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The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) will be holding three open houses in the upcoming weeks to release the three proposed alternatives for the West Side Snowy Range Travel Management project. The three locations will be in Elk Mountain, Rawlins and Saratoga. According to Monique Nelson, Environmental Coordinator at the Laramie District Office, this is in response to the high number of comments as well as stakeholder response. “We released the Notice of Proposed Action earlier this spring and we r...
On July 16 at 12:05 a.m., Carbon Power & Light (CP&L) had scheduled a power outage for the Valley. The outage did not occur on time which caused concerns, especially for oxygen users. CP&L’s next scheduled outage is set for tonight at 3 a.m. and will be approximately two hours long. Joe Parrie, Director of Member Services and Marketing at CP&L, shed some light on why the outage was late and how they work. According to Parrie, both Tri-State and CP&L crews were located at the Trowbridge Substatio...
Josephine "Toddy" Pierson, 93, of Fort Collins, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2015. Toddy was born on Dec. 2, 1921, in Rawlins, Wyo., to the late Jacob and Josephine Amanda (Herbertson) Ziegler. From the beginning of her life until the very end, Toddy displayed the importance of enduring and beating the odds of the challenges she faced. She was a proud Wyoming native taking great pride in participating in the annual Cheyenne Frontier Day activities. Toddy worked as a secretary for the...
Stephen Fowler Shaw, “Hondo”, passed from this earth at his home in Billings, Mont. on July 16, 2015 after fighting metastatic prostate cancer for nine years. Steve was born on Sept. 16, 1957 in Rawlins, Wyo. to Jock and Yvonne (Roop) Shaw, the youngest of four children. He grew up in Saratoga, Wyo. and graduated from Saratoga High School in 1975. During his high school years, he enjoyed and excelled in wrestling and football. He was a three-time individual state champion in wrestling, pla...
After an unusually wet spring and summer, low humidity and strong winds have brought the fire season warning to Carbon County. A red flag warning was issued for Monday by the National Weather Service. According to the National Weather Service, a red flag warning means that critical fire conditions are either occurring now … or will shortly. Temperatures warmed into the 80s over the weekend and Monday, and frequent wind gusts of 35 to 45 miles per hours were common Monday afternoon. T...
The contract for the Master Plan Consulting was approved at the Saratoga Town Council meeting on July 21. It outlines various goals for Community Builders, Inc. (CBI), the hired contractor based out of Douglas, Wyo., to complete in order to improve Saratoga. The contract emphasizes population growth, noting that the Platte Valley has lost residents in the past 30-35 years, though recently population change has slowed. In order to draw new residents, they will discuss and analyze housing inventor...
Summertime is here across America. Yes, summer has even made it to Wyoming. With summertime comes the blooming of preadolescent-run lemonade stands across limitless tracts of urban and suburban real estate. Children across the nation begin to raid their parent’s supply of lemonade mix, plastic cups, ice and occasionally even (gasp) lemons and sugar. Their busy little hands turn to markers, paints and poster board to create cute little signs to attach to the folding table or box that will b...
The wildland fire community has functioned on a somewhat world-wide basis for a long time. As the fire situation worsened in the Canadian provinces a few weeks ago, official help was requested from the US, Australia, and New Zealand. I was one of the Forest Service employees asked to support the effort in Saskatchewan. I flew from Denver to Saskatoon, and then, along with about 20 other American personnel, was taken by bus to Prince Albert near the center of the Province. After a briefing on their general fire techniques and strategies, we...
“I’m excited about it,” Mayor Ed Glode said of the Master Plan. “Really, it is a plan for the next undefined amount of time in the town. So, if you want to talk about economic development, take the plan out and see what everybody studied … it’s a good reference.” “Right now we have a few too many available houses,” Glode said of population growth and development efforts, though the town has been anticipating a housing shortage. According to Glode, it is a matter of what to do when this housing...
Jerry Wood, stone sculptor in Saratoga, will be a judge for the Art on the Green competition in Green River, Wyo. on Aug. 14 and 15. Wood was originally asked to be a participant in the competition, however he did not feel that it was feasible to complete that work in stone due to time limitations. “I was going to participate in it last year,” Wood said. They have 24 hours to complete a piece of work, whether it’s painting or a sculpture. A lot of the sculptors use the oil based clay.” Wood is...
