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Sammy Sikes was mayor pro tem in Mayor Lois Buchanan’s absence at the Hanna Town Council on August 9, 2022. Councilmember Bill Dys was also not in attendance. Councilmembers Tracy Fowler and Jayson Nordquist were present. Sikes said AML had not finished working on the county road on the outside of Hanna and it will stay closed for the winter. It will also not be plowed. Public works has been working on fixing Jade Street’s water issues. David Sutter, Water Treatment Dir...
Two resolutions were passed at the Saratoga Town Council meeting on August 2; Resolution 2022-07 authorizing submission of an application for the State Loan and Investment Board for a grant through Water and Sewer ARPA grant program funding for on behalf of the Governing Body for the Town of Saratoga for the purpose of replacing old failing and failed, water distribution mains of Spring Avenue to ensure safe driving water for the Town of Saratoga Residents and Resolution 2022-...
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met July 20 at the Town Hall in Sinclair. The Sinclar Town Hall renovated the upstairs and was pleased to show off the facility to the different municipalities’ elected officials who were there for the meeting. Chairman Travis Moore asked asked the host municipality Sinclar to give a little history and news about the town. Michelle Serres talked about the renovation of the town hall. The Wyoming Department of Trasportation (...
Darrin Jennings, the new Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Superintendent has about as deep a roots as you can to Carbon County. He was born and raised in the county and he graduated high school in Rawlins. "After high school, I worked for Carbon County Weed and Pest, Wyoming State Highway Department working all over the county," Jennings said. "I went back to Rawlins to teach and I taught middle school and elementary and then moved to Sweetwater County and was the...
Carbon County offers a lot of different looks for visitors. Rawlins is a stopping point for many tourists on their way to Yellowstone in the summer. It has the Old State Pen that has recorded 14,000 visitors in a year. Many hotels abound, making the town a resting point along the I-80 corridor for travelers. The number of visitors decreased in late spring and early summer most likely due to the closure of Yellowstone. In 2021 lodging tax received was $45,712 versus this year...
Carbon County Fire Chief, John Rutherford, and County Commissioner, Travis Moore, have been making themselves available all over Carbon County to answer questions about the possibility of a fire protection district for the unincorporated area of the county. "Our presentation or roadshow has consisted mainly of just giving people information," Moores said. "We tell them this is what we have got, these are the options that were explored, this is the model of the district that...
All council members and mayor were in attendance at the 6 p.m. regularly scheduled meeting on July 19 at the Saratoga Town Hall. A public hearing was held before the meeting began. The hearing was about a land swap of town land appraised at $62,500 for traded property valued at $45,000. The majority of the public made clear it was not a good idea to go ahead with the trade. A few people felt a major donation that was being offered to park by the land owner, made the deal...
When Danny Burau, Saratoga resident and owner/founder of Firewater Public House opened back in 2017, he had set ideas on branding his new restaurant. A logo was created and he started making different t-shirts with his brand. Then he started thinking of little quips to go on the t-shirts, pins and hats he was creating. Firewater enjoyed instant success and customers started buying his retail merchandise. Then Burau hit a homerun with a phrase which customers liked...
The Encampment Opera House hosted a forum for the four candidates of the Encampment mayoral race on Sunday evening. Jeb Steward was the mediator. The forum was attended by approximately thirty residents of Encampment. The four candidates are Greg Salisbury, incumbent; Matt Wagy, Shannon Fagan Craig and Brad Hebig. The candidates were at odds about a few items, but there seemed to be some common ground on others. Finishing the sewer and water projects are definitely a priority...
The Encampment Town Council met at 7 p.m. on July 14 at the Encampment Town Hall as the summer in Wyoming hits the halfway point. In attendance on the Council was Mayor Greg Salisbury, council members Bill Craig, Shannon Fagan Craig and Gary Stull. Council member Stan Banach was absent. The agenda and minutes from the regularly scheduled meeting on June 9 and a special meeting on June 30 were quickly improved. The next course of action by the Council was to approve the...
The weather was beautiful for the Riverside Town Council meeting on July 12, 2022. Helen Weiland of South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services Join Powers Board (SCWEMS JPB) reported “everyone is onboard with new director” and volunteerism is on the rise. The new EMTs have also started. The new EMT for Encampment needs to pass National Chest exam. She will then be on call. Currently she is driving. “Things seem to be coming together” said Weiland. However, Saratog...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6:30 p.m. on July 12 at the Hanna Town Hall. In attendance were councilmembers; Sammy Sikes, Tracy Fowler, William Dys, Jayson Nordquist and mayor Lois Buchanan. In a few moments the agenda and regular meeting minutes for June 14 and minutes for a special meeting on June 23 were approved. Public works is working on streets in cooperation with AML. Water treatment plant director David Sutter said more water was being used, but because it was...
