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The Platte Valley experienced a power outage Friday for approximately four hours because of problems with weather. Russell Waldner, General Manager of Carbon Power & Light, provided the official outage time from 2:36 p.m. until 6:22 p.m. “Lightning opened the circuit switcher,” Waldner said. “Basically, what the circuit switcher does is protect the transformer and anything in the substation from failing.” According to Waldner, when Carbon Power & Light was reviewing the codes during the outage,...
Three simultaneous lightning strikes caused three wildland fires Saturday—one at Brush Creek, another at the One Bar Eleven Ranch and the last off of Carbon County Road 660. “We had to divide and conquer here,” Homer Beach, Ryan Park Volunteer Fire Chief said. “Ryan Park took the Brush Creek one, Saratoga took One Bar Eleven and I think some Saratoga people and Encampment took the one off of County Road 660.” Several days before on Aug. 12, One Bar Eleven experienced another fire when a hay bal...
Two public meetings will be held this week so that citizens can voice their opinions on opening Battle Highway, Wyoming Highway 70, by May 1. The first meeting will be in Encampment on Aug. 19 and the second will be at the Valley Community Center in Baggs on Aug. 20. John Farr, President of the Battle Pass Scenic Byway Alliance, is encouraging citizens to come and share their thoughts on opening the pass earlier or possibly even keeping it open all year with Wyoming Department of Transportation...
When two variable-frequency drives (VFD), which vary the frequency and voltage to an electric motor, were cooked during the July 30 scheduled power outage, it made nine total VFDs damaged by power outages at Saratoga’s water well. The Saratoga/Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (Water and Sewer Board) reviewed possible options to prevent these costly losses. The two damaged most recently will cost around $12,000 total, including installation. The VFDs will be sent out for analysis in order...
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A sealcoat and striping of the taxiways and ramp at Shively Field was completed last week and airport manager Kim Lorenzen said that the contractor performed exceptionally well. The sealcoat project is part of WYDOT’s maintenance program for Wyoming airports. A small grass fire was ignited by a broken low-voltage lamp on the runway at Shively Field late in the night on July 26. The fire was called in at 11:13 p.m and Saratoga fire crews responded, dousing the fire within minutes. Lorenzen s...
“Our services are progressing towards more than books in the library,” said Kim Jones, Circulation Manager Librarian at Carbon County Library System (CCLS). In addition to the 94,000 books in the CCLS collection, the library has databases and online applications and services, like e-book collections and other digital offerings. “My favorite, and the one that I use most frequently and the one that it appears most people use most frequently is 3M Cloud Library,” said Jacob Mickelsen, Saratog...
In a logic class, the professor uses the blueness of the sky to represent a truth dependent on something outside of the sentence, or a posteriori. Some analytic philosophy classes beg the students to define blue, explaining a color to a person who has never known anything. Anyway. The definition of blue does not seem to actually matter to our existence too much, but the sensation of color is a ragged part of living. I’ve read two books about the color blue; when I was in college, I read ...
After all the spring rain, the sun has finally decided to shine and garden plants are flourishing. Now it’s time to start thinking about how to harvest those garden fruits, vegetables, and herbs. There are four main preservation methods to consider to determine what works best for you and your family to enjoy during the fall and winter seasons. Canning and freezing are the most common preservation techniques. Canning requires extra equipment which can be costly. There are also precise specifications to follow regarding temperature and d...
Editor: Something smells at the Saratoga Dump & not just the garbage. We get charged $20 per month whether we use it or not. I “donate” $100 per year during the winter myself. I understand the dead animal pit, the oil dump tank, the construction pit the electronics area, the cardboard trailer, the metal area, the burn pile & the tire pile. I used to understand the household garbage pit. Now we can only put kitchen waste in the household pit. Even tho the sign says no household garbage at the construction pit we are expected to put I there now...
Encampment graduation is May 28 at 11 a.m., not May 27 as indicated on the school calendar in the Aug. 12 edition of the Saratoga Sun. The staff at the Saratoga Sun apologizes for the error....
The Bureau of Land Management, Rawlins Field Office would like to make the public aware that a bear has been reported in the Prior Flat Campground located in Shirley Basin on Aug. 11 digging though the trash cans in the campground. Here are some tips for you to follow to aid you in having an enjoyable experience with your public land. Campground and Picnic Area Precautions • Never cook or store food in or near your tent. • Hang food and other items with strong odors (e.g., toothpaste, bug repellent, soap, etc.) out of reach of bears. Hang ite...