The Carbon County Museum is currently working on two different, projects that they hope will boost tourism in the County. According to Kelly Bohanan, Director for the Carbon County Museum, they are working on renovating the Hugus-Ferguson building for their new museum facilities and building a walking trail along Merrell Hill off Interstate 80. The Hugus-Ferguson building was, according to Bohanan, built in the 1890's, and is located in downtown Rawlins on the Corner of Fifth and Cedar. Bohanan...
The 20th Annual Chili Competition will take place on Saturday, Aug. 15 at Veterans Island Park in Saratoga during the Microbrew Festival. The competition has gradually become more popular each year. Businesses as well as individuals enter the chili competition to share their recipes with the community and to hopefully win a prize. There are three categories in the competition: red chili, green chili and salsa. “It’s an even mix, [there’s] a lot of individuals,” said Mitch Bangert, Chairman of th...
Aug. 15 will bring the 20th Annual Steinley Cup Microbrew Festival to Saratoga. Brewers will compete to win the coveted Steinley Cup and vie for the “People’s Choice” award. The event starts at 1 p.m. and will continue until 5 p.m. at its original location, Veterans Island Park. The Brewfest has taken place at Kathy Glode Park the last four years due to the flooding of Veterans Island and the park not being completely cleaned up. Local crafters will show their hand-crafted creations durin...
Over the weekend, a documentary was shot about WHATFest in Riverside. A number of filmmakers and photographers were involved in producing an 8-10 minute documentary which highlights the culture of the festival and the music that was showcased. Mike Vanata, of Square State Film, and Brian Harrington, of BHP Imaging, explained what the documentary will be focused on. "Basically this is a documentary highlighting WHATFest and showing how important it is culturally to Wyoming and people who live...
Cindy Wallace, Executive Director of the Carbon County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC), attended the 26th National Rural Economic Development Association (NREDA) Annual Conference. Wallace is one of three people in Wyoming who belong to NREDA, and she brought home new tactics to help out Carbon County businesses. “Basically, [CCEDC is] out there trying to do the same thing [as other NREDA communities]. We work in our communities and counties and try to be a resource,” Wallace said of...
For the past couple of years, Brent Kaufman and Scott Phister, Clinic Founders of Fremont Therapy Group (FTG), have been looking at Rawlins as a potential location to open up a new facility. "It looked like Riverton to us, it looked like Lander to us, it looked like any other community in Wyoming that really could justify having the type of facility and staff that we have in other communities," said Kaufman. After a few years of seeing the potential, they decided to move forward and create a...
Organizers have a new date for the popular Bullfest: Aug. 22. The Saratoga Lions Club has put on the bull-riders only event for 15 years and for the last two years, Bullfest has been on the first weekend in August. Unfortunately, that is also fair week for Carbon County and with the Carbon County Roping Event taking place the same night, it has not only taken away spectators, the event has lost their volunteers to the county fair, according to KayCee Alameda. She and her husband, Bo, have been...
On June 3, Saratoga welcomed a new business, Hot Diggidy Dog, to the Platte Valley. Susan Wallace and Ellie Hoyt joined forces to operate their hot dog business together. Hoyt has some experience in the field; 14 years ago, she operated the hot dog shop across from the post office and behind Perue Printing for about three years. Wallace and Hoyt have known each other for quite some time. Hoyt mentioned to Wallace that she was planning on reopening her hot dog business and asked Wallace if she wa...
The Saratoga Department of Public Works (DPW) was presented the “Caught Doing It Right” award by the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce. They were recognized at the Saratoga Town Council Meeting on July 21. The certificate acknowledged them for beautifying the town. “This month we had them as the recipients because they’ve just done so much progress in a short period of time,” said Stacy Crimmins, Chief Executive Officer of the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce. “They put the fence up around...
At the Carbon County Commissioners meeting July 21, discussions arose over a dispatch system. A Memorandum of Understanding is now established between the town of Saratoga and the Carbon County Commissioners to have the town of Saratoga take over the costs of a T1 line that is part of the Enhanced 911 dispatch system to link to Rawlins. When the line was installed, Carbon County was listed on the contract with Union Wireless to pay for the cost of the line. However, now the town of Saratoga will be assuming those expenses. The cost of this...
1 Years Ago Trout! Fried in Camp Ovens Two Days Rip-Roaring Old Time at Encampment August 5th and 6th A week from today and tomorrow, Encampment will celebrate the 2nd annual fish fry, That is going to be some fry, too, by the way. Don’t ask us to attend to any business on them two days next week cause we won’t be to home, to nobody. We’re going to be up there filling both sides of our faces with fish and other good things at the open air dinner, and taking in the evening events, among which is the bucking contest with a $200 purse, $125,...