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The trial of Max Schneider came to an end late Thursday morning in Carbon County District Court as the 24-year-old Saratoga man was acquitted of all three charges he was facing. Friends and family of Schneider, as well as Richard Heap and Megan Cassidee Wingo, appeared to wait for the verdict with bated breath. Arrested on February 17, Schneider was charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance (fentanyl) and two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths...
Carbon County Offices will be closed Monday, September 4, 2023, in observance of Labor Day. Please anticipate your needs....
For yet another year, Saratoga Lake has been added to the list of lakes and reservoirs where dangerous cyanobacteria blooms have been found. Advisories of harmful algal blooms—also known as blue-green algae—have previously been issued for the lake beginning in 2019. What are harmful algal blooms and why do they seem to keep happening every year? Tiny organism, big impacts “Lake water has many different types of microscopic organisms and some of them—many different types o...
Each year, nearly 68,800 students in sixth through eighth grades enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest for a chance to win their share of more than $1.4 million in state and national awards. Each first place state winner receives a minimum of $500 at the national level, and the national first place winner wins $5,000! The essay contest encourages young minds to examine America’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society, by draft...
Opening bells rang across Carbon County School District No. 2 on Monday morning signaling the start of the 2023/2024 academic year as parents captured “First Day” memories of their children. First day for CCSD2 staff members, however, began early. Preparation by the administration, faculty and staff began well before students arrived at the six district schools. On August 18, at the Platte Valley Community Center, the 200 employees of the school district gathered for an ass...
The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday released a long-awaited draft plan that will steer the management of some 3.6 million acres of public lands and 3.7 million acres of federal mineral estate in southwestern Wyoming, including the vast Red Desert, the prized hunting grounds of the Greater Little Mountain Area and several ungulate migration corridors. While Gov. Mark Gordon expressed disapproval of the plan’s “preferred alternative,” conservation groups cheered the publi...
The Apostle Paul said in Acts 15:11 “…We believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved…”. Grace is a gift from Heavenly Father given through His Son, Jesus Christ. This gift is the enabling power and spiritual healing offered through the mercy and love of Jesus Christ. Is this Gift free? Do we have to do anything to earn this grace? Is this why we have the commandments? To help explain the answers to these questions I Love the explanation of our Savior’s grace comes from Brad Wilcox in a talk give...
In a small town there is the opportunity for each kid to participate in a lot of different activities, some offered by the school system and some from outside organizations. With everything that is going on in Saratoga for the youth, there has definitely been a lull in what most will still call “America’s Sport”... baseball! Over the past few years there has been a resurgence in community baseball for younger kids (ages 5-12) to get exposed to the game and play in a local...
Carbon County, Wyoming, August 9, 2023 -- The Carbon County Board of REALTORS is proud to announce their annual Business Person of the Year and Realtor of the Year awards were presented to Mike Lujan & Jezria Latham, respectfully. One outstanding businessperson is selected from the Carbon County Board of REALTORS in a competition for the award of Wyoming REALTOR Business Person of the Year. Criteria upon which the nominees are judged include service to the local community, the...
Billings, MT—August, 9 2023—Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming (GSMW) will be bringing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programming to Saratoga, WY on Monday, August 21 from 3:30pm – 6:00pm with their Mobile STEM Learning Center. Programming will take place at Saratoga Elementary located at 311 W. Springs Ave. All programming is free and open to girls in grades K-12. The Mobile STEM Learning Center is a new resource to GSMW that will provide valuable progr...
What makes a good pale ale? This was the question which 10 Wyoming breweries sought the answer to at the 27th Annual Steinley Cup Microbrew Festival on August 12. While the question may seem simple enough to answer—pale ales are identifiable by their golden to amber colors—there comes with it a long history dating back to the 1700s. Additionally, the brewing style is diverse with types ranging from the well-known India Pale Ale (IPA) to American Pale Ale (APA), English Pale Al...
Carbon County, as its name implies, earned its name from coal production. Yet, today, it serves as an example of Governor Mark Gordon’s “all-of-the-above” approach to energy development. Each year, on the first day of the Carbon County Fair, the Carbon County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) showcases energy development in the county with their annual Energy Day. This year, it was held on July 31. “We’ve been historically known for our energy production, initially...
