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Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will be installing gates on Highway 230, east of Riverside, to close a section of the highway during hazardous weather. A WYDOT representative said these are additional safety measures that have been in planning for a couple years. The gates will be there to prevent commercial traffic from rerouting down surface streets when I-80 is shut down. Residents have the option of registering for Wyoming Travel Authorization program (W-TAP) which allows...
Students in both middle and high school were given an incredible opportunity to study with Sarita Keller, Director of the Ann Simpson Art Mobile Program. Dr. Keller teaches a class at the University of Wyoming and works in the UW Art Museum. According to Keller, the Artmobile's current exhibition 'Off the Beaten Path: Contemplating the Land' invites viewers to think deeply about complex relationships with the land. The seventeen works of art in the exhibit include etchings, lithographs, digital...
The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) students at Saratoga Middle High school will be hosting a Fall Festival and Haunted House on Saturday, October 29th at the Platte Valley Community Center Gymnasium. The kids festival games will start at 6 pm and are free. The Haunted house will open at 7:30 pm for two hours. Admission is $5 for adults and students, elementary school students admission is $3. Dinner will also be served at $6 per...
Is it time for a new bow? Upgrade your archery gear with the Wyoming Super Tag. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is running a bonus raffle for all hunters who purchase Super Tag tickets during the month of October to win a customizable Mathews V3X29 bow, donated by Mathews Archery. The 2022 V3X is the most streamlined hunting system Mathews Archery has ever created. Equipped with their new Bridge-Lock™ Sight technology to enhance balance, their new Stay Afield System (S.A.S.™) to keep you in the hunt and built compatible with a com...
Steven E. Sondergard, of Saratoga Wyoming, passed away unexpectedly on October 6th 2022. Steven was born on September 26th 1954 to Walter and Joan Sondergard. He grew up in Littleton, CO. He graduated from John F. Kennedy High School. He went on to earn Bachelor and Master degrees in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He went on and continued to pursue degrees in Operations Research, Economics and Accounting from The Wharton Business School, and Duke...
Roaslie Kraft Cousins 1/26/1948 – 10/6/2022 Rosalie Quealy Kraft Cousins, Encampment native, passed away on October 6 th at her home at the age of 74 years surrounded by her family. After a happy childhood on the Kraft Ranch, Rosalie graduated from Encampment High School in 1966 and was married to Michael Quealy in 1968. After his passing, she finished her education at University of Wyoming graduating with a degree in Home Economics and Special Education. She married Wade Cousins in 1972 in C...
Evertt William Wombaker, 88, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at his home in Chugwater, Wyoming surrounded by his grateful family. Evertt Wombaker was born on Thursday, July 26, 1934 in Encampment, Wyoming the son of Clifford and Irene (Pante) Wombaker. Evertt loved plowing snow for the highway department, ranching, his wife, and children. He leaves behind his wife, Myra Jean Wombaker; children, Trudy (Doug) Ward, Matt Wombaker, and Aaron (Tiffany) Wombaker; grandchildren, Kaleb...
Douglas Dean Waldron, 80 of Walden, Colorado passed away October 11, 2022. He was born May 8, 1942, in Cowdrey, Colorado to Cordie Vernon Waldron and Ethel Nadine Willford Waldron. During his life he attended North Park Schools. Later in life he worked a few years with the Jackson County Roads department. He then moved up in life working for the Colorado Dept. of Highways for 42 years. He enjoyed taking care of our Highways from Berthoud Pass, Rabbit Ears Pass, clear to the Wyoming Border....
Carbon County Visitors Council CEO Leslie Jefferson gave a presentation on the new sales and marketing programs that are being launched by CCVC at the Encampment Town Council meeting on October 13. Jefferson introduced Megan McComas who is the catalyst for these exciting projects that are being implemented to bring more tourists to the valley. Heidi Sifford was on the agenda representing Duke Altschuler of SMLI/The DiVide restaurant in Encampment. Sifford was there to discuss options for...
Riverside Town Council’s first visitor was Leslie Jefferson, CEO for Carbon County Visitor’s Council (CCVC). Jefferson gave a presentation of the new sales and marketing programs that are being launched by CCVC. Jefferson introduced Megan McComas who is the innovator of these exciting projects that are being implemented to encourage tourism. Helen Weiland, South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) representative, said that the website is active. Tne new website can be accessed at...
