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Saratoga Panthers Boys Team Finish on Positive Note at State
The Saratoga Panthers boys track team competed at state for three days. Grant Bartlett led the way placing 2nd in both the 1600 Meter Run and 3200 Meter Run with the times of 4:51.96 and 10:34.37. T...
Tigers Finish Season Strong
The Encampment Tigers finished their boys and girls season at state in Casper, Wyoming from Thursday May 18 to Saturday May 20. All the teams from around the state came to compete and the tigers...
Saratoga Lady Panthers take Regionals forging their path to State
With their impressive performance at Regionals, the Lady Panthers Track Team solidified many individual’s positions in various events to have an opportunity to repeat as state champs. The 4x100,...
Tigers impress fans in throwing events at Regionals
The Encampment Tigers High School boys and girls track teams competed in Regionals held in Shoshoni on May 12 and May 13. The meet was hosted by Shoshoni High School. For team points, the girls...
Saratoga Town Council Addresses Flood Concerns
Living within the North Platte River floodplain can be concerning with the coming spring rains and snow melt, and the possibility of flooding. In the May 2 town council meeting, many of these...
EHS Tigers Track Team Pounces
Tigers boys and girls place 2nd in Rawlins and teams get in some events in Torrington before Mother Nature throws a bolt from the blue and cancels the meet. The EHS Tigers track team competed in...
SMHS Panthers Track Team travels to Thermopolis and Lander
The SMHS Panthers track team competed at the Bobcat T&F Invitational in Thermopolis on May 5. It was at the Thermopolis High School and twenty three teams competed at the meet. Saratoga’s girls...
What it's like Living in Wyoming as a French Native?
People are always curious what the rest of the world thinks of Americans and our way of life. Here are my wife’s thoughts on the subject. “Both places have their positives when it comes to the d...
Gaspari appointed by Governor Mark Gordon to State Board of Education
(This is a corrected article that ran in April 27 issue of the Saratoga Sun.) Joe Gaspari knows the importance of taking care of our children and raising them up “in the way that they should go”....
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Platte Valley Drama Club performed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory four times from Friday April 28 to Sunday April 30. There was a strong turnout from the Valley that came to support the...
Life and Experience of Pioneer Women in Wyoming
The world doesn’t see many women like Gay Day Alcorn. A very well known lady in the Valley, she was larger than life with a personality like no other. Her daughter, Libbi Alcorn Nauta shared her...
SMHS Panther high school track team makes the cut
The Panthers gave it their all at Natrona County Invitational. The girls placed fifth with 55 team points and the boys placed 8th with 9 team points. State Qualifiers included Whitney Bennett with...
Encampment Tigers Track Team at the Classic at Kelly Walsh High School
Friday Quade Jordan hit the ground running at the Kelly Walsh High School competition on Friday. The boys placed 27th with one team point. Quade Jordan place 8th in the Shot Put with 49.2 feet. Head...
Joe Gaspari, local Business owner, appointed to Wyoming State Board of Education
Joe Gaspari knows the importance of taking care of our children and raising them up "in the way that they should go". "I consider it an honor to be chosen. I'm here to help the people's voices...
Saratoga Town Council talks parks
With the green grass, and the meadowlark song our thoughts turn to landscaping. First on the April 18 town council agenda was the Saratoga Museum Director Dana Davis addressed the town council...
The Saratoga Elementary School Music concert was a huge success.
From Kindergarten to fifth grade the Country music entertained and the attendees. The Second graders provided "Honky Tonk Man"-in the style of Johnny Horner. Third graders sang their rendition of the...
Tigers claw down the hornets nest competition in Pine Bluffs
The Tigers traveled over 2 hours to challenge several teams from around the State of Wyoming. Encampment Head Coach Kegan Willford said, "It was a cold and windy day at the meet, but we still had many...
Saratoga Panthers Track Team adapt to changes
Despite the threat of bad weather, the Panthers headed northeast to compete at the Tony Lehner/Al Finch Invitation on Friday, April 14 in Glenrock. Saratoga Head Track Coach Rex Hohnholt said,...
Tiger Nation Pounces on the Competition in Rock Springs
The track meet that was scheduled for Wheatland on April 14 was canceled due to weather, and so next day, the Encampment High School (EHS) track and field team went to Rock Springs High School to...
Carbon County Commissioners prepare for Spring melt off
Road and Bridge Road and Bridge Manager Kandis Fritz gave the commissioners a breakdown of the the winter costs accrued by Carbon County Road and Bridge including fuel from December of 2022, through...
TacOne Training comes to the valley
The sound of gunshots echoing off of lockers and traveling down the hallways of the Saratoga Middle High School, dropped a veil of reality over the participants. Given the realism of the scenario as...
Flooding concerns addressed by Town Council
Resolution 2023-11-Flood Declaration was approved by the Saratoga Town Council at the April 4 regular meeting. The resolution states that the Mayor of the Town of Saratoga has declared a state of...
Saratoga Girls Track Team Already Pre-Qualified for State
The athletes who prequalified for state at the Okie Blanchard Meet at Cheyenne East Friday April 7 meet were Josie Little in the 400 Meter Dash with a time of 1:04.41, Whitney Bennett 100 Meter...