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The mines are closed in Hanna but there is a museum and recreation center that could draw people into the town. Medicine Bow has wind projects, but the main building in the municipality is the Virginian Hotel. It also has a museum that will soon be home to the oldest house in the world, the Fossil House. Encampment and Saratoga have already turned into major tourist destinations for Carbon County with their attributes. Carbon County also has several resort ranches that are...
While there may be benefits to living in the rural areas of Wyoming, including near immediate access to scenic mountain ranges and rushing rivers, a setback is a lack of mental health services. In the Platte Valley, there is access to counseling but access to someone who can prescribe medication is limited by transportation. Even then, patient and provider must work for months to determine what medication would work best in response to depression, anxiety or other mental...
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) held a rescheduled meeting that had been originally planned for Nov. 18 but was canceled due to a snowstorm. The council met at 6 p.m. on December 18 at the Jeffery Center in Rawlins. The meeting was scheduled a half hour earlier than the regular time and, at 6 p.m., there were not enough attendees for a quorum. Leroy Stephenson called in at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting started. Jon Nelson arrived shortly after. Elk Mountain,...
The Encampment Preschool is asking for donations, according to a press release from the 501(c)(3) nonprofit’s new director. Rachel Swanson, who replaced retiring director Deb Cunningham, stated in the press release that the preschool is “looking to our community for financial support.” All donations made to the Encampment Preschool go towards paying for tuition for attending students. According to the press release, enrollment at the preschool has increased from last year with eight students in the morning class and 11 in th...
While it appeared that the Town of Saratoga and Platte Valley Little League (PVLL) had come to an agreement during the Nov. 19 Saratoga Town Council meeting, comments made by Councilmember Steve Wilcoxson and Mayor John Zeiger during the Dec. 17 Saratoga Town Council meeting seem to suggest otherwise. As was reported previously (see “PVLL moves forward” on page 8 of the Nov. 27 Saratoga Sun), after months of debate between members of the non-profit group and the governing body...
During the Dec. 17 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, the council unanimously voted to table a water tap application submitted by Saratoga resident Randy Stevens. As was reported previously (see “Tapping into town services” on page 3 of the Dec. 18 Saratoga Sun), the application submitted by Stevens was for property along Hugus Ditch. That same property has been the subject of litigation between Stevens and the Town of Saratoga for several years. Stevens informed the cou...
Old Man winter played Grinch to the Hanna Recreation Center on night of Dec. 16. The heat went out and Carbon County cold caused pipes to burst in the kitchen area and ceiling area near the front desk. Staff going to work that morning on Dec.17 discovered flooding throughout those areas. There was no quick fix and the center had to shut down. The management said the Hanna Recreation Center will be closed until further notice due to maintenance issues. All activities for the...
The Riverside Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Dec. 12 at the Riverside Town Hall. The agenda and minutes from the regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 14 was approved in a timely manner. Town clerk/treasurer Jan Cook, went over the financials. After Cook gave her report, the council approved the bills. John Smith, a resident from Cherokee Meadows voiced his concern about some loose dogs he encountered when walking near a certain home. Mayor Leroy Stephenson said he understood...
Nurses at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County now have the opportunity to be recognized and honored through The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. The kick-off event was held Dec. 16, 2019 at MHCC. The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his...
The newest addition to the Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (MHCC) ambulance fleet was received Dec. 12. Members from the Memorial Hospital of Carbon County Foundation Board and Board of Trustees were on site to present a check to the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team. Funds raised from the 1st Annual Foundation Fun Scramble were donated to MHCC for the purpose of assisting with the purchase of the new ambulance. Through a wide array of community support, the first time...
The North Platte Valley Medical Center has been chosen as the name for a new Critical Access Hospital (CAH) to be built in Saratoga, the Platte Valley Healthcare Project (PVHP) recently announced. A site has been selected and purchased on Highway 130 between the Forest Service District Office and the Whistle Pig Saloon. Plans developed for the project by HGFA Architects of Billings, MT, including the floorplan, site plan and interior and exterior elevations, will be on display in various locations throughout the community ove...
The last meeting in 2019 had all council members attending along with mayor Greg Salisbury and town clerk/treasurer Doreen Harvey. The council quickly approved the agenda and minutes from the Nov. 14 regularly scheduled meeting. The next order of business was Harvey going over the financials. Harvey reported that at 41.65 percent of the budget year the revenues were at about 28.65 percent of budget and expenses were at about 20.57 percent. Harvey said WYOSTAR interest had not...
“A year ago, I knew we wouldn’t always agree, but I never thought so much of what happens here would happen on the other side of the wall behind us, outside council meetings and too often without council approval. I’m talking about everything from signing MOUs to ordering appraisals to writing leases, terminating leases, all the way to how every dollar of public money is approved and reported and spent.” During the Dec. 17 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, Council...