“Hope is a song in a weary throat.” These words, along with a picture of their author, the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, will grace the reverse side of a quarter to be minted in 2024 as part of a series of quarters honoring American women. Anna Pauline Murray (1910-1985) was an American civil and gender rights activist, scholar, poet, writer, lawyer, and Episcopal priest. She was an activist for civil rights before and during the Civil Rights Movement and, as an icon for women’s righ...
The Saratoga Planning Commission, now fully seated, discussed short-term rentals (STRs), affordable housing and subdivisions during their August 8 meeting. JoDell Hone, the most recently appointed board member, joins Matt Baker, Johnny Portillo, McCall Burau, Nancy Ford, Mayor Chuck Davis and Chia Valdez-Schwartz on the planning commission. The make-up of the commission appears quite diverse with members either being long-time locals or recent arrivals to Saratoga and includes retired individuals, local business owners and...
Eat, Sing, Give! Do you love an old fashioned Gospel Sing? How about a Gospel Sing that features free hot dogs, chips, popcorn, sodas, and even snow cones? Well, then, head to the Saratoga Museum Pavilion on Sunday, August 13th for a wonderful evening of food and entertainment! The festivities will begin at 6:00 p.m. The evening is being sponsored by the churches of the Platte Valley Ministerial Association to raise funds to support the cancer journey of the oldest son of Brian and Lila Hopper. Brian and Lila have been...
An update on the TransWest Express Transmission Project was given by Kelly Cummins, Vice President of Land and Environmental Services at the August 1 Board of Carbon County Commissioners regular meeting. She told the Commissioners that the project is 732 miles, crossing four states, fourteen counties, three national forests, and nine BLM offices. The project has taken about 12 years, but they are now in the construction phase. Cummins said the final configuration of the...
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Different properties owned by the Town of Saratoga were major topics during the August 1 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council. While one piece of property may have potential buyers, another could obtain a Brownfields Assessment through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Additional topics discussed by the governing body included a cyanobacterial bloom at Saratoga Lake and sheep owned by Scott Kerbs. Saratoga lake is experiencing a cyanobacteria bloom and the council...
Saratoga High School senior, Tuker Carricato took the World Champion National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) in bareback for the second year in a row. Scoring 84.0 points to win the short go-round of bareback bronc riding on Saturday, July 22 at Gillette’s CamPlex Center. This is his second consecutive NHSFR title with a three-head score of 240 points. He was one of seven cowboys and three cowgirls from Wyoming to finish in the top 20 in the average. Carricato has been r...
Important in any community is the relationship the public shares with law enforcement agencies that keep a vigilant watch over the general public. In a world which seems to dismiss the importance of law enforcement protecting people and their property, events like National Night Out help to bridge the gap between the public and agencies that hold power over them. National Night Out was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The founder Matt Peskin established The National...
- Bekir Aldemir of Woodstock, GA was arrested for Manner of driving and failure to report accident: more than $500. - Andrea Archuleta of Rawlins was arrested for shoplifting. - Joscelyn Aubert of Rawlins was arrested for Interference with a peace officer; drugs: manufacture/deliver meth; theft under $1000. - Jacqueline Benitez of Rawlins was arrested for equipment violation; interference with a peace officer and no vehicle insurance. - Terry Bonds of Longmont, CO was heldover for another agency. - Lydia Carmona of Rawlins...
CASPER — To better guard against fraud in Wyoming’s small towns, the state recently established its first training requirements for officials on how to manage public funds. The state Legislature in 2022 directed the Department of Audit to develop the new rules amid growing concerns about rogue communities evading compliance with financial regulations. “This was kind of borne out of findings and things that were coming out of audits of local governments and special districts and smaller towns and cities,” said Department of Au...
Most Christians talk about the salvation of man, but they see this work of salvation in different ways, some actually denying that man even needs saving. We begin by looking at this group first. The first group’s position, simplified, is this. God created us in love. He loves all of us so much that He would never consign a soul to hell. Jesus came to this earth, not to pay for our sins, but to show us how best to live. But no matter what, in the end, no matter how one lives their life, God will show everyone the way and b...
The Saratoga Sun, in partnership with Carbon County School District 2, will be holding a school supply drive from Monday August 7 through Thursday August 31. The goal is to ensure that all of our local students can get the new school year off to a great beginning, with the necessary resources, and help them have a successful school year. There will be four drop off locations: the Saratoga Sun offices, in Hanna at Hanna Elementary School, Monday - Thursday from 8am to 3pm, in Medicine Bow at the C-Spear Restaurant and Bridge...
