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Encampment High School girls' varsity volleyball team extended its undefeated winning streak with two matches over the weekend. The team faced off at home against the Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners on Friday at 4 p.m., taking the match in three sets. Saturday, the Tigers hosted the Lady Longhorns of Rock River High School, handily defeating Rock River in three sets to take the match. Both visiting teams were under duress because of injuries and illnesses, Robin O'Leary, coach of... Full story
A new anonymous and secured drop box at the Saratoga Police Department now gives Valley residents the ability to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs in a safe and environmentally sound way. The box, located in the lobby of the police department allows residents to dispose of unwanted, unneeded and expired prescription drugs so that they can be safely disposed of, according to Robert Bifano, acting chief of police for Saratoga. By giving members of the public a safe and anonymous way to... Full story
From all appearances, three wild fires burning near the state line are in terminal phase, and fire managers are shifting focus from suppression to rehabilitation. According to a Forest Service news release, management of the Beaver Creek, Broadway and Snake Fires are set to be downgraded from National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) to a Type III Incident Command Team Sept. 22. None of the fires have grown appreciably since heavy precipitation dampened fuels last week, and containment... Full story
Glenn Leavengood fought a seven-year battle with cancer that ended on Oct. 19, 2015. Glenn was born in Kansas, but got to Wyoming as quick as he could as the adopted child of Slim and Bird (Stockwell) Leavengood. Glenn attended Saratoga schools K-12, and worked on several local ranches from age 14 until he was employed by Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District in the 90s. Glenn worked for the SERCD until the day of his death. His most passionate work at SERCD was the living snow fence... Full story
Have you always wanted to travel over Buffalo Pass between Steamboat and Walden? Do you want to learn more about Howelsen Hill and the early ski industry in Steamboat? If so, then join your friends for the 22nd annual community fall trek. The trek is on Sunday, Sept. 25 and will leave the Baggs Town Hall at 8 a.m. For those from the Platte Valley wishing to join the trek, the group will be at the intersection of Wyo 70 and the county road to Hahns Peak at 8:20 a.m. Stops will also be made at Columbine and Hahns Peak. The group will then gather... Full story
Manpower shortages during World War II led to establishment of a prisoner of war camp at Ryan Park, Wyo., in the Medicine Bow mountains of southern Wyoming, according to a 1943 article in the Saratoga Sun. While a camp, the facility housed Italian, German and Austrian prisoners, the article said. Much has been written about the Heart Mountain detention camp in northern Wyoming. Yet, little is known about two prisoner of war camps located near Douglas and Ryan Park. The Ryan Park camp operated from 1943 through 1945. History of the Ryan Park... Full story
"How do we divvy this up?" Saratoga Planning Commission member Will Faust asked at a Sept. 13 meeting of the group. Perhaps the quintessential question of planning, Faust was referring in this case to Saratoga's area of influence or town buffer zone, which must change to reflect new statutes from Cheyenne. The buffer zone, also called a realm of influence, is an area outside of but in close proximity to town limits. As enforced in the past, this zone extended one mile beyond town limits to form... Full story
The Saratoga Middle/High School Cross Country Team returns home after two weekends spent running in Colorado to host the Saratoga Invitational on Friday. Last Friday’s performance at the John Martin Invite in Fort Collins saw improvement from many runners, Rex Hohnholt, the team’s coach, said. “We had a hard week of practice this (last) week,” Hohnholt said. ‘When I saw how they competed I was very proud.” The team had taken things easy the last couple week in light of the work they did training, Hohnholt said. The team backed off a bit durin... Full story
After a momentary stumble against their first conference opponent Sept. 10, the Panthers volleyball team came roaring back to form last week. The girls took all three of their matches in commanding fashion, winning in the minimum three sets against Kaycee (Sept. 17) and North Park (Sept. 13), and taking what would have been a grudge match from the Laramie sophomore team in four sets Sept. 16. Laramie, whom the Panthers had already defeated earlier in the season, posed one of the biggest... Full story
With its first scheduled conference competition right around the corner Sept. 23, the Saratoga football team suffered another loss Sept. 16, falling 46-6 to the Southeast Cyclones. It was the third loss of the young season for the Cats, though none of the first three matches have affected division standings. "We kind of got into a hole early and couldn't crawl out," said coach Kegan Willford Monday. After the first quarter, the Panthers were down 12-0 following two Cyclones touchdowns and a... Full story
Senior Center Menu Wednesday: Meatloaf, rice pilaf, spinach, wheat bread, peaches, milk Thursday: Chicken/dumplings, asparagus, wheat roll, fruit cut, milk Friday: Salisbury steak/gravy, baked potato, steamed carrots, wheat bread, cherries, milk Monday: Baked ham, scalloped potatoes, broccoli, wheat bread, pineapple whip, milk Tuesday: Beef stew, tossed salad, cheese/onion roll, purple plums, milk Saratoga School Wednesday: Soft shell beef taco, lettuce/tomato/salsa, corn, fruit and vegetable bar, mandarin oranges, milk Thursday: Chicken... Full story
Following an anonymous email threat, Carbon County School District #2 placed all schools in the district on lockout status. Jim Copeland, CCSD #2 superintendent of schools, said that school will be dismissed on time, buses will run on schedule and parents will be allowed to pick up their children as usual. After school athletics and activities will not be interrupted, Copeland said. Copeland said the district received an alert from the Wyoming Department of Homeland Security advising them of an anonymous threat made by email. The anonymous... Full story