During the quarterly meeting of the Saratoga Airport Advisory Board on Dec. 11, the current state of the airport fund and concerns of funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) were heavily discussed. Saratoga Town Council member Jon Nelson updated the members of the airport advisory board on the progress of the airport fund and expressed his concern about an expense of $1,000 coded to the airport fund. In addition to discussions of finances, the advisory board...
The Platte Valley Healthcare Project (PVHP) appeared before the Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (CCIJPB) during their regular meeting on Dec. 11 to present plans and request sponsorship from the joint powers board. Following their purchase of property between the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the Whistle Pig, the non-profit group is moving forward with their intent to establish infrastructure for the proposed critical access hospital. During that same...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Dec. 11 at the Hanna Town Hall. The meeting was scheduled a day later than the usual meeting day of Tuesday due to the Hanna Elementary School Concert on Dec. 10. Mayor Lois Buchanan and council members Tracy Fowler, Bob Patton, Sammy Sikes and Linda Schisel were present. The agenda and Nov. 12 regular meeting minutes were quickly approved. Buchanan said the High Country Joint Powers Board had met on Dec. 5 and talked about getting the l...
The Medicine Bow Town Council met at 7 p.m. on Dec. 9 at the Medicine Bow Community Hall. Mayor Sharon Biamon was present as were council members Lyle Flansburg, Lucy Schofield, and Trevor Strauch. The council quickly approved the agenda the minutes of the regular town meeting on Nov. 12. The approval of the financials was the next order of business. Biamon said she wanted to apologize for remarks she had made at the meeting on Nov. 12 regarding the fire department. She had...
The mayors of Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow were among those in attendance at the most recent meeting of the High Country Joint Powers Board (HCJPB) on Dec. 5 at the Hanna Town Hall. Residents from all three towns were in attendance with concerns about the closure of the landfill shared by the three municipalites. The landfill in Hanna is slated to be closed July 1, 2020. In 2016 the three municipalities came together and decided on a plan that would be acceptable to...
“I was elected to try and get things done. I had somebody tell me the other day out in the public that they don’t think this council has done a damn thing and I kind of agree with them.” During the Dec. 2 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, comments from Councilmember Bob Keel took aim at a town council that is “split and obviously non-functioning.” Keel’s statements were just part of a larger discussion that took place under council comments that centered around even...
For several months now, the Town of Saratoga has been without a permanent zoning officer and building inspector. Beginning in March, with the resignation of Dan Ferrin, the position has been filled on an as-needed basis by Kent Smith while the Town of Saratoga sought a permanent replacement. That search, however, dragged on through the summer and into fall with no solution. Recent discussions about the topic at meetings of the Saratoga Town Council and the Saratoga Planning Co...
Wyoming Highway 70, one of two seasonal passes in the Platte Valley, has officially closed for the season. The announcement came via a press release from the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) on Monday afternoon. The closure is between mile marker 27 in the west and mile mark 50 in the east. According to the press release, recent snow conditions made it necessary to close the road for the season. The closure of WYO 70 comes nearly a month after the season closure of Wyoming Highway 130 over the Snowy Range....
It was almost out of a movie script. A snow storm shuts down two highways leading to a remote small town of about 300 people in a large Western state. A classic, historical, old hotel has a guest sign in as Donald J. Trump. The man proceeds to get violent, throwing chairs at guests and pulls out guns according to 11 calls coming into 911 dispatch for the huge county. The worst part? This town has no law enforcement stationed in its limits and depends on the sheriff’s d...
After several requests to appear from the Saratoga Town Council, representatives from Black Hills Energy were in attendance at the Nov. 19 meeting of the governing body. The appearance from the utility company comes as they are installing new gas lines throughout Saratoga and gas leaks have been reported over the last few months. Project Update Damien Parks, planner for Black Hills Energy, presented an update to the council on the project, which has been underway throughout th...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the Hanna Town Hall for their regularly scheduled meeting. The agenda and minutes from the Oct. 8 regularly scheduled council meeting where approved. Bob Patton, Sammy Sikes and Linda Schisel were present. Council member Tracy Fowler was absent. Patton told the council that the next Carbon County Council of Government meeting would be on Nov. 20. There was no meeting last month. Marcia Beals, representative from the High Count...
In recent months, both the Platte Valley Healthcare Project (PVHP) and Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (MHCC) continue to pursue their plans of expanding healthcare in the Valley. Many of those discussions have taken place in the council chambers of the Town of Saratoga. While the PVHP has continued its pursuit of a critical access hospital, MHCC announced their intentions over the summer of establishing a clinic in Saratoga. During the Nov. 19 meeting of the Saratoga Town...
