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Saratoga and Encampment FCCLA perform well at Leaders Conference
Congratulations to our FCCLA students for their performance at the 2023 Wyoming Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America State Conference! Saratoga - FCCLA advisor Briana Williams 100% of students competing qualified for the National Leadersh...
Jalapeño Popper Chicken - A Kick in the Buds
Howdy and welcome to Dee Dee's Diner. Our special this week is a delicious Jalapeño Popper Chicken. This recipe came to me while making my famous Jalapeño jam, created for my dear friend Teense...
Parker Promoted to Publisher
Virginia Parker was recently promoted to the role of editor/publisher at the Saratoga Sun and will be running the community newspaper, which is in its 135th year of covering the Platte Valley. Parker...
Changing hearts and minds regarding Fentanyl related deaths
Editor, I’d like to begin by thanking the Mayor, the Saratoga Police Department, and the Saratoga Sun for organizing the meeting to discuss how we might prevent more fentanyl overdose deaths from devastating our community. Like all group...
Reflections from Our Files
100 Years Ago March 15, 1923 Project Lacking Adequate Funds Construction Will Begin Whenever Necessary Money Is Available, Thinks State Engineer The current issues of the Encampment Echo contains quotations from a letter received by that paper from...
Chamber Honors the Best of 2022
On the night of March 9, the Great Hall at the Platte Valley Community Center was packed with businesses, organizations and community members for the 2022 Annual Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of...
Holding out hope for a cure
In the summer of 2022, everything seemed to be going well for Lisa (Harper) Montez. Along with starting a family, she had a career in technology, was healthy and active and living in the state of...
Sobriety Above All
"I always made a promise to myself that if I was ever to use heroin again, I would make sure it killed me because I didn't want to live that lifestyle." Michelle Ellis was 13 years old when she first...
Wyoming transplant brings love of history to Hanna
For six months, the Hanna Basin Museum operated without a director while the board waited for the right candidate. They finally found one with Geraldine Hutchins, who moved to Wyoming in 2011 and...
Betting on community kindness
After snowmobiles were done flinging snow at the 6th Street Sprint and kids were done sledding, the evening warmed up as chips flew to end the 36th Annual Sierra Madre Winter Carnival on January 28. C...
The martial arts of non-violence
When Nick Haderlie came to the Valley with his family five years ago, he began looking for judo or jiu-jitsu classes but was unable to find anything local. His solution was to start his own martial...
Wally and Jean Rayl
Love at first sight may often be thought to be a cliche reserved for romance novels and movies, but it was reality for one couple now celebrating 70 years together. "It was love at first sight," said...
Farming on the small scale
The University of Wyoming Extension and Central Wyoming College will host the state’s first Harvest Wyoming small farm symposium in Riverton March 10-11. Farmers and ag professionals from across the state will lead workshops on topics including...
Moulton awarded True Westerner of the Year
Candy Moulton was recently given the True Westerner of the Year Award by True West magazine. She has written for True West for many years, sharing her own special insight into what it means to be a...
Reflections from the Saratoga Sun
100 years ago Phillips Pool Hall Burglarized again February 22, 1923 Small sum of money, several revolvers, a watch and other article taken by night prowlers. Prying the latch from the rear door of the Phillips Pool Hall with a screwdriver of...
This week at the Care Center
by Tom Mansfied, Activity Volunteer The Activity Director and her assistants offered another week of activities both morning and afternoon. Residents of the Saratoga Care Center worked out to Sittercise Monday morning and listened to Wyoming Trivia...
A free meal
Come, eat, visit, and enjoy a complimentary meal and fellowship as everyone is invited to “Gather at the Table” Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Saratoga Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall on the corner of 3rd and Bridge...
This week at the Care Center
by Tom Mansfied, Activity Volunteer The Activity Director and her assistants offered another week of activities both morning and afternoon. On Monday, residents worked out to Sittercise in the morning and listened to Valentine Trivia in the...
Reflections from the Saratoga Sun
100 years ago today January 25, 1923 Strong wind blows Utah Into Wyoming When terrific windstorm swept the Rocky Mountain region recently, according to Professor Samuel H. Knight of the University of...
This week at the Care Center
by Tom Mansfied, Activity Volunteer The Activity Director and her assistants offered another week of activities both morning and afternoon. On Monday, residents worked out to Sittercise in the morning and listened to Martin Luther King Trivia in...
Donors needed
Blood donors are needed for the blood drive sponsored annually by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). The drive will be held on January 18, 2023 at the Platte Valley Community Center from noon to 5:30. The event chair, Roxie Baldwin, said she... Full story
Snow-place like small towns
There was no shortage of snow as Rawlins entered the New Year, receiving a total of two feet between the night of January 1 and the morning of January 4. Fortunately, there was no shortage when it came to acts of kindness as well. From pulling...
Reflections from the Saratoga Sun
25 years ago January 14, 1998 The Encampment man was an experienced snowmachiner. Staff Report Sunday was a sad day in thePlatte Valley. An Encampment man was killed that afternoon in an avalanche while snowmobiling. Benjamin F. Romios, 21 was...
