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Women (and men) came from around the region to don and display their creative headwear at the ninth Annual Kentucky Derby party held at the Rustic Bar Saturday.... Full story
On April 2 at 6 p.m. the Medicine Bow Lion’s Club had a dinner and meeting at the Virginian Hotel which had Jim Copeland, Superintendent of Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD 2), as a guest speaker for the first time. For the first hour, the Medicine Bow Lions Club members introduced themselves and explained to Copeland the program of the club giving away free eye glasses, exams and assistance with eye surgery for people in the community. Shane Blakeman, President of the Lions Club, a... Full story
The Saratoga Town Council held a public hearing Thursday at Platte Valley Community Center to allow citizens and council members to discuss a proposal to annex the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) facility into the town. Nearly 20 members of the public were in attendance, not including USFS employees and members of the news media. Of members of the public who spoke, several were in favor of annexing the USFS property, but several others were opposed, some citing a failure by the town to address existing sewer issues that could be exacerbated by a... Full story
Constance (Connie) Eleanor (Brown) Hood, born September 19, 1945 in Miami, Oklahoma, died in Saratoga April 30, 2017 from health complications. Connie was raised in Miami, Oklahoma, Mountain Grove, Missouri, Three Way and Climax, Colorado. At the age of 14 the family moved to Leadville, Colorado, where Connie graduated high school. She married Tom Hood on August 28, 1971 in Aurora, Illinois, and relocated to Saratoga in 1977. Preceding her in death were her parents and son, Nathan. She is... Full story
The Upper Platte Valley Solid Waste Disposal District Board (landfill board) moved their meeting from the Encampment library to Riverside town hall May 3 at 7 p.m. Roads, wood piles, hours of operation and soliciting bids were the topics gone over. The landfill road’s width is now 18 and 20 feet but needs to be 20 to 30 feet to handle estimated traffic, said board chairman Randy Raymer. Getting gravel to improve the road was discussed to make the road better. Inexpensive options were being considered. Roads built or changed need an amendment w... Full story
An Encampment man and a passenger were taken into custody Tuesday by Carbon County Sheriff’s Deputies after allegedly leading them on what the Sheriff’s office described as a high-speed chase. Kermit Stewart, 40, of Encampment, and his passenger Gabriel Dickinson, 23, were taken into custody at about 11:20 a.m. and transported to Carbon County Jail in Rawlins. Stewart was wanted by the sheriff’s department since March 16, when deputies obtained arrest warrants for: alleged unlawful contact; property destruction; domestic battery; false impri... Full story
At the Saratoga town council meeting Tuesday, council members had a break from routine business to discuss the police department, with one person lodging a complaint and another offering praise for the Saratoga Police Department. One female resident of Saratoga took the podium during public comment time to complain that, as a victim of crime, she felt officers of the Saratoga Police Department did not show enough respect and concern for female victims. This allegation was in direct contrast to effusive praise offered by another Saratoga...
The modern holiday of Mother's Day in the U.S. was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St. Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Jarvis wanted to honor her mother who was a peace activist. Efforts by Jarvis, had all US states observing the holiday by 1911, with some states officially recognizing Mother's Day as a local holiday. In 1914, Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother's Day, held the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor... Full story
Hanna–Elk Mountain–Medicine Bow (HEM) High School’s Jarrett Neimark won first place for the triple jump with 40’3” at the Wheatland Invite on May 2 and the Thermopolis Bobcat invite on May 5 with 41’04.25”. Conor McGraw also took a first in Wheatland for the Boy’s 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.09. At Thermopolis, in the same race, he placed third with 16.12. At Thermopolis Shane McGraw placed fifth with a time of 11.66, Neimark at 12.06, Brandon Scott at 12.08 and Tylor Goodro at 13.42... Full story
It is unlikely coal mining will return to Hanna according to state and county officials. Opening federal lands for leasing to coal helps fund Wyoming Education. For the northern part of Carbon County, an area renowned for coal mining over a century, the news would seem to be a shot in the arm. The Saratoga Sun contacted the Carbon County politicians and the Wyoming Mining Association (WMA) asking the same question to all: “How does any of this help a town like Hanna which has an established but... Full story
Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom (WAIC) recently hosted the 23rd Annual Agriculture and Natural Resource Bookmark Contest for Wyoming second to fifth grade students. The 2017 theme was “Wyoming Stewardship.” The contest is one of the many WAIC programs that promotes agriculture awareness for Wyoming students. Thousands of entries were submitted. Locally, the Snowy Range Cattlewomen and Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District provided additional support for the WAIC Bookmark Contest and selected local winners. The org... Full story
The first of 11 planes began to arrive at Shively Field at about 9:30 Saturday. They came out of the east dropping in altitude over Saratoga for the downwind leg of their approach. Somewhere west of town, they turned left and flew perpendicular to the runway several miles away; that's called the "base leg" of a visual approach. Then they turned left again, bringing their planes to bear on runway 23 at Shively Field for their final approaches. One by one, they landed, taxied to the ramp and tied... Full story
The Saratoga Panther Track team came home Saturday from a busy last weekend of the 2017 track season, after road trips to Thermopolis and Lander. The two contests represented the last meets of the regular season for the Panther team, which this year has been one of the largest teams fielded by Saratoga in some time. With Regionals next weekend in Lander, the Panthers have amassed an impressive list of athletes from the women’s and men’s teams that have prequalified for State. This weekend in Lander will be another opportunity for students not...
The Encampment Tiger track team had a busy final weekend for the regular season, with a meet Friday in Thermopolis and another meet Saturday in Lander. Two top-10 ranked Tigers, senior McKenzie Powell and freshman Reid Schroeder also attended the Wyoming Track Classic Tuesday in Casper. The week was busy with lots of travel, but Kegan Willford, head coach of Encampment’s track team, said the goal was to take things a little bit easier and let athletes get prepared for Regionals which begin Friday in Lander. “I think we’re peaking at just the r... Full story
Senior Center Menu Wednesday: Chicken fajita/tortilla, spanish rice, squash blend, strawberries, milk. Thursday: Roast beef, mashed potatoes/gravy, corn, wheat roll, fruit cocktail, milk. Friday: Crab cakes, macaroni and cheese, broccoli, wheat bread, peach crisp, milk. Monday: Beef Wellington, oven brown potato, zucchini, wheat bread, pears, milk. Tuesday: Chicken Parmesan, pasta, tossed salad, wheat roll, citrus fruit, milk. Saratoga School Wednesday: Breakfast pizza or cereal/cheese stick, fruit/juice, milk. Lunch; Rib-B-Que, potato wedge,... Full story