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The Carbon County School District No.2 school district drama club will be bringing the 2016-2017 school year to a close with performances of "Aladdin" at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga. Even though "Aladdin" is a story from "One Thousand and One Nights," a collection of folk tales from the Middle East and South Asia, viewers in the Valley will have just two nights-June 1-2 at 6 p.m.-to see this year's production. The production is staffed by students in grades 7-12 from Saratoga... Full story
Saratoga's famous "Hobo Pool" will be the final stop on the Saratoga Museum Mineral Hot Springs "Go with the Flow" history trek scheduled for Saturday, June 3. Highlighting the three hour walking tour will be Indian bath tubs, site of first school house and S&E railroad depot (now housing Saratoga Museum), Paulson Medicinal Well building, Spotted Dog Saloon & Owl Café, Wrangler's Cabin,the first and second building sites at Warm Springs (now Saratoga), Cadwell (now Veterans) Island's first... Full story
Editor's note: As of press time, the Snowy Range byway is open. The Battle Pass byway is expected to open Friday. Scott Kinniburgh with Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) faces adversity when getting the passes open on Wyoming 130 and Wyoming 70, not just from the snow, but also the machines he needs to use to get the roads clear. "This started out looking like we were going to have a lot of snow to deal with when the year started, but it turned out to be a mild winter in comparison... Full story
To most people who know me in Wyoming, it is not much of a secret I worked in the world of spirits (not the ghostly type) to make my living. Probably less well known, I earned my bread and butter as an English teacher in Taiwan for almost half a decade. I taught English classes for doctors in a few hospitals, gave private English lessons for business owners and rich housewives wanting to read novels written in that language (which was actually very cool). Several large companies also had me on... Full story
You may have noticed the Saratoga Sun now covers a larger portion of Carbon County. We have recently began to cover Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow on a more regular basis. There are several reasons this has come to be. There are developments, both social and economic happening in those areas that are, and will be, of interest to the entire county. We have been witnessing a rebirth of sorts in businesses growth and an overall improvement in terms of positivity in the northern end of the county. The Saratoga Sun has also been fortunate... Full story
Catherine didn't know there was a party. Her husband, Pat, had placed an ad in the Saratoga Sun about the retirement party Saturday at Grand Encampment park, but then hid the paper from her. Long time Encampment teacher Catherine Lynch only found out about the surprise retirement party held to honor her years of teaching when a well-wisher let Lynch know that they would be unable to attend the party. Mrs. Lynch seemed pleased by the result, though. She shared stories of her last day teaching... Full story
Dario Soto is 82 years old and he is the physical education teacher for Medicine Bow and Elk Mountain Elementary schools. Thursday he had his annual field day which usually has both schools participate. Unfortunately, due to the weather throwing a late spring snow storm at the state, Elk Mountain Elementary students could not come to Medicine Bow to join in the activities. Soto has been setting up this event for years. He makes the teams fair by putting two older children on a team complimented... Full story