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Smoke lay over the town of Encampment Sunday and streets there were lined with residents watching and photographing flames spreading through grass and sagebrush up the Encampment River Valley about a mile southeast of Encampment. According to his wife, Sandy, Jeff Streeter was out in the field below the family yurt bucking hay bales when he heard an explosion. The resulting fire devastated the dwelling and spread through the Encampment River Valley where firefighters chased the fire uphill... Full story
If you go to the National Calendar website and try to find the origins of National Thrift Store Day, the site will say they could not uncover why August 17 was picked as the day of celebration for thrift stores. That doesn't take away from the fact thrift stores all over the country celebrated with sales on stock and edible treats for customers that came into their establishments. Bridge Street Bargains started their celebration at noon Thursday and kept going until closing at 5 p.m. with their... Full story
A horsemanship clinic to be held Friday-Saturday in Encampment will offer Valley equestrians the chance to learn more about what their horse’s body language is telling them, and what riders’ body language tells the horse. The clinic, sponsored by Jean Burger of Encampment, brings renowned horseman Chris Irwin to the Valley to work with local riders to teach them how to build a better relationship with their animals and get more from them. “Whether you ride Western or English, or whether your horse is Arabian, Tennessee Walker, gaited, Quart... Full story
The Saratoga Town Council met for its second scheduled meeting of the month Tuesday to quickly work though routine matters and address several non-routine agenda items. Besides routine matters, the council passed a resolution allowing the town to apply for funding for a Level I water study to plan future developments of the town’s water infrastructure. The board also awarded the airport runway rehab project to a contractor and voted to allow them to begin work on the project. The council also set a workshop meeting for members of the council a... Full story
History buffs and adventurers are invited to explore the southern route of the Cherokee Trail across the historic Big Creek Ranch Saturday, Aug. 26, during this summer’s final trek sponsored by the Saratoga Historical & Cultural Association (SH&CA). Interested persons are asked to meet at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Saratoga Museum, 104 E. Constitution Ave., across from Saratoga airport. The motorcade will leave at 9 a.m. for the ranch located 18 miles southeast of Encampment. Guest speakers Chilly Rollison, American Indian studies scholar and l... Full story
It has come to our attention at the Saratoga Sun that there is a movement afoot to curb runaway political spending. We agree with this so wholeheartedly we are running two letters to the editor this week on that topic. We at the Saratoga Sun feel no candidate should be able to “spend their way into office,” so the Saratoga Sun joins republican and former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson in backing this effort. The amount of money corporations and special interests can throw into elections has unbalanced our political system alarmingly. While the...
This is probably to seem like it is going to be about one topic, but then it goes in another direction. It will tie together, I promise. Last week, Milton Ontiveroz, University of Wyoming Communications Specialist came to the office of the Sun. After a bit of time we realized we had met before at my restaurant/bar in Laramie. He said some great things about my place and our drinks. Milton made me feel proud of what I had done in Laramie even though it is gone now. A key component to the success... Full story
Wyoming Promise volunteers are collecting signatures across the state for a bipartisan citizens’ initiative to restore free and fair elections. Wyoming Promise is a citizens’ grassroots effort to get big money out of politics by calling on Congress to pass a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It is working with several national organizations, including American Promise, which are coordinating similar efforts in many states, but Wyoming Promise is an independent group comprised solely of Wyoming residents. “The Wyoming Constitution guara... Full story
Dear Senators Enzi and Barrasso and Representative Cheney: In a public opinion poll taken in 2016, Rasmussen Reports found that 76% of Americans “believe the wealthiest individuals and companies have too much influence over elections,” while 80% “agree that wealthy special interest groups have too much power and influence over elections.” Bloomberg conducted a poll in 2015 that showed that 78% of Americans had an unfavorable view of the controversial Citizens United v. F.E.C. decision. Overwhelmingly, Americans agree strongly that money i... Full story
Figures released by the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) Tuesday verified what local residents observed over the weekend: traffic was terrible thanks to the influx of visitors for the solar eclipse. According to a release by WYDOT, the number of cars estimated to be on the road on Monday was 68 percent higher than the five year average for August 21. Overall, the state had 536,000 more vehicles on Wyoming roads Monday compared to average traffic. The influx of traffic snarled... Full story
