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Nearly a month since the Wyoming Department of Health announced the initial receipt of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Carbon County Public Health announced the phased approach taken by the department in distributing vaccines throughout the county. Initial deliveries of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines were made to the public health departments in Casper and Cheyenne and to hospitals in Cody, Jackson and Gillette (see "Wyoming receives COVID vaccines" on page 1 of the...
As vaccines slowly begin to roll out and Wyoming continues to deal with the various impacts from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), legislators will eventually have to make difficult decisions on what to cut and where. Including in those discussions is the State of Wyoming’s funding of K-12 education. During their regularly scheduled meeting on December 17, the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees were provided with a legislative update. At the time of the meeting, it w...
Pamela Kay Moore was born on July 10, 1948 in Saratoga Wyoming to Lois and Kenneth Wingo and left this world December 21, 2020. She was preceded in death by both her parents and brother Rodney Wingo. Pam is survived by her husband of 52 years, Bill Moore; daughters Billie Kay Haas, Renee Moore-Portillo (Rick) and Lana Stukel (Justin) as well as her grandchildren Ben and Bailey Haas; Quentin, Eliana and Dominic Portillo; and Bryden, Addilyn and Maddison Stukel. Pam accomplished many things in...
On December 30, Carbon County announced that they are now accepting applications for the Community Charitable Relief Fund, a program initiated by the Office of Governor Mark Gordon on December 21. According to information provided by Carbon County Clerk Gwynn Bartlett, the program is designed to allow charitable organizations the opportunity to seek reimbursement of expenditures related to providing goods, services or payments to the public due the public health emergency caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Charitable organizations, in...
*Update* At the January 5 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, Creed James was appointed to fill the mayoral vacancy. While many people may be hoping for change in 2021, one of the entities in Carbon County that will be seeing the most change is Saratoga Town Council. The governing body will be facing plenty of changes as of its meeting on January 5. Mayoral Vacancy From August 18 to December 31, the Town of Saratoga operated without a mayor following the resignation of John Zeiger....
Long-time Saratoga resident Houston Valle Evans Jr. (Valle) passed away in his home early Christmas Day. Born on November 18, 1929 in the Rawlins hospital, Valle had a "life well lived" of 91 years, almost all of it in the North Platte Valley. Valle and his family have deep roots in and around Saratoga. His mother was Leona Horn Eans, whose maternal grandparents, William Ewing Meason and Rebecca Ryan Meason, were homesteaders on Cedar Creek starting in 1879. Their daughter, Ella, married William...
What does the future of Saratoga look like and who will have a hand in shaping that future? This has been a question that has weighed on my mind in recent years, especially as we see continued growth both here in Saratoga and throughout the Valley. While the agriculture and timber industries were long the leading economic drivers for the area, and still employ a number of people, the tourism industry has become one of the major parts of our economy. Of course, who wouldn’t want to come here? I,...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) appears to have solved their problem with property in Medicine Bow following their December 17 meeting. For more than a year, the school district had leased property surrounding the old Medicine Bow High School—which had been bought by Viridis Eolia in April 2017—to MedBow Lodging, LLC. The company then subleased the property for recreational vehicles used by contractors working on nearby wind energy projects. As was reported previously (see “Sc...
A month after updating health orders requiring bars and restaurants to suspend late night service, Governor Mark Gordon has reversed course with new health orders that will be effective on January 9. In a press release from the Office of Governor Mark Gordon dated January 2, the governor announced that bars and restaurants would be able to return to normal operating hours. Under the current health orders, which took effect December 9, bars and restaurants were required to close from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., a move which led to frustration for many es...
The Carbon County Visitors Council (CCVC) met by teleconference on December 16 with all representatives present. The agenda and minutes from the November 18 meeting was quickly approved CCVC CEO Leslie Jefferson went over the treasurer’s report. The board approved the financials. The board approved the 10 percent distribution from lodging taxes collected to the communities and Carbon County in the amount of $5,618.08. The lodging tax collected for the month of November actually represents f...
At each monthly meeting of the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees, board members are asked to review or approve changes to the many policies that govern how the district operates. During their December 17 meeting, the board discussed Policy GCPA, which directs the school district in how to handle reduction in professional staff work force and the status of continuing contract teachers. The policy was first adopted in April 2002 and last reviewed in February 2017....
When visiting the Grand Encampment Museum in Encampment, Wyoming it can be easy to see why it is the pride of the town. With historical buildings and replicas ranging from the two-story outhouse to the decommissioned United States Forest Service fire watch tower, a stroll along the boardwalk can truly immerse a visitor in the history of the area. It is not by accident, either, that the Grand Encampment Museum is often called the GEM. While it is obviously an anagram of the museum's name, it...
After nearly five months without a mayor, the Saratoga Town Council has finally appointed a member of the governing body to fill the vacancy. On January 5, recently elected council member Creed James was appointed just minutes after being sworn in to the town council. The vote to appoint James passed 3-0-1 with James abstaining from the vote. The appointment of James as mayor comes after two meetings in which both he, Councilmember Ben Spaulding and Lindy Glode, a former Carbon County Commission...