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By Mike Armstrong On Thursday, six candidates for governor attended a panel hosted by Wyoming Lodging and Restaurant Association (WLRA) to discuss their views and policies related to tourism, hospitality and retail issues impacting the state at the Nicholaysen Art Museum in Casper. The Saratoga Sun was invited to listen to the candidates because tourism is of interest to many in Carbon County. Tourism, including the travel and hospitality fields, is the second largest industry in Wyoming....
The candidates for the 2018 Primary Election are in, starting with the United States Senate seat currently held by Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming). With six candidates for the up-for-grabs senate seat and four candidates for the United States Representative seat, currently held by Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), the primary elections will provide voters with ample options. National U.S. Senator Republican Incumbent Barrasso is running for re-election and has competition from four other...
The Bear Trap Cafe and Bar in Riverside, Wyo. has been host to a variety of events over the years. From the post-jamboree party spot to the home of WHATFest for a handful of years. Now, Margaret Weber is hoping to bring another event to the establishment. It is sure to get people talking and that is exactly what she wants. Like most people, Weber found out about former Rawlins resident Rod Miller’s bid for Wyoming’s only Representative seat through social media. According to Weber, she had seen...
About 40 citizens came to the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) Oct. 10 to attend a candidate forum hosted by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). The forum included three candidates for Saratoga Town Council, four candidates for Carbon County Commissioner, one candidate for Wyoming House Dist. 47 Representative and two candidates for U.S. Congress. The forum started at the town council level, with Steve Wilcoxson, Glee Johnson and Jennie Lou Ivory vying for two open slots. Addressing the...
Ryan Greene, the 33-year-old Rock Springs businessman and Democratic candidate for Wyoming’s U.S. congressional district introduced himself by saying, “I’m a pipe-welder by trade.” Perhaps that’s because few career politicians would have taken the odds offered Greene in his first run for elected office. Greene discussed his bid in an Oct. 3 interview with the Saratoga Sun. Long Odds The last Democrat to represent Wyoming in Congress was Rep. Teno Roncalio in 1978. Following Roncalio...
Write-in candidates in municipal races across the Valley have been notified by certified mail that they crossed the three-vote threshold to be listed on ballots in the general election in November. Those who accept their neighbors’ nomination have five days following the receipt of a certified letter from the election clerk to pay a $25 listing fee in order to appear on general election ballots. In Saratoga, Glee Johnson and Steve Wilcoxson have accepted their nominations and paid the fee to a...
With Wyoming's at-large U.S. Congressional seat open for the first time in eight years, the race to replace outgoing congresswoman Cynthia Lummis on the Republican ticket is crowded and entering its final stretch. July 19, that race came to the Platte Valley when Liz Cheney made a campaign swing through the area, stopping at the Saratoga Senior Center and eating lunch in Encampment prior to the August 16 primaries. About five residents, including National Rifle Association (NRA) election...
About 50 people attended a July 25 Candidate Forum hosted by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC). Eight candidates auditioned for three different government positions at the event including Clerk of District Court, Carbon County Commissioner and Wyoming State Representative for House District 47. The three who ran for the House District 47 seat consisted of two Republicans and one Democrat. Jerry Paxton, the Republican incumbent, has served since...
Talk of increasing the wind energy excise tax in Cheyenne has prompted the Saratoga Town Council to consider adopting a resolution opposing any such increase. The text of the resolution, written by Rawlins City Attorney, Amy Bach, was read at a lightly-attended July 5 Saratoga Town Council meeting. “We’re already the only state in the union that’s taxing wind energy and now they want to tax it more. Well, I guess my thoughts were that that’s probably a bad idea,” mayor Ed Glode said in suppor...
Across Wyoming on Saturday, Democratic Caucus-goers chose Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by 11 percentage points, 55.7 percent to 44.3 percent. Because of the state's delegate allocation rules, however, the presidential candidates will end up splitting Wyoming's 14 pledged delegates evenly, seven and seven, according to the Associated Press (AP). The state's also has four super delegates, who are free to vote for whomever they choose. They have all...
As Saratoga prepares to begin the work of clearing gravel bars from under and above the HWY 130 bridge, Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode has been meeting with several different agencies. "We had basically the Red Cross, the National Guard and Homeland Security here on Tuesday, (March 22)", Glode said. "Over the last year or so, we've had a couple of opportunities to have the Army Corps of Engineers here," he continued. "Usually what I do when they show up is I get them on the river right away so they can...
