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Staff Report After taking the oath of office for his second term, Governor Mark Gordon delivered his Second Inaugural Address. Governor Gordon pledged to continue to fight for Wyoming values, and called on her citizens to work together to build the state’s future. The Governor’s speech encouraged engaging with others holding differing views, and laid out a vision “for Wyoming to chart her path, independent of political fashion, or popular trend.” “The undeniable fact is that our founders did not leave us a fire-and-...
Childcare is in demand in nearly every community. Saratoga is no different. Valley Village Child Care currently operates at 1012 W. Bridge in Saratoga. Excel Preschool operates out of two mobile homes at 204 W. Spring Avenue. A child care facility, proposed by Valley Village, would provide many benefits to the community. Local businesses with staff members that need childcare would have a professional operation to care for their kids. Quoting from the Valley Village website,...
The mayor for the past four years of Hanna, Lois Buchanan, stepped down on January 3, at a special town council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Hanna Town Hall. Council members Sammy Sikes, Jayson Nordquist and Bill Dys were in attendance while council member Tracy Fowler was absent. Buchanan, running a little late by her own admission and got to the meeting just as it was 6:30 p.m. "What a day to be late," Buchanan joked as she sat down. "Especially since we have only one thing...
Terry Weickum will retain the seat of mayor for two more years following the January 3 meeting of the Rawlins City Council while Steve Sanger will serve as vice-mayor for the same period. The nominations for mayor and vice-mayor came following the swearing in of Steve Sanger, Bruce Seilaff and Jacquelin Wells and a 32 minute executive session. Both Wells and Weickum were nominated for the mayor seat. Wells was nominated by Councilmember Darill Garner and Weickum was nominated...
Update (01/03/2022, 9:37 p.m.) During the January 3 regular meeting of the Rawlins City Council, both Dirty Boyz Sanitation and Wyoming Waste Connections had their hauler licenses approved from January 3, 2023 to December 31, 2023. With the snow piling up during the most recent winter storm and municipal waste threatening to pile up in the New Year, the Rawlins City Council held an emergency meeting on January 2. The end result was a 24-hour emergency extension of municipal...
Following an outcry from corral owners in Rawlins’ Glenn Addition, it appears some changes will be coming to water rates for the agricultural section of the city. Interim City Manager Tom Sarvey told the Rawlins City Council on December 20 he had investigated water usage at the corrals and met with corral owners the Friday before the meeting. According to Sarvey, he will be proposing a change to the resolution which set the updated water rates for users in the Glenn A...
Less than a week before Christmas, a collision on Interstate 80 west of Rawlins took the life of 29-year-old Saratoga resident Tyeler Harris. A GoFundMe for $15,000 for his wife and three children raised five times that amount within four days. In the early hours of December 21, Harris and fellow Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (MHCC) EMT Tiffany Gruetzmacher, responded to a request for aid in Sweetwater County. During the call, the MHCC ambulance was struck by a tractor...
For at least the first three days of the New Year, Rawlins residents will be stuck with their municipal solid waste. On December 20, the Rawlins City Council voted 4-2-1 to table Wyoming Waste Connections’ application for a waste hauler license while a similar application from Dirt Boyz Sanitation (Dirty Boyz) was denied on a vote of 2-4-1. The decision, at least for Dirty Boyz, will likely lead to Rose Cain, the owner of the company, and the City of Rawlins to square off i...
On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at approximately 2130 hours, a Rawlins Police Sergeant observed a conversion van which was being operated in the industrial area located on the east end of Rawlins. The Sergeant recognized the vehicle as belonging to Virgil Hubert Matthews of Rawlins, who had an outstanding arrest warrant for bond revocation. A traffic stop was initiated on Mahoney Street and Airport Road. Upon the Sergeant's approach of the vehicle, Matthews locked the...
A special meeting of the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) was held to consider formal adoption of County Road 451–also known as Cherokee Road, as an official county road. Chairman John Johnson opened a public hearing on December 15, 2022 at 11 a.m. for public comments for or against the formal adoption. Carbon County Attorney Ashley Davis provided background of Cherokee Road as well as the discussion between Bill Nation, Road and Bridge Superintendent and l...
The Hanna Town Council met December 19 at the Hanna Town Hall. The meeting was a week later than scheduled due to a power outage which took place on December 12 about an hour before the regularly scheduled meeting. This was the last town council Mayor Lois Buchanan and Council member Tracy Fowler will be in a full meeting. The newly elected Mayor, Jon Oslting and new Councilmember, Roger Hawkes were in attendance. Buchanan highlighted the Public Works report, saying the...
Governor Mark Gordon has announced a ban on TikTok from all state electronic devices and networks to address cybersecurity concerns that have been raised by the app’s foreign ownership and the potential influence of foreign governments. In a memo addressed to all state employees, the Governor directed that TikTok will be permanently removed, and access blocked, from all state government electronic devices and networks. This ban extends to all state-issued cell phones, laptops, tablets, desktop computers and other i...
