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On Oct. 11-12, representatives of Wyoming Office of Tourism (WOT), Wyoming Travel Industry Coalition (WTIC), Wyoming Lodging and Restaurant Association (WLRA), Carbon County Visitors Council (CCVC) and people interested in the hospitality and tourism industry will be converging on Saratoga for a fall summit. The Saratoga Hot Springs Resort, Hotel Wolf and Riviera Lodge are all at capacity on the 11th with the 10th and 12th being solidly booked too. “It should be a pretty good economic impact for the community,” Stacy Cri... Full story
A security drill was conducted the morning of Sept. 30 at the Saratoga Care Center, during which the nursing home staff, an officer from the Saratoga Police Department, Saratoga Volunteer Firefighters and deputies from the Carbon County Sheriff's Department responded. Multi-agency drills are required for nursing homes that accept Medicaid, according to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, or CMS, a federal agency that ensures the integrity of medical providers and... Full story
The Saratoga Middle/High School Cross Country trekked to the state Capitol of Cheyenne Friday to run in the Leroy Sprague Invitational, which was held Friday at Prairie View Golf Course. The Invite hosted teams from around the state, including the Panthers' varsity, junior varsity as well as boys' and girls' junior high school teams. The meet featured several hundred runners from around the state. The high school boys varsity class ran the 5-kilometer run at the course, and... Full story
Zack Scott, the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School football coach said in the beginning of the season, he had a young team and there were going to be some games that would be difficult. The Guernsey-Sunrise Vikings were one of those teams Scott knew was laden with upperclassmen players that proved to a bit too much for the young Miners to overcome. The score of 81-44 takes away from of the bright spots Scott sees with his team. “Even with the loss, we learned and became better football players,” Scott sai...
The Pronghorn Invite in Farson had the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School Lady Miners have a hard day on Friday, but Saturday the team showed they could have a bad day in the early stages of a tournament and not let it spoil the whole event. Friday the pool of teams they had to play were Dubois, Farson and Ten Sleep. The Lady Miners lost two sets to Dubois and Farson and split sets with Ten Sleep. “As a group, we were not pleased with our play on Friday,” said Jackie Jones, head coach for the HEM volleyball t...
The wind whipped out of the west and the temperature dropped Friday as the Saratoga Panthers football team hosted the Panthers of Cokeville. For the Saratoga Panthers, the game would go cold and hard, just like the weather. The team went into the game knowing that it was going to be a tough match. Saratoga-fresh off a couple resounding conference wins over the previous two weeks-came into the brawl of the Panthers knowing they were facing one of the best teams in the state, a... Full story
The Encampment Lady Tigers joined several conference rivals at the Farson Pronghorn Invite in Farson Friday and Saturday. Standing apart from conference rivals, the Lady Tigers swept the competition, winning all their weekend matches. The Tigers played three matches Friday and three more Saturday in the gold bracket, racking up a score of wins over the weekend, including taking a three-game match against second rated conference rival and defending state champion Rattlers from Little Snake River School in Baggs. In many ways,...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers hit the road and joined several of their local and conference rivals at Farson’s Pronghorn Invite Volleyball tournament Friday and Saturday. The Lady Panthers took on several teams during the conference, scoring wins against some serious competitors while also losing to some old rivals from closer to home. Ultimately, the Panthers won the consolation gold against Kaycee, a top ranked team in the state, thus proving that Saratoga’s game is coming together just in time for the last two weeks of the...
Wyoming's economy showed several signs of improvement according to figures released by the Economic Analysis Division (EAD) of the Wyoming Department of Administration and Information, fueled largely by increases in oil production and more construction across the state. As oil production in the Cowboy state increased again from a mid-2016 low, oil prices per barrel continued to climb over previous months, but still remained below $50 per barrel. Natural gas prices were on the... Full story
Here it is again. National Flatulence Day. In observance, I ate beans all day yesterday. You should see the look on my coworkers faces—I am worried they might stick like that. Okay, you got me. There is no specific National Flatulence Day. I celebrate it year-round anyway. Too much information? Sorry. Like most people with adolescent-level minds, I think fart jokes are funny. But there are a “butt-load” of National Days. I took a look at nationaldaycalendar.com where there are clickable icons for every month. Once you click... Full story
The Saratoga Town Council is currently reviewing the Planned Unit Development (PUD) proposal submitted by the Saratoga Planning Commission. This plan is designed to allow more flexibility and creativity in site planning. The PUD also streamlines the development process for mixed usages and/or higher allowable densities. Current zoning regulations do not allow flexibility in site planning and limit what can be built on a site. With the PUD a plot of land can be residential, commercial, light industrial and/or heavy industrial... Full story
The Medicine Bow town council convened a special meeting 7 p.m. on Sept. 18 to appoint a new council member and go over code and enforcement. At 7:02 p.m. the council went into executive session to appoint a new member to the council. Mayor Kevin Colman left the room because a relative was being considered. The council was back in five minutes and announced Kenda Colman had been appointed to the town council. The council went back into general session and code enforcement became the topic. It was decided a code enforcer... Full story
Adjustment to the changes at the landfill was the dominant topic at the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) board meeting held 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Saratoga Town Hall. Bills, correspondence and the minutes from the meeting on Sept 6, were approved, but Leroy Stephenson, board member, did comment on the expense of the bill from MeTech Recycling of Denver. That company took two-and-a-half loads of electronics for recycling. The cost was $5,100. Sue Jones, board member, said MeTech Recycling was the onl... Full story
The Saratoga Town Council met briefly for its first scheduled meeting of the month of October, then spent nearly one-and-a-half hours in executive session before adjourning. During the public portion of the meeting, council members approved a fix to the town’s new 9-1-1 telephone system and held the second reading of a so-called Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance that would change the way the town can approve development projects in town. The council heard an update from Saratoga Police Department Chief Robert Bifano a... Full story