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One of Wyoming and Northern Colorado's most celebrated live bands, The Patti Fiasco, was announced as the winner of Bon Jovi's 2017 Opening Act Contest for their Denver appearance Thursday. Thousands of bands from all over the nation competed for the opportunity. According to Alysia Kraft, the lead singer, "Bon Jovi is taking independent bands and ultimately elevating them up to this scale of sold-out stadium; kind of the thing that every band dreams of when they start out." She added, "The... Full story
The Saratoga town council, short two members, met briefly Tuesday and quickly dispensed with routine business. Mayor Ed Glode and councilman Will Faust were not present at the meeting, leaving councilman Richard Raymer holding the gavel. After routine business such as approving minutes, paying the bills and noting correspondence, public statements and council comments, the council moved onto matters such as the town’s new 9-1-1 system and planning for upcoming recreational events as the town begins to prepare for spring and summer. Police C... Full story
Travis Douglas Craig, 36, died March 2, 2017. A Celebration of Travis' life will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 9, 2017, at the Carroll-Lewellen Funeral Home Chapel, 503 Terry St., Longmont, Colorado. A reception will follow for a time of gathering and refreshments. For full obituary information: www.carroll-lewellen.com.... Full story
Marvin James Stoker 1931-2017 Marvin J. Stoker passed away February 21, 2017, at Collier Hospice Center in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. A private graveside service will be held at Mountain View Cemetery in Longmont, Colorado, in early summer. Marvin was born June 7, 1931, in Valdez, Colorado, one of many small company owned mining towns located in Colorado's immense southern coalfield. From a young age, Marvin's father, Alexander Stoker, marched daily into the earth and Marvin's mother, Margaret...
Nellie Elizabeth Wood of Saratoga passed away during the evening of Feb. 17, 2017 at the Beehive Homes Senior Living facility in Herriman, Utah. She was 91 years old. Several family members were by her side at the time. Nellie was born in Hanna Nov. 17, 1925 to Frank and Mae Bell Munz. She grew up on the Pass Creek Ranch where her parents owned and ran a dairy farm. She lived in the Platte Valley her entire life, attending grade school in Wolcott and later graduating from Saratoga High School as the salutatorian of the class of 1943. Nellie...
The Encampment town council proclaimed March 19 as Lady Tiger Day in Encampment with enthusiastic support from the entire council before discussing the fish pond to be built near a ball field where standing water lets mosquitoes breed. Doreen Harvey, town clerk, reported not taking into consideration specially proposed funds, town sales tax revenue is at 76.92% and expenses are currently at 40.92% of the town budget. Harvey attributed the performance to good decisions by the council and employees. She also listed expenditures that needed to be... Full story
The Riverside town council met Wednesday and the first order of business was to approve the retail liquor license for Parker Investment, LLC, to open the Mangy Moose before going onto other items on the agenda. Mayor Leroy Stephenson was not present at the meeting. Matt Parker and his wife, Tracy, were in attendance to hear the ruling. The council approved the application in less than two minutes. In relation to the Mangy Moose, the town council approved two 24-hour permits for the dates June 16... Full story
The Lodge & Spa at Brush Creek Ranch announced they will host their annual “Valley Strong” concert fundraiser to benefit local charities at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 17 at the Platte Valley Community Center located at 210 W Elm Ave in Saratoga. This year’s concert will feature the Oak Ridge Boys, one of the most distinctive and recognizable quartets in Gospel and Country music. Tickets are now on sale at the Platte Valley Community Center Box Office in Saratoga. Prices are $60 each for general admission seats and $100 each for Premium seats. Payme... Full story
The Saratoga Friends of the Library and the Community Garden Board hosted a free program entitled "Habitat Hero: Wildscaping 101" Tuesday night at the Saratoga Library. About 16 residents showed up to learn how they could create attractive and efficient wildlife friendly areas in their yards. During the hour-long talk Jamie Weiss, Habitat Hero Coordinator for Audubon Rockies, listed several preferred native plants that look good in a landscaped setting while providing maximum shelter and feed... Full story
