Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Sorted by date Results 1 - 21 of 21
Saratoga Schools Wednesday: Spaghetti and meat sauce, green beans, fruit and vegetable bar, breadstick, peaches, milk. Thursday: 2nd grade menu: Popcorn chicken, carrots, seasoned rice, fruit and vegetable bar, applesauce, strawberry shortcake, milk. Friday: No School. Monday: Teriyaki stir-fry and oriental vegetables, brown rice, fruit and vegetable bar, pears banana muffin, milk. Tuesday: 2nd grade menu: baked cheese sandwich, tomato soup and crackers, fruit and vegetable bar, applesauce, milk. Encampment K-12 Wednesday:... Full story
Engineering Associates moved from its old offices on East Bridge Avenue in Saratoga to a new location at 211 N. First Street last week. The company’s new offices are smaller than their previous office on Bridge Street, but it is a more efficient space for the employees, said Karl Smith, an employee at the company. Smith also said that parking was at a premium at the old office on Bridge Street. Ken Schwerdt, who also works at the company, said parking during the summer was particularly bad and that the company has a lot of t... Full story
Second grade students at Saratoga Elementary School on Wednesday celebrated their fundraising effort for the American Heart Association by making their principal a key ingredient in a rather peculiar ice cream sundae. Students participated in the "Jump/Hoop for Hearts" fundraiser that benefited the American Heart Association. Students were given the choice of shooting hoops or jumping rope, a goal of $8,000 and a strong incentive for meeting that goal; the school's principal,... Full story
Saratoga men’s league golf will be holding an organizational meeting and electing officers 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 at the Saratoga Resort and Spa. Those interested are encouraged to attend.... Full story
Weather finally permitted the Saratoga High School track team to enter competition. Over the weekend, the Panthers ran in two meets — the Okie Blanchard Invitational in Cheyenne, on April 8, and the Guernsey-Sunrise Invite in Guernsey April 9. Early spring storms had canceled the Panthers’ first two meets, and prevented the team from getting much practice time outside. Coach and athletic director Rex Hohnholt said that in spite of these challenges, he was “pleasantly surprised... Full story
The Encampment High School track team spent a good portion of the weekend on the road traveling to two meets, one in Cheyenne on Friday and the other in Guernsey on Saturday. It had been a couple weeks since the team competed. Last week’s meet in Wheatland was canceled by the hosting school due to snow, and the team did not attend the meet previous to that one in Big Piney. For many of the athletes, it was their first competition of the season. The team’s coach, Kegan Willford said the meet was important to the students bec... Full story
Across Wyoming on Saturday, Democratic Caucus-goers chose Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by 11 percentage points, 55.7 percent to 44.3 percent. Because of the state's delegate allocation rules, however, the presidential candidates will end up splitting Wyoming's 14 pledged delegates evenly, seven and seven, according to the Associated Press (AP). The state's also has four super delegates, who are free to vote for whomever they cho... Full story
Wyoming Insurance Commissioner Tom Glause distributed a press release warning Wyoming customers not to fall prey to high-pressure telemarketers selling short-term or limited benefit health insurance products that are not compliant with the Affordable Care Act. Consumers are cautioned to exercise caution with companies marketing health insurance over the phone. The open enrollment period ended on January 31 for the 2016 health insurance marketplace, the release advised, with the next enrollment period not beginning until... Full story
During spring, trails and roads are most vulnerable to damage caused by rapid snowmelt. Those that do not follow late season snowmobiling guidelines can suffer costly repairs, cause soil erosion, and damage vegetation according to a press release from the Bighorn National Forest. With the recent high snow melt across the state, the Wyoming State Trails Program reminded snowmobilers of the National Forest Service’s six-inch rule in regards to snow depth via a press release. As the “Ride on Wyoming!” slogan goes, “Respected Acc... Full story
Local sportsmen hope to bring a chapter of Ducks Unlimited back to Saratoga. The Ducks Unlimited website says the organization is the world’s largest and most effective wetlands and waterfowl conservation. The group utilizes a series of partnerships with private individuals, landowners, agencies, scientific communities and other entities to accomplish their conservation goals. “There used to be a chapter in Saratoga about 10 to 12 years ago,” according to Joe Parsons, the n... Full story
It doesn’t take long for misfortune to find me on this journey. It’s January, 2015, and I’m on the first leg of a long Greyhound voyage from Chicago Ill. to Rapid City S. D., where I’ll be visiting a friend I haven’t seen in years, in a place I’ve never been anywhere near. So begins another day in my itchy-footed life. Following a 10 p.m., snowy departure from downtown Chicago, my bus rolls dutifully Northward to Milwaukee, Wis., then Minneapolis, Minn. Not fast enough thou... Full story
Three up-and-coming Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) got a front row view of how municipal government works at the April 5 Saratoga Town Council meeting. Katie Loose, Bradley Bifano and Thomas Ingraham were present, and, as area resident Glee Johnson put it, “all spiffied-up” to ask the council for help funding a trip to Atlanta over the summer. The students wish to compete there in the National Leadership Conference put on by the FBLA, and are trying to raise $4,... Full story
The annual Wyoming Health Fair blood screening draws will be held from 6-10 a.m., April 12 and 13 at Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga, and 6 a.m. until noon on April 15 and 16 at Encampment town hall. The health fair in Saratoga is hosted by the Valley Service Organization, a non-profit organization devoted to service projects in the area. The organization is supported by dues, said Sue Jones. The event is an opportunity for residents to obtain needed screenings for common illnesses at a nominal cost, Jones said.... Full story
The Carbon County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) met Tuesday in Rawlins for the first BOCC meeting of April to discuss county business. Items on the agenda included the purchase of a new firefighting vehicle, the release of the second environmental impact study for the Chokecherry-Sierra Madre wind farm project, and land reclamation funds in the wake of numerous coal and oil company bankruptcies. Later, the BOCC also discussed a conditional use permit at Brush Creek Ranch. The BOCC voted to purchase a class six brush... Full story
The sinking economy in China may mean that waste disposal rates here in the Good Times Valley might be going up soon, according to the Upper Platte River Solid Waste District (Landfill Board). The construction of a transfer station intended to ship solid waste for disposal to other areas will reduce strain at the landfill, but the collapse of China’s economy may mean that the Landfill Board will have to pay to have trash and recyclables hauled away. Before its current economic woes started, China was the largest purchaser o... Full story
Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode sounded confident that the Randy Stevens affair was finally about to be put to rest at the April 5 town council meeting. “We should be done with this We just aren’t quite all the way done with it yet,” Glode said of a deal between the town of Saratoga and the owner of Quality Landscape and Nursery. Stevens and the town have been embroiled in a legal battle since 2007. A new mayor and a new director of public works have inherited the web of suits and c... Full story
