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Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Monday, April 16, the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) received a call of a fire at Saratoga Forest Management lumber mill. According to reports, smoke was spotted coming from piles of sawdust at the mill as early as noon. Within minutes of arriving on the scene, SVFD requested dispatch to call both Encampment Volunteer Fire Department (EVFD) and Ryan Park Fire Department (RPFD) to the scene as well. As the fire spread and smoke filled th... Full story
Following is a synopsis of the goals of the for the Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) Carbon County committee's goals and remarks made at a recent meeting that committee held at 5 p.m. on April 11 at the Grand Encampment Opera House: WPLI Overview Carbon County Commissioners have been tasked with making a determination on four Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in Carbon County. The group that set the task was the Wyoming County Commissioners Association. The task itself is la...
"As early as January I mentioned we were having inquiries from 757s that wanted to come in. One of those was the one that was just in Cheyenne." Robert "Bob" Maddox informed the Saratoga Airport Board during its regularly scheduled meeting at 1 p.m. on April 11 of the missed opportunity to land "Trump Force One," Donald Trump's private jet, at Shively Airfield in late March. As was reported in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, the plane landed in Cheyenne while Jared Kushner and...
The Carbon County Museum had a meet and greet for Steven Deniro, the new Executive Director, and offered a book signing by author C.J. Box starting at 5 p.m. and lasting until 8 p.m. on Thursday. Box and his wife, Laurie, signed a contract with the museum to do book signings once a year. In turn, the museum will be naming the bookstore in the new facility being built after the couple. Box signed copies of his new book, "The Disappeared," along with other copies of his books...
The Carbon County commissioners, along with representatives from six municipalities of Carbon County, met at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at the Medicine Bow Community Hall, with the Albany County commissioners and representatives from Rock River and Laramie. The meeting was held to discuss the memorandum of understanding (MOU) monies each municipality and the two counties felt would be needed to offset the impact of the TB Flatts wind energy farm located about 15 miles north of Medici...
The dynamic Wyoming weather may have forced the cancellation of the Rawlins Invite, but that didn’t stop the Saratoga Panthers from finding two other invites in which to compete last week. On Thursday, the Panthers traveled to Cheyenne to compete in the Cheyenne Okie Blanchard Invitational and on Saturday they competed in the Ted Schroeder Invitational in Rock Springs. The team would also prequalify in several more events. Lady Panthers at Cheyenne Taylor Bennett p...
Once again beleaguered by a Wyoming spring storm, the Encampment Tigers track team did not compete this weekend due to the cancellation of the Rawlins Invite. The next meet for Encampment will be on April 20 at either Green River at 4 p.m., Douglas at noon or Pine Bluffs at 9 a.m.....
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School track team had good meets last week according to head coach Jackie Jones. “Last week was a good one for the HEM track,” Jones said. “Our athletes were able to compete against good competition, and proved themselves in Wheatland and Rock Springs.” After 34 events in Wheatland, HEM came in 2nd. The girls team placed second with 96 points and the boys team came in 3rd with 98 points. At the Wheatland meet on April 11, Sha...
My mother has been telling me for several years, as you get older, the weight just doesn’t come off as easy when you were younger. I figured this out without her prophetic words as I noticed my waist expanding and clothes getting tighter in recent years. Each time I went up another size, I would say to myself, “I love wearing baggy clothes and soon enough I would go back down to smaller sizes.” The illusion nobody had noticed my weight gain was shattered over the holid...
Before their regularly scheduled meeting at 5:30 p.m. on April 10 at the Saratoga Town Hall, the Saratoga Planning Commission held a public hearing regarding an application for a variance from the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort in regard to a sign that had been installed on their property. The commission also held a discussion with the owners of property in Saratoga, of which the commission had received complaints, as well as further discussing chapter 18.57 of the town...
Rex Rudd, Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) member, told the Hanna Town Council, the VFW Post 6680 in Medicine Bow would be closing down due to lack of new members coming on board to replace the members who had departed. This presented a situation with the howitzer that is stationed in Veterans Park near the Hanna Recreation Center. It has been on loan from the Department of Wyoming VFW. The council met at the Hanna Town Hall at 6 p.m. on April 10. The council approved the...
University of Wyoming (UW) Head Football Coach Craig Bohl is coming to Saratoga. Doug Campbell, co-owner of the Wolf Hotel, is bringing in the coach for a meet and greet luncheon April 23. The lunch, which will be tenderloin salad, costs $100 a person with the proceeds going to benefit the Platte Valley Community Center. Campbell said he had contacted the AD last August to see if he could put together a get-together with the coach to use as a fundraiser for the community...
Beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend Robbie Evelyn Zeiger passed away at the Palisades Living Center in Palisades, Colorado on March 29, 2018. She was born on February 3, 1938 in Dale, Arkansas to Chester F. and Esther (Melson) Tabor. The family moved to Hanna in 1946 where she spent her childhood years. She met Floyd “Bud” Geiger and they were later married on July 27 1957. They moved to Saratoga where they made their home until his passing. Robbie moved to Rawlins where she was the manager of the Key Mot... Full story