A National Geographic article I read recently, on how greater intelligence is being attributed to animals, got me thinking about how smart my pets have been. I have had a lot of pets over the years, but there have also been times in my life, when I had none. Anyway, the article made me go through my life and review my different pets and see how much merit this article had. My first pet was Tippy, a collie pup my dad bought for me, pretty much, right after I was born. He got bigger faster...
"I married into a family of educators well before I started at Carbon County Higher Education Center (CCHEC), but I have always believed in the importance of education," said Jennifer Moore who formally stepped into the role of CCHEC Executive Director this March. She had been serving as the interim director since the retirement of Dave Throgmorton in July 2021 and prior to that, held other positions at CCHEC. "I have worked at CCHEC since 2015," said Moore. "I initially worked in Marketing &...
Logan Wright Head Coach of the Saratoga High School football team had no illusions about the latter half of his schedule. Last week he faced Pine Bluffs, the number one seed in 9-man East Conference. This week the Panthers had to take on the Southeast Cyclones, who are the number two seed and have not lost a game in the conference. Saratoga put up a fight, but Southeast overpowered the Panthers. "Every game has a turning point, whether it is early or late," Wright said. "We had a huge momentum...
The Dubois Rams came to the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School football field and decided to send a message they were in the hunt to the State Championship. Currently they are the number two seed in the South Conference of 6-man. Number one is Little Snake River Valley which they have to this year. HEM, a team with many young players, is rebuilding and making strides, but was unfortunate to meet a team with a message to send. This does not mean the Rams ran up the score to...
The Farson-Eden Pronghorns got a taste of their own medicine after they beat a young Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) that they kept scoreless and ran up the points last week. This week, the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) High School football team beat Farson 63 to 0. The Rattlers are undefeated and have clinched home field advantage for the playoffs. “Farson has some talent, so we had to play,” Jack Cobb, the head coach for LSRV said. “We were able to get some good time for our varsi...
The Lady Panthers barely let the Lady Tigers take a breath. They took three matches to win the game on Thursday on their own court. The first match ended 25-17, second match was 25-13 and the third match 25-3. Whitney Bennett slammed the ball over the net with 12 kills followed closely by Makenna King and Shelby Knotwell. Coach Shayley Love had this to say, "Thursday's game against Encampment was a good solid game for our girls. We kept our composure and everyone did their job on the floor to...
The Lady Tigers gave it a shot, but they could not catch the Panthers. The Tigers seemed to run out of steam, losing all three matches. Coach Robin Brown said, "We are taking Thursday as a learning experience and using it to grow as a team. We are very young overall as a team, which makes the mental game and emotional side of the game more difficult. We will continue to work on our game both with overall game play and keeping our emotions in check. The next two weeks will be important in those...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School volleyball team met a lot of opponents this past week, but were not quite able to take a win. “Last weekend came after we had a long week,” Head coach for the Lady Miners Hannah Williams said. “ We traveled all three days on top of it being a five day school week.” During the week the Lady Miners played, Williams said the HEM team was looking for ways to improve on their record of 1-15. October 13, the Lady Miners played away at Wyoming Ind...
The Medicine Bow Town Council met Monday October 10 at the Medicine Bow Community Hall.A recent purchase of a vehicle for the police department had tax attached to it. Mayor Sharon Biamon asked if the taxes could be reimbursed since the town was tax exempt. Karen Heath, Town Clerk, said she would contact Carbon County regarding the town’s options.Dave Worthington and his wife Tasha came before the Council to ask forgiveness on several properties which had liens on them. They were also r...
Families roaming downtown Rawlins in October may invoke images of a Halloween walk. On October 7, however, there were no tricks and the treats were good fun and good art on display for residents and visitors. Rawlins Downtown Development Authority hosted the 6th Annual ArtBeat on the first Friday of October, with more than a dozen local artists showcasing their talents. Along with the visual arts, Stillhouse Blues provided music and a handful of food trucks fed hungry attendees during the...
The Rick Martin Memorial Park (previously Prospect Park) in Riverside is visited by hundreds of folks, both local and tourists, year around. The history of this beautiful play area is somewhat blurry with several possible scenarios. Helen Weiland came to live in Riverside in 1955 and provided some interesting trivia. Weiland currently takes care of the park, maintaining the restrooms, mowing and taking care of the flowers, as well as providing mosquito abatement measures to assure the comfort...