The amendment to the Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance for the town of Encampment was passed after it’s third and final reading. Town Clerk Doreen Harvey stated the only change in the third reading was that the attorney’s advice that the term “alcoholic liquors” be replaced with the term “alcoholic beverages”. Councilman Gary Stull moved to approve the third and final reading and the motion was passed. According to Harvey, “There is one small update since the regular meeting minutes. The Town made a motion to accept an offer for us to purchase 507...
Mayor Ed Glode said he came away from the River Restoration meeting last week with a good feeling. A sentiment that both Jeff Streeter with Trout Unlimited and Joe Parsons with the Saratoga-Encampment- Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD) echoed. Committees were formed to go forward with the long term project while considering short-term options. The plan has two different concepts that the committee is considering, Glode said. In the meantime, Glode is still weighing options on a short-term...
The Saratoga planning commission received input from Mayor Ed Glode at its Feb. 10 meeting on changing the bylaws to allow the Saratoga Town Council appointed member to have a vote on the planning commission. Will Faust, the council member who was appointed by Glode to serve on the planning commission, told the commission he was comfortable with having another members of the planning commission to report to the town council, when he was in disagreement with the commission. The Saratoga Planning...
The new lease and rental fee for the Saratoga Airport Board was tabled for one more month because the new town attorney was still reviewing the leases, Lance Grubb reported to the board. Erickson and Roberts LLC was appointed as Saratoga’s town attorney at the Feb. 3 council meeting, replacing Tom Thompson. The new appointment has slowed the process of the leases. In December, Dave Worthington had questions about the new lease and rental fee, but the item was tabled. In January, the airport boar...
Encampment Mayor Greg Salisbury discussed with the council as well as members of Encampment Public Works, his concern over the recent vandalism of the Encampment Park restrooms at the regular council meeting last Thursday. “I guess somebody went in there and [defecated] all over the place. So, I’ve had [Public Works] put some padlocks on it so once you guys do shut down for the season, put them on there,” Salisbury said. “I think another thing is to do is maybe invest in some of these cameras...
Bio-Domes were the main topic of discussion last Thursday night when Mayor Leroy Stephenson and the rest of the Riverside Town Council talked about improvements to the towns wastewater lagoon facility. The Bio-Domes would be placed in the lagoons to create a bacterial film to help digest the solids in the lagoons and clean up the dissolved oxygen levels of the lagoons, this helps the other good bacterium work on through the winter months which, “are our most problematic,” according to Ste...
Ed Glode is finishing up his second month as the new mayor of Saratoga and last week was a busy one for the new mayor. Glode attended the Planning Commission meeting and the Carbon County/Saratoga Impact Joints Powers Board (Water and Sewer Board) and took a tour with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and members of the Water and Sewer Board of the sewage treatment facility north of Saratoga. Glode, who had never had a full tour of the facility said he learned a lot on the tour Feb. 10 and now fully understands the need for the new...
The South Central Sage-Grouse Local Working Group is considering recommendations from the public in relation to the Wyoming Sage-Grouse Conservation Plan’s core area map at its next meeting at 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 23 at the Rawlins Bureau of Land Management office located at 1300 N. Third St. Any person proposing changes to a core area boundary are asked to provide the local working group with maps and/or written descriptions along with an explanation of their proposal in advance of the meeting. These documents can be emailed to t...
Deadlines are fast approaching for the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (Landfill Board). When asked how things are progressing, Chairman of the Landfill Board Randy Raymer said, “What we’re going to do is focus on our base estimate to meet the minimum requirements, so we can get the transfer station open and close the landfill.” Raymer is referring to the fact the Landfill Board along with several others in the state have missed the Jan. 1, 2015 deadline to close their landf...
Field Representatives for U.S. Senator John Barrasso, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi and U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis will be in Carbon County to visit with residents on Feb 11. Anyone with questions, comments or concerns in relation to federal agencies or legislation is welcome to attend. Field Representatives Kelly Carpenter, Irene Parsons and Nancy Prosser will be available to meet from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Encampment Town Hall Council Chambers located at 614 McCaffrey Ave., from 11 a.m. to noon at the Platte Valley Community Center in...