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An officer with the Saratoga Police Department (SPD) is currently on suspension after having been arrested by the Carbon County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) on February 9 based on allegations he threatened CCSO deputies attempting to execute a search warrant. SPD Chief Ken Lehr has publicly questioned the arrest and the investigation. According to an affidavit of probable cause filed with the Circuit Court of Carbon County, Brown is being charged with felony threatening an officer, interference with...
Mary Louise (Peryam) Noton passed away peacefully on Feb 5, 2022. Memorial service will be in July....
Bessie Liedtke, born June 20, 1925, left this world February 8, 2022, peacefully at home in Houston with family by her side, after a long and full life. When last seen, she was in her golf clothes, shoes and all, ready to play the next nine. Known to all as BessieBessie, she was a gravitational force that kept three generations of family in swirling orbit, a point of reference and center to which all of us could turn. Passing her name on to grandchildren, great-grandchildren and any number of... Full story
Randall "Bear" M. Youngberg, 62, beloved husband, father, brother, and friend, passed away on February 8, 2022 in the comfort of his home. Bear was born October 13, 1959 in Billings, Montana to Wesley and Elaine (Anson) Youngberg. The family later moved to Saratoga, Wyoming where Bear spent his childhood. He graduated from Saratoga High School and would go on to begin his career in heavy equipment maintenance at Louisiana Pacific. Shortly after, Bear met the love of his life, Susan Cresswell.... Full story
The Riverside Town Council met on February 10 at the Riverside Town Hall. In attendance were mayor pro tem Ed Golden, council members Fred Lorenz, Mark Helwick, and Town/treasurer Jan Cook. The council meeting ended up breaking a record set by Lorenz when he was mayor pro term some time back. The record for the quickest meeting then was 17 minutes. It didn’t take long for the agenda and minutes from the January 13 regular meeting. Four minutes into the meeting, the financials were approved. C...
One of the hardest things for me to do right now is read the news coming out of China. I cannot believe a country that was turning into a world partner has taken the opposite road. About a decade ago, I lived in China. Suzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzen were all my residences at one time and it afforded me the opportunity to see the Chinese people turn these cities into world class destinations. It was 2009 and my first time living in China was in Suzhou. It has a populaton of 8 million and...
The Encampment Town Council met on February 10 at the Encampment Town Hall. Present were Mayor Greg Salisbury and council members Stan Banach and Gary Stull. Council members Shannon Fagan-Craig and Bill Craig were not present. There were no amendments to the agenda, which was quickly approved along with the minutes of the January 13 regular meeting. Town Clerk/Treasurer Doreen Harvey went over the financials which came to a total of $82,088.42. The Council approved paying the total amount....
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners played the Wheatland Bulldogs sophomore basketball team on February 8 and won 47-28. “The kids played well against Wheatland,” Head Coach Cliff Jones said. “This year our goal has been to show improvement when we meet a team a second time. Generally they send a more competitive team to us if we win the first time and if we lose, they adjust their team to be more competitive that way.” Jones said, in the first half, the Bulldogs were right w...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers went to Colorado over the past weekend to face two 2A Colorado teams. Head Coach Jack Cobb said these teams tested his boys in a positive way, getting them ready for the race in the Southwest Conference where one excellent team will be left behind when going to regionals The race just got tighter as Encampment beat Cokeville over the weekend raising LSRV to the number two spot, right behind Saratoga. Cokeville beat Saratoga earlier and is now tied...
As the regular season draws to a close for the Encampment Lady Tigers, the reality of a pig-tail play-in for the 1A West Regional Tournament is becoming more likely. On Friday, Encampment was hosted by the Cokeville Lady Panthers—who sit undefeated at the top of the 1A Southwest Conference—and suffered a double-digit loss. The following day, the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns hosted the Lady Tigers and just narrowly avoided their claws for a close scoring game. Lady Tigers vs. Lady Panthers Whe...
While there were some recent shakeups in the 1A Southwest Conference over the weekend, the Saratoga Panthers were unaffected by those changes. They remain in the No. 1 position in their conference as the regular season draws to a close. Saratoga was on the road over the weekend as they were hosted by the Farson-Eden Pronghorns on Friday afternoon and the Cokeville Panthers on Saturday. In both games, the Saratoga boys were able to walk away with a win and maintain their nearly undefeated...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers split their weekend with two conference games while on the road, keeping them in the middle of the 1A Southwest Conference at the No. 3 spot. On Friday, the Lady Panthers were hosted by the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns. Then, on Saturday, Saratoga was hosted by the Cokeville Lady Panthers. Despite going 1-1 in conference games, Head Coach Heather Bartlett was pleased with how the Saratoga girls performed. “This weekend went really well for us,” said Bartlett. “I was p...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers took a break from conference games last week as they headed across the border to face two Colorado teams. On Thursday, LSRV was hosted by the Meeker Lady Cowboys for a double-digit win. Then, on Friday, the Lady Rattlers sunk their fangs into the Rangley Lady Panthers. “I thought we had a really good weekend and that we won both games in different ways,” said Head Coach Mark Gillies. Lady Rattlers vs. Lady Cowboys “Against Meeker, we came out re...
The Saratoga Panther grapplers were able to hit the mats for the hometown crowd this weekend as they hosted the Carbon County Invite. With a total of 13 teams in attendance, Saratoga’s wrestlings came in 7th place as a team but saw a number of individual placings. 106 Class Beginning in the 106 weight class, Josiah Stockwell came in 2nd place. In Championship Round 1, Stockwell won by fall over Cale Pfisster of Wind River before going on to win by fall over Brodie Dean of Cokeville in the q...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner wrestling team went to Saratoga on February 10 to face 13 teams. “The kids wrestled really tough and showed me some good things,” Head Coach Robert Riddle said. “We just didn’t go quite as far as I would have liked.” Riddle said only Anthony Solaas didn’t have a win at the the invite. “Anthony is wrestling 106 and he is 8 pounds lighter than that,” Riddle said. “That almost 10 pounds of difference in that weight class is really hard. Anthony giv...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners went to Wheatland on February 8 to play the Wheatland sophomores Lady Bulldogs. The game went well for the Lady Miners as they got out on top and didn’t look back. Currently, the Lady Miners have only six players. “All the girls did really well and played hard,” Head coach for the Lady Miners said. “Hanna Gonzales did some good outside shooting that we missed when she was out on Saturday against our game against Lingle/Ft. Laramie...
Carey Lake is the nurse practitioner at the Medicine Bow Clinic. He is a relatively new face having taken over about three months ago. Lake is also the Hanna representative of South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) and chairman. He has lived in Hanna for a few years, but he was born and raised in Kentucky and Indiana. "I am a hillbilly," Lake said. "I am really from the hill areas of Kentucky." After graduating, Lake studied electronics before going into the Air Force and was...