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The official State of Wyoming Microbrew Competition will be held Aug. 19 in Saratoga. Microbreweries from across Wyoming are slated to compete for the coveted Steinley Cup at the 22nd annual competition. This year's competition brew is 'American Amber Lager' and will be judged by a panel of brewing professionals from Colorado. The event starts at 1 p.m. and goes until 5 p.m. at Veterans Island Park. Among the breweries invited to this year's event are the defending Steinley... Full story
Along with multiple cooperating agencies, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has developed a landscape-scale proposal for future tree thinning, harvest, and hazard removal, as well as prescribed burning in the Sierra Madre and Snowy Ranges of the Medicine Bow National Forest (MBNF). The proposed action seeks to accelerate the pace and scale of active forest restoration using a wide range of tools. A public comment period is underway for the initial Landscape Vegetation Analysis project proposal. Open houses in both Laramie and... Full story
A documentary film crew made a stop in Saratoga Friday in pursuit of cowboy poet and Saratoga cowboy Daron Little. According to producer of the film, Mike Day of Intrepid Cinema, the crew has been keeping up with Little for just about a year, with filming having started in November 2016. The crew followed Little into Saratoga last year, and this time the three-person film crew wound up following the local cowboy poet into Valley Foods. The documentary explores cowboy poetry, Day said. The crew and Little were on their way to... Full story
The vibe was frenetic but friendly and I could hear music spilling from the Virginian Hotel in Medicine Bow as I pulled up to a full parking lot Saturday afternoon. I noticed tents dotting the area with more being erected as I found a spot to park behind the historic and stately hotel. I had come to see the ninth annual Battle of Old Wyoming (BOW) as the boisterous and free alternative music festival is known. The co-owner of the Virginan, Vickie Scott, was very nice as she... Full story
The Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District and cooperating agency the Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD) have announced an open house to receive comments on the North Savery Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Forest Service personnel will be on hand to provide an update on the North Savery Project at an open house between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Monday, August 14 at the SERCD board room at 101 Cypress Ave. in Saratoga. In addition to attending the open house, interested parties may submit... Full story
It was a Monday. If you know anything about my normal Mondays they are usually pretty hectic and go fairly late as we try to get as much of the paper done as we can so the staff and I can proofread on Tuesdays before we get the Sun to press. This particular Monday we had our normal frenetic day, but were mostly done by 5 p.m. I was relieved and decided to go have a drink after work. The plan was to just have one or two then go home and use the unusual free time to clean house... Full story
The Town of Saratoga signed a Master Service Agreement with a Saratoga-based engineering firm at its last town council meeting August 1. The master service agreement between the Town of Saratoga and North Fork Engineering, also of Saratoga, was approved by the town council after legal review by the town’s attorney. A master service agreement is not a contract to perform work for the town, Mayor Ed Glode explained at the previous town council meeting held July 18. Instead, the document is intended to make things easier b... Full story
Planning for Taylor Pickett Park—slated to occupy what is now an empty lot at the corner of Pic Pike and Arrowhead drive near Veteran’s Island—came front and center at the first August meeting of the Saratoga Town Council Tuesday. As the park inches closer to becoming a reality, council members discussed engineering the grade and park drainage, along with managing the transition from an empty lot commonly used for parking to a park space. Council members also discussed other planning issues, including offers from volun... Full story
The Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District board (UPRSWDD) convened on Wednesday at 7 p.m at the Saratoga Town Hall to discuss how the implementation of the new transfer station was going. Lloyd Buford, UPRSWDD board member, gave a report of a meeting he had with Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Robert Doctor, Solid Waste Permitting and Corrective Action Program Manager. Ron Munson, contracted to run both Encampment and Saratoga landfills, said the new baler was working well. He also gave landfill site r... Full story
Saratoga’s Town Council was questioned at its first meeting of the month regarding the town’s water supply and a recent study detailed to the Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (Sewer Board) that showed the town’s drinking water may be getting harder. One member of the public took to the floor during the scheduled public comments section of the meeting to discuss issues regarding the town’s water supply, and reports that water in the town is getting harder.The person said he heard in the news about the increas... Full story
Transportation enthusiasts, sign collectors or citizens interested in Wyoming's heritage may soon be able to own a piece of Wyoming Department of Transportation history. WYDOT will auction off five, 8x4 foot aluminum Welcome to Wyoming signs that once greeted travelers to the state. The online auction can be viewed at https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/wyoming,wy/list/current?orgid=50715. The sign auction is currently ongoing and ends August 14. "This is the first time we've... Full story
National Thrift Store Day is Thursday, August 17, and Saratoga’s thrift store, Bridge Street Bargains (BSB), will observe the day with an open house and its regular Thrifty Thursday sale. The open house will be held from noon to 5 p.m. August 17 at the store. Refreshments will be served. The observance also celebrates the hundreds of hours put in yearly by BSB’s many volunteers and the $33,542 granted to local non-profit and student organizations in the two years since the store was reorganized and moved to its present loc... Full story
William Russel McCalla Jr. died July 19 with his children by his side. He was born in Laramie on May 7, 1930 to William R. McCalla Sr. and Dorothy Lynch McCalla. McCalla attended Laramie High School, served in the Army in 1948 and 1949. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1953 then earned a degree from Creighton Dental School in 1957. He married the late Lois Ethel Palm in 1955. He practiced dentistry in Laramie from 1957 until 1980 when he and Lois relocated to... Full story
A group of disabled veterans from Wyoming and Northern Colorado had the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors of Carbon County, as well as Valley Hospitality last week. For three days, the veterans stayed at the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort and were able to take part in workshops to help them cope with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and other wounds of war many veterans must deal with. They also had the opportunity to spend the next day... Full story