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The Encampment Lady Tigers ventured to the northwest corner of the state over the weekend to take on conference rivals the No. 3 Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns (10-25, 13-25, 16-25) on Friday and the No. 1 Cokeville Lady Panthers (11-25, 13-25, 7-25) on Saturday. Both games were hard losses for the young Lady Tigers, but, as has been the case all season, the score does not reflect the work being put in by the student athletes. Encampment vs. Farson-Eden When the Lady Pronghorns (...
On Oct. 9 the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) varsity volleyball team faced the Saratoga Lady Panthers at HEM. It was senior day and Taylee Widdison and Jessica Nelson were honored with a ceremony before the game. The Lady Panthers went into the meeting with a 17-2 record and wanted to make it 18. The first game, the Lady Panthers took control and although the Lady Miners kept it close in the beginning, Saratoga won 25-17. "We never go into a game thinking we can't...
Rocky Mountain Power, in partnership with Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company, is proud to announce a combined grant of $20,000 to relocate the historic Como Bluffs Fossil Cabin to downtown Medicine Bow. Each company provided $10,000 for the project. The cabin, built by Thomas Boylan in 1932 as a US 30 roadside attraction, is located five miles east of downtown Medicine Bow and made entirely of fossilized bone. Historic records indicate Boylan used around 5,800 dinosaur bones...
Alice Cornell, 82, long time resident of Saratoga, passed away in Fort Collins on Tuesday Oct. 9, 2018 of natural causes. Alice was born to Carl and Clara in Ethete, Wyo. and raised in Saratoga and Encampment. She was married to Clyde Jenkins from September of 1955 until his death in January of 1977. Together they had 6 children. She was married to Joseph Cornell from October of 1989 until his death in August of 1995, together they blended two adult families. She was very... Full story
On Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Hanna, candidates running for State Senate, Carbon County Sheriff and Carbon County Assessor joined candidates for Hanna mayor and town council for a meet and greet ice cream social. Candidates met potential voters upstairs of the church over cookies, slices of pie, ice cream, taco soup and hot chocolate. When the candidates moved downstairs to speak and answer questions, all of them commented on the excellent food...
Wyoming businesses seeking new markets for their products and services have a new resource at their disposal thanks to a revamped Trade Show and Market Expansion Grant program through the Wyoming Business Council. The new program expands the grant-eligible activities to include networking at industry-specific trade shows and conferences and traveling to attend meetings with potential buyers, in addition to displaying and selling products and services at traditional trade...
The Saratoga High School NHS and FBLA chapters will be trick-or-treating for canned goods in Saratoga on Halloween (Thursday, Oct. 31) from 7-8 p.m. All donations collected will go to the local food bank. The members will be dividing up into groups, and then going door-to-door in different parts of town. Everyone’s support will be greatly appreciated.... Full story
In a public statement from the Healthcare Sustainability Project Committee in conjunction with Health Management Services, LLC (HMS) it was recently announced that HMS has opened a temporary medical facility at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC). In their efforts to create a smooth startup and meet their commitment to ensure healthcare services in the Valley, HMS is starting ahead of schedule. Under the new management of HMS, the Platte Valley Clinic has opened a temporary medical facility at the PVCC, operating... Full story
Monte Thayer is looking forward to pool season. Thayer is the organizer of the Platte Valley Wednesday night pool league and has announced an initial organizational meeting for tonight at the Hotel Wolf and a follow up final meeting Wednesday, Oct. 24 at the American Legion. A proposed start night of Nov. 7 is on the slate to be discussed along with teams, team locations, length of season, tournament format and more. A change this year is that the Wednesday night league will...
"This was a game for the ages, one that I will never forget in my lifetime," Zach Scott, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) head football coach said at the end of the Kaycee game. "And neither will the kids." The Buckaroos, back-to-back-to back state champions and one game behind the Miners in the Southeast division, came in 5-1 and left 5-2. The Miners stay undefeated and number one in their division. "I couldn't be more proud of these guys," Scott said. "They never...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers continued to keep hold of their No. 2 position in the 1A Southwest conference following two games this weekend against the No. 3 Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns (15-25, 26-24, 24-26, 25-21, 15-7) and the No. 1 Cokeville Lady Panthers (16-25, 17-25, 11-25) on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13, respectively. The 1-1 weekend for the Lady Panthers is a continued sign of the progress the girls of Saratoga have made as they approach the postseason. Before they ventured to...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the Hanna Town Hall for their regular meeting. The minutes from Sept. 11 and the agenda for the evening were quickly approved. Council members Traci Fowler and Linda Schisel were absent. Mayor Tony Poulos and council members Bob Patton and Pat Gregory were present to make a quorum. Patton said the Carbon County Council of Governments meeting that was held in Hanna on Sept. 9 discussed the 5th Penny tax. Patton represented the...
During the regularly scheduled meeting of the Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (CCIJPB) at 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 at Saratoga Town Hall, board member Roger Cox brought the issue of Old Baldy Club (OBC) and water and sewer billing back up for discussion. The joint powers board also discussed the possibility of rate increases with sewer billing to help pay back the loan for the recently completed lagoon project. Treasurer Russ Waldner and board member Dave Christman were...
When my Aunt Sylvia died a few months back, down in Alabama, I wrote of my sadness in her departure in a column not long after. An interesting twist of losing one aunt was reconnecting with my other, living, aunt and the closeness that cropped up. Aunt Vicki is the much younger sister of my mother and Aunt Sylvia. She really didn’t live with either when they lived at home. Both had left the nest when she was a very young child due to the 15-16 year age difference. My best m...
During their regularly scheduled meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the Saratoga Town Hall, the Saratoga Planning Commission discussed several topics that have been brought to their attention recently. The topics discussed included inconsistent language in chapter 18.48, which regulates solar zoning, further discussion regarding grading and excavation and chapter 18.58, which will cover the permitting of recreational vehicle (RV) parks in Saratoga. The commission also approved...
Joan Irene (Chubb) Green, 95, of Rawlins passed on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 after a short illness. Born June 17, 1923 in Axminster, Devon England to parents Samuel and Julia Chubb, Joan married Milfred Green of the United States Army on December 2, 1944. With the ending of World War II Joan, with her small son, departed England on HMS Queen Mary to be reunited with her husband in the United States. One of her proudest moments was November 5, 1953 when she became a naturalized Citizen of the United States. She enjoyed reminding... Full story
The regular meeting of the Encampment Town Council at 7 p.m. on Oct. 11 at the Encampment Town Hall was less than 30 minutes from beginning to end as Mayor Greg Salisbury and the council members, minus Gary Stull, went quickly through the agenda. Despite the rapid progression through the meeting, the council still addressed a number of issues. Doreen Harvey, town clerk and treasurer, informed the council that John Farr had expressed interested in representing Encampment on the...
The Saratoga Airport Board, minus chairman Lance Grubb, heard updates from airport manager Bob Maddox on newly implemented landing fees as well as a report on the asbestos in the defunct terminal tower at Shively Airfield during their regularly scheduled meeting at 1 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the Saratoga Town Hall. There was also a brief update on the perennial issue of hangar leases. In Grubb’s absence, vice-chair Arlen Hughes ran the meeting. After making the decision to begin c...