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Since starting on September 17, the Mullen Fire has grown to over 80,000 acres in size as it continues to threaten multiple communities while challenging fire crews. Additionally, the fire has decreased in containment from two percent to zero percent. In the past week, high winds and low humidity led the fire to grow from approximately 14,653 acres on Wednesday to 80,279 acres on Monday evening. As the fire grew, so too did the number of personnel on the fire. On the morning of September 22, the...
Parents hoping to enroll their children in kindergarten next school year may have to wait due to legislation passed by the Wyoming Legislature during the 2020 Budget Session. This new information was provided to the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees during their meeting on September 21 by Superintendent Jim Copeland. “The state has changed enrollment birthday deadlines for kindergarten. So, it has been September 15. They had to turn five before September 15 to e...
Fanny Lucille Williams was called to her Heavenly Home on Saturday, September 19, 2020. She had suffered with Alzheimer's Disease for the past 10 years and succumbed to a major stroke. Lucille was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Eugene Leon Williams. They leave behind 4 children, James, Roy, Sally and Cindy; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Lucille and Leon were avid Square Dancers for many, many years and enjoyed traveling to Arizona and...
Though the 2020/2021 School Year just started, discussion of graduation appeared before the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees during their meeting on September 21. While part of that discussion was about the graduation dates for the three high schools in the district, the larger part of that discussion centered around an early graduation request from a student at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School. Early Graduation CCSD2 Jim Copeland informed the...
The Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) met at 5 p.m. on September 15 at the Hanna Market. “We need to get ready for the cold weather,” Chairman Perry Goodrich, said. “We already got one snow storm, so it makes sense to start preparing our gardens.” HART member Ellen Freeman told the group that several wooden posts were starting to rot. “There are a few options, from replacing the posts entirely to getting some steel poles and attach them to the posts for stability during the winter,...
Members of the Saratoga Town Council gathered in the Steve Wilcoxson Town Council Chambers on September 18 to discuss job descriptions for town employees and were joined by legal counsel Cathy MacPherson. While there was discussion surrounding descriptions for a few specific jobs within the Town of Saratoga, such as the recreation director and the planning and zoning officer, most of it centered around taking a top down approach. Additionally, three members of the governing body agreed to talk...
Wyoming’s gigantic back yard—its national forests and wilderness areas—took a mighty beating this summer as Americans tried to escape from urban areas and get away from the scourge of the COVID-19 virus. From one end of Wyoming to the other, campgrounds, isolated trails, and hidden lake areas were discovered by a new kind of visitor. These were folks desperate to find pristine mountain places away from the dreaded virus that has claimed over 200,000 people in the USA since March. They wanted open air where they could breathe without masks...
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Dear Editor, Dr. Osborne did have the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot, one the two outlaws who killed Robert Widdowfield and Tip Vincent. Parrot’s remains were stored in a barrel. Some of the skin of Parrot was used to make a pair of shoes and a small patch. Dr. Osborne gave one of the items to James Fisher, a relative of Widdowfield. James gave it to his son Richard who left it in a trunk at the ranch for his son, also named Richard, my husband. Many folk passed through the ranch including employees tending sheep, hunters, fishe...
Pam Paulson took her first bookkeeping class at Hanna High School. Although not born in Carbon County, Paulson came to the town a little before the mining boom in the 1980s and Hanna was the place she got her education from first grade to graduation. She remembers, as a young child, living in apartments near the railroad track before the family moved into their home. Paulson graduated and went to work at Shirley Basin. She started driving a truck and then was put in the accounting department....
The Saratoga Panthers traveled to Basin on Saturday to secure a win against the Riverside Rebels. "We have been improving each week and this game showed it," Panther head coach Logan Wright, said. Wright was right. The Panthers scored on the first play when they got the ball and never looked back. "After we scored the first points, the game was more of a 'grind-it-out' on both sides," Wright said. "The Rebels did get some good field position but we held them off and, going into the half, we had...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners continued to dig for a win as they were hosted by the Guernsey-Sunrise Vikings It was not to be. Not because the Miners did not play a competitive game, but the team is still finding its footing according to Head Coach Zach Scott. Though the Miners did not score in the 1st quarter they only allowed one touchdown by the Vikings. The 2nd quarter, HEM scored 13 points, but were not able to keep Guernsey-Sunrise from scoring three goals making the...
Saratoga Cross Country had their yearly chance to showcase their speed and resilience for the local fans last week as they hosted the Shanna Ward Memorial Invitational at the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort on September 25. The long distance Panther runners saw plenty of competition as the boys varsity had 98 runners all together and the girls varsity had 78 runners. Twins Grant and Grady Bartlett managed to secure top spots overall, with both teams seeing runners do well in their respective heats....
Despite their two conference losses the week before, the Saratoga Lady Panthers wasted no time jumping back onto the court and securing two wins; one of them a conference win. The Saratoga netters hit the road last week where they faced the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns (5-2, 2-0) on Thursday and were hosted by the Guernsey-Sunrise Lady Vikings on Saturday. The conference win is a much needed boost for the Lady Panthers as they prepare for another week of conference play. Lady Panthers vs. Lady...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners played three games on the road this past week and came out the winner in all three instances. "I think it speaks well for these girls that we have played all but two games so far on the road," Head Coach Jackie Jones said. "We have a pretty brutal road schedule. For them to be able to walk into a gym like Encampment, Rock River or Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) this weekend and able to come away with three wins speaks volumes about these...
Following a duo of conference losses the week before, the Encampment Lady Tigers used last week to better perfect their game before returning to conference play. The Lady Tigers faced two teams from the 1A Southeast Conference as Encampment hosted the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners on Thursday (0-3) and the Rock River Lady Longhorns (3-2) on Saturday. Lady Tigers vs. Lady Miners While the Lady Miners struggled through their season last year, this year they are sitting at the...
Summer 2020 is officially over and Carbon County, like the state of Wyoming, had to make adjustments as the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) was still impacting life for many residents. It was hoped back in April, and then May, that the virus would be under control with warm weather. That didn't happen. Cases started spiking in the West and South. The summer of COVID-19 started in June and people anxious to get out of lockdowns started to travel but not by public transportation such as planes,...
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*The information in this article is up-to-date as of October 2 at 9:52 a.m.* Just two weeks since it began west of the Savage Run Wilderness, the Mullen Fire is now nearly 100,000 acres in size following massive growth Tuesday night. Despite cooler weather on Sunday and Monday, the return to warmer weather aided the blaze in its dramatic increase. Since starting on September 17, the Mullen Fire has burned through most of the Savage Run Wilderness and Platte River Wilderness while spreading from...