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Saratoga High School graduate and award winning KBHB Radio program, news and sports director Gary Maki, Jr. has been selected to receive the Tom Brokaw Award that recognizes excellence in broadcasting. Presented in a cooperative effort between the South Dakota Broadcasters Association (SDBA) and the Contemporary Media & Journalism Department of the University of South Dakota, it is one of USD's highest honors. Maki is originally from Saratoga and a graduate of Black Hills State University with...
Staff Report For the second year in a row, Valley residents can expect to see hay bale sculptures standing in fields thanks to the Platte Valley Arts Council (PVAC). In a recent press release, the PVAC announced it was sponsoring the second annual Hay Bale Sculpture Contest. "All ranches, business or families are invited to show off some good old ranch ingenuity that gives their outfit creative bragging rights," stated the press release. "The rules state that sculptures may incorporate wood,...
Valley residents were witness to a huge pillar of smoke rising from beyond Battle Pass on Sunday as the newly begun Ryan Fire grew to consume 1,832 acres. The fire, which was reported late Saturday night, began in Jackson County, Colo. in the “extreme northern tip of the Mount Zerkel Wilderness, Routt National Forest” according to a press release from United States Forest Service media contact Aaron Voos. Since being reported, the fire moved towards the northeast and crossed the Colorado/Wyoming border into southern Carbon County. Acc...
Merlynn Hoopes was elected president of the Valley Service Organization (VSO) at the organizations first meeting of the 2018-19 club year Thursday, Sept. 13 held in the back room of the Hotel Wolf. Other officers elected were Kassey Westring,vice president; Sue Jones, treasurer; and Carol Sherrod, secretary. In other business, the members started planning for VSO’s upcoming projects including general election candidate forums in October, the Christmas Giving Tree, Winter Wonderland, Christmas decorating contest and more. Project chairman T...
A fatal crash between a local resident and a couple from Alabama occurred in the early evening of Sept. 4 near the intersection of Wyoming Highways 130 and 230. On Sept. 6, the Wyoming Highway Patrol issued a news release detailing their narrative of what took place at milepost 28 on WYO 130. “A 2012 Ford F-150,” began the release, “was traveling southbound on WY 130. A 2007 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling northbound and attempted to pass a pickup and trailer traveling in the northbound lane. The Chevrolet entered into the southbound lane cau...
What could be more enjoyable than a day of fun for the entire family? The Copper Days Festival in Encampment, Wyo. has been entertaining tractor enthusiasts since 1994. Beginning at 11 a.m. on both Saturday, Sept. 8 and Sunday, Sept. 9, the whole family can watch antique tractors pull heavy, weighted trailers to compete for the title of strongest tractor. Admission is free! A competitor from last year asked, “Who can resist all things tractor-- and a barn dance? They have all the right elements—free, family, fun and food!” Antique and old-t...
In a recent press release, the Saratoga Museum Board announced it would be closing the museum for the season on Sept. 2 due to the “sudden and unexpected resignation of Saratoga Museum Director Mikayla Larrow.” The museum board cited both Larrow’s departure and a lack of docents for the early closure, which was decided at a meeting held in August. Despite the departure of Larrow, according to the press release, the Saratoga Museum Board expects to re-open the museum during Memorial Day weekend next year. The board also announced that it will...
Doing business in the 21st century means thinking about the possibility of data breaches. Technology has become so prevalent in our everyday life, we don’t often think about what could happen if we lost all that information. When starting a small business, one may not think about the logistics of protecting the important data that becomes invaluable to running that business. CyberWyoming, through its Made Safe in Wyoming program, is looking to change that by partnering with Green House Data. In a recent press release from the Laramie-based comp...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (Elk Mountain, Encampment, Hanna, Medicine Bow and Saratoga schools) has announced its policy for free and reduced price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. Each school and the Central Administrative Office have a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party. The following household size and income criteria will be used for determining eligibility. Children from households whose income is at...
Fire restrictions have been rescinded on National Forest System lands within the Snowy Range, Medicine Bow National Forest, located in Albany and Carbon Counties. Stage 1 restrictions remain in place for National Forest System lands within the Sierra Madre Range, Medicine Bow National Forest, located in Carbon County. The Sierra Madre unit is managed by the Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District. Fuel moisture levels remain low in the Sierra Madre Range, but have moderated in the Snowy Range. The U.S. Forest Service has coordinated with both...
Forest Road 830 (Deep Jack Road), and Forest Road 443 (Jerry Accord Road) in the Sierra Madre Range, Medicine Bow National Forest, will be temporarily closed for public safety during roadside hazard tree removal work this fall. The work on the 830 Road will begin on or around Monday, Aug. 13, and work on the 443 Road will begin once the 830 Road is complete. Start dates are approximate and the roads will remain open until work actually commences. The same contractor will be working on both roads, so first the 830 Road will be closed until work...
The official State of Wyoming Microbrew Competition will be held Aug. 18 in Saratoga. Microbreweries based in Wyoming are slated to compete for the coveted Steinley Cup at the 23rd annual competition. This year's competition brew is Pilsner and will be judged by a panel of brewing professionals from Colorado. The event starts at 1 p.m. and goes until 5 p.m. at Saratoga's Veterans Island Park. Among the breweries invited to this year's event is the defending Steinley Cup champion, Snake River...
Friends of the Saratoga Library announced a local couple will be presenting a program highlighting their birding experiences at 7 p.m. on Thursday Aug. 16 in the Saratoga Branch Library. The public is invited to attend this entertaining and informative presentation. Presenters will be Francis and Janice Bergquist, a husband and wife team photographing and writing out of their home in Saratoga. Francis has been photographing for the past thirty five years and specializes in the Rocky Mountain wildlife and scenery. Janice started photographing...
