Articles from the June 15, 2023 edition
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North Platte Valley Medical Center opens doors and care to Valley residents
The night is quiet, with snow drifts reaching the window sills. Streets are filled with slush, freezing quickly as the outside temperature drops below zero. A cough and a wheeze breaks the silence...
Swimming Lane of Dreams
If you build it, they will come and an aquatics center for Saratoga’s residents is still in the works according to Nick Haderlie. Haderlie provided an update on the project at the June 6 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council. Since its initial...
Have Shovels, Travel West
Town councils throughout Carbon County, including the Saratoga Town Council, have been invited to a groundbreaking ceremony at the Overland Trail Ranch on June 20. The groundbreaking will be held for the TranWest Express transmission line, a...
Looking For Resources in Carbon 2
The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office is close to reaching an agreement with Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) to provide a school resource officer for its facilities. Sheriff Alex Bakken told the Board of Carbon County Commissioners on...
Pickleball tops the agenda once again in Encampment Town Council Meeting
The community push for pickle-ball is slowly gaining ground in Encampment. The Encampment Town Council met on June 8 at 7:00 p.m. for their regular meeting, where they discussed ordinances and the...
Riverside Town Council updated on local issues
Rural issues lined the docket as the Riverside Town Council discussed matters ranging from water lines to broadband accessibility. The council met on June 8 for a regular meeting. Liquor...
Find compassion for those struggling with mental health
Communities in Carbon County have had a dark cloud settle over what is typically a sunny summer with the loss of three lives to suicide. This overwhelming loss proves two things: it is difficult to...
Bugs are FUN!
One of the most interesting parts of college is getting to take classes you didn’t even know existed. Now I’m a computer science major, and one of the requirements for being a computer science...
Changes
Life is full of changes, as I've mentioned in my columns of the past. Well...here comes another change in my life. I've decided to step back from editor/publisher and return to reporting, writing,...
BLM 'conservation rule' divides Wyoming public land users
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management proposes to change how it manages millions of acres across the nation — and in Wyoming — by reestablishing conservation as an equal priority in its “multiple use” doctrine, according to the agency. The...
SCWEMS Public Hearing
A public hearing on the proposed budget of the South Central Wyoming EMS JPB for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 will be held Monday, June 19, 2023 at 6:00 PM at the Medicine Bow Fire Department, Medicine Bow, WY 82329. The public is invited....