Beckett Robinson, 18, of Rawlins was arrested on charges of reckless endangering with a firearm, breach of peace, and aggravated assault and battery after allegedly assaulting Chris Henneck, 18, of Saratoga. The incident took place December 10 at approximately 7:30 pm. near the Platte Valley Community Center. Robinson used a gun to beat Henneck following an argument. Statements from eyewitnesses to the attack said that shots were fired. Police Chief Lehr said he examined the...
Jeremy McCallister and Sam Allen with TO Engineers presented the Dixon Airport master plan for the Commissioners approval. The Master plan will now be presented to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Once the FAA approves the plan, TO Engineers will continue on to implementation. McCallister explained the airport layout plan to the Commissioners. According to McCallister, the FAA categorizes the Dixon Airport as a “B” runway. He said that there are deficiencies tha...
Saratoga Town Council’s meeting on December 20 was the last one for several council members including Jon Nelson, D’Ron Campbell, Ron Hutchins and Mayor Creed James. Next month the new mayor and council members will be sworn in. Mayor James read correspondence for the 2023 Newly Elected Boot-camp at Wyoming Association of Municipalities conference at the Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne. Dates of conference are January 25,2023 through January 27, 2023. May...
A collision on Interstate 80 has injured one Memorial Hospital of Carbon County EMT and claimed the life of another. According to a press release from Memorial Hospital of Carbon County, EMTs from the hospital were responding to a request for assistance in Sweetwater County in the early morning hours of December 21. The incident occurred on Interstate 80 between mile marker 195 and 197 in the westbound lane. During the call, the MHCC ambulance was truck by another vehicle...
Governor Mark Gordon has officially proclaimed Saturday, December 10 as Wyoming Day, commemorating the 153rd anniversary of the passage of the first law in the United States guaranteeing women unconditional suffrage – their inherent right to vote and hold public office. In 1869, Territorial Governor John A. Campbell signed the bill known as the Women’s Suffrage Act into law. Wyoming’s law was passed more than 50 years before the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. In 1935, the Wyoming Legislature passed a bi...
On November 27, 2022, Carbon County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an abandoned vehicle on Forest Road 830 (Deep Jack) stuck in the snow. The Sheriff’s Office, along with Carbon County Search and Rescue, responded to the area. It was determined the vehicle, a 2020 Ford F-150, was stolen out of the State of Missouri. During the course of the investigation, two suspects, John Glock and Nicholas Stephenson, were identified and believed to be connected with an attempted homicide (shooting) of a Missouri State Trooper. Both wer...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have extended the public comment on an environmental assessment of the proposed Two Rivers Wind Energy Project, which would be located near the Towns of Medicine Bow and Rock River in Carbon and Albany counties, Wyoming. The BLM believes it is important to give the public and cooperators sufficient time to review and comment on the project. Specifically, some boards and commissions need time to discuss the project and to formulate comments and this...
South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Service (SCWEMS) Representative Penny Layman updated Encampment town council on the use of funding they had received from the Wyoming Hospital Association. The funds were specifically earmarked to enhance recruitment and sign-on bonuses. The requirements were that the money be used before December 31 and given to front line workers and as bonuses. The amount SCWEMS received was $154,000.00. The board decided to use only $112,000.00 due t...
Just over two months since the Rawlins City Council passed a sweeping water rate increase, property owners from the Glenn Addition—home to the corrals and agricultural section of the city—expressed their frustration to the city council on December 6. Those frustrations centered on two main points: what residents felt was a lack of communication from the City of Rawlins and inequitable billing in the Glenn Addition. Spigot or Corral? The flood of public comments began with resi...
Saratoga Police Officers responded to a report of an assault Saturday night, following the Lighted Christmas Parade and Winter Wonderland. Saratoga Police Chief Ken Lehr told the Saratoga Sun a fight broke out on Elm Street across from the Platte Valley Community Center. A Saratoga man was inolved in an argument with two men from Rawlins and was assaulted by the two men. According to Lehr, the men used a handgun to beat their victim before they fled the scene. Lehr said the...
South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical (SCWEMS) representative Irene Archibald gave an update to the Board of Carbon County Commissioners at their December 6 meeting. SCWEMS was given $154,179.00 for sustainability from the Wyoming Department of Health. Archibald this was designated specifically for bonuses for personnel as well as sign on bonuses. One of the burdens that came from being given this money was SCWEMS would have to pay payroll taxes on it and it had to be used...
The Saratoga Town Council had a flurry of items to address at their December 6 meeting. Issues ranged from a shortage of water treament chemicals to continued childcare discussions to the ongoing Spring Avenue project. Councilmember Ron Hutchins gave an update on a potential shortage of chemicals used in the Town’s water department. Hutchins reported there should be enough to last until April. The vendors are in Salt Lake City and they currently have chemicals available if n...
With the contractor Lewis and Lewis a month behind the scheduled completion date the Saratoga Town Council and the Saratoga-Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (SCCIJPB) met on November 30 to discuss the contractor's request for a winter shutdown.The first question asked by Josh Ward, the project superintendent, is how the town will handle the shutdown. Ward asked if the town is going to assess liquidated damages. Liquidated damages are penalties the town can charge the...
