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The National High School Rodeo Association (NHSRA) finals were held in Gillette July 16-22. Wyoming boys' team placed sixth and the girls' team seventh. Wyoming also got bragging rights when Valley native, Kasen York, won Cowboy Rookie of the Year with 306 points. To give perspective, the second place winner, Tom Crouse from Missouri, had 170 points. There were 1,400 high school contestants from 44 states and two Canadian provinces competing. York, whose family resides at the Silver Spur Ranch,...
The town of Medicine Bow had a special meeting of the town council July 25 at 7 p.m. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and decide on an appointment for the vacant council seat. Mayor Kevin Colman, council members, Shane Blakeman, Sharon Biamon and Sharon Sullivan were present. Colman recused himself because a family member had applied but said once the council selected a person, he would appoint their choice. There were eight people who put in applications. The candidates were: Cindy Chace, Gary Charles, Kenda Colman, Kay Embree, Sandy... Full story
Broadway and film veteran Duffy Hudson brings his talent and fascination for Edgar Allan Poe to life in a unique one-man play at 7 p.m Thursday evening. in the Saratoga Branch Library at 503 West Elm Ave. Friends of the Saratoga Library presents Duffy’s rendition of “In The Shadow of the Raven,” which begins as Edgar Allan Poe rises from the scene of his mysterious death and continues as he pieces together the events of his life. Using a combination of biographical information and the dramatic interpretation of Poe’s literature, Annabel... Full story
Carl Nicholas Beach, of Saratoga, graduated from Fort Hays State University (FHSU), in Hays, Kansas, in the spring 2017 semester with a Master of Science in education administration. FHSU does not release the lists of undergraduate and graduate degrees until transcripts have been verified as having met all requirements for graduation. Fort Hays State is one of six public universities in the Kansas Board of Regents system.... Full story
The Platte Valley Arts Council will be holding the first annual Toy Tractor Display Show and Competition as part of Encampment’s Copper Days Festival. The show will be held in the livery stable of the Grand Encampment Museum from 2 -5 p.m., September 9. There is no cost to see the toy displays or to enter the competition. Winners will be announced during the Community Dance at 6 p.m. The purpose of this event is not only to provide friendly competition, but also to provide toy collectors and enthusiasts the ability to creatively recreate f... Full story
Nineteen people gathered at the Saratoga Museum Saturday morning to take a trek out to Emigrant’s Crossing. Local historian and Valley chronicler, Dick Perue, gave a short overview of the trip to come and handed out flyers detailing events that occurred and people having had interactions in the area. Shortly after having corralled a passenger to open gates, Perue led the nine car wagon train the approximately nine miles north of Saratoga to a gate where the group proceeded to head west. Two stops were made along the way. The first stop h... Full story
I met a new manager not long ago at one of my favorite places to visit. We had not met before, but I knew the owner and some others working there. This manager made me walk away from our encounter in disbelief after ten minutes. Parting words shouted at me, “I don’t like your attitude.” Okay, that is a good way to inspire a customer not to want to come back, which is what I was at this point. I am not any longer. I remember telling my staff when I had my restaurants, if a problem happens with patrons, take care of it immediately and treat... Full story
Editor, I would like to correct what I believe are some mistakes, in the July 19, 2017 article addressing the concrete plant issues. The concerns of mine are the actions of the Planning Commission not in the article published in the paper. The first correction that I would like to point out is that in my letter to Councilman Faust I stated that I want to be perfectly clear that I support the Concrete plant in our town and believe that it should continue doing business in the town. That was pointed out in my letter to Councilman Faust. I have... Full story
The Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) hosted another of its speaker series events at the Grand Encampment Opera House Thursday. Valley residents and visitors attending the talk learned about the trial of Tom Horn with speaker John Davis, an attorney and historical author from Worland. Davis’ most recent book, published in March by the University of Oklahoma press, is about the famous trial. Horn was a scout who also worked as a soldier, cowboy, Pinkerton detective and gunslinger for hire. In 1902, Horn was convicted in the murder of 14-year-old W...
Northern Carbon County will be seeing significant investment from energy companies in the near future. The resource isn’t coming from the ground. It is coming from the air. It is wind. Portland-based, PacifiCorp has put significant funds into wind energy for almost a decade. PacifiCorp includes the companies of Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power that serves almost 2 million customers in six states. There are close to 140,000 Wyoming consumers. The PacifiCorp owned wind fleet near Medicine Bow are being “re-powered” with longer blades and ne... Full story
On July 13, the huge coal dragline that could be seen for miles from US 30 as a driver neared Hanna junction was dismantled. Although Hanna mines have been closed for a few years, the goliath machine was evidence that at one time these mines supplied much of Wyoming’s coal back in the late 1970s. The Hanna Herald, the town’s now defunct newspaper, released info that Hanna Basin in 1982 had provided only 4.6 percent of Wyoming’s coal production, down from 46 percent in 1978. Cheaper coal produced in northeastern Wyoming’s Powder River Basin w... Full story