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The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met July 20 at the Town Hall in Sinclair. The Sinclar Town Hall renovated the upstairs and was pleased to show off the facility to the different municipalities’ elected officials who were there for the meeting. Chairman Travis Moore asked asked the host municipality Sinclar to give a little history and news about the town. Michelle Serres talked about the renovation of the town hall. The Wyoming Department of Trasportation (WYDOT) went over p...
Pam and Scott Thayer are well known in Rawlins and Carbon County for their work and volunteer efforts. They were still surprised and honored when Scott was picked to be the Grand Marshal of the Carbon County Fair in 2022. It was no surprise to Carbon County Fair director Julie Webb who said Scott had been selected because of his support of the Fair. "He has supported the Fair so much over the years as has RNB State Bank where he recently retired," Webb said. "The board picked him as sort of a...
Carbon County resident, pioneer rancher, cattleman and outfitter Charles "Chuck" A. Sanger, 84, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2022. Chuck was born October 7, 1937, in Rawlins, Wyoming, to Charles J. Sanger and Millicent Enberg Sanger and was a lifelong Upper North Platte Valley resident, as well as a fifth-generation cattle rancher. His great great grandfather, Elijah Moore, homesteaded a portion of the Sanger Ranch in the 1860s after which other generations continued as cattlemen and...
Jessie Cecil James, 83, was born February 19th, 1939 in Denver, Colorado. Parents, Fred and Ethel James lived on Beaver Creek, south of Riverside, but travelled to Denver for Jesse's birth. Jesse lived with grandparents on Beaver Creek Ranch during WWII while parents worked in defense plants in Tacoma, Washington. Jesse started school in Encampment, Wyoming, in 1945 and when his parents returned, they moved to Denver to his Maternal grandparents' home. In 1946, they moved back to Laramie where...
Two resolutions were passed at the Saratoga Town Council meeting on August 2; Resolution 2022-07 authorizing submission of an application for the State Loan and Investment Board for a grant through Water and Sewer ARPA grant program funding for on behalf of the Governing Body for the Town of Saratoga for the purpose of replacing old failing and failed, water distribution mains of Spring Avenue to ensure safe driving water for the Town of Saratoga Residents and Resolution 2022-09 authorizing subm...
Duane J. Duncan, of Dixon, Wyoming, died Friday, August 5th at his ranch in Slater, Colorado. He was 66. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, August 13, 2022 at the Little Snake River Museum in Savery, Wyoming. Memorial contributions may be made to Little Snake River FFA or the Little Snake River Museum, C/O Grant Mortuary, 621 Yampa Ave. Craig, CO 81625....
Recently the Hanna Recreation Center hosted 150 young adults and 50 adults on their way to a competition in Indianapolis. The group was the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps (Vanguard). The Hanna Rec Center was suggested by a town employee in Medicine Bow when Vanguard explained their reservations in Laramie had been messed up and were looking for a place to stay and had two days to find a place. The staff at the Hanna Rec Center listened and welcomed Vanguard to their place. The buses a...
"We are going to miss him so much," Mayor Sharon Biamon said on Saturday at the Hanna Recreation Center. "We really will." Biamon was waiting for Medicine Bow Marshal, Dave Redding, to arrive where there was a surprise going away party being thrown by Roger and April Hawkes with some help from Hanna Marshal, Ted Kranenberg. The Hanna Recreation Center was picked to surprise Redding. A bit of a ruse, was used to catch him unaware. By the time Redding arrived in full gear to respond, there were...
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation-Platte Valley Chapter held its 31st Annual Fundraising banquet and auction at the Platte Valley Community Center on August 6th. Approximately 90 people attended and enjoyed food and fun while supporting a very important organization. Paula Klaus-Crozier and her husband, Wess, along with Pat Rollison, Ed and Joni Kenneday, Cortney Place and Josh Crozier hosted the event. Also in attendance were JR Larsen the regional director, and auctioneer Rodeo Rick Darcy....
The Town of Encampment sponsored a tasty barbeque and lots of goodies on August 6. The music from "Pert Near Sandstone musicians, Sipe and Kniebel, J Lenz, Justin Bruhn and Matt Cartier gave us a taste of folksy, Americana style music with a modern twist. Due to sound system issues the band moved down on to the grass and gave us all a wonderful show. The little ones got into the act as well when Matt Cartier, the fiddle player showed off his clogging prowess....