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On February 15th, 2018 a multi-vehicle crash occurred at Milepost 214 on Interstate 80, near Rawlins, Wyoming around 3:38 a.m. A commercial vehicle was traveling eastbound on Interstate 80. At Milepost 214, traffic in front of the commercial vehicle slowed down unexpectedly and the driver of the commercial vehicle applied his brakes causing him to lose control of the vehicle. This caused the vehicle to jackknife and travel through the median and cable barriers into the... Full story
During a rescheduled regular meeting, held at 7 p.m. on Jan. 5 at the Encampment Town Hall, members of the Encampment Town Council were informed the town was still under the status of "non-participating community" in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Kim Johnson, who represented the program for the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, explained to the council that while under this status, they would be unable to buy flood insurance. This revelation came about as...
In the state of Wyoming, nearly 700 teachers have their National Board Certification–allowing them to teach anywhere in the United States. Lesley Urasky, who has taught for 20 years and teaches science at Saratoga Middle/High School (SMHS), has recently joined those ranks. According to Urasky, the process leads a teacher to being very introspective as they focus on their professional development. This included taping two different classes that she taught and examining her o...
Cuddles, Boo and Brett all want the same thing. A permanent home. Sister Marie Martin, living in Medicine Bow is giving them a temporary one. Currently she has eight charges and one cat that is her own pet. She said taking care of nine cats is not easy, but she has cared for more at one time. "I have had 15 at one time," Martin said. "It was too many, but they needed a place to stay, so I took them in." Martin said she got involved in rescuing cats back in 2009 when she collab...
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The Saratoga Panthers hosted the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers and the Kaycee Buckaroos on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Both games would see the young Lady Panthers showing further improvement and the Panthers having a split weekend but securing the No. 2 seed for regionals. Lady Panthers vs. Lady Rattlers "The girls played really hard this weekend," said Heather Bartlett, head coach of the Saratoga Lady Panthers. Bartlett added that Taylor Bennett's absence...
The Encampment Tigers had a week of wins as they hit the road for two games and hosted the Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners for their final home game. Both the Tigers and the Lady Tigers were victorious against the Cheyenne South Bison JV on Feb. 6, HEM Miners on Friday and the Rock River Longhorns on Saturday. Junior Noelle Peterson led the Lady Tigers in scoring during the last three games and, during the home game against the Miners, senior Wyatt Cox...
Saturday, the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High school basketball teams went to Encampment and left empty handed. The Lady Miners were coming off a two game winning streak before the Saturday game. The Lady Miners lost to an extremely strong Encampment team 62 to 16. "Encampment is a talented team, and there is no denying that," Jackie Jones, head coach of the Lady Miners basketball team. "Taylar Scott and Jessica Nelsen played good defense on the top of our zone, b...
Friday and Saturday, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School hosted the Carbon County Wrestling Invite. Last year over 20 teams attended the tournament but this year the invite had 16. "I was surprised that Hulett, Mountain View and Sunrise were not here because it is usually to a team's benefit to come to a tournament like this," Zach Schmidt, Saratoga's head wrestling coach said. "This tournament is nicely placed for us to get one last attempt to see the caliber...
Sometimes, dreams really do come true. "It's been my dream to work here," said Jennifer Johnson, the only full-time employee of Saratoga Jet Center. Johnson had been a familiar face at The Hotel Wolf for a number of years before heading up the hill to work for Mountain Flight Service, which took control of the fixed base operator (FBO) in January 2017. Robert "Bob" Maddox, owner of Mountain Flight Service, and his son, Aaron, had gone to The Hotel Wolf for lunch. It just so...
I love Valentine’s Day. I always have. I can remember as a wee tyke, Valentine’s Day was exciting because of how many little Valentine’s cards and candies I would get. Valentine’s Day was great for another reason. Every since I can remember, my stepfather, Stuart, would buy my mother a box of Russell Stover Turtles (chocolate covered caramel and pecan yumminess) that she would share with my sister and me. My father also got chocolates for my stepmother on Valenti...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Feb. 6 to take care of regular business and listen to Cindy Wallace, Carbon County Economic Development Council (CCEDC), executive director, give an update on current projects in the county. She said the CCEDC has been working with several projects in the county. “The big ones are the wind farm developments–especially around the Hanna and Medicine Bow area, and of course, the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre projects,” Wallace said....