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It has been several years since a hair salon has been in the town of Hanna. That has changed recently with the opening of Troublesome Tresses. Owner-operator Kinsey Hendricks realized there was a viable business opportunity that would allow her to work and still be able to raise her five children. Hendricks was raised in Carbon County and came to Hanna because housing was affordable when they moved to the town 13 years ago. "We knew we wanted to have a large family and the...
Head wrestling coach Zach Schmidt was pleased with what he saw Thursday night at Saratoga Middle/High School when the school hosted Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM), Laramie, Rawlins and North Park, Colo. "The name of the game with this is getting experience on the mat before the season really starts," Schmidt said. "Every Saratoga and HEM kid got two matches last night." Schmidt was happy to see John Powell win his first match in high school. "John winning was a good...
The Encampment Lady Tigers traveled southbound on Thursday, Dec. 20 to meet the North Park Lady Wildcats on their own court. While the Encampment Tigers were scheduled to go as well, their game against the Wildcats was cancelled by Walden giving the 7-0 team a longer rest than originally anticipated. The Lady Tigers ended the evening trailing North Park by only 3 points, with a final score of 44-47. “This was a good game for our girls to finish up the early season and get read...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School basketball teams came to Saratoga on Dec. 18 and came away with games that they did not win, but according to both coaches, made their teams stronger. Girls Team The Lady Miners roared out the first quarter with 10 points, but Amy Campbell was called for three fouls and head coach Jackie Jones had to pull the player. A. Campbell did not come back into the game until the fourth quarter. "Amy had a tremendous game," J....
Both the Saratoga Lady Panthers and Saratoga Panthers saw victories for their first home game of the season as they hosted the Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners (37-32) and Miners (71-62) on the evening of Dec. 18 in the Panther Den. Both games started out as an uphill battle for Saratoga and were highlighted with visibly, and audibly, high emotion as fans on both sides either raucously celebrated or denounced calls from the officials as the Panthers went...
Amid the week after Christmas, piles of wrapping in bags, shiny paper and boxes in trash with the tags. Sad little scissors sit broken and bent, from clamshell packaging--they don’t make a dent. The lights are still sparkly, still light up the town, but pretty soon work begins in taking them down. Kids run around ‘cause they’re still out of schools, having a good old time while acting the fools. But the tots are forlorn from here to Hoboken, Christmas is gone and their new t...
The last Saratoga Town Council meeting for 2018 started at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Saratoga Town Hall. It was also the last meeting for Mayor Ed Glode and Councilmembers Will Faust and Richard Raymer before the newly elected mayor and council take over. The agenda, the minutes from Dec. 4 council meeting and the financials were quickly approved. The total expenditures were $110,606.03. In correspondence, a letter of interest to serve as Saratoga’s representative on the Carbon...
During their regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. on Dec. 12 at Saratoga Town Hall, the Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (CCIJPB) heard a small update from the Wyoming Water Development Commission and (WWDC) and Forsgren Associates on the water well project, approved an increase in the sewer rate and held further discussion about the Old Baldy Club (OBC). Brush Creek/Hayden District Ranger Jason Armbruster was also in attendance at the request of town council...
During their regularly scheduled meeting at 4 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the Central Office, the Carbon County School District (CCSD) No. 2 Board of Trustees, complete with new board members Karen Condict and Charlie George, heard and discussed a proposal from Oftedal Construction, Inc.’s (OCI) Business Development Director George Hruska. The board of trustees also went through their annual reorganization of the board with little change to the makeup. Near the end of his report to t...