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The start of classes in Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) is less than a month away. As that date approaches, the district is working within requirements and recommendations from Carbon County Public Health and the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) to provide a stable framework for students in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). At the July 15 meeting of the CCSD2 Board of Trustees, Superintendent Jim Copeland provided the board with updates on progress. While he admitted...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6:30 p.m. on July 15 at the Hanna Town Hall. All council members were in attendance along with mayor Lois Buchanan. The agenda and minutes from the June 9 regularly scheduled meeting and the special meeting held on June 23 were approved in a quick manner. Buchanan told the council that the High Country Joint Powers Board (HCJPB) at their last meeting decided to go to with last year’s budget as a blue print for this year’s budget. She asked Ann Calvert, Hanna Tow...
COVID-19 took its toll on the Carbon County Council of Governments’ (CCCOG) meetings for the past four months. The last time the board met was in Rawlins on January 15. CCCOG meets every two months and the March and May meetings were not held due to restrictions set by the state. The meeting was started at 6:30 p.m. on July 15 at the Baggs Community Center. All but Hanna and Medicine Bow had municipalities represented at the meeting. After introductions of attendees, the board approved the a...
Carbon County is seeing the highest spike in cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since the pandemic began and a little over two weeks since the July 4 weekend. According to Carbon County Public Health, 11 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the last six days. Jacquelin Wells, public information officer for the Carbon County COVID-19 Incident Management Team, confirmed to the Saratoga Sun that there had been previous cases either in the Valley or connected to the Valley. Additionally,... Full story
Three months after the resignation of Katrina Nuhn from the Town of Encampment’s Department of Public Works, the Encampment Town Council hired a new employee at their rescheduled July 14 meeting. The governing body also approved a pay increase for town employees, the disbursement of funds from the One Percent Specific Purpose Sales and Use Tax (6th penny tax), the transfer of excess funds and ended late fee suspensions. New Employee At the April 9 meeting of the Encampment Town Council, Nuhn h...
“You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant.” ~ John Lewis Late Friday evening, Representative John Lewis passed away at the age of 80. Lewis had served in the House of Representatives from 1987 until his death on July 17, but had made a great many contributions to the country even before then. Lewis was one of the original thirteen Freedom Riders. He helped... Full story
Editor, Open Letter to Jim Copeland, Superintendent of School District #2. Recent orders requiring students to wear masks has been circulating and as a concerned citizen of this Valley, here are scientific studies showing the extreme adverse effects of mask wearing, especially by children. To wear a mask or not is a highly emotional subject, so I am not giving my opinion, I am quoting scientific data to remove the emotional aspect. These articles were taken from www.childrenshealthdefense.org. This is an organization created and ran by Robert... Full story
While there may be a plan forming to resume school in the fall, for many Wyoming high schools the answer of fall sports is still up in the air. During the July 15 meeting of the Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees, Superintendent Jim Copeland informed the members that fall sports was caught between the Wyoming High School Athletics Association (WHSAA) and county health officials. "We've had meetings as superintendents and ADs with Rod Laird, who's the WHSAA director. Back in Ju...
The majority of discussion at the Riverside Town Council meeting on July 16, 2020 centered around the question of whether or not to renew the liquor license for the Mangy Moose. Many were in attendance to see the out come of the Council’s decision. There was not an open seat in the room. The Mangy Moose was purchased last year by JoElla and Desi Vacher. They had obtained one of the two liquor licenses available for the Town of Riverside. The Mangy Moose then sat for 11 months before opening. Acc...
“One of the new events we have this year are the mini-buckers and mini-bulls on Friday night,” Julie Webb, Carbon County Fair administrator said. “It will start at 7 p.m.” The Carbon County Fair will be held between August 1-8, and although there are some The theme for the 94th annual Fair is “Born in a Barn”. This year the Grand Marshall of the Fair will be FFA and 4-H graduating seniors from the Carbon County school system. Webb said another event that is new is the tractor driving contest. “T...
At the Carbon County Courthouse in Rawlins, both the District Court and Circuit Court have gone nearly five months without having a jury trial. That is about to change starting the first week in August as a backlog of criminal and civil cases approach their deadline. "In Wyoming, there's a statutory right to a speedy trial within 180 days of the arraignment and we have run into the instance, because we have continued cases since March, now we're up on people who even charged in March are at...
by Mike Armstrong The Carbon County Visitor Council (CCVC) met at 10 a.m. on July 15 at the Cottontree Inn in Rawlins. This is the second meeting held this summer where the board met in person. Social distancing was still practiced. All board members were present with the exception of the Medicine Bow representative. Rawlins still has no representative. The agenda and minutes from the regularly scheduled meeting held on June 24 were quickly approved. The annual elections for officers of the...