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Fire restrictions have been rescinded on National Forest System lands within the Snowy Range, Medicine Bow National Forest, located in Albany and Carbon Counties.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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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 mat...
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...
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 Sarat...
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 N...
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 out...
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 pol...
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...
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 Jon...
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...
On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at approximately 8:30 p.m. the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office received a call from Cole Nuhring, stating his friend later—to be identified as Justin Siler (19)— had fallen off a boulder at the South French Creek overlook. Deputy Justin Hale was notified and responded to the scene. Search and Rescue personnel were also notified to respond, while in route to the location EMS, Classic Air Medical were also notified to respond. Upon arrival, the location of where Justin Siler had fallen was appro...
One of the many events that will be available for residents and tourists alike to attend during Togie Days will be the Battle of the Badges. Organized by Carbon County Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Hale, the event will be raising money for the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department. Starting at 11 a.m. on June 30 and running until 1 p.m. at the Saratoga Football field, the event will be more than just watching the Saratoga Police Department and the SVFD go head-to-head. An inflatable obstacle course will be set up for children to p...
The Wyoming Rancher Family Camp, which was started by a handful of Wyoming ranchers and their families, will be entering it’s 73rd year. This year, the event will host speaker Brandon Buller, a pastor born in Nebraska and raised in Wyoming. After graduating high school in 1999, Buller attended Frontier School of the Bible in LaGrange, Wyo. and is now the pastor at Glendo Community Church where he has served for the last four years. Bible Study will be lead by Pastor Shon McIntyre from The Real Tree Church in Farmington, M...
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... Full story
Cool weather and consistent rains aided fire crews over the weekend in containing the Badger Creek Fire. While the fire had been doubling it’s size on a daily basis throughout the week, it held steady at 20,000 acres during the cloudy and rainy weekend. As of 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 19, the Badger Creek Fire is 88 percent contained. Road WYO 10 was reopened during the weekend and WYO 230 was opened as of Tuesday morning. Evacuation orders were also lifted and people were able to return to their residences. The Badger Creek F...
The 23rd annual Steinley Cup Microbrew Festival in the Good Times Valley is just around the corner. This year’s competition is set for Saturday, August 18 at Veterans Island Park in Saratoga. An integral part of the afternoon is the Chili Competition and the Craft Show. This event is becoming more popular every year, while still remaining a fun, family-type gathering. There are three categories in the Chili Competition: red chili, green chili, and salsa. People’s Choice voting will begin when the Festival gate opens to the...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will hold a hunter education class in Saratoga the last week of June. The class will meet on the following days: Tuesday, June 26 from 1-5 p.m., Thursday, June 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Friday, June 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The class will meet at the Saratoga Town Hall, 110 E. Spring Ave. Students must attend all three sessions and pay a $10 fee. Students should be at least 8 years old. Please bring drinking water, and pack a lunch or snacks on Thursday and Friday. Sign up online...
Saratoga Friends of the Library (FOL) is encouraging people to get down to their roots as well as look towards the skies this month. The FOL encourages residents to stop by the Saratoga Branch Library to check out the Saratoga Free Seed Library. Seeds are packaged in small amounts and may be picked up from the display cabinet in the entryway of Saratoga Branch Library at 503 West Elm Ave. during regular library hours. Entering it's third year, the project began as a suggestion...
U.S. Forest Service and Albany County fire personnel responded to a wildfire Sunday afternoon in the southern Snowy Range, Medicine Bow National Forest, which forced evacuations from multiple locations due to rapid growth. As of Sunday, 9 p.m. the Badger Creek Fire was roughly estimated at 100 acres and there is no containment. The cause of the fire is unknown and its’ origin is near Forest Road 501, and between Badger Creek and the North Fork of Pelton Creek. That location is 2 miles north of the Wyoming/Colorado state l...