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Stantec introduces early stage plans for river Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories about the findings of the Upper North Platte River Restoration Project. The Upper North Platte River Restoration Project has many Saratoga citizens excited and concerned for its future impact on the town. So how will it affect the Upper North Platte River and those who live near it? The primary intention of the restoration project is to make the Upper North Platte River a self-sustaining r...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS) joined the BLM Rawlins Field Office at the Platte Valley Community Center Dec. 17, to present more information regarding the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre (CCSM) Wind Energy Project. Nearly 40 people came to the PVCC that evening, where officials from the BLM and USWFS gave presentations, took questions from the audience and guided people through the project plan. Representatives from Power Company of Wyoming (PCW) were also present at the meeting to address...
Prior to Tuesday night’s town hall meeting, the governing body of Saratoga held a public hearing on Saratoga’s Master Plan. The master plan is being proposed to deal with the possible influx of area population. Executive director of Voices of the Valley (VOV) KayCee Alameda said that even if there is not a population boom. “All of our different regulatory is 30 years old,” Alemeda said, “Even if we don’t have growth, we clearly have some issues with ordinances and housing that need to be addre...
Ordinance 822 instigated a large amount of controversy between residents of the town and the governing body (specific) at the Dec. 18 Saratoga Town Council meeting. The ordinance proposed says that “All board members serve at the pleasure of the mayor and may be removed by the mayor for incompetency or neglect of duty”. Though the ordinance is only in its first reading, if passed, the mayor will be given the power to remove board members. Town attorney, Tom Thompson, said the ordinance is the... Full story
Logging operations will occur on the Laramie Ranger District along Spruce Gulch Road (Forest Road 530) in the southern Snowy Range throughout much of this winter. This has resulted in the need to temporarily close the treated portion of this road and the overlapping segment of Snowmobile Trail R, between the junctions with Forest Roads 898 and 530C. The closure will be in effect between approximately 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday (open each Sunday), except for Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and other federal holidays. Operations a... Full story
Does it feel weird to you that Christmas falls on a Wednesday this year? When holidays fall in the middle of the week for a weekly newspaper, it is always a quandary. Do we print a day early, or a day late? The Saratoga Sun is printed by the Rawlins Daily Times and we have been working on the question since September. The Saratoga Sun has staff who need to travel out-of-town to see family, or spend Christmas alone. It takes planning and communication to plan to print the paper on another day.... Full story
Editor, I have a big thank you to give to one of our finest in the valley. Since she is retiring I wanted do something a little different. Instead of recognizing someone after they passed away and that are not here to know they were recognized for the very special job they did. I would like to take this opportunity and tell Sue Bartlett and job well done. Thank you for keeping our valley well and giving the children their immunizations. For keeping up-to-date with new information. Thank you for researching answers to questions you didn’t h... Full story
Editor, Writing a letter to the editor is a lot like posting on Facebook, once you hit the submit button it’s there for everybody to see. I have no plans to stop doing both of these. At the December 17th meeting it was questioned why comments made by the public under public comment were not being added to the minutes. Wyoming Statue 15-1-110 states: The governing body is required to designate a “legal newspaper” and to publish once, the minutes of all regular meetings, special meetings, workshops where council action is taken, and title of al... Full story
The Annual Dinner and Meeting for the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce (SPVCC) will be next month. The SPVCC will distrubute their annual awards which include Business of the Year, New Business of the Year, Organization of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year. Nominees for these awards will be recognized as well. This year’s guest speaker at the dinner is CEO of the Wyoming Technology Business Center Jon Benson whose program is developing a technology business incubator and an outreach program focused on early stage high growth c... Full story
Stantec has announced they are in their preliminary stage in the Upper North Platte River restoration project. This project will impact areas of the river through the town of Saratoga. In two separate presentations on Thursday, Stantec representatives and representatives from Wildlife Hydrology outlined their preliminary results and to gather ideas from the public for the upcoming project. "The first reason we are always here is that there are a series of objectives within a community," said... Full story
Three hours of testimony and discussion ends in a four to two vote The Industrial Siting Council approved and extended a 30-month amendment submitted by DKRWs' Medicine Bow Fuel and Power LLC (MBFP), Dec. 18 after hearing from representatives of DKRW, elected officials and members of the public. Two motions were presented. The first one fell to a tie vote, mostly because during discussion, the amendment grew, changed and became hard to follow. After listening to nearly two hours of comments... Full story
