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The Platte Valley VFW 6125 and Angus England American Legion Post 54 will be hosting a retirement flag ceremony on September 12 at 1 p.m. at Grandview Park in Encampment. Retiring flags which are no longer usable will be accepted at Town and Country Realty in Saratoga or at Good Things in Encampment. Flags should never be thrown away, Commander Jason Campbell, said. They should be respectfully retired by burning them, then burying the ashes and grommets. According to the US Flag Code, the preferred method for retiring a damaged American flag...
The Carbon County Visitors Council (CCVC) met on August 18 at the Cowboy Inn in Baggs. Newly elected Chairperson Danny Burau called the meeting to order. The agenda was quickly approved and the meeting went immediately into the financials. The board approved the distribution of 11 checks to municipalities and the county treasurer for a total of $17,222.37. The total collected from Lodging Tax revenue for the month of August was $172,223.68. This time frame is actually monies collected from...
*Editor's Note: After going to press, the Sun was informed an account would be set up at RNB State Bank in Saratoga instead of Bank of the West. Additional Note: Philip's service will be 1pm at Valley Chapel in Saratoga on Saturday, September 11. * Philip Lee Robinson, age 56, passed away September 4 at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in Rawlins. He was married to the love of his life, Eva Lane Robinson, and has three wonderful sons, Logan, Lane, and Landon. Philip was born July 12, 1965 to... Full story
Richard C. "Dick" Wiant went to his Heavenly home on August 26, 2021, at the Saratoga Care Center. Dick was born on October 18, 1923, to Ruth Mary Marston and Acy Clyde Wiant, the first of four siblings. He went to school in Saratoga and graduated. He served from April ,1943 to December 1945 in the Army with the 112th Engineering Combat Battalion. He was in Normandy at Omaha Beach Landing and Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. He worked on various ranches in the area, timber and the sawmill for... Full story
A housing crunch in Carbon County is hard to believe for me. I live in Hanna where housing always seemed available but it is here along with almost every town in the county. How long is anyone’s guess, but people coming to this area are discovering what I did over 20 years ago. Carbon County is fantastic. I bought my first Carbon County house in Saratoga. It was a two bedroom townhouse on Elm Street and I loved it. The only problem? It was too small for all the stuff I had. I didn’t even realize...
With a total of 10 museums, Carbon County has the most museums of any county in Wyoming. These historical depositories range in size from the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM), which has thirty or so buildings with exhibits sometimes changing on a monthly basis, to Baggs and Elk Mountain which have one building to show off their history. All museums depend on funding from grants and donations although, in the Little Snake River Valley and Saratoga, museum districts were formed. This gives a stream...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners volleyball is getting its footing as the season progresses with all the girls getting a chance to play according to head coach Teira Scott. “This weekend allowed all of our girls the opportunity to play a lot of volleyball,” Scott said. “We were able to play some teams that we do not usually see in our regular season schedule so that was nice too.” The Lady Miners played three teams on Friday. “We played Wind River our first game and got off t...
The Saratoga Cross Country team trekked up to central Wyoming on Thursday as they competed at the Lander Invitational. While there, both men’s and women’s teams placed well early in the season. Men at Lander Grant Bartlett led the men’s varsity team on September 2, placing 1st as he finished with a time of 17 minutes, 45 seconds. Twin brother Grady Bartlett wasn’t far behind as finished in 3rdr place with a time of 18 minutes, 25 seconds. Calvin Condict placed 11th in Lander, finishing with a...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers football team played their first game against another Carbon County six-man team and came out victorious 61-0. “Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) just didn’t have a lot of players to go to this year,” Head Coach Jack Cobb said. “They were scrambling to have enough players to compete with us. Also my boys were fired up to compete with someone other than themselves.” Cobb said he has 24 players on his team. In six-man that is a lot of depth. Th...
The Encampment Tigers came out of their first game of the season with a decisive victory as they work to show they belong in six-man football. On Friday, the Tigers hit the road as they were hosted by the Midwest Oilers. Encampment would end up dominating the Oilers’ gridiron as they ended the match-up with a 60 point lead over the other six-man team. In the 1st quarter, the Tigers scored 37 unanswered points against Midwest beginning with an interception and 57 yard return by Caysen B...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners football went to face the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers on Saturday and left with a loss. The game ended with LSRV scoring 61 points while keeping HEM scoreless. LSRV has a roster of 24 players. HEM has 12 players with senior Joseph Borah injured. The Rattlers were able to return a kickoff for a touchdown and then get an interception, giving LSRV momentum from the beginning. Clearly with a lot going south, HEM had every right to want...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers hit the road again last week as they travelled to Pavillion for the Wind River Invite. While there, the Lady Rattlers had an undefeated weekend as they dealt losses to both 2A and 1A schools. “We knew that, going in, we played mostly 2A schools and the competition is normally pretty good. We just took what we needed to work on from the weekend before and we just built on that,” said Head Coach Jenny Evans. “Each game, we went in and we focus...
Spend any amount of time in the Platte Valley during the warmer months, and you've probably seen DeeDee Martz, owner of DD's Delicious Delights, set up somewhere. A regular face at the Farmer's Market at the Saratoga Museum, Dee Dee also sets up at multiple events and locations throughout the summer. While most of her business takes place in the summer, a few special customers have orders for the winter as well. "Don't get between Teense Wilford and his Jalapeño jam," said Dee Dee "I've made...
At the beginning of the season, Logan Wright, head coach of Saratoga Panther football, said the Panthers were underdogs. Wyoming Indian High School probably doesn't buy this assessment after getting trounced by Saratoga 62-8. While the game didn't go well in the beginning with an early fumble by the Panthers, the Cheifs failed to captilize on it. The teams remained scoreless until Tuker Carricato went in for a touchdown with 4:50 left in the 1st quarter. From this point on, the Panthers could...
A coal miner and a part salesperson buy an inn. That's not the start of a joke. The Ten Mile Inn has recently come under new ownership with Troy and Barb Wallace. Recently from Glendo, Wyoming, Troy worked at the North Antelope Rochelle Mine and Barb spent the last 25 years selling parts for Ford and Dodge. While they spent the last decade in Glendo, the Wallaces were previously residents of Glenrock and, before that, Saratoga. One might say they've come full circle as they make their return to...