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Hay, Can You Dig It?
The 7th Annual Hay Bale Sculpture Contest, sponsored by the Platte Valley Arts Council (PVAC), concluded on October 31 with the award going to the newest group to enter the annual contest: the...
Dine-in option returns for community dinner
After several years of the Platte Valley Helping Hands (PVHH) Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner being available by delivery only, the 27th Annual Dinner will return with a dine-in option. This delicious free traditional Thanksgiving meal is...
Community Thanksgiving Service and Potluck Dinner, November 19th
The Platte Valley Ministerial Association invites everyone to the Community Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, November 19th at 5:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Saratoga. The ecumenical service is an annual tradition and is the major...
Harmful algal blooms still an issue
Cooler weather may have arrived, heralding the eventual return of winter, but that doesn’t mean bodies of water with harmful cyanobacterial blooms (HCB) are any less of a danger. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Wyoming...
Saratoga to host November blood drive
What if you were told an hour of your time could change someone’s life? In the time it takes you to read this article, nearly 100 people will receive lifesaving blood transfusions. By taking just an hour or so to donate, you will do something...
Giving Tree returns to spread holiday cheer
An annual tradition, the Platte Valley Giving Tree Project is set to return for another year of giving area residents an opportunity to give to others. Kassey Westring, Valley Service Organization (VSO) coordinator for the 2023 Platte Valley Giving...
New information in Jackson County cold case
For nearly 40 years, a homicide in Jackson County, Colorado haunted the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. Since 1987, the identity of the victim had eluded law enforcement until recently. According...
Weight or wait
Wind is such an ever present force in the state of Wyoming it is often joked if it were to stop blowing, everyone in the Cowboy State would fall down. Nowhere is the wind more present than perhaps Interstate 80 and Wyoming’s highways, where it has...
Hay There
Platte Valley Arts Council announces 7th annual Hay Bale Sculpture Contest The Platte Valley Arts Council is sponsoring the 7th annual Hay Bale Sculpture Contest. Back in September, there was an...
Watch your steps
From the streets of Buenos Aires to the Platte River Valley comes the Argentine tango on November 4, 2023 at the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort. This rare opportunity is for all adult dance enthusiasts. So, turn your western boots into dance shoes and...
Latham joins Town & Country
Town & Country Realty, located in Saratoga, recently announced the addition of Jezria “Jez” Latham to their team. Latham is no stranger to the real estate industry, especially in Carbon...
Soup luncheons resume
The ever popular Fall Soup Luncheons, sponsored by the Deacons of the First Presbyterian Church of Saratoga, will resume this month. A variety of five or six homemade soups will be served every Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 19th and 26th...
Watch your steps
From the streets of Buenos Aires to the Platte River Valley comes the Argentine tango on November 4, 2023 at the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort. This rare opportunity is for all adult dance enthusiasts. So, turn your western boots into dance shoes and...
Preserving local history one picture at a time'
“Preserving local history one picture at a time” has been the life-long goal of Upper North Platte River Valley historian and Wyoming’s senior hall of fame newspaper publisher, editor, printer,...
Saratoga Middle High School Cross Country
This past Friday saw Saratoga’s Cross Country team in Rawlins. The weather was perfect for the competition. Their next meet will be this Friday, the 22nd here in Saratoga at the Shana Ward Memorial Invitational starting at 1 p.m. Women’s...
Encampment Tigers Football begins
Encampment Tigers vs. NCHS JV ending score 53-6. 1st Quarter ENC: Kaban Pickett 30 yd Rush (TD) 6-0 ENC: Quade Jordan 29 yd Rush (TD) 12-0 ENC: Quade Jordan 5 yd Rush (TD) 18-0 2nd Quarter ENC: Kaban Pickett 25 yd Rush (TD) 24-0 ENC:...
Saratoga Middle High School Cross Country
Casper Mountain Casper, Wyoming Friday August 25, 2023 8100’ Feet Elevation Women’s Varsity Results (66 runners) Marilee Williams—14 th Place—22:04. Marilee’s time in the race beats the...
Grand Encampment Museum's newest exhibit
This caboose was built about 1890 on the East Coast. It was purchased by the S&E RR in 1903 and served on that line from 1908 until 1928 when it was abandoned on a side track in Encampment....
Slow & Easy caboose open to public
Living history at the Grand Encampment Museum Sat., July 22, will feature the opening and start of tours of a recently remodeled caboose which ran on the rails of the now defunct Saratoga &...
Gov Gordon to chair Western Governor's Association
On June 28, at the close of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) 2023 Annual Meeting, Governor Mark Gordon was elected by his fellow governors as chairman. As the new Chair, Governor Gordon identified carbon capture utilization and sequestratio...
Wyo Treasurer Gives Back over $10 million
The Unclaimed Property Division of the Wyoming State Treasurer’s Office shattered the previous record for most money returned in a fiscal year, returning $10.64 million to citizens and former citizens of the State. The $10,641,765.47 paid...
Time to Taco-Bout Dinner
It's Taco Time as we next “Gather at the Table” for a free meal, fun and fellowship. Everyone is invited to gather at the Saratoga Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall Monday evening, July 3, from 5:30 to 7:00 o’clock to enjoy an edible taco...
A Stitch in Time
World renown cross stitch teacher, Maureen Appleton of The Heart’s Content in Green Bay, Wisc., will teach a cross stitch class beginning at 2:00 Saturday afternoon, June 24th, in the Saratoga Museum for beginners and enthusiasts alike....
RNB State Bank awards more funds
RNB State Bank, in partnership with Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, is pleased to announce that 7 Carbon County organizations will receive $18,062 in grant funds from the FHLB Des Moines Member...
Rare printing plates to be donated
Local historian Dick Perue has held a life-long goal of preserving local history, one picture at a time. That goal is now paying off for the Grand Encampment Museum. Monday, the former Saratoga Sun pu...