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Entertainers gathered in Grandview Park on the North side of the Grand Encampment Museum this last Friday and Saturday, watched and admired by hundreds of attendees. The 21st Annual Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering kicked off Friday evening with an open mic session. Poets and musicians picked, sang, told stories, and in general, lightened the hearts of those watching.Saturday morning Jack Schmidt provided instruction and poetry to a dozen or so participants as he taught the...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) High School will be getting a new agriculture education center, the groundbreaking for which was held on July 12 in Baggs. Members of the Carbon County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees and representatives of the engineering and construction companies were in attendance. Others in attendance included FFA officers and students from LSRV High School. The new facility is expected to be completed in February 2024. Federal funding, of...
The Wyoming Highway Patrol, Laramie County Sheriff’s Office, and Cheyenne Police Department are joining forces to enforce strict traffic safety measures during the upcoming Cheyenne Frontier Days event. From July 21st to July 30th, 2023, law enforcement agencies will concentrate their efforts on combating driving under the influence (DUI), distracted driving, and speeding within and around the Cheyenne area. Cheyenne Frontier Days is a celebration cherished by residents and vi...
Jon Nelson, of North Fork Engineering told the Encampment Town Council that the project has been mobilized. the contractor began excavation, compaction and backfill with testing to be completed. He said pipe removal is 90% complete and the old structures will be removed. Concrete forms, rebar and road base will be delivered in anticipation of the first footer and the forms in place. Weekly progress meetings will be 2 p.m. each Wednesday at the town hall. Nelson told the...
Technology offers 24/7 access to HealthONE’s Telemedicine Network of neurologists and psychiatrists for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke victims and patients with neurologic and behavioral health needs. Saratoga, Wyoming – HealthONE Virtual Network (H1VN) is now able to provide telemedicine stroke, acute-neurology, and psychiatry services to North Platte Valley Medical Center. The H1VN Telemedicine program is an innovative system that uses technology to bring the best of...
Living history at the Grand Encampment Museum Sat., July 22, will feature the opening and start of tours of a recently remodeled caboose which ran on the rails of the now defunct Saratoga & Encampment Railway, better known as the Slow & Easy. Official dedication of the caboose is scheduled for Aug. 16 at the GE Museum grounds. A news release from the GEM notes: In December of 2014 Gene Bashor donated a wonderful piece of history, a caboose from the Saratoga and Encampment...
More than two years have passed since the formation of a working group for Never Forget Park—formerly Tyler Pickett Memorial Park—and from the outside looking in it appears there has been little more progress than in the previous decade. It’s not for lack of trying. “I have written six grants and have a couple more in the works,” said Stacy Crimmins, who has been with the working group since its formation. “Unfortunately, (we) have not received any of those grants yet. It’s a...
I have the privilege of being the officiant at two weddings this July, and this has provided the inspiration to meditate on, pray on, and research weddings through the ages. As we remember, Jesus very first miracle was turning water into wine at a wedding feast! Other that having barrels of wine, we wonder what other traditions surrounded an ancient Jewish wedding. The Jewish family would have been very familiar with the Hebrew Scriptures and would have known Genesis 2:18, 22, “The Lord God said, ’It is not good for the man...
A fundraiser bake sale and homemade breakfast will be held Saturday, July 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Saratoga Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Proceeds from the event will help provide “free meals and fellowship” for those who “Gather at the Table” the first Monday of each month. In addition to all the delicious bake sale items, folks may purchase a homemade breakfast consisting of biscuits and gravy or a breakfast burrito, to be eaten at the Fellowship Hall table or to take home. Bake Sale sponsor is “Gat...
An Encampment couple could be facing a total of 28 counts of welfare fraud—all felonies—according to documents filed with Carbon County Circuit Court. According to an affidavit of probable cause, Sarah Fitzwater and Matthew Wagy are accused of defrauding three welfare programs of nearly $45,000 between 2017 and 2023. Fitzwater is facing 19 counts, Wagy is facing 9 counts as an accomplice. Each count carries with it a $10,000 fine, up to 10 years in prison or both. Following an investigation by the Department of Family Ser...
The days of the Nigerian Prince asking for financial aid may have gone the way of the snake-oil salesman, but that hasn’t stopped scammers from evolving their tactics to find new victims. The Saratoga Police Department has received several complaints recently about scams coming via phone, email and text to area residents. Everyone should use the utmost caution responding to voice or electronic communication from people they do not know and phone numbers or email addresses they do not recognize. The scams can take many f...
The musical group Rascals Flats in their hit song Maybury laments that, "Sunday was a day of rest/ Now its one more day for progress. If you have not guessed by now, this column will deal with the topic of sabbath rest. The Fourth Commandment is, "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy" (Exodus 20:8). The Exodus version of the Ten Commandments takes up a total of 15 verses. As we examine the Fourth Commandment, we see that it takes up five of those verses. One-third of th...
