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The Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting a meeting at 4:30 p.m. May 24 at the Platte Valley Community Center to help prepare local government agencies for a busy August weekend. On Aug. 21, a solar eclipse will plunge a broad swath of central Wyoming into total darkness. Across the state, hotels are booked solid for the astronomical event and two Valley events—the Steinley Cup Brew Fest and a large wedding—could bring significant crowds into the Valley, posing challenges for local authorities. The Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce wil... Full story
The fourth, fifth and sixth grade students of Saratoga Elementary showed their science fair projects at the Platte Valley Community Center gym Thursday until around noon when the last science undertaking was judged. Experiments discovered Yeti was the best cooler. Seeds were grown under different conditions, electrical currents were generated from different sources including a person-powered wheel. Sports balls were dissected to see what the insides were, Coke was discovered to be the biggest... Full story
Ella May Geisick died May 8, 2017 after a 6 1/2 year battle with ovarian cancer. She was born October 7, 1938 in Rosalie, Nebraska, the daughter of Fred Hans and Goldie May Schneider. Her maternal grandparents Otto (Mary Bailey) Allison and her father died by her 12th year. She was hospitalized for six weeks in Omaha with polio during 1952. The following year she and her mother moved to Greeley, Colorado. She graduated from Greeley High School in 1956. In 1958, she married Wilbur Moser. To this union was born three sons, Allen, Gary, and... Full story
The Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (sewer board) met briefly Wednesday and quickly worked through reports and routine business. Before the meeting, the sewer board’s recording secretary Susan Collamer said the meeting would likely not be convened due to a lack of a quorum. However, Collamer announced later the board had enough attendees to form a quorum and the meeting would be held. The meeting would be short, however. The sewer board quickly worked through routine matters. Jon Winter, Town manager, delivered a brief to the s... Full story
Margaret Weber, of Riverside, was recently surprised as she went to pick up her tee after a drive on the eighth hole of the golf course at the Saratoga Resort and Spa. Weber was playing with friends Seth Johnson and Chris Duke May 4 when she sunk a hole-in-one. But she didn’t know it. “I didn’t even see it. I thought that I had hit the green and it rolled over the green … and they started jumping and yelling saying I got a hole in one.” Weber related, “I didn’t believe it until I walked up and... Full story
The Saratoga Airport Board met Wednesday with a quorum, but the meeting dissolved about halfway through after several members of the board left, leaving no quorum. The meeting began on time and with a quorum and was discussing routine matters. Then, two board members left the meeting leaving the board without a quorum. Later, the board’s clerk Suzie Cox also left the proceeding, leaving attendees hoping to discuss hangar land leasing agreements hanging for another month. Members of the board who left the meeting did not offer an explanation, ac... Full story
Encampment Town Council met Thursday and was informed by Jim McKinney, Encampment’s Carbon County Visitors Council (CCVC) representative, his term was ending and the town needed to find a replacement. The town also approved renewals of Chez Booze and D’s Bar and Grill liquor licenses. McKinney explained his reason for departing the CCVC. “It is because of the bylaws I have to leave after two consecutive terms and I think it important we get someone representing Encampment,” said McKinney. He told of the CCVC possibly setting up a tier system... Full story
own Council listened to Sandy Martin’s, Encampment resident offer to represent the town on the Carbon County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) and voted to have her take the position. Martin said she would look into why large tanker trucks were coming through the town and if there was a possibility of rerouting. The council heard thanks from Lady Tigers Basketball, Town of Encampment and Mother Mountain Anglers for financial sponsorship. Debbie Cunningham, from Encampment Preschool, thank... Full story
The Hanna Town Council met Tuesday to hear from Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Abandoned Mine Land Division (AML) how defunct mines in and around town limits are being checked for mine subsidence, and to approve $3,500 for fixing the serious leak in the Hanna Recreation Center’s pool. Councilmembers Bob Patton and Tracy Fowler were not in attendance. The council went over reports and financials quickly because there were several companies with representatives wanting to give i... Full story
