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The Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (sewer board) met Wednesday to deal with routine business, but the long-running issue of the sewer line running under Hwy 30 that is causing issues for local business owners became murkier as Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) waded into the fray. The sewer line that serves Happy Tails Dog Boarding and the Saratoga Feed Store has been problematic for months, with complaints to the board going as far back as March. According Pam Waldner, owner of Happy Tails, the sewer line backs up...
A new fire burned about 30 acres four miles east of Hog Park Reservoir in Wyoming as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, a Forest Service news release said. The Broadway Fire, as it is being called, is believed to have ignited within the last week, and was discovered Aug.14. On the Beaver Creek Fire front, crews struggled to hold a fire line on Big Creek Road. The fire jumped the road in one place Monday, though it remained contained behind additional contingency lines, the release said As of Tuesday, there...
Saratoga Middle School will be holding a parent and player volleyball meeting 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23 in the Saratoga Middle/High school library. All forms necessary will be provided for parents and players to sign and turn in that evening. First practice will be 3:30 p.m. Aug. 24. at the Platte Valley Community Center Gym. Players are reminded to have their sports physical completed, fees paid to the office, proof of insurance and concussion form taken care of before their first practice. The concussion form may be picked up at the Saratoga...
Saratoga Elementary School (SES) students returning to school next week will get to enjoy a newly-renovated playground, and staff at the school will enjoy no more headaches any time it rains. The playground at the school received a makeover during the summer. Students will get a new, high tech rubberized ground covering and colorful games and educational designs baked onto the pavement. Faculty and staff will no longer have to deal with water running on the floor of the building when there is rain. According to Dave Rangitsch, Principal of...
The Saratoga Planning Commission will have a full plate for some time to come. In an Aug. 9 meeting attended by about 10 individuals, the commission voted in favor of a rezone request put in by Trivest Enterprises and devoted the remainder of their two-hour meeting to laying out goals for the year ahead. Commission chair Rory Grubb and commission member Chris Duke were absent from the proceedings. The three to one Trivest decision came in the wake of a 20 minute discussion about the developer’s...
Facebook is a nice little online tool with both apparent upsides and not-so-visible downsides. A reason to join The only reason I ever got on Facebook was to find a friend I hadn’t seen in 20 years. I checked the phonebook. I perused old addresses and phone numbers I had from years before. I called other friends. I Googled the guy. Finally I took the plunge and got on Facebook... …and found him immediately. We made plans to meet up with some other friends since I was planning to be in Hou...
A Rawlins volunteer firefighter was injured Saturday during the demolition derby held at the Carbon County fair after a car competing in the event crashed over a dirt berm and tore through a gate. The firefighter received a large laceration on her arm after it was caught between a gate and the back of a truck she was sitting near, according to acting fire chief John Rutherford. The injury was not life threatening, he said. The injured firefighter was transported to Memorial Hospital of Carbon...
Riverside town council met Thursday at 6 to conduct routine business and issue a liquor license transfer to the new owner of the Bear Trap. Neighboring Encampment’s Town Council met a little later, and conducted its monthly meeting in what one member described as “record time.” The Riverside council members spent some time planning and coordinating setup for the town’s annual Party Day, which was held Saturday. The Riverside council members also moved through routine town business such as approving payment of bills. The Riverside council...
Local business neighbors Strong Tower Design and Sweet Marie's Bakeshop celebrated their third anniversary in business Saturday with a street festival for their loyal customers. Between 4 and 8 p.m., music from Teense Wilford and Home Grown floated down Bridge Street. Children danced under a tent set up for the occasion and delicious food aromas drew passers by to the festivities. In addition to pizza and an array of appetizers, there was a free-to-enter raffle held every thirty minutes,...
Sharing the sidelines of a C.J. Box Trivia event with the author and his wife, it became apparent that Box’s fanbase may remember more about bit characters in the Joe Picket series than does the man who invented them. Whether that’s due to Box’s prodigious output–16 Pickett novels and counting–or his fan’s exceptional avidity is an open question. Saturday, Box was at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) to attend the third annual charity trivia event held there in his honor. About 25 turned...
8:30 p.m. Aug. 17 A police chase that began in Nebraska ended in a foot pursuit on I-80 at Walcott Junction Wednesday. Troy Douglas, 23, Of Nashville, Tenn., was arrested after leading police on a chase, disabling his car and pointing a gun at an officer before attempting to flee on foot. According to David Wagener of Wyoming Highway Patrol, the chase began early Wednesday morning in Nebraska. Nebraska police chased the suspect, but quit the pursuit when the suspect fled into Wyoming. The Nebras...