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Katherine Gould died on February 27, 2022 at Enloe Medical Center after a long battle with COPD and Heart Disease. Katherine, known as Kathy to family, was born on September 19, 1943, in Rawlins, Wyoming. She was the third of three daughters born to Charlie and Dorothy (Grooman) Gould of Saratoga, Wyoming. She attended school in Saratoga, graduating from high school in 1961 and following in her two older sisters' footsteps as the third Valedictorian in the family. Katherine at... Full story
The Saratoga Panthers have ended their season as one of the top three teams in Wyoming following the 1A State Basketball Tournament in Casper this weekend. Facing off against three teams—including the eventual State Champions—the Panthers were able to end their season with a win. “I am very proud of the boys and the weekend that we had,” said Head Coach Jason Williams. “We came home with a 3rd Place Trophy and they worked very, very hard to get that trophy.” To get that tr...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers were able to play three games at the 1A State Basketball Tournament this weekend. Unfortunately, those three games did not all go the Lady Rattlers’ way as they went 1-2 to end their season. “We knew that when you get to State that we would have to put three solid games together and, unfortunately, we weren’t able to do that this weekend,” said Head Coach Mark Gillies. The Lady Rattlers faced off against the Upton Lady Bo...
The season came to an end for the Saratoga Lady Panthers on March 4 as they were dealt their second of two losses at the 1A State Basketball Tournament in Casper. “State did not turn out exactly how we had hoped, but we are very happy to have made it to state nonetheless,” said Head Coach Heather Bartlett. “It is always a very big accomplishment to make it to state and I am beyond proud of the girls for making it there.” The Lady Panthers faced the Southeast Lady Cyclone...
The Platte Valley Healthcare Project (PVHP) has received a $500,000 grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to purchase an advanced computed tomography (CT) scanner for the North Platte Valley Medical Center. A CT scanner is a high-resolution imaging device that combines a series of X-ray images taken from different angles around the body and uses computer processing to create detailed cross-sectional images of bones, blood vessels and soft tissues. CT scanning has a wide array of medical diagnostic...
While spring may be just around the corner, the cooler weather has been making itself known in the Valley in recent weeks. There’s nothing better to fight the cold touch of Old Man Winter than soup. For the next four weeks, the Saratoga Presbyterian Church will be hosting their popular Lenten Soup Luncheons beginning March 10. The luncheons return after two years of delays and cancellations due to the global pandemic. Members of the sponsoring Deacons, along with volunteers, will be providing an abundance of soups for l...
To say the photo used for my column in the Saratoga Sun is outdated would be a bit of an understatement. In October 2021, I made the decision to finally commit to my balding and began shaving my head. Now I’m beginning to think it was some serious forethought on my part, presumably to prevent me from pulling out what was left of it. The past few months at the Sun office have been a little strained, to say the least. Change, they say, is the only constant in life. For those w...
Gershom Richard "Dick" Barkhurst , 93, passed on to his heavenly home and to reunite with the love of his life, Marion, on the most appropriate day, February 14, 2022. Born September 8, 1928 to Gershom Jay and Vera Large Barkhurst in Rawlins, WY; he was raised an only child on the Barkhurst Ranch southeast of Saratoga, WY on Brush Creek which had been homesteaded by his grandparents G.H. (Gus) and Elizabeth Green Barkhurst in 1886. When Dick became of school age he attended... Full story
Less than a year after being hired by the Town of Saratoga, Sergeant Justin Brown was terminated following a 90 minute public hearing at a special meeting of the Saratoga Town Council on March 1. The termination of Brown from the Saratoga Police Department (SPD) comes three months after Carbon County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) attempted to execute a search warrant for a K9 dog, Shaw, owned by Brown. The hearing, which had originally been scheduled for February 11, had been...