Jeff Niemark, Marshal of Hanna, and Mark Shipp, principal of Hanna Elementary School, had hoped for a positive experience for students attending the Bike Rodeo on Friday at Hanna Elementary School. They got it judging by the smiles from participants, teachers and parents. There were preschoolers, along with elementary students testing their biking prowess through obstacles of cut in half tennis balls and orange road cones. Staying between two straight chalk lines seemed to challenge most of the... Full story
The Saratoga Museum will be hosting a history trek around Saratoga’s famous mineral hot springs Saturday, June 3. The four to five hour trek, entitled “Go with the Flow,” meets at the Saratoga Museum at 8:30 a.m. and will travel around the area with local historians presenting interesting aspects of the hot springs’ past. The tour guide will be Saratoga historian Dick Perue. Joining Perue will be Indian expert Chilly Rollison, Paulson medicinal well descendants Marion Berger and Jamie Campbell, and Saratoga Museum docent and long-time history... Full story
Did you know the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) houses collections that highlight the lives of extraordinary women of the Upper North Platte Valley? One such collection is the Lora Webb Nichols collection. Another collection is the Kyner Collection. This collection includes Mrs. Hettie Kyner’s diaries, clothing, letters, manuscripts, and Teddy (the beloved stuffed dog). Ruth Johanna “Hettie” Parker was born in May of 1862. She had three brothers and spent her childhood and early adult life in a rural community in central New York. She was a sle... Full story
At its Monday meeting held at Elk Mountain School, the Carbon County School Board No. 2 Board of Trustees appointed a new member of the board to fill a position vacated by Jim Hinkle. After a public session where trustees read aloud letters of interest and conducted informal public interviews with the candidates, the board entered into an executive session closed to the public to discuss the candidates. After returning to open session and seeking public comment—of which there was none—the board voted to appoint Georgia Miller to fill out Hin... Full story
Few parents put their children to bed and have to hope when they wake up, both children are still alive. This is the scene endured every night when Sharon and Jerome Bustos put their two-year-old daughter Alison to bed. “I go to bed knowing I have two daughters and I just pray in the morning, I still have two,” said Sharon. Alison doesn’t have just one ailment to contend with. An extremely rare condition, known as Infantil Scimitar Syndrome has Alison breathing with one and a quarter lung.... Full story
The Regional track meet in Lander proved a fertile hunting ground for the Encampment Tigers track team, who took top honors, set records and sent 15 of 18 athletes on the team to the State finals in Casper. “I’m very pleased and proud of the kids,” Kegan Willford, Encampment’s head track coach, said. “Our goal was to peak at the right time and a lot of our kids did that over the weekend.” Of seven Lady Tigers who went to regionals, six wound up qualifying for State. Noelle Peterson made a first place shot put throw, earning her the title of re... Full story
At the regional track competition in Lander, the Saratoga Panthers turned in top team performances with plenty of athletes taking home individual accolades. The Lady Panthers team score of 74 was good for third place at Regionals, a large meet with a lot of athletes from across the region. The men’s team earned 80 points which landed the gents in fourth place in regional competition. The meet was the final before state finals in Casper which are coming up May 18-20. Over the course of the season, 20 Panthers have earned places at State, with 1... Full story
“I could burst,” said Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) high school track coach Jackie Jones. She was commenting about how the entire track team made state. Of the good showing in Gillette over the weekend Jones said, “Over the weekend the girls team actually set 13 new personal records and the boys had seven.” Shane McGraw placed first in the boys 800-meter dash with time of 51.26. Cheyenne Tomkins placed first in the 1,600-meter run timed at 2:40.13 and Cheyenne Hunter was first in the... Full story
Oliver Tanner first opened the Manley store in Hanna at Miner’s Plaza about a year ago. The store sells sporting equipment, rifles, bows and licenses for hunting and fishing. There are those in the community who knew Tanner was a chef from California who had done some catering around town, but it was not until May 5, his Grand Opening, his food became known to the public. Tanner has not only arranged to have his food available at the Hanna Mart café area Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sa... Full story