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On Saturday, the Virginian Hotel was the venue for the Midwinter Meltdown which featured seven bands from Laramie. The Meltdown was the brainchild of Jeff Deloe a year ago. Deloe left Laramie this year for Washington and Mike Vanata, Rose Curtis and Keaton Elsasser picked up the torch to keep the music event alive for its second year. Vanata was involved in last year's event by filming a documentary on how it was pulled together and the outcome. He said there really was no...
Name last, First (Grade) Principal’s List (4.0 GPA) Cor, Cody Laurence (12) Dugger, Michael Christopher (12) Pantle, Karah Micaiah (12) Peterson, Noelle Autumn (11) Powell, Paige Brooke (11) Schroeder, Reid Michael (10) Hopkins, Riley Daniel (9) Knotwell, Kamry Lynn (9) Peterson, Dalton Alan (9) Powell, Ashton Gayle (8) Honor Roll (3.0 GPA) Barkhurst, Hailey Grace (12) Cox, Wyatt Cody (12) Jordan, Cheyanne Chere (12) Ralston, Chad Mitchell (12) Taylor, Dalton Noah (12) Wagy, Makayla Kristen (12) Buford, Lauren Grace (11) H...
The University of Wyoming lists 17 students from Carbon County on the 2017 fall semester President’s Honor Roll. The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade point average for the semester. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades. For more information about the University of Wyoming, view the web page at: www.uwyo.edu/. Students are: Baggs Taylor M. Kaisler Encampment Guy M. Erickson Brett James Miller...
Name last, first (Grade) Principal’s List (4.0 GPA) Bartlett, Gage Phillip (12) Hennek, Kelsey Marie (12) King, Jaxon James Joseph (12) Spiering, Kennison Marie (12) Schneider, Samuel Henry (11) Bennett, Taylor Lyn (10) Berger, Aubrey Marie (10) Chitwood, AnnMarie Dallys (10) Greenberg, Madison Alexis (10) Hunter, Kaylyn Shae (10) Mills, Loran Steven (10) Seahorn, Richard Logan (10) Bifano, Katelyn Marie (9) Dady, Zakary Trace (9) Grabow, Campbell Paige (9) Herring, Alexia Rae (9) Love, Teegan Jackson (9) Rimmer, Noah C...
The University of Wyoming lists 17 students from east Carbon County on the 2017 fall semester academic Dean’s and Dean’s Freshman Honor Rolls. The honor rolls consist of regularly enrolled undergraduates above freshman standing who earned a 3.4 or better grade-point average, and freshmen who have earned a 3.25 or better grade-point average. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades. For more information about the University of Wyoming, view the web page at: www...
Encampment left Tiger Nation this weekend to faceoff against the Farson-Eden Pronghorns on Friday and the Cokeville Panthers on Saturday. The Lady Tigers enjoyed a two-win weekend over their conference rivals while the Encampment boys had another split weekend as they lost to Farson-Eden but were victorious over Cokeville. Lady Tigers vs. Lady Pronghorns Noelle Peterson led the Lady Tigers against the Lady Pronghorns with 19 points and 13 rebounds, followed by Hailey...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) high school basketball team faced the Rock River High School Longhorns and had a convincing victory to show fans at the HEM gym the Miners are a team that could do well in regionals. The Miners took the lead early against the Longhorns and didn't lose it. "We played well on offensive, attacking the basket in both transition and in halfcourt sets," Cliff Jones, HEM head basketball coach said. At halftime, the Miners looked to be firml...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) high school girls basketball team faced Rock River on Saturday. The first half was close and it was a battle. Then the Lady Miners started to have the game get away from them the second half. The score ended with the Lady Longhorns winning 41 to 27. Coach Jackie Jones said she felt the first half, her players had done well. "I think we did a really good job of holding their best players in check, but then the second half, those players s...
The Saratoga Panthers hit the road this weekend as they traveled to Cokeville on Friday to play the Panthers and Farson-Eden on Saturday to take-on the Pronghorns. The young Lady Panthers suffered two more losses against the two conference rivals while the Saratoga boys won against Cokeville, but lost to the Pronghorns. Lady Panthers vs. Lady Panthers When the two Lady Panther teams last met, Cokeville left the Panther Den with a 37-point win. The younger Lady Panthers would...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) high school wrestling team went to Rawlins on Saturday in the Rumble in Rawlins dual team tournament. Lyle Richardson, HEM head wrestling coach, said his team faced highly ranked competition from Colorado and Wyoming. “We dualed Moffat County from Craig, Colorado, Lyman Eagles, Douglas JV and Torrington,” Richardson said. “And then we faced Sorrocco and West Grand for the placings.” Jon Nelsen, wrestling at 170 pounds, had some to...
Saratoga High School wrestlers hosted two Colorado teams, Sorrocco and West End from Kremmling and Rawlins. It was the last time for the home crowd to see seniors Preston Dew, Torin Hedley and Jaxon King wrestle at the school. Saratoga High School was not only showcasing the seniors, but also had military appreciation day. The crowd enjoyed watching Jerry Everett pin his first opponent from Sorrocco. Joey Gonzales lost an extremely close match. Caleb Bangs pinned his first...
Twenty-four third to sixth graders started off the evening Tuesday writing spelling words being spoken to them. After five rounds of ten words apiece, the 10 best spellers were selected to head into the verbal portion of the evening. Slowly the 10 were pared down by the up to 8th grade level words. The competition heated up as Haley Grubb, Aspen Sewell and Fischer Williams took turns at the microphone. Eventually only Sewell and Williams remained and those two correctly...
In a small western town (or just small towns in general probably), the bulk of general socialization goes on in establishments that serve alcohol. In the summer our towns boast activities and events aplenty—and folks can get out and get together with friends at leisure. But in winter there are only so many things one can do to get out of the house and socialize. That’s where winter indoor (or Windoor) sports come in. Racking up friends Saratoga has a pool league, a dart league...
Karen Heath is the town clerk of Medicine Bow. She is also an author of five books featuring Selkies that make their home in Maine. A Selkie is a legendary creature originating in Irish folklore and Orkney Islands that are said to live as seals in the sea, but shed their skin to become human on land. Stories frequently revolve around female Selkies being forced into relationships with humans by someone stealing and hiding their sealskin, sometimes not regaining the skin until...
South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) Board Chairman Jeb Steward had a meeting with local municipality elected officials at 6 p.m. on Jan. 31 to get a consensus on proposed second amendment changes to the SCWEMS joint powers agreement. The towns of Encampment, Riverside, Saratoga, Elk Mountain, Hanna and Medicine Bow had representatives who listened to Steward present his proposal on the language change on Section One of the joint powers agreement. An...
The Saratoga Airport Board had a smooth take-off and landing during a special meeting held at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2 at the Saratoga Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting had been to decide whether to remain with the current engineering company, Sage Civil, or select a new company. “If it’s broke, don’t fix it,” said Richard Raymer, Saratoga Town Council member and the council’s representative on the airport board. It was a sentiment that everyone could agree on and the b...
"When two perfectly reasonable minds can come to two completely different conclusions, we have a problem." This statement, made by town council member Will Faust, adequately summed up the workshop held on Jan. 30 at the Saratoga Town Hall between the town council and the planning commission. The workshop, organized by Faust, was intended to discuss the deficiencies of Title 18, specifically chapter 18.57, of the town municipal code. After 90 minutes of conflict and contention,...