As the 68th Wyoming Legislature nears the end of the general session and bills head to Governor Mark Gordon’s desk, voters are getting a repeat of the most recent election cycle as mailers once again flood their post office boxes.

For 100 years, Shively Hardware in downtown Saratoga has been the go-to for the Platte Valley. While that’s not changing anytime soon, the franchise which the small town business has worked with for more than 50 years is changing.

It’s just the latest move in a business which has entered its 4th generation of family management

Sportsmen and women from across Wyoming made the trek to Cheyenne and exercised their civic duty during the eighth annual Camo at the Capitol earlier this mon

The “Creeping Crud”—also known as “some type of flu, upset stomach, a cold, major aches and pains, respiratory ailment, etc., plus other names that can’t be published in a family newspaper”—which is spreading throughout the Upper North Platte River Valley faster than gossip across the backyard fence or as they say nowadays, “misinformation on facebook”, has forced the cancellation of Monday’s “Gather at the Table” f

The recently announced sale of two Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (MHCC) clinics—the MHCC Family Practice Clinic in Rawlins and the MHCC Health Center - Platte Valley–are part of the county hospital’s 2025 Master Plan according to COO Stephanie Hinkle.

Two different residents in the lower part of the Valley approached the Encampment Town Council on February 13 with preliminary plans to change the landscape of Encampment.

One resident wanted to develop a potential RV park and the other resident discussed a purchase of Town owned lots to create cost effective housing.