The Saratoga Sun -

The wind was not blowing strong at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at the Seven Mile wind farm, owned by Rocky Mountain Power, northeast of Hanna. It was a beautiful Wyoming spring day, with bright blue skies...

This being the time where many students are graduating from high school and college, I guess I have some words of advice for a person who has been around for a bit. Recently I was invited to a cocktai...

The Hanna Basin Museum board met at 2 p.m. on Friday for a regularly scheduled board meeting. The board consists of Pam Paulson, Diana Springsguth, Lanene Osling, Sue Tlustos and Nancy Anderson. The...

The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met at 6:30 p.m. on May 15 at the Platte Valley Community Center. After everyone at the meeting signed in and the voting delegates were recognized...

The Medicine Bow Town Council had their monthly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. on May 13 at the Medicine Bow Community Hall. All council members and mayor were present. There was a public hearing on the...

At 4 p.m. on May 20 at the Elk Mountain Elementary School, the Carbon County District No. 2 (CCSD2) held their monthly board meeting. The agenda was quickly approved. CCSD2 Superintendent Dr. James...

Jamie Short has been teaching science and math at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow High School for five years. She is leaving after half a decade to be closer to her family in Worland where she grew...

Vicki Scott has made up meals and served them up for Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) students for 39 years. "I began in Medicine Bow, the year my oldest son, Zack started kindergarten,"...

The first teaching job that Chelsea DeWitt got out of college was at Medicine Bow Elementary School (MBES). "This was the best first teaching job I could have ever hoped for," DeWitt said. "I came...

Traci Schneider came to the position of principal for the three northern Carbon County elementary schools this year planning to stay for many years. Unfortunately, although she had a job she loved,...

Kathy Thompson did not start out her professional career in library science or even education. Thompson, who hails from Montana, studied restaurant management, received an associates arts degree and...

"When Shelly finished her contract at Sinclair, the principal said she was the only teacher there that had never been any complaints," Jeanette Fischer, Medicine Bow resident and former teacher in...

Pam Glasser is known to many inhabitants in Carbon County as a music teacher. To fellow musicians and concert goers in Wyoming, Houston and Israel, Glasser is acknowledged as an accomplished French...

Cody Sheldon has been the music teacher at Saratoga Elementary for the past five years. As the school year ends, Sheldon is leaving Wyoming and moving to Washington D.C. to teach music in the...

An old adage about Wyoming states: "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes, it will change." Nowhere is this more apparent than at the State Track and Field Championship in Casper. Those...

I have always said that my parents may not have lasted very long together (about five years), but they created one of my best friends when my sister was born. I don’t think I realized it when she fi...

Before the Hanna Town Council regularly scheduled at 6 p.m. on May 14 at the Hanna Town Hall, there was public hearing at 5:50 p.m. for the submission of a community development block grant....

The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) track and field team did well at state. The boys team placed 4th and the girls team 5th. "Being able to bring in four state titles, five runner ups, three...

It is that time of year for the annual Mr. Soto Elk Mountain Elementary (EMES) and Medicine Bow Elementary School (MBES) Field Day. On Friday, after the "Big Boy" train stopped at Medicine Bow for...

The Riverside Town Council met on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Riverside Town Hall to a full house. Mayor Leroy Stephenson and council members Katie Cheesbrough and Fred Lorenz were in attendance. Josh C...

The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School track and field team went to regionals in Sheridan and came in 2nd of all the schools that attended. In six of the boys track events, HEM athlet...

The Encampment Town Council met at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Encampment Town Hall. Mayor Greg Salisbury was present as were council members Shannon Fagan and Kimberly Loftice. The Agenda and Minutes...

Two months ago, the Hanna Recreation Center played host for people to get free food for the first time in Hanna (See "Food boon" on page 6 in the March 13 edition of the Sun). The Wyoming Food Bank of...

Graduation is nearing and many students in Carbon County are weighing their options. It is never easy for graduating seniors to be sure they are going down the right road concerning their future....

Jackie Jones, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School track and field head coach, is happy where many of her athletes are at this point in the season. "Things are coming together nicely...