Residents and visitors to the town of Riverside were treated to a night out with neighbors and friends at the town's Riverside Party Day. The event, held in Riverside town park, was sponsored by the town of Riverside and the Carbon County Visitors Council. It was catered by the Bear Trap Café and Bar, and music was courtesy of the High Plains Tradition Bluegrass Band from Colorado. Just after the party started at 4 p.m., there were about 50 people attending. By about 6 p.m., the crowd was estima... Full story
Saratoga's newest restaurant, the Firewater Public House opened Saturday after many months of renovation to the building and preparation.... Full story
The Steinley Cup, billed as one of the premiere microbrew festivals in Wyoming, was held Saturday in Saratoga.... Full story
The Saratoga Lady Panthers volleyball team is readying itself for the 2017 season, and is preparing to host its first matches of the year Friday and Saturday at the Saratoga Invite. As teams from across the Valley and state roll into town for the invite, including defending division champion Rattlers from Little Snake River school in Baggs, the Panthers will be looking to capitalize on home court advantage and get off to a good start for the season. Kaylee Love, the team's head coach said the... Full story
Encampment High School's girls' volleyball team began practice the week before school started with hopes of improving on last year's success. Last year, the team started out the season with an uninterrupted string of victories, but in an emotional loss at the state finals in Casper, the team lost its footing and took third in the state. For students this year, the goal is to reprise their appearance at state and this time take home the championship, the team's head coach Robin O'Leary said.... Full story
Coach Jackie Jones and assistant coach Russ Wiggam both said Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (H.E.M.) High School Volleyball team is young, but there is a lot of potential for the team to do well this year. Jones realizes the team is going to face adversity being comprised of underclassmen with only one senior returning. "After graduating some pretty key seniors last year, we definitely have some spots to fill," said Jones. She said the returning senior, Kaycee Born, will be doing a lot of... Full story
Saratoga High School's Cross Country team, with hopes of reprising its state-leading performance last year, was in training before the beginning of the school year at Veteran's island Monday. The team, which is comprised of students from Saratoga Middle/High School, Encampment K-12 school and H-E-M Middle/High School in Hanna, earned its place in the sun during last year's season when it finished first in the state, besting the second place team by a margin of 35 points, a resounding victory by... Full story
The Saratoga High School football team has been busy at work in the week before school getting in hours of practice ahead of their first game coming up versus the Laramie JV team Saturday. Kegan Willford, the team's head coach, said even though the team lost six seniors to graduation, there are now seven seniors on the team to provide leadership to their younger teammates. That experience, he says, is a huge boon to the team's offensive and defensive lines. Willford also said many of the... Full story
Zach Scott, the head football coach for Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM.) High School said although he has team that is young with only two returning seniors, he is excited for the season to start. "We are led by a lot of underclassmen. We only have four upperclassmen," Scott said. "We are a young team, but we are an eager team. I know we have potential." Scott said the team is working extremely hard at practices. "Every one of them are putting in so much effort, from top to bottom,"... Full story
Greg Bartlett, the new athletic director at Saratoga Middle-High School, is not a "paper type of person," he said, telling the Saratoga Sun his job-and his focus-is on the student athletes of SMHS. "I'm not a "paper type of person as far as I don't like my name out there much," he said. "It needs to be about the kids and the things that they do, so feel free to mention me as little as possible." Bartlett, who owns and operates a cattle operation with his wife Heather-a teacher at SHS- said he... Full story
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John Russo had 10 professional gun trainers out at the Spur Outfitters pistol range Sunday to teach the Advanced Defensive Pistol course. Fourteen students with skill levels ranging from never having fired a gun to fairly proficient attended the course in the proper defensive use of a semi-automatic pistol. The 3-hour course began at 1 p.m. with a classroom-style general overview that went from parts and controls of a pistol to proper aiming, stance and trigger pull. After the classroom... Full story
Some Saratoga residents and visitors took in the total solar eclipse Monday at viewing parties held at local homes.... Full story
The Saratoga Sun caught pictures of the solar eclipse Monday with special camera filters.... Full story