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While Carbon County is still relatively low in its total numbers of cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), four new cases have been added to the count within the past week. Additionally, it was announced by the Carbon County COVID-19 Incident Management Team that one of the out-of-county cases had passed away. On June 10, Jacquelin Wells, public information officer for the incident management team, announced the 10th confirmed case of COVID-19 in a male over the age of 50. Additionally, two... Full story
“I still think that we have way overprojected our revenue for the next year and I have some real concerns.” This statement from Saratoga resident Kristen Teubner during the June 11 special meeting of the Saratoga Town Council seemed to encompass the concerns expressed by other residents as the governing body held the second reading of the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2020/2021. As the State of Wyoming anticipates a $1.5 billion deficit over the next two years, the Saratoga Town Council has...
Please come join the family of Joseph Raymond Pennington in a Celebration of Life, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at the Rawlins Depot.... Full story
Onesimo "Onie" Gonzales, 90 years old, of Saratoga Wyoming went to be with the lord on Friday, June 12, 2020 and was surrounded by his family. Onie was born in San Luis Valley, Colorado to Adelia Martinez and Pedro Gonzales on February 14, 1930. He had 10 brothers and sisters. He is survived by his sisters Connie, Mary, Martha, and his brother Joe and is proceed in death by Bernadette, Marcella, Matilda, Casilda, Bertha, and his brother, Gilbert. He was married to Ernestine Medina for 26 years... Full story
Donald Ray Jones, 75, passed away May 7, 2020 in Morrison, Colorado. He was born June 26, 1944, and raised in Elk Mountain Wyoming by Jim and Hattie Jones. Don married Judy (Brewer) Jones, on August 15, 1965 in Hanna, Wyoming. Don is survived by his wife Judy of 54 ½ years, two daughters; Shelli Bryant (Mitch Banker) of Cheyenne, Wyoming and Kim Maes (Johnny Maes) of Thornton, Colorado; five grandchildren; Ashlee Bryant, Jeremy Maes, Devin Bryant, Kaela Maes, and Rachel Maes; six great grandchildren; Carmen Archuleta, John Jones, Quintin... Full story
At 6:25 p.m. on Friday, at the Hanna Town Hall, the High Country Joint Powers Board (HCJPB) held a special meeting to discuss the budget. “Medicine Bow did not accept our budget as presented,” Toby Smith, Chairman of the HCJPB and Medicine Bow rep said. “They asked us to redo it. I guess Hanna Town Council did the same thing.” Besides Smith, those in attendance to this special meeting were Sharon Biamon, mayor of Medicine Bow and rep for the town; Morgan Irene, mayor of Elk Mountain and rep; Ma...
The Riverside Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Riverside Town Hall. Mayor Leroy Stephenson and all council members were in attendance. The first order of business was a public hearing on issuing liquor license renewals for Encampment Hospitality and Mangy Moose. "I have a letter from the Mangy Moose," Stephenson started. "To whom it may concern, in light of COVID-19, the Moose LLC has no plans to open this year for business and understands that if there is a plan to open in the...
Something I have always found interesting is the amount one can learn after having graduated from school. Of course, there is plenty to learn in school and there is only so much time to fit in mathematics, language arts, history and multiple other courses. Yet, just because those 12 years of school—if we’re not counting college or university—doesn’t mean that learning ever really stops. Take for example something with such historical importance as the Emancipation Proclamation. This, of course,...
The Airport Board meeting of June 10, 2020 began with discussion of an aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) truck that Riverton, Wyoming is getting rid of. Jon Nelson, council representative, said that it is not a right fit for the Town of Saratoga. However, as discussion progressed, other board members seemed to sway in favor of the ARFF. Riverton is giving up the vehicle, which only has approximately 380 hours of use on it, because they do not want to keep dumping money into it. The Federa...
There were two public hearings during the June 10, 2020 Saratoga Planning Commission meeting. both of which progressed quickly. The issue of Saratoga’s lack of off-street parking was briefly discussed in regards to an application submitted by Jon Nelson for a bed and breakfast. Since the entire downtown is considered non-conforming as most structures were built prior to current zoning codes, the motion was passed to recommend approval to the Town Council. The second public hearing was for the p...
Jarom Herring, 2020 graduate of Encampment High School, was awarded a scholarship with Central Wyoming College (CWC) for cross country running with the option of competing in indoor and outdoor track. Al Lara, Head Coach of Men's and Women's Cross Country at CWC, wanted to have a person-to-person signing with Herring two to three months ago. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was not possible until recently. Coach Lara said that he does not do a personal signing for every student stating, "These...
During the June 11 special meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, the governing body voted 3-1 to pass Ordinance No. 856, a budget amendment for Fiscal Year 2019/2020, on second reading with Councilmember Jon Nelson casting the lone dissenting vote. The nay vote from Nelson comes following repeated attempts to include the transfer of excess revenues over expenditures in the enterprise funds in the amendment. As was reported previously (see “No second for that motion” on page 9 of the June 10 Sar...
While the second reading of the budget and budget amendment took up most of the two hour June 11 special meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, the council also discussed a letter of representation to James Childress. Legal counsel Tom Thompson informed the governing body that he had talked with Childress at the beginning of June and, at that time, he had requested that the town council sign the representation letter before issuing his report. “James then, thereafter, sent the letter that’s in...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on June 9 at the Hanna Town Hall. In attendance Mayor Lois Buchanan, Councilmember Sammy Sikes and, by phone ,Councilmember Linda Schisel. The agenda was approved first. The minutes from the regularly scheduled meeting on May 12 and special meeting on June 1 were approved next. Marcia Beals, representative for Hanna to the High Country Joint Powers Board (HCJPB), said the last meeting went over the proposed budget (see “Landfill has new worker” on page 3 in...
The Tale of Two Cities disc golf event this past weekend in Encampment and Riverside had 52 contestants this year. This was the largest amount of competitors in the Mother Mountain Anglers (MMA) event that is in its fourth year. The MMA club was founded with this concept in mind;. MMA is a non-profit that started out as a fishing club, but disc golf has taken over. "Disc Golf has definitely grown in our valley in the last four years!," said Shannon Fagan-Craig. Craig, a founder of MMA, said....
At their regular meeting on June 10, the Saratoga-Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (SCCIJPB) read a letter from the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) expressing their concern over funds managed by the Town of Saratoga. The joint powers board also hired a law firm from Laramie to review the agreement between Carbon County and the Town of Saratoga forming the SCCIJPB. Letter from BOCCC “The Carbon County Commissioners were informed that the Town of Saratoga may have used Saratoga...