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For the second time in five years, Altitude Chophouse & Brewery in Laramie walked away with the coveted Steinley Cup for their Pedal House Pilsner. In doing so, they ended the winning streak of Freedom’s Edge Brewing in Cheyenne. “We know how to make a pilsner,” said Sean Minichello. What Is A Pilsner? The brew selected for the 28th Annual Steinley Cup Microbrew Competition was the pilsner which has its origins from the Czech Republic. On August 3, 10 microbreweries from across Wyoming conve...
Anyone who has a dog, cat, horse or any domestic animal has a friend in Dr. Warner McFarland. McFarland was picked as this year's Carbon County Fair Parade Grand Marshall, which took place on August 3. McFarland said he accepted the honor of being Grand Marshall when the Carbon County Fair Board called him. “I got a phone call from Justin Ready of the Carbon County Fair Board and he asked if I would be Grand Marshall for this year’s fair,” McFarland said. “I don’t know how deserving I am but I...
When going to the Carbon County Fair, it’s a given that you have to enjoy the fair food. The grounds hold a wide variety of vendors who spend the week at the fair, from various food trucks to people in stands selling lemonade outside the exhibit hall. The concessions stand is a mainstay, offering a wide variety of foods to fair goers. The stand is run on a volunteer basis, with all proceeds going to Carbon County School District No. 1 (CCSD1). Students from CCSD1 work at the stand, giving t...
After a two-hour service outage on July 18, Union Wireless is now investigating the reason behind the outage. As previously reported, Platte Valley customers of Union Wireless were without phone, data or internet service for approximately two hours. Initially, Union Wireless cited a planned power outage conducted by the Western Area Power Authority and Carbon Power & Light in the Elk Mountain area for the cause of the service outage. “It’s interesting that the Western Area Power Administration crew shut off the power at 10 a.m but we did not lo...
Nearly a month after the investigation into the Mirror Lake John Doe began, a suspect in the homicide has been arrested according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Department. As was previously reported, on the evening of July 4 the Albany County Sheriff’s Department was notified of a body near Mirror Lake in the Snowy Range mountain range. Upon arriving, the sheriff’s department discovered a body wrapped in a tarp. Initially declared a John Doe, the identity of the deceased was later revea...
The Encampment FFA held its first meeting of the school year on July 30th on the front lawn of the school. The goal for this meeting was to kick off not only the upcoming fair season, both county and state, but also to grow and strengthen the FFA community throughout Encampment school. The FFA officers, having met earlier in the month, decided what better way to get spirits up then a friendly cornhole tournament. All students from both the middle and high school were invited and encouraged to...
Potentially unpopular opinion: I loved the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. I watched it with my family Friday night. I enjoyed seeing the boats full of athletes make their way down the Seine and watching the variety of performances and the artistic videos and storytelling. I literally cheered a few times, like during the scene featuring my favorite musical, “Les Miserables.” And I got emotional during the lighting of the innovative cauldron and again during the powerful performance from Celine Dion. I was so impressed that I p...
I am not native to the Platte Valley, but I have lived in Saratoga for over twenty years. I was born and raised in Texas and, as a kid, loved everything having to do with sports and competition. I was involved in swimming, gymnastics, softball and tennis. I never understood why my parents made me choose one sport, but I realize now that getting to and from multiple practices and competitions was... difficult. I concentrated my efforts into tennis and was lucky enough to be recruited to play at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado....
Next Tuesday, the Saratoga Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing on short term rentals in municipal limits. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, we believe it is important for Saratoga residents to attend and make their voices heard. For more than a year, the topic of short term rentals—or STRs—have been held in meetings of both the Saratoga Planning Commission and the Saratoga Town Council. A question often asked, at least in the planning commission meetings, is what the goal would be in instituting a short term ren...
Today I would like to share a message that Dale G Renlund shared last April titled “The Powerful, Virtuous Cycle of the Doctrine of Christ.” Years ago, my wife, Ruth; our daughter, Ashley; and I joined other tourists on a kayaking excursion in the state of Hawaii in the United States. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the rower sits facing forward and uses a double-bladed paddle to pull front to back on one side and then on the other. The plan was to row to two small islands off the coast of Oahu and back again. I was con...
The town of Encampment was swinging to classic country music, with some rhymes and the sound of a fiddle with everyone dancing in the middle. The Jake Clayton Trio, led by Jake Clayton, got the crowd going on the dance floor at The DiVide Restaurant & Lounge in Encampment on July 26. Though he lives in Tennessee, Clayton is no stranger to Encampment or the Platte Valley. “I have performed in Encampment at least eight times,” Clayton said. “I played multiple times at the town picnic and perfo...
A Campbell County single parent with one preschooler and one school-age child needs to earn more than $60,000 annually to cover basic monthly costs living in Wyoming, according to a new report on affordability in the state. At the minimum wage standard of $7.25 per hour, he or she would have to work a superhuman 159 hours a week to make that happen. “But there are only 168 hours in a full week,” said Micah Richardson, associate policy director of Wyoming Women’s Foundation. The found...
GREYBULL - Amid red flag warnings, dry weather and record high temperatures, Wyoming has found itself blanketed in smoke from both local and regional wildfires raging across the western United States and Canada. Since mid-July, Wyomingites have woken to blood red suns and hazy conditions. Two of the four major fires in Montana were brought under control last week, offering a brief reprieve and some blue skies, but the smoke has since returned, carried on eastern winds out of Oregon and California, and southern currents from Alberta, Canada....
Hundreds of kids participated in this year’s Energy Day at the Carbon County Fair on August 5. The annual event is sponsored by the Carbon County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC), which focuses on providing support to businesses in Carbon County. The goal of Energy Day is to educate members of the public on various energy initiatives within the county and let participating groups showcase their businesses. “Carbon County Economic Development Corporation has been instrumental in par...
Photo credit: Richard Espinoza and Kaitlyn Campbell...
GREYBULL — Dede Anders thought she had more time. After a lengthy interview process, Anders was selected to run in the Mongolian Derby, the world’s longest and toughest endurance horse race, in 2025. But after another rider’s injury, Anders was called up to the 2024 competition a little over a month ago, upending her original plans. In a little more than a week’s time, she will be competing halfway across the world against 49 other riders from around the globe in the world’s toughest endurance...
Federal wildlife managers won’t make any jurisdictional decisions about Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears until early 2025 — two full years after the agency was supposed to proceed with or deny Wyoming’s petition to cease Endangered Species Act protections for the region’s grizzlies. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director Matt Hogan announced the delay in a legal filing last week, citing a mess of lawsuits and grizzly-related decisions that “directly impact one another.” “To ensure consistency between these decisions, th...
It’s been a month since Lita Ford headlined Saratoga Days, an annual free concert held in downtown Saratoga around Independence Day. For Scott McIlvaine, one of the event organizers, having the Queen of Metal play in his hometown is something which still feels surreal. “A free show, nonetheless. That’s huge for Saratoga,” said McIlvaine. “I grew up listening to her music and she played in our town. She enjoyed Saratoga and I hope people enjoyed her.” For the past six years, McIlvaine a...
Photo credit: Photos by Kaitlyn Campbell...
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