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Autumn comes knocking at the door

When the calendar page flips to October, the valley is filled with the brilliant colors of Autumn.The shadow of falling leaves flutters across the pages of our days. A slight respite after the rush of...

 

Saratoga Cross Country Team - Top Ten

Marilee Williams, Bennett Keel, Sihauna Sanchez, Kelsea Raymer and Jett Arney finished in the top ten at the Wheatland Invitational.  Marilee Williams became the first Saratoga Woman since 2007 to...

 

Encampment Tigers roar past the Hanna Miners

Encampment’s Tiger’s faced Hanna Miners on Friday and plowed through like a snow blower on the Snowy Range. Scoring 18 points in the first quarter was just a prelude to the 39 points that the...

 

Encampment Lady Tigers fall hard last weekend

The Encampment Lady Tigers Volleyball team lost to Rock River on Friday, and Cokeville on Saturday, but it wasn’t from lack of trying. With only one win under their belt so far, beating North Park...

 

Serving God and country

Bob Cain grew up in a little farm town in midwestern Illinois. Cain decided to join the Navy in 1985, a year after he graduated from high school. His oldest brother was in the Navy and Cain wanted to...

 

Riverside Town Council updates and upgrades

Union Telephone representatives visited with the Riverside Town Council at their monthly meeting on September 14, giving an update to a grant that would make it possible to bring fiber optic internet...

 

Colorado Grand autos

Grand Encampment Museum was the host for the 34th Annual Colorado Grand Tour lunch stop on September 13. Every September at the peak of the fall color season approximately 85 vintage cars are driven...

 

Dave Acord honored for over 40 years of service to Carbon County Roads

On Thursday, September 7 a small group gathered at the Carbon County Road & Bridge shop in Encampment to honor Dave Acord’s service to the County for 44 years. A special sign designed by Road...

 

Encampment Lady Tigers fall back and regroup after a tough weekend of play

In Friday’s league contest against Little Snake River’s Lady Rattlers the Lady Tigers struggled to make points. Scoring 25 points in each match put the Rattlers at the top with the Lady’s...

 

Encampment Lady Tigers slam into the season with a win

With the first game of the season in the books, the Lady Tigers smiled all the way home. North Park made them work, but the Tigers brought home the win. Head Volleyball Coach Janice Peterson said...

 

Saratoga Middle High School Cross Country teams first meet is under their belts

Head Track and Field Coach Rex Hohnholt is not stranger to diversity and distractions when it comes to getting track teams where they need to be. Last week proved how dedicated he and the parents, gra...

 

Saratoga Forest Products gives back to the community

Warmth from a wood stove is a comfort and a necessity to many in the Valley. Thanks to the generosity of Saratoga Forest Products (SFP), “The Mill”, many families will stay warm this winter....

 

Memorial Hospital of Carbon County Golf Scramble for fun and funds

The MHCC 5th Annual Foundation Fun Scramble offered up a Calcutta which included a special auction item with all proceeds going to the Tyeler Harris Memorial Scholarship Fund. Proceeds from the...

 

Do people still read the newspaper?

With the internet readily available on your phone, computer, tablet, television and television screens invading your dining experience in many restaurants it isn’t surprising that readership of...

 

Carbon County Commissioners updated on long-anticipated energy project

An update on the TransWest Express Transmission Project was given by Kelly Cummins, Vice President of Land and Environmental Services at the August 1 Board of Carbon County Commissioners regular...

 

A winning repeat

Saratoga High School senior, Tuker Carricato took the World Champion National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) in bareback for the second year in a row. Scoring 84.0 points to win the short go-round...

 

Life on the pond

Research indicates that water has an impact on all five senses at the same time, immersing our psyche in a rest and digest response. It triggers a parasympathetic nervous response that lowers your...

 
 By Virginia Parker    News    August 3, 2023

Valley Village Childcare and Excel preschool moves forward

“It takes a village to raise a child”. In this case, it took a village to raise a childcare center. Volunteers, board members, and staff spent scores of hours working to make the new Valley...

 

Past meets present this weekend in Encampment

Full skirts swish across the lawn, the whirr of a spinning wheel and the whine of a fiddle bounce off the log buildings, all of this adding to the atmosphere that takes the visitor back to a time...

 
 By Virginia Parker    News    July 20, 2023

Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering 21st year is in the books

Entertainers gathered in Grandview Park on the North side of the Grand Encampment Museum this last Friday and Saturday, watched and admired by hundreds of attendees. The 21st Annual Grand Encampment...

 
 By Virginia Parker    News    July 20, 2023

Sewer Lagoon Improvement Project is underway

Jon Nelson, of North Fork Engineering told the Encampment Town Council that the project has been mobilized. the contractor began excavation, compaction and backfill with testing to be completed. He...

 

The real Wyoming – beyond the fences

“You just can’t see him from the road”, a line from one of my favorite Chris LeDoux songs is true of so many that live and work in this area we call home. Cradled in the arms of the Medicine...

 

Patriotism - love it or leave it?

In a recent poll by Wall Street Journal it was found that the percentage of Americans that say patriotism is an important part of their lives has dropped from 70 percent to 38 percent. Religion also...

 

A summit of words and wit

Whether writing stories for money, love or entertainment, the six professional writers that sat at a small table in the Grand Encampment Museum on June 28 all shared one common thread, the Rocky...

 

Things I didn't know till I got old-er

I love learning new things and watching videos about life hacks. It’s fun to see something as simple as fillinga long neck glass bottle with water, turning it up side down and sticking it in your...

 

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