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By Wednesday, May 11, the first shift will have started at the long-dormant Saratoga sawmill, according to Gary Ervin. Ervin, the managing partner of Saratoga Forest Management (SFM), is a 50 percent owner of the firm, and manages many of the lumber plant’s day-to-day operations. Production has been on hold at the mill since an early-morning fire disabled the facility in January. At full capacity, the mill employs about 140 people, with an additional 50 contract workers driving trucks or f... Full story
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued final river flow estimates for the Upper North Platte River area of Carbon County, and the estimates place Saratoga at flood level, but not as severely as past flood years. The numbers, published by NOAA, estimate that the North Platte River at Saratoga will peak between 12,000 and 12,500 cubic feet per second (cfs). The flood flow for the river at Saratoga is between 10,500 and 11,000 cfs. The towns of Encampment and... Full story
Wyoming native and Saratoga pioneer resident Ruth M. (Ward) Brock passed away April 24, 2016 in West Jordon, Utah at the age of 96. After more than 90 years in Saratoga, she moved to West Jordon five years ago to be near her daughter and son-in-law Nancy and A. J. Bartkoske. Ruth was born December 14, 1919 in Burns, Wyo. to parents Fred J. and Georgia F. (Thompson) Ward. The family moved to a ranch west of Saratoga when Ruth was small. She graduated from Saratoga High School with the class of... Full story
Betty Haines Love Johnson, 95, of Rawlins passed away May 3, 2016. She was born Dec. 19, 1920 in Rawlins to parents Katrina (Larsen) and Charley Haines. The family will hold services at a later date. Betty graduated from Rawlins High School and had worked for H. Larsen Hardware as a bookkeeper. She was a third generation of the H. Larsen family and took great pride in the many family gatherings and family history. She was a devoted homemaker who enjoyed dancing with her favorite partner,... Full story
Richard Dean Tyler passed away Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 in Spring Creek Nev. at the age of 84. He was born on May 18th 1931 in Bladen, Neb. to Benjamin and Lanzelle Tyler. On December 26, 1950 he married Ruth O. Angelos in Denver, Colo. Richard (Dick) Tyler was preceded in death by his parents Ben and Lanzelle Tyler, his brother Thomas Tyler and son Michael Joseph Tyler. He was a Korean War Veteran who served in the Army 474th Signal Aviation Construction Company and was stationed in Japan. Richard was an electrician starting his career with the... Full story
More investigations from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) may be forthcoming following an inspection conducted by two USACE officials May 6. The federal regulators were here to investigate if work done by the town in late April had violated the terms of a permit the agency issued Saratoga in December of 2012. Between April 19 and 22, Saratoga street workers “armored” an abutment securing a pedestrian bridge connecting Veteran... Full story
Between the May 3 town council meeting and the morning of May 9, the Saratoga town council reversed course on an issue that had previously drawn uniform praise from the body. “The plan is, we’ll get our river committee reformed,” Mayor Ed Glode told Jim States, president of the Valley’s Trout Unlimited Organization, at the April 19 town council meeting. States’ proposed advisory board was to issue recommendations to Saratoga about moving forward with a plan to address bank stabiliza... Full story
This tale took place during my Peace Corps service, when I took a two week trip to Ghana during my summer break from teaching at a school in Burkina Faso. This adventure begins in the least likely of places: a beach resort. Now, don’t get me wrong, beach resorts are wonderful locales to read on the sand, coax out a tan or savor a complicated cocktail. I did all of these things at the Green Turtle Lodge” on the southern tip of Ghana, and I enjoyed them greatly. Nevertheless, for the salty, wel... Full story
At the last meeting of the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD No. 2) on April 18 in Hanna, Superintendent Jim Copeland notified the board that a group of people in Saratoga has asked the school district to consider donating land near Saratoga Elementary School (SES) for an expansion of the ExCel preschool. While Copeland said there was not a formal motion to the board to consider such a donation, he did say he wanted to bring the proposal to the board’s attention. ExCel preschool currently occupies trailers on land belonging to the R... Full story
Editor, Kudos to Mr. Winter and the town for handing what needed done to shore up the bridge prior to high water. Anyone who has looked at the North Platte River in the past month can see it has been carrying so much sediment that a few, or even a hundred, trips across it with equipment was not going to materially influence turbidly of the river to any significant degree. For a little perspective, we just need to think about what has made this river a great fishery. For over a hundred years ranchers have been working in the river and... Full story
Thanks to funding from the Wyoming State Loans and Investment Board (SLIB), the Upper Platte River Solid Waste District (Landfill board) announced at its Wednesday meeting that it will now be able to build a new transfer station and close the existing landfill on schedule. The board also discussed a future rate increase, but did not vote on the raise. The funding provided by SLIB comes in form of a grant for $1.125 million, and a 20-year zero-interest loan for $375,000. The loan was arranged by SLIB for the Landfill board, Craig McOmie,... Full story
“I intend to do a pretty significant dredging project in September,” Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode announced at the May 3 Saratoga Town Council meeting. Though little was decided, contention again surrounded discussion of how to address the long-term health of the North Platte River through Saratoga. As a body, the council seemed reluctant to fund additional studies on the river, after an October 2015 bedrock survey came back without results. “I get real hesitant to spend another $100,000 of the t... Full story
The Carbon County Office of Emergency Management will coordinate an exercise in Saratoga at 9 a.m., May 17 near Saratoga High School, according to Carbon County Emergency Manager John Zeiger. The exercise is intended to give first responders a realistic situation to manage, he said. Zeiger said the exercise will simulate a crash between a private vehicle and a school bus. In the scenario, the accident is caused by someone in the private vehicle texting while driving. The road will be closed off near the simulated accident scene as agencies... Full story
Encampment High School’ (EHS) track team put in a strong showing at the Bobcat Invite in Thermopolis on Friday, with Encampment’s girls’ team leading the way with an overall sixth place finish out of 22 teams that competed. The team placed well after a meet two weeks ago in Green River, where they faced stiff competition from larger schools, and the disappointment of last week’s meet in Saratoga being canceled due to weather. But the weather was cooperating, and the team performed well in Thermopolis. “We had good conditions for our meet,” Ke... Full story
It’s that time of year for the track team. “Unfortunately, for some, you know, this will be their last week, and others will be going onto the next level,” Saratoga High School (SHS) track coach Rex Hohnholt said. Hohnholt was talking about next weekend’s regional competitions in Torrington, where the top eight finishers in individual events and the top four relay teams will be chosen to advance to state competitions held in Casper May 19 to 21. For athletes who haven’t prequalified and don’t... Full story
SARATOGA SCHOOLS Wednesday: Biscuits and gravy, hash brown, fruit and vegetable bar, orange halves, milk Thursday: First grade menu: Ravioli, fruit and vegetable bar, cantaloupe, breadstick, milk Friday: Hot dog and bun, chips, “veggie” sticks, apples, milk Monday: First grade menu: Chicken alfredo, broccoli, fruit and vegetable bar, banana, breadstick, milk Tuesday: Hot ham and cheese sandwich, peas, fruit and vegetable bar, applesauce, cookie, milk ENCAMPMENT SCHOOL Wednesday: Italian dunkers, fruit cocktail, milk, fruit and vegetable bar... Full story