Articles from the January 19, 2022 edition
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Soto: The Institution
Class, integrity and character. These are words not often found in this day and age when describing individuals, but there is a man known by just about anyone who has met him to have these...
An eye on crime
Recent reports of property damage and theft across the Valley seem to have some residents on edge. On the Southern end of Carbon County, citizens of Encampment have been faced with property damage in...
Business as usual
The Encampment Town Council’s January 13 meeting was full of activity, though it all moved rather quickly. Heard at the meeting was a letter of interest for South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical S...
Quick meeting in Hanna
On January 11, the Hanna Town Council meeting was nearly cancelled due to lack of a quorum. At 6:30 p.m. there was only Mayor Lois Buchanan and Councilmember Sam Sikes. The mayor waited 15 minutes...
Who's conflicted?
Who does and who does not have a conflict of interest was at least one highlight of discussion during the January 12 meeting of the Saratoga-Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (SCCIJPB). As the...
New face for MedBow public works
Mayor Sharon Biamon called the Medicine Bow Town Council meeting to order at 7 p.m. on January 10 at the Medicine Bow Community Hall. Councilmembers Lucinda Schofield, Cynthia Chace, and Sharon...
A familiar face at Saratoga Museum
Carbon County is blessed with seven museums. They range in size and what they offer to the public. All of them share the goal of archiving and saving the culture of the area around them for future...
Lady Panthers scratch out two wins
The Saratoga Lady Panthers clawed into the competition in this week. First winning their non-conference game against the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners 52-27 on the Lady Panthers...
HEM girls work to dig out wins
"The girls play hard and with heart," Jackie Jones, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners head coach, said. "But quite frankly, after playing well and hard, they just ran out of gas."...
Miner grapplers hit the road
“They changed the Don Runner Invite from a bracketed tournament to a dual tournament and, only having four or five kids, an invite like that doesn’t benefit us very much,” Hanna, Elk Mountain,...
Rough week for Togie
The Saratoga Panther wrestlers traveled to Pavillion to participate in the Don Runner Memorial held at Wind River High School. Unfortunately for the Panther wrestling team, only three wrestlers could...
Lady Rattlers bite
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers are back from their winter break and biting into the competition. Traveling north to Encampment, the Lady Rattlers were hosted by the Encampment...
Panthers take down two
The Saratoga Panthers stretched their legs this past weekend as they took on two non-conference opponents at home and on the road. Both games provided the Panthers an opportunity to get some time on...
HEM sets goals on the court
On January 13 the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School Miners team faced one of the toughest basketball teams in the state when they went against the Saratoga Panther basketball team....
Rattlers bite Tigers, Pronghorns
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers played two tough teams this weekend and won much to the delight of Head Coach Jack Cobb. He knows the 1A Southwest Conference is loaded with excellent...
Tigers split the weekend
The Encampment Tigers were dealt another conference loss this weekend as they split their matches between a non-conference away game on Friday and a conference home game on Saturday. While the Tigers...
Encampment girls go 1-1
The Encampment Lady Tigers faced two teams over the weekend. The Lady Tigers traveled to Rock River first thing Friday to face the Lady Longhorns. Encampment won the non-conference game against Rock...
Finding balance
Balance is an important concept to Jeff Mincy. As he takes over the administrative leadership of the Platte Valley Clinic and the Saratoga Care Center, which he will lead until the North Platte Valley Medical Center opens in August, he says it’s...