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Residents of Saratoga can rest a little easier at night. The bear that Wyoming Game and Fish Warden Biff Burton had been trying to trap was found in alive bear trap at 5:45 a.m. Monday. The bear, a 4-year-old bore, was not the cute, little “roly-poly” bear Burton thought it would be, he said. Before the bear’s capture, Burton had thought the bear was a 2-year-old cub looking for its own place, but upon capture, Burton realized the bear was a bigger threat. “He would have ha...
Union Wireless workers inadvertently cut a fiber optic wire during construction Tuesday which interrupted internet service for at least three hours. “This was an unintentional screw-up,” said Union Wireless employee Randy Asay who was installing new fiber optics under Bridge Street Bridge. Asay said he and other workers were installing fiber optic lines, which will be used to bring faster internet services to Platte Valley communities, when someone accidentally cut a fib...
The Medicine Bow Town Council decided not to accept the free fire truck offered from the Carbon County Commission Monday evening. Council members had a special meeting to discuss whether or not they would accept a 1990 Pierce Pumper firetruck, which the Carbon County Commission agreed to offer the town of Medicine Bow for free. The offered truck was one of the county’s older trucks from Hanna. Commission members were not present at the meeting, which took place at Medicine B...
Betty Eaton poses with flowers to celebrate her birthday at the Saratoga Senior Center Friday....
A plant tour around Treasure Island July 10 included 38 species of riparian plants. Mae Smith, University of Wyoming Extension Educator in Rawlins, led the tour with the help of Dan Rodgers, Professor of Range at UW and Jaimy Cass, with Carbon County Weed and Pest Office in Saratoga, assisted with the tour. Smith told the group that plants can tell a lot about the soil in the area. Treasure Island, located south of Saratoga, features a wide variety of plants. Crested Wheat...