Stacy Crimmins has been the executive director at the Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber for more than 10 years. She was hired as the administrative assistant, but soon after, she was promoted to executive director. Crimmins is now about to take on the most important role in her chamber career - president of the Wyoming Chamber Partnership. Crimmins was nominated at the annual Wyoming Chamber Fall Conference held in Cody last month. The nomination came as a surprise to Crimmins. "I have been on the... Full story
Until the age of 5, Dani Riker was under the impression that everyone could hear out of only one ear. Riker, a University of Wyoming graduate student in speech pathology (SP), says she would tell her mom that the left side of her headphones did not work, to which her mom would confusedly reply, "Yeah, they work fine." Lindsey, Riker's older sister of four years, informed her parents, Jack and Debbie Riker, that her sister could not hear out of one ear. They had not yet considered that... Full story
After Saratoga Elementary School students donated 188 pounds of books for Moore, Okla. tornado victims, the lack of money to mail them had been a lingering problem until a few weeks ago. Barb McArthur, who was working as a Saratoga Elementary library aide during the spring, said she came up with the idea for the book drive while cleaning her kids' bookshelves, near the time of the 2013 Moore Tornado's strike on May 20. "It was like a week after the tornado happened, and I happened to be... Full story
A motion by the Carbon County Commission to recommend the denial of Medicine Bow Fuel and Power’s (MBFP) request for more time to start DKRW construction failed at the Dec. 17 Carbon County Commissioners Meeting. MBFP’s specific request was for an additional 30 months to begin construction on DKRW, but it failed with an split 2-2 vote from the commissioners. Presenters at the meeting were DKRW Executive Vice President Wade Cline and DKRW Attorney Mary Throne, who were seeking an amendment to buy... Full story
The Saratoga varsity Panthers suffered their first loss of the 2013-14 season, with a close 68-74 takedown from the Pine Bluffs Hornets. The Saturday game was not only the Panthers' first losing one out of seven season games played so far, it was also their first conference matchup of the season. The 2013-14 Panther record now stands at 6-1 (non-conference) and 0-1 (conference). The Panthers put up a solid neck-and-neck fight throughout the game against the hornets, maintaining a tie or one... Full story
After a massive 56-28 win over Saratoga earlier this month, Encampment’s Lady Tigers fell with a 26-36 loss against Rock River’s Lady Longhorns last Friday. The defeat from Rock River brought Encampment to a varsity non-conference record of 3-2. During the game, Cassidy Little scored 10 points and snagged 10 rebounds, Alyssa Barkhurst scored eight points, Konnar Knotwell had six points on the board and Jenny Morgan sank two points. Coach Amy Clay said the girls could have done better with sho... Full story
Reprint of this story from the December 25, 1903 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Fowler M. E Church Hold Christmas Services in the New Building Christmas 1903 was celebrated by the Methodist Sabbath school at Grand Encampment in the good old fashioned way, with a real live Santa Claus appearing upon the scene of the festivities amid the jingle of sleigh bells and loaded down with toys and nicknacks for the little folks; with a b... Full story
Gospel singer Steve Desmond is returning to Saratoga for another performance this New Year’s Eve. Desmond, a senior pastor and accomplished singer from Greeley, Colo., brings a wide variety of music styles to the Platte Valley. His styles include southern gospel, country, classical gather style and contemporary praise and worship. He has performed concerts and speaks to several audiences throughout the mid-west. Everyone of all ages are invited to attend the concert. The concert is free to the public. The concert is sponsored by the Platte V... Full story
There were four people here for Bridge on Monday. High winner was Gertrude Herold. Jane took some people out on the bus to see the Christmas lights last Friday. She had 10 people. We want to thank The Rawlins National Bank for donating the popcorn for their trip. They always have a great time and a lot of fun looking at lights and visiting. We had a pretty good turnout for our birthday/anniversary dinner. Those having birthdays this month are Bill Ward, Frances Kirby, Betty Vyvey, Vernon Wagner, Marie Huntley, Judy Hodges, Iva Craig and Norm... Full story
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. We had our annual resident Christmas party on Thursday. Twenty-six family members and visitors attended. The Dietary Department put on a sumptuous spread. Everyone enjoyed the ham, roast beef, twice baked potatoes, the salads, and the desserts. The Dietary Department once more d... Full story
Saratoga's varsity Lady Panthers lost their first conference game of the season Saturday, with a 48-72 sting from the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets. The loss was the Lady Panthers' second of the weekend, after losing 33-52 to Little Snake River Friday. The girls' season record now sits at 3-4 (non-conference) and 0-1 (conference). Saratoga's junior varsity Lady Panthers also lost to Pine Bluffs with 64-38 earlier in the day. Coach Matt Love said his varsity girls could have done better with shots or... Full story