assistant Mary Martin have all made the transition with the new owner. “I am proud of each and every one of my Associates & Staff and am excited with OUR Town & Country,” said Forster Amanda became the Bro...
Town & Country Realty is proud to announce Lauren Trostle has joined the team. She was born in the heart of Amish Country, Pennsylvania but now calls Elk Mountain, Wyoming home sweet home. She loves exploring the beautiful views around every corner of the area. In her spare time Lauren is found outdoors every chance she gets. Also specializing in wildlife photography, with a camera in her hand and black lab by her side she loves to go hiking and fly fishing. "I am honored to be a part of the...
The Platte Valley Ministerial Association is hosting a Beans and Rice Banquet on Tuesday, October 12 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall of St. Ann’s Church. The dinner is a fundraising event for the Saratoga Food Pantry. Admission is by donation. In addition to raising funds to support the work of the Food Pantry, a goal of serving a dinner of beans, rice, and lentils is to make people aware of the diets of poor people worldwide. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) 2020 report, nearly nine percent of the wor...
The Platte Valley Arts Council is sponsoring the 5th annual Hay Bale Sculpture Contest. All local ranches, businesses or families are invited to show off some good ole’ fashioned ranch ingenuity that could give their outfit creative bragging rights for a year. The rules state that sculptures must be made predominantly of hay, whether loose, round, square or rectangle bales but then are given artistic leeway to incorporate wood, metal, wire, paint, canvas damns, or anything other medium they could dream up. The council did want all of the v...
The Platte Valley VFW 6125 and Angus England American Legion Post 54 will be hosting a retirement flag ceremony on September 12 at 1 p.m. at Grandview Park in Encampment. Retiring flags which are no longer usable will be accepted at Town and Country Realty in Saratoga or at Good Things in Encampment. Flags should never be thrown away, Commander Jason Campbell, said. They should be respectfully retired by burning them, then burying the ashes and grommets. According to the US Flag Code, the preferred method for retiring a damaged American flag...
It’s been nearly a year since the Mullen Fire began southeast of Encampment, Wyoming. The fire, which began on the border of the Savage Run Wilderness Area before burning over 176,878 acres in Carbon and Albany counties in Wyoming and Jackson County in Colorado. The Savage Run Wilderness Area, a part of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, was included for treatment plans in the United States Forest Service’s (USFS) Landscape Vegetation Analysis (LaVA) project. Now, a Supplemental Information Report for the project has been released by the...
Black Hills Energy, the natural gas provider to Saratoga residents, will be undertaking a main replacement project in the near future. In a press release from the natural gas provider, it was announced the company had contracted with NPL for the project. The replacement of natural gas mains will encompass the alleyways between Saratoga and Main avenues from North River Street to North 5th Street. The purpose of the project, according to the press release, is to replace aging steel pipelines with new polyethylene pipe which will prive “safe a...
Carbon County Sheriff's Office K9 Zeus has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Zeus' vest was embroidered with the sentiment "This gift of protection provided by Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.". Vested Interest in K9s, Inc., established in 2009, is a 501(c)(3) charity whose mission is to provide bullet and stab protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law enforcement and related agencies...
Construction Superintendent Monty Wardell says he and his team have encountered construction challenges from too much hot, dry heat, wind and dust, but they are making significant progress on the North Platte Valley Medical Center (NPVMC) during the prime building season. Wardell, who works for Sletten Construction of Wyoming, the contractor on the project, said his crews have been installing plumbing ahead of a series of concrete pours during July and will continue to pour concrete each...
What could be more enjoyable than a day of fun for the entire family? The Copper Days Festival in Encampment, Wyoming has been entertaining tractor enthusiasts since 1994. Beginning at 11 am on Saturday, September 11 and at 10:30 am on Sunday, September 12, the whole family can watch antique tractors pull heavy, weighted trailers to compete for the title of strongest tractor. Admission is free! Antique and old-time engines will be on display all afternoon, too. And don’t miss the tractors on parade Saturday morning at 10 am. Tractors have been...
Meadowlark Pediatrics, LLC has joined the visiting specialists at the Platte Valley Clinic and has begun seeing patients on alternate Thursdays. The Laramie-based medical group was founded by Paula Vasek, FNP and Elizabeth DePrince Smith, CPNP and provides pediatric wellness and acute care visits to families with children aged newborn through college. Meadowlark services include physical exams with screens as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) as well as mental health...
The Wyoming Department of Transportation urges caution to travelers on highways near wildfire burn scars this weekend out of concern for flash flooding and the potential for debris in the roadway. Heavy rains the night of July 29 caused mud, sand and debris from the Mullen Fire burn scar to fill the storm water ditch in a section of Wyoming Highway 230 near Woods Landing. Debris and mud then overflowed onto the travel lanes, causing the highway to close briefly while WYDOT maintenance crews cleared it with snow plows. The National Weather...
Progress on the North Platte Valley Medical Center has generated a lot of interest from the medical community seeking long-term employment, but the Saratoga Care Center has urgent, current need for skilled nurses according to Mark Pesognelli, administrator for the Care Center and Platte Valley Clinic. “This would be an opportunity for someone to be a part of the historic first team when the hospital opens its doors next year,” Pesognelli said, noting the entire Care Center and its staff will be incorporated into NPVMC when it is complete. Pes...
Maintenance crews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation will begin seasonal paving operations in Carbon County on Monday, weather permitting. Work will begin on U.S. Highway 30/287 near Medicine Bow, between mile markers 263.8-264.2. This operation is expected to take about two days. Once that section is complete, crews will focus on portions of Interstate 80, including the eastbound lanes near Elk Mountain from mile markers 261.2-261.5 and westbound at mile markers 245 and 247.8. Other routes scheduled for paving include: · Small...
Last summer, a number of highly anticipated events were ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Among those was the Sierra Madre Muzzle Loading Rifle Club's Mountain Man Rendezvous, which is held annually on the grounds of the Grand Encampment Museum. This weekend, July 23 - 25, the rendezvous will return for its 40th year and the fields of the Grand Encampment Museum will once again be a window into the past. Local black powder enthusiasts will recreate the days of the mountain...