Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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BAGGS-This town of 400 residents on the banks of the Little Snake River in south-central Wyoming has a school, a grocery store, a post office and a hotel with a restaurant and bar. Sometimes there's a food truck. But when it comes to health care, residents now have two options: calling 911 or driving at least 40 miles to the nearest town with a clinic or hospital. That's because, as of last month, Baggs' only clinic closed its doors, leaving residents without any local options if they have a...
ETHETE - In the mid-1980s, Merle Haas got a call. Representatives of the Episcopal Church of Wyoming wanted her to meet them in Laramie. Haas, who is Northern Arapaho, drove to St. Matthew's Cathedral, the seat of church leadership. There, she was led into a dark room, packed with boxes. In the boxes were artifacts - everyday clothes, as well as toys, and sacred objects that Northern Arapaho people had traded a church official for food in the mid-1900s. Haas panicked. She didn't know what to...