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“It’s going to creep in in ways we don’t know.” At the May 17 meeting of the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees, Joe Gaspari proposed Critical Race Theory (CRT) as...

Janet G. Herring Kennaday, 86, passed away Sunday, August 29, 2021 at Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center in Green River, Wyoming. She was a life-long resident of Wyoming. Janet was born... Full story

On the evening of August 26, the hunt for a suspect involved in a drive-by shooting in Denver came to a dramatic end on Highway 789 between Baggs and Rawlins.  By the time law enforcement...

The Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) met on August 24 at the Hanna Market for their monthly meeting. The major topic was the coming construction of the new community garden. The community...

The Hanna Town Council met on August 10 at the Hanna Town Hall for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. All council members were present, as was Mayor Lois Buchanan. There were no amendments to...

Last year, Wyoming students who returned to school for in-person learning were required to wear masks. This year, Governor Mark Gordon has signaled no such requirement will be issued. The... Full story

Gary Wayne Herold, 85, passed away July 29, 2021, after a lengthy illness at the Cottonwood Creek Memory Care facility in Cheyenne, WY.  Gary was born December 7, 1935, on the family ranch outside... Full story

The Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) met on July 20 at the Hanna Market to go over what the organization could still achieve while the weather was good. The members of HART have had to be...

Less than a year after an ordinance to amend Saratoga Municipal Code regulating specially permitted events failed on first reading it appears changes may be coming yet again. At the July 20 meeting...

WHATFest, an annual Wyoming music festival, will be returning to the Platte Valley, albeit in a limited form.  During the July 6 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, The Yard co-owner Chris Shannon...

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles on the Green Mountain ski area. On July 12, representatives from Brush Creek Ranch will appear before the Carbon County Planning Commission...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series on the Green Mountain ski area. When Brush Creek Ranch purchased the Green Mountain Ski Area in June 2019, many residents in Encampment and Riverside...

The Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) met on June 22 at the Hanna Market. At the beginning of the meeting, recent Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School graduate Haley Felton was...

Each year, the Valley Service Organization (VSO) presents two awards in May. The first is the Woman of Distinction, which goes to a woman or group of women who have had a positive impact on the North...

One of the most recent battles in the ongoing “Culture Wars” in the United States appears to have reached Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2). During board member comments at the May 17...

Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow High School (HEM) math teacher Crystal Clark was presenting her own achievement awards on May 27 when she learned she had won Carbon County School District No 2's Tea...

While the regular football and basketball seasons may be over, Encampment's Dalton Peterson has a busy off-season as he transitions from high school to college. The salutatorian of Encampment's Class...

Newly passed legislation appears to be causing headaches for county treasurers throughout Wyoming before it has even taken effect. Senate File 60, which was introduced and passed during the 2021...

Each year, the ladies of the Valley Service Organization (VSO) bestow the title Woman of Distinction on a woman who has made significant contributions to the North Platte Valley.  In previous years,...

For the past year, the coal mines under the town of Hanna have been one of multiple projects taken on by the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality...

The Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) met on May 18 at the Hanna Market for their first meeting of the 2021 growing season. Perry Goodrich, chairman of HART, told the group their community...

The Hanna Elementary (HES) 4th grade class recently presented to the school and community a human wax museum centering on past residents who had lived in either Hanna or Carbon. Fourth grade teacher...

The Hanna Town Council meeting started early at 6:20 p.m. on May 11 at the Hanna Town Hall to allow the public to discuss the renewal of liquor licenses. There was no input from the anyone seated in t...