As Carbon County became more important to opening the West and people started to put down roots, a congregation of churchgoers started to form. Dr. Sheldon Jackson founded a Presbytarian church in the railroad town of Rawlins at the intersection of Third and Cedar, the land being purchased from the Union Pacific Railroad for $62.50. In August of 1869, the Morris Presbyterian Church was created. The building was completed in 1870. The cost was $1,500. Jackson had accomplished...
The Chokecherry and Sierra Madre wind projects, owned by Power Company of Wyoming (PCW), are in Carbon County preparing for the future arrival of turbines. It has taken over a decade to be at this point to have the infrastructure ready for these wind farms. PCW is a wholly owned affiliate of The Anschutz Corporation, a privately held company based in Denver. Through its affiliates, The Anschutz Corporation has been actively involved in the West for more than 75 years in the...
Anglers who prefer to catch and eat their fish—rather than catch and release—have updated guidelines from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) and the Wyoming Department of Health in regards to fish consumption. The new consumption guidelines, announced in a July 11 press release from the WGFD, provide recommendations on healthy servings of fish while limited mercury consumption to safe levels. According to the press release, the 2022 consumption guidelines are “simplified and consistent with guidance from the Envir...
Vivian Gonzales is putting the hat of Hanna Town Clerk back on after a six year absence. Gonzales had left the town clerk position to be Hanna Parks and Recreation Director. During the past six years she has been instrumental in getting the recreation center-with its indoor pool, racquetball courts, basketball courts and exercise equipment-into good shape. It was a lot of work, but Gonzales is happy with what she accomplished. Now she feels it is time to go back to the town...
Two years after its inception, Wyoming’s suicide lifeline service has been expanded to full-time coverage, according to a July 11 press release from the Office of Governor Mark Gordon. “Wyoming citizens experiencing a mental health crisis and potentially suicidal thoughts can now be confident that, on the other end of the line, they’re talking to someone who—as a fellow resident—is familiar with our state and cares about our people,” said Gordon in the press release. For many years, Wyoming residents have been able to call th...
More than three years after being established, members of the Saratoga Airport Advisory Board are requesting some leeway from the Saratoga Town Council. This request came via Councilmember D’Ron Campbell, who serves as the council representative on the advisory board. “That the airport advisory board would like to request maybe giving a little more teeth to the board,” said Campbell. “Not a joint powers board kind of level but so that everything does not come to the council...
by Joshua Wood After more than a decade of promised construction, Never Forget Park in Memory of Staff Sergeant Tyler Pickett—previously known as Tyler Pickett Park—seems to be getting closer and closer to reality. The vision of what the park will look like, however, appears to still be in question. At the July 5 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, Councilmember Ron Hutchins expressed his concern over a lack of a survey. That concern came following an estimate from WLC Eng...
Two years and over $300,000 in fines after he established the Medicine Bow Marshal’s Office, Dave Redding has resigned. Redding announced his resignation during the Medicine Bow Town Council meeting on July 11. The Council had Lucy Schofield, Cindy Chace and Dawnda Yocom in attendance, along with Mayor Sharon Biamon. Councilmember Sharon Kahl was not present. Before Redding’s announcement, which shocked many residents in the audience, the meeting had few surprises. The fin...
The Carbon County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) lost one of their own over the July 4 weekend. According to a press release from the CCSO, Deputy Jeffrey Walton-a 30 year veteran of the office-passed away on July 3. "In Deputy Walton's forty-year career in public service, he served in a variety of different positions starting at the Rawlins Department in 1982 as a dispatcher," read the press release. "In 1987, Deputy Walton started his career at the Carbon County Sheriff's Office...
The Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) held a rather quick meeting post-Independence Day. With Vice-Chair Sue Jones directing the meeting—Chairman John Johnson joined via phone—the commissioners quickly moved through their business on July 5. Several topics were discussed and voted on, resulting in some minor changes coming soon to the County. One of the first reports came from Amanda Brown, nurse manager for Carbon County Public Health. Brown informed the commissioners her department had received pediatric COV...
On Carbon County Road 121, not too far from Medicine Bow, there was more traffic than the pronghorns and jackrabbits were used to encountering in their neck of the prairie a little before 10 a.m. on June 27. The day was beautiful with picture perfect blue skies and a few large white clouds floating by as dust was kicked up by dozens of pick-up trucks, SUVs and cars heading towards a tent on a barren spot of land in the high desert . The people leaving their parked vehicles on...
As real estate inventory continues to be scarce in Saratoga, the push to add housing has many contractors working on projects throughout the area. Through that process, however, one construction company appears to have crossed the Saratoga Town Council. During the June 21 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, Councilmember Jon Nelson raised concerns about the Octagon Estates Subdivision west of the Valley View Acres addition behind Valley Foods under council comments. “(I’ve b...