JACKSON — While Teton County saw no search and rescues over the Fourth of July holiday, one neighboring county reported four fatalities. Grand Teton National Park rangers on Tuesday responded to a death on Wolfs Head Mountain in Fremont County. Teton County Search and Rescue originally received the call to assist Fremont County in the rescue. That call was then sent to Grand Teton National Park, which flew three Jenny Lake rangers in a helicopter just before 11 a.m. Valerie Gohlke, public affairs officer for Grand Teton N...
GILLETTE — The process to revise what areas of the state are designated as core areas for the protection of sage-grouse is very much a work in progress, and a lot of work is yet to be done. That was the message the sage-grouse Implementation Team tried to get across during a meeting in Lander last week. When the proposed revisions to the sage-grouse core areas were released to the public, many ranchers were upset because of the perceived lack of transparency and communication on a decision that would potentially affect t...
The usual number of accidents incident to the haying season have occurred recently, and several local people are tied up in slings as a result. Each year, due probably to the unusual amount of team work and other handling of horse at this season, a number of persons meet with more serious injuries. Aside from the tragic death of P. A. Fields, which was the result of a hay-field accident, and which is reported in another column, A. T. Fausett is confined to his home by injuries received a few days ago when he was thrown from...
The early arrivals of a crowd expected to top the 3000 mark are already beginning to arrive in Encampment and Saratoga, in anticipation of the $15,000matched roping event to be held at the Encampment rodeo grounds Sunday afternoon. Sponsors Marvin Reid of Encampment and King Merritt of Federal, stated this week that bleachers with a seating capacity of 5000 have arrived and are now being set-up on the grounds. requests for hotel and cabin accommodations continue to pour in, in spite of the fact that every available room in...
The recently organizes Saratoga-Platte valley Chamber of Commerce is surpassing all expectations with the membership Drive nearing completion. The Chamber is located in the Simmons Realty and it’s new sign is attracting many visitors and inquiries from tourists. To date visitors have registered from Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska, Texas, South Dakota, Ohio, Illinois, California, Washington and Georgia. Although the Chamber has only been open for one month it has already begun to show results in the number of people contacted. M...
Bareback - - Tuker Carricato - 78 - Grady Edwards - 69 - Bronson Wehrli - 66 Steer Wrestling - - TC Hughson - 9.0 Ladies Breakaway - - Aubry Berger - 2.75 - Konnar Knotwell - 3.43 Tie Down Roping - - Agustus Cross - 17.08 Open Team Roping - - Colter Nunn/Kyler Clark - 5.43 - Willow Wilson/Todd Wilson - 8.68 - Agustus Cross/Tom Hughson - 17.39 Ladies Barrels - - Kelly Adamson - 17.0 - Dalene Harthun - 18.23 - Lisa Johnson - 18.26 - Amanda Fischer - 18.61 - Savannah Suttee -...
Just when you think you have a handle on all the way scammers will reach out to try and separate you from your money they up their game. Recently, there are reports of scammers using local business names. Rocky Mountain Power has reported scammers are calling and contacting customers seeking immediate payment to avoid disconnection. RMP will not ask you to make payments with a pre-paid credit card but most of all they do not contact their customers in that way. RMP suggests rather than giving your account number to the...
Congresswomen Harriet Hageman visited Saratoga the evening of June 28, part of a 14 stop swing through the Cowboy State during the holiday recess. Speaking to a supportive audience of about 75 people, gathered in a meeting room at the Platte Valley Community Center, Representative Hageman offered an overview of several legislative issues at the Federal level, and their general impact on her Wyoming Constituents. These included two important matters on native lands throughout...
Saratoga’s next blood drive with Vitalant is on Tuesday, July 18th from 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm at St. Ann’s Parish Hall. The drive is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and will include a slice of fresh, home baked pie for all donors. The demand for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients. It’s important that people remember to take some time off out of their busy schedules to donate to help maintain a safe and plentiful supply of blood for our area hospitals. Blood donors truly are h...
“We’re not selling a cowboy hat, we’re selling a lifestyle.” This seems to be the unofficial motto for Sophia Borg, owner of Palomino Hat Bar which recently opened inside of StrongTower Designs in Saratoga. On July 8, StrongTower Designs celebrated its 10th Anniversary and the grand opening of Borg’s business. Western Roots, Southern Charm With her southern drawl and charm, Borg may seem like a transplant from the south but she is no stranger to Saratoga. The milliner,...
“In one way or another, we’re going to destroy things,” Lonnie Pacheco told the Carbon County Commissioners last week. “That’s the whole point of the Raw Town Riot Demolition Derby.” In his third year of running Rawlins’ demolition derby, Pacheco said he’s trying a few new approaches to the event. One of those changes is a rule change the drivers voted on at the end of the derby last year that may attract drivers from outside Carbon County and Wyoming. Known as Stirrin’ Dirt Rules, named for the promotion that hosts severa...
For the past few years, Saratoga Days has drawn people from near and far to East Bridge Avenue for a Independance Day street dance headlined by the likes of Ned LeDoux, Chancy Williams and, this year, Neal McCoy. While Saratoga Day is, arguably, one of the biggest parties all year for Saratoga it was relatively uneventful as far as a law enforcement response. “This was my first year being with the Saratoga Police Department for Saratoga Days. I have participated in the p...
