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As announcements of vaccines for the coronavirus (COVID-19) began to roll out across the country, many Wyoming residents likely wondered when those vaccines would arrive in the Cowboy State. During the December 1 meeting of the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC), County Health Officer Wayne Couch announced that the vaccines were forthcoming and that they would be distributed to frontline workers first. On December 11, the Wyoming Department of Health officially announced the...
As various sections of municipal infrastructure age and need to be replaced, the Saratoga-Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (SCCIJPB) is looking everywhere for potential revenue sources. One of those sources is the money owed to the Town of Saratoga from delinquent water and sewer users. During their December 9 meeting, the SCCIJPB discussed the delinquent accounts—some only 60 days past due and others more than three years in arrears—and how best to collect on them. On the night of the me...
When the Saratoga Planning Commission meets in January, it will be unclear as to how many members the advisory board will have. While, according to Saratoga Municipal Code, the planning commission should be composed of seven members, it has struggled to retain that number and has even, at times, struggled to maintain a quorum according to its own bylaws. During the December 8 meeting of the Saratoga Planning Commission, Commissioner Tom Westring reminded the few in attendance that Chairman Jim...
During their final meeting of 2020, the Saratoga Planning Commission discussed a variety of topics ranging from the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Town of Saratoga and Carbon County to the final authority of special use permits. Three of the four current members of the planning commission were in attendance on December 8 and, even while addressing continued concerns from Ellie Dana-Raymer regarding the new Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (MHCC) clinic, the meeting concluded in...
Okay, it’s Christmas and it’s time to buy gifts. The year 2020 has been so difficult to Wyoming business people, it just seemed to make sense for us to reach out and support Wyoming-made products. Here are some suggestions from some friends around the state: Bob Grammens of Sheridan Media suggested: Jake’s Lures. Known worldwide but made in Sheridan. Website: https://www.jakeslures.com/ and Kim Love recommends Tom Balding Bits and Spurs. Known worldwide and all made in Sheridan. Website: https://tombalding.com/ Jim Hicks of Buffalo wrote... Full story
*UPDATE* During the December 17 meeting of the Carbon Count School District No. 2 Board of Trustees, the board voted unanimously to permanently approve the Encampment Football program. The program will remain self-funded with the exception of the district providing funding for officials and travel to away game. Two years after receiving permission to begin a six-man football program, the student athletes of Encampment High School will appear before the Carbon County School District No. 2...
State winners were named during the 2020 Wyoming Make it With Wool competition, Sunday, December 6, in Laramie. Due to COVID-19, there was no in-person modeling of garments. Contestants submitted 39 entries from 12 districts across the state. The top two junior and senior entries are selected for the state contest, said Carol Macy, state contest director. Judging was at the University of Wyoming's Cliff and Martha Hansen Teaching Arena near Laramie. First place in the senior division went to...
The Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) met on December 2 at the Platte Valley Community Center to discuss ongoing matters involving the landfill. After site reports and discussion of ongoing billing issues, the board met with Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Keel to address the James Childress report. The report was criticized in the town council meeting the day before, and this trend continued to the landfill board meeting. Keel started by discussing Childress’s overview of the r...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner Grapplers went to Wind River on Friday to face teams from Saratoga, Wind River and Dubois. Robert Riddle, HEM head coach, was pleased with what he saw from his wrestlers. “At 106 Anthony Solaas won two matches and he looked very good in both,” Riddle said. Solaas wasn’t the only one to win and make his coach happy. “Our 113 pounder, Makaylee Widdison won her first match and she had good looks,” Riddle said. “She is our newest female wrestler....
Encampment Tiger Basketball was off to a roaring start this weekend as they hosted two teams for two wins in the pre-season. On Friday, the Tigers hosted the Dubois Rams for a double-digit victory before taking on the Cheyenne Central Indians'sophomore team on Saturday. "We are thankful that we had the opportunity to play this weekend," said Jake Johnston, head coach of the Tigers. Similar to previous pre-season games, not only was Encampment able to maintain a substantial lead over the...