4-H Shooting Sports Awards Air Rifle: Jr. 1st: Ryon Miller (Sporter) Int. 1st: Drew Dillworth Sr. 1st: Joseph Horn Air Rifle: Int. 1st: Menphis Smith (Target) Sr. 1st: Taylor Otte .22 Rifle: Jr. 1st: Ryon Miller (Sporter) Int. 1st: Caleb Lee Sr. 1st: Thomas Duncan .22 Rifle: Jr. 1st: Tanner Duncan (Target) Int. 1st: Menphis Smith Sr. 1st: Taylor Otte Air Pistol: Jr. 1st: Ryon Miller Int. 1st: Menphis Smith Sr. 1st: Sarah Burton .22 Pistol: Jr. 1st: Kody Feldmann Int. 1st: Menphis Smith Trad.... Full story
SMHS Principal’s Honor Roll The Principal’s Honor Roll consists of students who earned a 4.0 GPA Ciji Goodman Katie Loose Owen Mills Alicia Zaragoza Gage Bartlett Jaxon King Kennison Spiering Samuel Schneider Taylor Bennett Aubry Berger Kylee Conseen Kaylyn Hunter Loran Mills Richard Seahorn Katelyn Bifano Zakary Dady Kelly Glode Campbell Grabow Ethan Bartholomew Samantha Fiedor Geoffrey Johnson Jensen Mills Honor Roll Honor Roll consists of students who earned a 3.5 GPA Sarah Burton Allen Fairbanks Thomas Ingraham Matthew Lincoln Morgan Rem... Full story
The Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) hosted speaker Nicole Jean Hill, Professor of Art from Humboldt State University in California March 9. The presentation highlighted photography from the Lora Webb Nichols Collection. There were over forty people in attendance at the Grand Encampment Opera House. Hill showed pictures from different periods of Nichol’s life and activities of women, children, miners and ranchers who lived in the Upper North Platte Valley in the early 20th century. Hill noted t... Full story
The airport board met on Wednesday, March 8 at 1 p.m. at the town hall. The airport board went over getting the airport safe from deer, the procedure for putting on an attached building to a hangar and received more suggestions concerning the lease and FAA minimum standards for fixed space operations. In attendance from the board were Arlen Hughes, Lance Grubb, Richard Raymer, and Bobby Chitwood, who joined on speaker phone. As the meeting began, Hughes joked Chitwood looked better on speaker... Full story
The Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (sewer board) met Wednesday for a longer than usual time to discuss potential improvements to the town’s sewage lagoon. The improvements would be funded by monies provided by the state for the now-abandoned sewer outfall project. That project, which had previously been required to lower ammonia levels in Hot Slough Creek, was abandoned after data provided by the town showed ammonia levels in the creek were within range and had been for several years. However, the town still has access to funds p... Full story
If student interest is any gauge of performance, then Saratoga High School's track team has had a quite auspicious beginning to their season. The Panthers this year will field a contingent of nearly 40 athletes, up from last year when the team had 35 participants. Those on the team embody a sense of school spirit that SHS athletic director Rex Hohnholt hopes will put wind in the sails of other sports at SHS. "We have more kids on than we've had in a long time and that's really exciting," Hohnhol... Full story
Carbon County School District 2 graduating seniors can now apply for the annual $500 Youth Citizenship Award offered by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). VSO Vice President Carol Beach, chairman for the project, said application forms are now available from the counselor’s office at each of the District’s high schools. Home-schooled students are also eligible for this award. Beach emphasized the award is not a scholarship, but rather is a cash award directly to the student, recognizing his or her community service and understanding of wha... Full story
The Wyoming Open, Saratoga's annual pool tournament that draws players from around the country and even the world, just keeps getting bigger and bigger. This year's event, to be held March 31-April 2, had already been slated to have 208 players, 16 more than last year's total of 192. That expansion wasn't enough though, and organizers have had to find more tables and add more player slots to accommodate those who want to be a part of the action. "I posted on Facebook Feb. 9 and Feb. 20-11 days l... Full story
Until a little over a month ago, if a resident of Hanna wanted to get some pipe for a plumbing fix, this required a drive to Rawlins, Saratoga or possibly Laramie. Kyle and Amelia Young, the owners of Hanna's grocery store, have refurbished the back of the store to be a hardware operation. "We started the hardware side of our business to keep the people in town," Young said of why he opened this department in his one-and-a-half year old food enterprise. The structure for the grocery/hardware sto... Full story