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Two Carbon County Commissioners, one town clerk, one Carbon County Economic Development Board member, four Carbon County Library System Board (CCLSB) members and the local librarian attended a June 2 meeting at the Encampment Library. The officials joined about 30 concerned patrons for a brainstorming session on how to deal with looming cutbacks in funding for the Encampment library and Carbon County libraries as a whole. CCLSB director Bobbie Morgan summed things up by saying, “I think w...
An across-the-board price increase of 10 percent for landfill services is coming due to a vote by the Upper Platte River Solid Waste District (Landfill Board) on Wednesday. The vote to increase fees came in the midst of the Landfill Board’s third reading and eventual passing of a new budget, one that will include the construction of a new waste transfer station and the closing of the existing landfill. Several board members suggested a new fee tier to encourage the area’s largest trash producers to recycle or otherwise pare down their tra...
Vivien Lee Campbell from Encampment, Wyo. passed away on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from complications of pneumonia. Vivien was born on July 10, 1941 in Illinois to parents Roy and Emmalee (Brown) Kerr. Vivien married Ken Campbell on July 24, 1982 in Idaho Springs, Colo. After retiring in 2000, Ken and Vivien moved to the Encampment area. Vivien loved the mountains, snowmobiling and 4-wheeling. She loved to spend part of the winter in Arizona and Utah, where she and Ken 4-wheeled and explored the deserts and old mining towns. Vivien loved to play...
Jack T. "Bud" Knoell of Saratoga, Wyo. died June 1, 2016 in Rawlins, Wyo. He was 81. Bud was born in Fremont Nebraska on November 15, 1934. Bud is survived by his wife, Clara Mae (Quealy) Knoell of the family home; a daughter, Ramona Beach, and her husband, Jay of Rock Springs; four grandchildren, Andrew Apostolou and wife Katy, Tessa Beach, Griffin Beach and Hayden Beach; three great-grandchildren, Glenn, Thomas and Hayden; sister-in-law, Mary Jo Knoell of Torrington Wyoming; special cousin,...
Battle Pass Scenic Byway Alliance will host Michael Martin Murphey from 4:30-6:30 p.m., June 12 at the Platte Valley Community Center. Murphey will also do a Saturday night show on the second Saturday in June during future years, a press release said. When Murphey performed last year in the Valley, the show received rave reviews, the release said. The country artist performs all across America each year, and his annual Cowboy Christmas Tour is a long running, successful musical tribute to the holidays. Murphey lives outside of Gould, Colo. on...
A little after midnight on June 6, Hog Park Reservoir reached capacity and a spillway began directing water that would normally flow into the reservoir back into Hog Creek. Hog Creek is a tributary of the Encampment River, and a press release from the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities (CBOPU) says that residents and visitors to the Encampment River area can expect higher than normal flows now that the reservoir is effectively closed to more water. Hog Park Reservoir is in the Sierra Madre...
This is Part II of a three part story I began telling in a column on May 11. The story takes place in the summer of 2013, when I was a teacher for the Peace Corps in West Africa. I began hiking towards a lighthouse on a remote stretch of the Ghanaian coast, and adventure ensued. For the first half kilometer though the path exiting Akwidaa cut through the jungle it was never out of earshot of waves crashing onto the rocky beach. The undergrowth constantly rustled around me as I hiked, unseen...
Guy Erickson has finished off his senior year at Encampment High School with a plethora of different athletic honors. Among these awards are All-State Golf, Three Trails Conference Basketball Player of the Year, All-State in Basketball, Wyoming Coaches Association All-Star Basketball Selection, Southwest District Student Athlete of the Year, Jake Clark Memorial Carbon County Athlete of the Year and Encampment Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Erickson will be off to the University of Wyoming...
Graduating Encampment High School (EHS) seniors Gale Jackson and Cassidy Little have been selected to receive Daniels Fund Scholarships this year. The Daniels Fund provides financial aid to students who graduated from high school in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico or Wyoming and can demonstrate financial need. According to the organization’s website, other selection criteria for scholarship recipients include an ACT score of 17 or higher in each category of the test (math, reading, writing and scienc...
Two recent meetings about the proposed Chokecherry/Sierra Madre wind farm highlighted some of the issues that may be an impediment to getting the project off the ground. On Monday, a public comment session held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga brought local residents’ passions to the floor as the agency discussed the issue of eagle take permits that would allow for the killing or disturbance of eagles. Another meeting May 18 at Encampment Town Hall showed some of the political resistance t...
Saratoga’s past and present will be revealed during a “Historic Downtown Walking Tour” Saturday, June 11, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center parking lot and concluding with lunch at the Wolf Hotel. The event is open to the public, and persons interested in participating are asked to register by 9:30 Saturday morning at the Saratoga Museum, 104 Constitution Ave., across from the airport, or call (307) 326-5511. Cost for the trek, lunch and a printed brochure is $20 per person for members of the Saratoga Historical & Cul...