Carbon County Emergency Coordinator John Zeiger would like to inform the public that there will be an emergency exercise near the Turpin Reservoir on Sunday, August 12. The exercise will be in response to a staged predator attack. In this case the operation will center around a bear attack with a possible fatality, an injury and a missing person. In this scenario the bear will have been shot but undetermined whether alive and still in the area. Agencies involved will be: Wyoming Game and Fish, Saratoga Search and Rescue, SCWEMS, Classic Air...
On July 30, the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office received a call at approximately 12:30 p.m. The call, according to the press release received from the sheriff’s office, reported “shots being fired and rounds hitting multiple residences” located in the Cherokee Meadows subdivision east of Riverside along Highway 230. Response to the reported shots included deputies from the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, members of the Wyoming Highway Patrol and South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services. While on route to the location, it was reported tha...
Candidates for county offices in the 2018 elections are scheduled to present their views tonight at the second and last Valley Service Organization (VSO) forum before the Aug. 21 primary election. The forum will get underway at 6 p.m. in the Great Hall at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga, according to Sue Jones, VSO event organizer. Candidates for county commissioner, clerk, treasurer, assessor, attorney, sheriff and coroner are expected at the event, she said. The public is invited to bring written questions for the candidates...
The Saratoga Police Department is asking for the help of local businesses as well as industrial and professional leaders in implementing their child safety prevention education program for both children and adults in the community. In a letter from Chief of Police Robert Bifano, it is stated that the police department will be providing “child safety and drug prevention education material for the children, preschool and older, as well as materials on identity theft, internet safety and safety for our senior citizens.” The materials are des...
A good turnout of Town of Saratoga and Wyoming State Legislative candidates is expected for the first of two 2018 election forums sponsored by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). The forum is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday (July 23) in the great hall at the Platte Valley Community Center. With the exception of Mayor E. J. Glode, who is running unopposed for his second term, all the candidates for the scheduled offices have indicated they will attend, according to Sue Jones, organizer of the event for VSO. Four-year term Saratoga Town Council ca...
The Valley Service Organization (VSO) has scheduled two candidate forums in Saratoga prior to the Aug. 21 primary election. The forums are scheduled as follows: July 23 –Town of Saratoga and legislative candidates. July 25 – County commission, assessor, attorney and sheriff candidates. Both forums will be held in the Great Hall at the Platte Valley Community Center starting at 6 p.m. The forums will take the usual form of a brief presentation from each candidate followed by a question and answer period, according to Sue Jones, organizer of the...
Staff Report Ah, summer! It’s finally here with vacations, floating, camping and barbecues. But it’s not fun if someone you love is in the hospital and there is no blood on the shelf. 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 three people will need blood during their lives, but only one in 20 people regularly give blood. Saratoga’s next blood drive with United Blood Services is from noon to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17 at St. Ann’s Parish Ha...
A walking tour was presented at Fort Fred Steele as part of the site's "150 Summers Celebration." The self-guided tour titled "Towns and Ghost Towns" presented, by sign, interesting tidbits about various nearby localities both remaining and long gone. Signs along the trail informed those taking the tour about the former towns of Carbon and Benton as well as still existing towns. Some of the tidbits presented were: • Ties from the Carbon Tie Town stretched 25 miles down the North Platte River t...
Republican candidates running for the office of Wyoming Governor will be participating in a series of public debates Thursday, July 12, 2018 in the auditorium of the Wyoming National Guard Joint Forces Readiness Center in Cheyenne. There will be two one-hour debates. The first debate will begin at 7 p.m.; the second debate will begin at 8 p.m. Candidates have been placed in either the first or second debate based on results of an independent poll conducted by the University of Wyoming Survey Research Center. The top three polling candidates, wh...
The Sierra Madre Range and Snowy Range within the Medicine Bow National Forest have both entered Stage 1 fire restrictions effective July 5 according to a press release from the United States Forest Service (USFS). The USFS coordinated with both Albany and Carbon Counties on the timing of the restrictions which comes due to “a continued forecast of dry, warm weather conditions and potential for wildfire.” The press release went on to state that the restrictions include the area surrounding the ongoing Badger Creek Fire outside of Laramie, but...
A new ministry for single adults has blossomed at St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church. Singles Eating Together is a monthly time for adult singles—of any faith—to gather and share a meal and conversation. The next Singles Eating Together gathering will take place on Monday, July 9th at 5:30 p.m. in St. Barnabas’ Church’s Agape House, located at the corner of First Street and Main Ave. in Saratoga. Single adults in the valley are welcome to join us for food and fellowship. This ministry grew out of a study undertaken by members of the congregati...
Saratoga Friday, June 29 6-8pm: Live Music at Lollypops Saturday, June 30 10am-1pm: Battle of the Badges @ SMHS Football Field 10am-5pm: Platte Valley Arts Festival @ PVCC 10am-3pm: Auto Show @ West Bridge Street, downtown Noon-6pm: Bouncy House and Water Slide, downtown 3-9pm: Togie Days Live Music, downtown Saratoga Sunday, July 1 9am-5pm: Sporting Clays Shoot @ Silver Spur Ranch 10am-4pm: Platte Valley Arts Festival @ PVCC 12pm-4pm: Craft Mart @ Saratoga Museum 2:30pm: Golf Tournament and Biergarten Party @ Saratoga Hot Springs Resort...