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Helping others succeed
While the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce has a new face as their CEO, it is one that should be familiar to Valley residents and business owners. Many people will probably remember Amanda...
New director at Jacoby
Jacoby Funeral Home is pleased to announce that Joseph "Joey" Casada of Casper, Wyoming will be the new managing funeral director in Rawlins beginning April 1st. Joey began his funeral service career...
From curls to cuts
When starting any business, the ultimate goal is to see growth as time goes by. For Lacey Hanson, owner of LJ's Cuts, that goal has been achieved a little more than a year since starting her...
Jamie Campbell makes the final cut
After nearly three decades cutting the hair of Carbon County residents, Jamie Campbell, owner of Jamie's Clip & Curl, is handing over her scissors. Campbell has strong roots in the county. Raised...
Faust, Bucholz keynote speakers
Will Faust, chairman of the Platte Valley Healthcare Project (PVHP) and Laura Bucholz, liaison from the Corbett Medical Foundation, will give the keynote address at the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner on Thursday, March 18. F...
Elk Mountain Hotel stands strong
Health orders in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are lifting this week and, slowly, businesses are seeing signs of getting back to normal. Christine Neel, owner of the Elk Mountain Hotel...
Go for Broker
Amanda Shahadey passed her Real Estate Brokers license to become the newest Associate Broker at Town & Country Realty. She completed her Broker Sales Course I & II and Law through an...
Caring for the Valley
If you were making a list of the largest private employers in the North Platte Valley, there’s a surprising one you may have overlooked: the Saratoga Care Center. When the Platte Valley Healthcare Project (PVHP) took over ownership of the Center...
Give ideas, get ideas
The Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) will soon be host to a multi-day event for the benefit of Valley businesses. The inaugural Platte Valley Regional Business Expo will be held at the PVCC and...
Making the dream work
There's a lot more that goes into running a successful medical clinic than just having a doctor or nurse who can see patients. What goes on quietly in the background is equally important to the...
Wolf survives COVID
The Hotel Wolf is hard to miss coming into Saratoga. An L-shaped, two and one-half story, brick and frame building located on lots 11 and 12 of Block 27 of the town, the front of the hotel faces...
The Pearl of the Plains
The Virginian Hotel, a historic hotel in Medicine Bow, has hosted many guests over the years and has been in the family of owner Vernon Scott for several generations. "It was known as the 'Pearl of...
PVHP buys care center
The Platte Valley Healthcare Project (PVHP) has agreed to assume ownership of the Saratoga Care Center for $1, the non-profit recently announced. The purchase also includes Laramie Peak Therapies, which is housed at the facility. “It’s important...
Sun sees double ... dozen
Over the weekend, the Saratoga Sun attended the 122nd Annual Wyoming Press Association (WPA) Convention. It was the first year that the convention went entirely virtual as newspapers from around the...
Bjore certified
Dr. Emma M. Bjore, medical director for the Saratoga Care Center, has been approved for accreditation as Certified Medical Director (CMD) by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicin...
Rebranding commerce
Bank of Commerce (BOC), Carbon County’s only locally-owned bank, announced today a rebrand of its visual identity. It has been nearly 30 years since Bank of Commerce has updated the brand. The time is right to refresh the look as a total package....
Electrifying donations
On December 18, Carbon Power & Light, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, and the Wyoming Rural Electric Association made a donation to three area fire departments as part of their...
Celebrating Carbon County
In the age of the internet and social media, branding is everything. Wyoming, as a state, is fairly easy to brand. Attractions such as Old Faithful and the Grand Tetons are internationally recognized...
Past, present and future
The arrival of one E.J. Shively in Saratoga was not big news, at the time. The announcement of his arrival in Saratoga could be found on page 8 of the February 27, 1919 Saratoga Sun among other short...
Energizing Wyoming
Rocky Mountain Power energized a major transmission line addition this month, completing a key part of its work to connect Wyoming’s diverse energy resources to the vast reach of the utility’s transmission system. This major milestone is part of...
Firewater bottles up for winter
Despite what appeared to be a late boost to the tourist economy in the Valley, the economic impacts from the coronavirus (COVID-19) are still being felt as temperatures drop and confirmed cases contin...
Expanding Dixie outside the Valley
by Joshua Wood The Platte Valley has long been home to creative minds. At the turn of the last century, Lora Webb Nichols documented day-to-day life in the Valley with one of the first cameras in the...
Making it stretch
The Platte Valley Healthcare Project (PVHP) is kicking off a $1 million “stretch” fundraising campaign to provide resources for upgrades to equipment and facilities that will enable the North Platte Valley Medical Center to provide a higher...
Style is a part of grooming
Doris Perryman has opened a new business in Hanna; Doris' Favorite Lil Sudsy Dawgs and Pups. Perryman is a certified professional pet stylist and groomer. Pet stylist? Perryman explains that styling...
Relief funding available in November
Governor Mark Gordon has allocated remaining federal CARES Act funding to help Wyoming businesses and nonprofits with ongoing COVID-19 related losses and expenses. The Wyoming Business Council is finalizing two new funds for the COVID-19 Business Rel...
