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The Saratoga Town Council appointed Danny Burau to replace Kim Hytrek for their representative to the Carbon County Visitors Council (CCVC) on June 19. Hytrek had reached her term limit of six years. Burau, the owner of Firewater Public House, is excited about the appointment. "The beauty of this whole Valley and Carbon County as a whole, it is still, for lack of a better term, a well-kept secret," Burau said. "We have one of the major lifelines far as a highway goes and...
During the weekend of June 16, several search and rescue teams in the area were called out to locate a missing hiker according to a press release from the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 11:45 p.m., authorities were notified that Saratoga resident Emma Dierks had not returned from a hike earlier that day. Dierks, an experienced hiker, was presumed lost by friend Joseph Saverine. Carbon County Sheriff Deputy Hale made contact with Saverine, according to the p...
On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at approximately 8:30 p.m. the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office received a call from Cole Nuhring, stating his friend later—to be identified as Justin Siler (19)— had fallen off a boulder at the South French Creek overlook. Deputy Justin Hale was notified and responded to the scene. Search and Rescue personnel were also notified to respond, while in route to the location EMS, Classic Air Medical were also notified to respond. Upon arrival, the location of where Justin Siler had fallen was appro...
Residents in Hanna now have a place to go to for breakfast on Sunday mornings. The Biscuit Barn, housed in the building that shares Skinny's Bar, opened two months ago. Katrina Tolbert and Lennie Powell are the proprietors of the new breakfast eatery. For the time being, a buffet is offered for morning munching fare. Tolbert said the next step is to start having made-to-order specials such as possibly a breakfast burrito. She said Powell created the interesting restaurant...
Local Carbon County lass, Carly Cooper, daughter of Robert and Shelly Cooper of Medicine Bow, was promoted to the rank of Major in the United States Army. Early in May of 2018 C. Cooper joined the ranks of Army field grade officers by being promoted to Major at Fort Riley, Kansas. C. Cooper was born in Wyoming and grew up in Medicine Bow where her parents still reside. She is a 2003 graduate of Hanna, Elk Mountain,Medicine Bow High School in Hanna. C. Cooper received an...
The Lincoln Highway enters the state from the east on U.S. 30 at Pine Bluffs and, established in 1913, was America's first coast-to-coast highway. Much of the route in Wyoming today is dirt and gravel and is impassable for much of the year, but in celebrating Ft. Steele's 150 year birthday, a historic walk was hosted by the National Park Service on Saturday. The walk was on parts of the original road near Ft. Steele that went by the Platte River where remnants of a bridge...
For nearly five years, the little building at 117 W. Bridge has been home to Sweet Marie's Bakeshop. On any given day, except Sunday, between 6:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. one can find the small structure hosting a handful of residents or tourists hoping to get a caffeine fix, a cupcake for the road or buffalo-shaped sugar cookies. While the demand for the services of owner Marie Christen grew, the building located between Saratoga Auto Parts and Strong Tower Designs couldn't. Marie,...
The building at 107 W. Bridge in Saratoga has been standing for over 100 years. Originally constructed in 1906, the walls and windows of the structure have not just seen multitudes of customers over the years, but have seen owners come and go as well. Originally owned by W.C. Edwards, it changed hands over the years until, in April 1999, it came under the ownership of Bill and Cris Fournier. On May 28, 2018 the couple bid farewell to the building that had been home to their...
Entering its 3rd year, the Festival of the Arts will be taking place on June 30 and July 1 at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) courtesy of local businesswoman Laura Morrow. The show will highlight local artists as well as artists throughout the state of Wyoming and the Western United States. Locals and visitors to the Upper North Platte River Valley are encouraged to attend the event. This year the show will include artists ranging from photography to bronze and more....
The late American astronomer Carl Sagan once said "The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself." Sagan was not only an astronomer, but a science popularizer and communicator who served as a spokesman for the sciences. Recently, Lesley Urasky served a similar role at the Saratoga Branch Library, informing those in attendance that we were all "made of stardust." On June 21, starting at 8:30 p.m., the Saratoga Friends of the...
The meeting room of the Saratoga Branch Library was filled with raucous rhythms of homespun musical instruments on Friday, June 22, as children played along with the self-styled Gypsy Cowbelle. The event, which was scheduled as part of the "Libraries Rock" summer reading program, started at 1 p.m. and quickly filled with youngsters and their parents. Spoons, a washtub bass, a handsaw and more were used in a hectic harmony as "V," as she is known, led the band of merry music...
It is no secret I have lived in a fair amount of places in my life, but I really don't think I have ever lived an area that can have such different weather that is less than 40 miles apart. This includes going from coastal/tropical environments and traveling inland to nearby mountains that are higher than what we have in the Snowy Range. Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow in the north of the county often have very different weather than what is in the Valley. This was...
One of the many events that will be available for residents and tourists alike to attend during Togie Days will be the Battle of the Badges. Organized by Carbon County Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Hale, the event will be raising money for the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department. Starting at 11 a.m. on June 30 and running until 1 p.m. at the Saratoga Football field, the event will be more than just watching the Saratoga Police Department and the SVFD go head-to-head. An inflatable obstacle course will be set up for children to p...
Encampment resident Robert “Bob” Herring commanded the floor during a short Encampment Town Council meeting at 7 p.m. on June 14, 2018 at the Encampment Town Hall. Herring, owner of Good Things, stood in front of the council to express his frustration with people speeding through town along Wyoming Highway 70 as they descended from Battle Mountain. Mayor Greg Salisbury and council members informed Herring that they had tried many things over the years, but with no lasting aff...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Saratoga Town Hall after business as usual of approving the agenda, the minutes from June 5 and the financials. The bills approved to be paid came to a total of $158,595.64. In correspondence the town received an annual distribution notice from Wyoming Community Gas for $4,354.32 for 2017. Doug Boyd from the company WLC put forth a new route for the final plat of the third addition to the Saratoga Cemetery. He said a re...
The Wyoming Rancher Family Camp, which was started by a handful of Wyoming ranchers and their families, will be entering it’s 73rd year. This year, the event will host speaker Brandon Buller, a pastor born in Nebraska and raised in Wyoming. After graduating high school in 1999, Buller attended Frontier School of the Bible in LaGrange, Wyo. and is now the pastor at Glendo Community Church where he has served for the last four years. Bible Study will be lead by Pastor Shon McIntyre from The Real Tree Church in Farmington, M...
Saratoga Friday, June 29 6-8pm: Live Music at Lollypops Saturday, June 30 10am-1pm: Battle of the Badges @ SMHS Football Field 10am-5pm: Platte Valley Arts Festival @ PVCC 10am-3pm: Auto Show @ West Bridge Street, downtown Noon-6pm: Bouncy House and Water Slide, downtown 3-9pm: Togie Days Live Music, downtown Saratoga Sunday, July 1 9am-5pm: Sporting Clays Shoot @ Silver Spur Ranch 10am-4pm: Platte Valley Arts Festival @ PVCC 12pm-4pm: Craft Mart @ Saratoga Museum 2:30pm: Golf Tournament and Biergarten Party @ Saratoga Hot... Full story