A 28-year-old Matt Cisneros, of Gillette, and his 12 year old son Manuel spent two nights lost in the Medicine Bow National forest after changing paths when they encountered a black bear. The pair told deputies that they killed a snake and ate it raw, drank water from a creek and huddled together at night for warmth, according to a press release from the Carbon County Sheriff’s office. They had no food, no water, no fire making materials or warm clothing but were in relatively good condition w...
Joel Johnson, Florida based watercolor painter, remembers his roots growing up in Sinclair and will be exhibiting 30 paintings based on those memories at the Nicolaysen Art Museum and Discovery Center in Casper, Wyo. Johnson recalls seeing Spanish colonial architecture in Sinclair, skiing in Ryan Park and his father's role maintaining the skating rink. The paintings consist of architectural pieces based on the Spanish influences he saw in his hometown, according to Johnson, with landscapes of...
Councilperson Margaret Weber told the rest of the Riverside town council last Thursday that all plans are in place for Riverside Party Day 2015. J. Shogren Shanghai’d will provide music for the day’s festivities and Weber plans on having food for 200 people to be served at 4 p.m. John Farr presented information to the council on Thursday about opening WYO 70, Battle Highway, by May 1, or possibly keeping it open year round. The council voted to write a letter in support of the effort which the...
The town of Encampment Parks Department reported to the town council last Thursday that the new sand volleyball court in Grandview Park is essentially complete. The parks department would like to bring in two more loads of sand to fill up the court but local residents have already been seen using the new court. The council also approved the first reading of a zoning change in the town’s business district along Wyoming Highway 70 to Business-2. This would mean moving away from residential d...
"Once we get done with (the biodome project) we will have the most updated and advanced sewer system in the state," mayor Leroy Stephenson said at the Riverside Town Council meeting last Thursday. Ten biodomes, structures that help process solid waste and aerate wastewater lagoons, arrived from Utah Aug. 3 and another 10 arrived Aug. 16. The addition of the biodomes to the aeration systems, ultrasonic system and ultraviolet light treatment system already in place makes for the most...
At the Aug. 5 Carbon County Commissioners meeting the application by landowners Charles (Ken) and Kimberly Thyne for a zoning change to their property along Wyoming Highway 130 was approved. The zoning change changes the properties status from ranching, agriculture and mining (RAM) to Highway Commercial (C-2). The property is the location of the Ten Mile Inn on Wyoming Highway 130. According to evidence presented to the commissioners the RAM zoning was the result of both clerical mistakes and...
The Carbon County Visitors’ Council (CCVC) has reduced the number of grant sessions from four to three beginning this September. Grant sessions will take place in September, January and May going forward. “We used to do quarterly—January, April, July, and October,” Leslie Jefferson, Executive Director of Carbon County Visitors’ Council said. “We also linked in the process of when you can request funds. It used to be 120 days and now it’s 180 days.” Jefferson explained that this process reduces...
Elizabeth Wood, Publisher of the Saratoga Sun, was awarded 2015 Businessperson of the Year by the Carbon County Board of Realtors. Wood worked at CENTURY 21 Cornerstone Realty beginning in 1999. She moved on to be a journalist/columnist and ad salesperson at the Saratoga Sun, eventually becoming the General Manager in 2008 and Publisher in 2015. Wood has turned the Saratoga Sun into a major state publication respected by the Wyoming Press Association, increasing advertising revenue and creating...
Five, two-minute promotional videos will be filmed in areas throughout Carbon County. Digital Top House, a Salt Lake City based production company, has been contracted to make the videos, according to Leslie Jefferson, Executive Director of Carbon County Visitors’ Council (CCVC). According to Jefferson, the videos will serve to draw visitors interested in visiting Wyoming to the Platte Valley. “Those will be up on our website once they’re completed, hopefully by the end of this year,” Jeffers...
The Platte Valley Trout Run 5K fun run kicked off the morning followed by the SHS volleyball team's Duck Race fundraiser. The 20th annual Saratoga Steinley Cup microbrewfest capped off Saturday's events on and around Veterans Island. Steinley Cup Winners Steinley Cup Winner: Smoked Spice & Everything Nice Altitude Chophouse Brewery, Laramie Brewer: Jared Long People's Choice Winner: Watermelon Wheat Library Sports Grille & Brewery, Laramie Brewer: Mitch Kunce Red Chili People's Choice Susan F....
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Perils and joys of crossing the wide, wild, roaring Upper North Platte River by Native Americans, explorers, emigrants, settlers, ranchers or families in the late 1800's will be related to those attending the Saratoga Museum "Crossings of Platte at Pick" Trek Saturday at historic Pick Ranch north of Saratoga. Trekkers are to meet by 8:30 a.m. at the Saratoga Museum for the day-long excursion. High profile vehicles are recommended and those attending are asked to car-pool. Persons should take...