The first game of the season for the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners was at home, on Saturday, against Midwest. The Lady Miners are returning with players that have a lot of experience together and it showed almost immediately as HEM started scoring against the Lady Oilers. To the credit of Midwest, they scored the first points but, once HEM settled down, they took the lead. HEM scored fast and furious with a mission. It was apparent from the onset of the game that the Lady...
The first game of the season for the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners was against Riverside on Friday. The mask and social distancing protocols for attending the game by both teams were adhered to at this home game. Tickets were needed for fans to attend. Riverside The Miners started out scoring first and built up a 5 point lead before the Riverside Rebels scored their first points. HEM hit a 3 pointer with a six minutes left in the first quarter, making the score 8-2 and the...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers hosted one game and traveled for two this past weekend as they faced the Dubois Lady Rams on Friday, the Southeast Lady Cyclones on Saturday morning and the Lingle-Fort Laramie Lady Doggers on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Panthers went 1-3 for their first trio of games in the season, but Head Coach Heather Bartlett was happy with what she saw overall. With only one game left before the Christmas break, there is plenty of time to fine tune using the Saturday games as a...
The Saratoga High School wrestling team started their season this weekend with meets at Wind River on Friday and Lovell on Saturday. The teams that attended the Wind River meet were: HEM, Dubois, Wind River and Saratoga. At the Lovell Invite, teams that attended were: Greybull/Riverside, Dubois, Lovell, Rocky Mountain, Saratoga, Tongue River and Wind River. Saratoga Head Coach Jared Mason was happy how the grapplers fared over the weekend. “The Saratoga Panthers wrestling team traveled to W...
Coming into the season as the defending state champions following their victory last season, the Saratoga Panthers are off to a great start in the pre-season as they dealt three losses to three other 1A teams last weekend. On Friday, the Panthers hosted the Dubois Rams for what would be Dubois' second loss of the day. Also on Friday, Saratoga's Teegan Love joined the exclusive "1,000 Point club." The following day, Saratoga hit the road as they traveled to take on the Southeast Cyclones and the...
The Encampment Lady Tigers are starting off their season with some wins as they hosted the Dubois Lady Rams on Friday and the Cheyenne Central Lady Indians' sophomore team on Saturday. In both cases, the Lady Tigers were able to lead by double-digits by the time the final buzzer sounded. Lady Tigers vs. Lady Rams Last year, Dubois was unable to field a girls team and one of their own played for the Lady Tigers. This year, the Lady Rams were able to return to the hardwood with their first game...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School senior Taylar Scott signed on Thursday to attend Black Hills State University (BHSU). Taylar signed the papers in front of her parents, grandparents and coaches in the HEM school library to allow for social distancing. Jackie Jones, HEM track head coach was happy for her athlete/student. "Taylar was actually the first one recruited by Black Hills and she is officially the first one to sign for their track and field program for next year's campa...
The subject of wind energy taxes is blowing into the Wyoming Legislature again. On December 17, the Revenue Committee is meeting to discuss legislation for a new tax on wind energy. Kara Choquette, Director of Communications and Government Relations for Power Company of Wyoming (PCW) LLC, is opposed to a new wind tax because she fears it will hurt areas where wind projects are being built and planned. Choquette points out her company's business model is completely different from publicly...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6:30 p.m. on December 8 at the Hanna Town Hall for their regularly scheduled meeting. Council members Jayson Nordquist, Sam Sikes and Mayor Lois Buchanan were present in person and council member Linda Schisel was in attendance by phone. Councilmember Tracy Fowler was absent. Buchanan started with the High Country Joint Powers Board (see Hanna Landfill Closed on page 1 of the December 9 Saratoga Sun). She informed the council that the landfill was successfully...
Reprint of this story from the December 16, 1910 issue of Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. It is always pleasing to hear from the Three Forks section because whatever is doing there by L. A. Pease or his companies is on the substantial and real development order. The Snake River Company under Mr. Pease’s Management is making substantial progress toward production. This company has a number of proven deposits and it puts all its work into developi...