Articles from the March 31, 2022 edition
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Building bipartisan bridges
The Saratoga Town Council will be practicing bipartisanship and building bridges in the very literal sense. During the March 15 meeting of the governing body, Mayor Creed James read correspondence...
Racing to Rawlins
Place your bets! More than a year after granting approval to Wyoming Downs, LLC (Wyoming Downs), the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) have granted approval to yet another horse racing...
Fuel of the future
Hydrogen has been the subject of a few conversations in Carbon County this past week.On March 14, Nicholas Bair, CEO of Clean Energy Holdings, came to the Elk Mountain Town Council to introduce...
Dwight Homer France
Dwight Homer France, of Encampment, made his final departure into the heavenly skies on March 22, 2022. Dwight was born on April 3, 1947 to John Walker France and Marie Wells France in Rawlins. Unbekn... Full story
Wood and stone
The Platte Valley Arts Council (PVAC) is pleased to present “Two’s the Limit,” a sculpture selected for the public art displays to be revealed in the valley this fall. This work includes a 20-by-15-by-11-inch sculpture of trout leaping into...
Martha G. (Marty) Perue
Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, April 8, 2022 for Carbon County native and long-time Saratoga resident Marty Perue, 89, who passed away Sunday night, March 20, 2022 in the Wyoming Medical...
Woes followed Big Nose George
Okay, so who was Big Nose George? This legendary character from Wyoming’s formative past has been written about extensively for the past 141 years, but never has anyone really put the whole story all together until now. Dr. Mark E. Miller’s new...
A sliver of hope
By Joshua Wood As the Saratoga Town Council seeks to, at the very least, start construction on Never Forget Park in Memory of Staff Sergeant Tyler Pickett this year there seems to be one minor hurdle...
Water and roads in Medicine Bow
The Medicine Bow Town Council met on March 14 at the Medicine Bow Community Hall. Mayor Sharon Biamon and all council members were present. It took a matter of minutes for the council to approve the a...
Four firsts for Togie
by Mike Armstrong Saratoga High School Panthers went to the Green River Invite and was in competition with three other Carbon County teams, in addition to five other high schools and did very well....
Tigers run to Green River
The Encampment Tiger track team traveled west to the Green River Track and Field Invite, held in Green River Wyoming. Nine teams from around the state participated in multiple events at the meet....
Nine Miners to Green River
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School Miner track and field team went to Green River on March 25 where they faced competition with eight other teams. Three of those teams came from...
Tigers top ten at Wind River
The Encampment Tiger track team traveled north to the Wind River Invitational Track meet held in Fremont county. The first track meet for the Tigers hosted by Wind River High School ranked both teams in top ten. The Lady Tigers were ranked 9th out...
From Rawlins to Saratoga
In February, Darren Jennings, principal at Saratoga Elementary School, was offered a contract as district superintendent for Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2). Jennings accepted, which left...