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After months of uncertainty, closed door executive sessions and rumors based on suspicions it was finally revealed on Aug. 7 at the Saratoga Town Council meeting the fate of Dr. Bryan Kaiser and his relationship with the Town of Saratoga via the lease of the Platte Valley Medical Clinic. Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode began the discussion with a letter addressed to Kaiser from the Town of Saratoga. “The purpose of this letter,” Glode read, “is to inform you that the Town of Sarat... Full story
What has been called the "Best Punk Rock Party in America" by Casper radio station 101.9 "The King" will be going on this weekend in Medicine Bow. Vicki and Vernon Scott, owners of the landmark three-story Virginian Hotel, will once again be hosting the frenetic, yet friendly, occurrence and will be moving furniture to accommodate the crowds this week. The free admission event, called the Battle of Old Wyoming (BOW), features several regional punk rock and alternative bands al...
The First United Methodist Church (FUMC) of Ft. Lupton had a mission team come to northern Carbon County to paint the parsonage at the Medicine Bow FUMC house from July 15-20. In addition to painting the parish house, the mission volunteered to help with the distribution of food from the Food Bank of the Rockies that comes to Medicine Bow once a month. The Ft. Lupton group was made up of mostly teens, although there were adults. They were in Medicine Bow for almost a week and...
On July 30, the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office received a call at approximately 12:30 p.m. The call, according to the press release received from the sheriff’s office, reported “shots being fired and rounds hitting multiple residences” located in the Cherokee Meadows subdivision east of Riverside along Highway 230. Response to the reported shots included deputies from the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, members of the Wyoming Highway Patrol and South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services. While on route to the location,...
Scott Helmer said when he first started touring in the U.S. in 2012 one of the early places he rolled through was Riverside and he played at the Bear Trap. He loved the place and was happy to return to play there on Friday. "Margaret (Weber) is a sweetheart," Helmer said. "She is so welcoming and it is like I am visiting an old friend." Helmer went further saying, "Bear Trap gets the funnest group." Besides playing at Bear Trap on Friday, Helmer was in Saratoga playing at...
Wyatt Cox and Gage Bartlett have known each other since kindergarten, which is something that is not uncommon in an area like the Platte Valley. For the first two years of high school, both Cox and Bartlett played for the Encampment Tigers basketball team. When they entered their junior year, however, they went from teammates to competitors after Bartlett moved to Saratoga and began playing for the Saratoga Panthers. For Cox and Bartlett, their senior year was filled with memo...
Rumors that had circulated throughout the summer that Saratoga Middle/High School (SM/HS) would not have an 11-man football team this year were confirmed on July 15 by SM/HS Activities Director Greg Bartlett through a press release posted on the Saratoga Middle/High School Facebook page. “This spring when we started looking into the upcoming 2018 HS football season,” wrote Bartlett, “we realized our participation numbers were going to be low. After both Saratoga and Encam...
At 8 a.m. Saturday, 22 local residents and 4 participating businesses will kick off the weekend in south county with bargains galore. A garage sale spanning the Encampment/Riverside area features 22 published locations with maps available at the local participating businesses (The Red Wagon, Good Things, Sagebrush Senior Center and the Grand Encampment Museum) and in the foyer of the Encampment Town Hall. Encampment Mayor Greg Salisbury characterized the yard sale like this:...
Fairly recently I have run some photos of the Carey sisters. These photos ran for two weeks in a row because they showed up for both the Independence Day celebrations Saratoga held and the centennial-and-a-quarter proceedings at the Hotel Wolf. You might wonder why I would give two out-of-towners the press. I have two reasons. First, they showed up in turn-of-the-century period costumes. Second, these ladies were a hoot. Everyone I talked to thought pretty much the same...
Editor, Heads up Saratoga. Our landfill will not accept any plastic for recycling. Any plastic taken to the Saratoga Landfill along with any glass will be buried. Please don’t blame the landfill attendant, Steve. He is just doing what his boss, Ron Munson, told him to do. If you are a dedicated recycler like me, talk to Ron or any landfill board member or its chairman Randy Raymer to find out why no plastic is being recycled. I am taking my rejected plastic to Rawlins. Please consider taking your recycling to the Rawlins R...
Candidates for District 47 Representative, District 11 Senator and Saratoga Town Council participated in the first of two candidate forums hosted by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) on July 23. Saratoga residents in attendance were scattered through the Great Hall of the Platte Valley Community Center. The event was live-streamed by Saratoga Sun via social media. VSO member Sue Jones, who moderated the first half of the forum, invited the state candidates up to the front...
The second of two primary election forums hosted by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) took place at 6 p.m. on July 25 at the Platte Valley Community Center. During this forum, candidates for all contested county seats were given the opportunity to address the audience. The second night saw noticeably more attendance than the event held on Monday night as both the Carbon County Attorney and Carbon County Sheriff races have been watched closely by county residents as...