Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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Communities throughout eastern Carbon County remembered those who served their country over Memorial Day Weekend. Services were held in Encampment, Saratoga and at the Carbon Cemetery. 1. Susan Adams finished decorating a tombstone at the Saratoga Cemetery following Memorial Day Services., 2. Tombstones of veterans are decorated as part of the Memorial Day Services in Saratoga, 3. From left, Joe Kuntz, James Shepherd and Gary Butki present the colors during the Angus England...
The Memorial Day remembrance at Old Carbon Cemetery got a bit of a twist this year thanks to mother nature mercurial weather on Sunday. The dedication to the veterans of past wars is usually held at the lower gates of the Old Carbon Cemetery but as a downpour started to commence around 10 a.m., the same time as the service. The remembrance service was moved to a red barn on the Palm Ranch which has the nearest structures to the old ghost town. Carbon County historian Nancy...
When Carbon County School District No 2 (CCSD2) superintendent Dr. James Copeland and his wife Melissa first came through the Valley about 16 years ago, they were enchanted with its beauty. "My previous position was in Fleming, Colorado," Copeland remembered. "The week I was interviewing with Fleming, I also interviewed with Pinedale and Walden." Copeland said on his way to Walden after Pinedale, he and his wife went through Saratoga. "What is interesting, as we crossed the...
It is not easy to leave an area you've known all your life. Where you've made lifelong friends and memories. Leaving home and starting a new life somewhere else can be difficult. Yet, that is exactly what Winifred "Winnie" Allen is doing. Winnie was born Winifred Currey to George William and Viola Margaret Currey in Encampment. For over 80 years, she has called the Platte Valley home, a member of the Encampment Class of 1953 and moving to Saratoga in 1967. Winnie and her...
Last week, my son finished the 2nd grade. We counted down the days with him until school was finished. On Wednesday morning, I hugged my son a little tighter while we were waiting for the bus. Last week, 21 lives in Uvalde, Texas were snuffed out with just two days left in their school year. Nineteen young children—all of them in 4th grade—and two teachers were murdered. All of them were in the same classroom. Seventeen others were injured before the shooter, an 18-...
The date of the 2022 Primary Election continues to draw closer. With the filing period closing at 5 p.m. on May 27, some candidates will have a tough race ahead of them. Other seats, however, will have to be filled with write-in campaigns. United States Representative - Republican After well over a year of a number of potential candidates coming out of the woodwork to run against incumbent Representative Liz Cheney, the official number of candidates for Wyoming’s lone seat i...
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