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Photo by Kaitlyn Campbell The Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, could be seen in much of the United States last week including in Wyoming....
For over 50 years, Wee Folks Preschool has been an important part of the Hanna community in helping children succeed in early education. Recently, the program was on the brink of closing its doors. Due to a lack of funding, Wee Folks was left with no choice but to leave the building near Miners Plaza Shopping Center because of the cost of rent. This left parents concerned about where to send their preschool-aged children if the program couldn’t operate. Carbon County School District No. 2 S...
Today marks the opening of the 2024 Primary Election filing period with a deadline of May 31 for candidates in all partisan and nonpartisan primary races. A complete listing of all offices can be found in the 2024 Primary Proclamation on page B6 of this week’s Saratoga Sun. A few of those offices include three seats on the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC), three on the Saratoga Town Council, two on the Encampment Town Council and three on the Riverside Town Council. Board of Carbon C...
Nancy Anderson, a local historian, was the special guest at the May 7 Tuesday Talks where she made a presentation on the life and times of Lora Webb Nichols. Anderson, a close friend of the Nichols family, is the author of “Lora Webb Nichols: Homesteader’s Daughter, Miner’s Bride.” She is also a close friend of the Nichols family. In her presentation, Anderson talked about how Nichols was a contributor to preserving Encampment’s history. According to the Nichols’ Archive website, (https://ww...
Daniel M. Hodgkiss, 67, of Saratoga, Wyoming, passed away on May 8, 2024, in Denver, Colorado, after a brief illness. Dan is survived by his mother, Nancy Hodgkiss; his brother and sister-in-law, Thomas and Karen Hodgkiss; nieces, Olivia Strother and Natalie Hodgkiss; and nephew, Thomas John Egeland. Dan was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Hodgkiss; his father, Donald Hodgkiss; and his sisters, Julie Hodgkiss and Laurie Egeland. Dan, a Petoskey (Michigan) High School graduate in 1974 and Idaho State University in 1980, dedicated his...
At the May 7 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, Mayor Chuck Davis said the public hearing to consider whether to create a joint dispatch center to serve the sheriff’s department and the county municipalities set for May 13 was tabled for logistical reasons. “The council is working to get a date confirmed,” Davis said, referring to when to reschedule the meeting. Getting everyone’s schedules to agree had proven difficult. Police Chief Mike Morris said they have agreed “in principle” that the best way to create a joint dispatch center would be...
When Saratoga Forest Management first began operations in 2012—operating the sawmill once owned by Louisiana Pacific—it was big news for two reasons. First, the sawmill had been closed since 2003 dealing a major blow to the local economy. Second, Saratoga Forest Management was processing the abundance of beetle-killed lodgepole pine. When newspapers descended upon Saratoga to report the news of the sawmill reopening, one of the people they spoke with was Orville Howe. Howe and eight of his broth...
These days it may seem as if election cycles never end, but only bleed into one another. While it can be easy to get fatigued by the constant election rhetoric, the civic importance of elections shouldn’t be lost. This year is a presidential election and, in Wyoming, one senate seat and the lone congress seat are also on the ballot. Also on the ballot are a number of county and municipal offices. Three of the five seats on the Board of Carbon County Commissioners will be on the ballot this e...
As Ruby Sunday steps out of the TARDIS, she enters a lush prehistoric world, standing on a cliff overlooking a broad river with waterfalls and groups of roaming dinosaurs. As she admires everything in amazement after having traveled back in time, the Doctor explains where they are. “The TARDIS stands for Time And Relative Dimension in Space. So we’ve moved location as well. This will be North America. One day this is Wyoming. Little town called Green River.” This exchange happens in the first episode of the newest season of “Doctor Who,” w...
Pet peeve time here. Are you familiar with the communications concept known as ghosting? For the uninitiated, the word refers to an electronic communication during which one of the parties simply stops responding to a conversation or disappears from contact in the first place. I guess it could also refer to any communication, such as refusing to return a call or something like that. But for the young people out there, I have one thing to say: Don’t do it. At least if you want to get or keep a job. Let me tell you, there are few things in b...
Some individuals are healthier than others, but the uncomfortable facts reveal the human body is generally frail and vulnerable. I occasionally joke around with my Son-in-law about him being from another planet because he claims he’s never been sick, however, like the rest of us, there will come a day when something will go wrong. As a minister, I’ve seen my share of sickness and pain and it hurts me to see someone suffer. My father was a very sick man, and our family watched him go through years of agony. With my parents being faithful mem...
We live in a world where it is easy to become coldhearted, unsympathetic, unresponsive, even unconcerned. We watch the results of natural catastrophes, war, and political violence, sometimes unfolding on a minute-by-minute live feed. In order to cope with the pain and suffering that goes on around us, we have learned to not allow ourselves to dwell very long on the troubles of this world. In the process, we have become almost indifferent, merciless, or one might even say hardened. How does Jesus want us to respond? Jesus said in the Sermon on...
Encampment preschool, kindergarten, and upper-grade students had the opportunity to experience what it is like to work on a ranch with the sounds of goats, cows, and cattle dogs and the sight of tractors and bailers. Encampment K-12 hosted its inaugural agriculture day on Wednesday, May 8. This event received support from students of local ranchers, businesses, and Encampment FFA. Students and the community took the time to see how ranchers work their day-to-day operations. Justin Stern, Water R...
The Jordan and Pickett families are making their way to the State Championship. Both Quade and Kristie Jordan along with Kaben and Eckerly Pickett have been dominating for Encampment for the past few weeks. Now adding to the list of State Championship qualifiers for the girls is Kyenna Jackson and for the boys is Chase Brown and Hayden Crow. Girls Varsity Results - Jordan got three 2nd places in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.40, the 100-meter hurdle with a time of 17.06, and shot put...
Saratoga Girls The Saratoga Lady Panthers are now done with regionals and their next focus is moving on to state. The Saratoga girls track and field team has won back-to-back 1A State Championships for the last two years. However, an attempt for a three-peat could come to an end. Despite some top finishes Saratoga has made to get to State, Head Coach Rex Hohnholt said it is unlikely his girls will win a third straight state title but said there is a chance that some of his girls will win...
It was a night of music, culture, family tradition, and history as the Town of Sinclair held its inaugural Cinco De Mayo Dance Festival on, May 4th. The Latino community of Carbon County, along with family and friends, came to honor the history of their ancestry with a fun night of live entertainment and dancing. The Rawlins Latino Dancers performed a cultural dance wearing traditional costumes that are part of Mexican heritage. People went out on the dance floor, enjoyed the food, and rode on...
Photos by Joshua Wood Saratoga Elementary School held their spring concert last month with musical numbers from a variety of popular movies. The students also bid farewell to music teacher Ivy Palmer, presenting her flowers and giving her a group hug....
OV Consulting presented the updated progress on the Saratoga Transportation Alternative Master Plan (STAMP) on May 6 at the Platte Valley Community Center. The last meeting OV Consulting hosted was on January 17 when Vogelsang introduced the Transportation Alternative Master Plan. At the time, Saratoga residents had concerns about how the Town of Saratoga could follow through with the program without overspending. Some residents were either for or against the project while others questioned how...
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