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The Saratoga Council of Catholic Women is sponsoring a community blood drive from noon until 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 at St. Ann’s Parish Hall. According to the United Blood Services, more people would donate if only they knew the importance of blood. Doctors use blood only for one reason: to sustain life. And, there is no substitute for blood. It cannot be manufactured. It is the ‘gift of life’ that only human beings can give to one another. “Blood donors save lives,” organizer Val Larscheid said. “Several of them, in fact, becau... Full story
The Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce is pleased to host the 15th annual “Festival of Trees Gala and Auction” on Friday, December 8 at the Platte Valley Community Center. Decorated trees and wreaths, gift baskets, centerpieces and other holiday décor and gifts are donated by individuals, organizations and businesses and then auctioned. Proceeds of the evening are to benefit the Chamber and a local charity or not-for-profit organization. Anyone wishing to donate a decorated tree, wreath, gift basket, centerpiece or other holiday déco... Full story
The WyoPoets 2018 Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest is now accepting entries through the postmark deadline of Dec. 15, 2017. First prize is $100, second place $50, third $30, and fourth $20. Up to five honorable mentions will be awarded. Poems, published or unpublished, of up to 40 lines, including title and line breaks, are eligible. Entry fee is $3 plus $1 per poem entered, no limit on number of poems entered. For guidelines and instructions on how to enter, visit the WyoPoets website at http://www.wyopoets.org/contests.html. Questions... Full story
The State of Wyoming has authorized a new Certificate of Title for all vehicles, trailers, motorcycles, mobile homes, etc. Titles issued at your local County Clerk's office will transition to slightly larger paper, and will include new information and improved security features. The new titles will also have a slightly different look and feel. County clerks will begin using the new titles as soon as November, but will exhaust supplies of the previous version first. Additionally, the back of the... Full story
For the first time in nearly a decade, increasing costs of production, printing, and distribution are driving the need for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service to increase the price of its maps. Prices of U.S. Forest Service paper and plastic coated maps will increase to $14 on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. The U.S. Forest Service continually updates its maps and looks for ways to enhance maps. The Forest Service expects to shorten the revision cycle as cartographers continue to apply new digital technology to the map revision p...
Freezing credit and signing up for free credit monitoring are among strategies a University of Wyoming Extension specialist recommends in response to the massive hack of the consumer credit reporting agency Equifax. Information for about 145 million people was compromised, potentially exposing names, addresses, birthdates and Social Security numbers. Equifax has taken a few steps to help people protect their identities, said personal financial management specialist Cole Ehmke. All Americans can sign up for free credit monitoring at... Full story
You may have noticed there are quite a few headlines on the internet designed purely to lure you into clicking on them. These story titles, dubbed “clickbait,” are designed to pique your curiosity and quite often have absolutely nothing to do with the story that comes up when you get there. Kinda like my headline here. Sorry. Not really. ; ) Hey look, I even used an emoji in one of my columns! Anyway … As much as I like to write good headlines that actually have something to do with —and are descriptive of—the stories they go with, I decided t... Full story
"The soup is pretty good," Basil Phillips, football player for Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School, "I thought this was a pretty good idea and cool how it was hosted." Phillips was talking about the first Soup Fest and Rally held at the Hanna Recreation Center that started at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday Phillips said he was surprised how many people showed up for the event. It made him happy so many people showed up to show support for his team. "It's excellent and it is a good way to... Full story
The Encampment Lady Tigers made the trek to regional competition in Lander where they faced the two toughest teams in their conference-and arguably the state. The tough competition did not impede the Tigers, who won a place at State finals next week in Casper. The key to the team's success, according to head coach Robin O'Leary, was the ability of the players to remain flexible so they can cover whatever role they find themselves in, as well as their phenomenal teamwork that allows the team to... Full story
The Saratoga Panthers football team traveled to Pinedale Friday to face off against the Hornets in the first round of playoffs, but met stiff resistance from the undefeated defending state championships from Sublette County. In the end, the Panthers ended their season with a disappointing 58-0 loss. “Going into the game, we knew it was going to be a challenge and I pretty much asked the kids that we give them our best shot,” the team’s head coach, Kegan Willford, said. “Pine Bluffs is a very talented team, they’re the defending state champions... Full story
A media outlet recently picked Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School Lady Miners to be 5th in the 1A Regional Tournament. Coach Jackie Jones used the prediction for a motivational speech to her girls the night before facing Kaycee in the regionals. “My girls have been overlooked most of the season, and, at times, for good reason,” Jones said. “We are a young team with only one senior.” In the beginning of the season, Jones worried about the team gelling together because there was so much youth. “We had our troubles early as... Full story