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Elaine Butterfield Burge, 87, of Saratoga, Wyoming, passed away on Sunday, April 1, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 9, 2018 at the Saratoga Cemetery Pavilion with Teense Wilford officiating. Elaine was born in Cripple Creek, Colorado to Henry and Mildred Dickinson on August 30, 1930. She went to school in Cripple Creek, Colorado and Rawlins, Wyoming. She married Dick Butterfield on March 16, 1950 in Rawlins, Wyoming. They had 3 children,... Full story
Hanna Agriculture Resources Team (HART) met at 5:30 p.m. on March 27 at the Hanna Mart to discuss how to get the community garden in town ready for the growing season. David Freeman, a senior at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School and current liaison for the Bow River Future Farmers of America (FFA), will be graduating in May and HART will need to fill this position for next year. Ellen Freeman put forth criteria for the new liaison. HART is looking at having t...
Starting June 3, local artists and crafters will be able to show their wares at the Saratoga Museum at the Sunday Craft Mart. The mart, which will take place from noon to 4 p.m., is open to any artist or crafter but the event is geared more towards Wyoming and locals. Saratoga Museum director Mikayla Larrow began forming the idea for the mart last year. “I think it really started last year in September,” said Larrow, “We have this pavilion and we really don’t do anythin...
The town of Hanna has approved the Hanna Marshal’s office to proceed in applying for a grant to Homeland Security of $14,250 to purchase a gas operated generator. The Marshal’s office said, if funded, this project will allow power from a generator to ensure the operation of communication equipment and other necessary electrical instruments during a power loss. The generator would be hooked up to gas and would allow the generator to run the office for a day, weeks or even lon...
North Fork Engineering has announced the creation of the North Fork Engineering Scholarship. The scholarship is open to graduating seniors from Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) high schools who are pursuing an education in engineering, construction or a technical field. The North Fork Engineering Scholarship will be awarded in the amount of $500 to one student prior to graduation. “Our goal of providing this scholarship is to encourage aspiring engineers on their jo...
The Daniels Fund recently released the names of 238 students from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming who have been selected for the Daniels Scholarship Program. The program, which was established by cable television pioneer Bill Daniels, covers the expenses that remain after all other scholarships and financial aid have been applied. Daniels Scholars may attend any accredited nonprofit college or university in the United States. “These young people have demonstrated the c...
The Saratoga High School track team had been scheduled to compete in the Wheatland Invite over the weekend. The meet, however, was rescheduled for April 7 in place of the Guernsey-Sunrise Invite which has been canceled....
While they may have had a break from their curriculum this past week, the Encampment High school track team didn’t let that stop them from traveling to Ethete to attend the Wyoming Indian Invite on March 29. The team had originally been scheduled to compete at both Cheyenne South and Wheatland over the weekend, but due to weather and rescheduling, opted to go to the invite at Wyoming Indian. “The Wheatland meet was changed to Saturday, April 7,” said Keegan Willford, head coac...
Kenneth (Ken) Gunter is the new pastor at First Baptist Church in Saratoga. He has been pastoring at the church for about a month, but he didn't come to the town without knowing something about Saratoga. Before Saratoga, Gunter ministered in Carr, Colo. "I have been pastoring for over 31 years," Gunter said. Gunter was born in 1949 in West Plains, Missouri. He said the town is near the Arkansas border. He lived there until he was 13 and then his family moved to Ault, Colo....
Hi! You have reached the mind of Keith. He's not here right now (if ever), but if you could leave a message after the beep, he will put it first on his list to slowly percolate into his consciousness. BEEEEP! Yes, I am going to be out of the office for a few days. As a matter of fact, as this hits the various newsstands and post office boxes I will be on my way to the San Juan river in Utah where I fully expect to let my mind wander aimlessly while I row said river for a few...
John L. Hoke, 71, attorney and long-time resident of both Rawlins and Saratoga, died March 17 from a fall while in Denver with friends. John was born to John D. Hoke and Grace Ion (Fowler) Hoke on June 25, 1946, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He attended grade school and junior high in Cheyenne, graduating from Natrona County High School in Casper in 1964. He graduated in 1968 from Bowdoin College, where he had been president of his fraternity, Phi Delta Psi, and then attended... Full story
Victor Gabriel Anderson was born to Andrew Robert and Gertrude (Boberg) Anderson on December 1, 1930. When he was six months old, his parents filed on a homestead at Coyote Canyon near Walcott. Victor lived his 87 years and passed peacefully there on March 3, 2018. He graduated from Saratoga High School, attended the University of Wyoming, and served in the United States Army. For many years he and his family ran the Coyote Springs Service, a familiar spot on US 30. Beginning... Full story
On March 26 at the Saratoga Town Hall, Will Schultz, Saratoga Wildlife Biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD), spoke with nearly a dozen hunters about proposed changes to the upcoming big game and game bird seasons. The meeting, which began at 6 p.m., was one of several held in Carbon County by the WGFD to receive public input as well as explain the proposed changes. Antelope Using a PowerPoint presentation, Schultz began the meeting by talking about two...