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Snowy Range fire restrictions lifted
Fire restrictions have been rescinded on National Forest System lands within the Snowy Range, Medicine Bow National Forest, located in Albany and Carbon Counties. Stage 1 restrictions remain in place for National Forest System lands within the...
6th penny talks
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) had a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga. The purpose of the special meeting was to discuss...
Clinic management changes hands
By Joshua Wood Employees of Saratoga Care Center, Platte Valley Medical Clinic, residents of Saratoga and even Dr. Bryan Kaiser himself were in attendance at a packed Saratoga Town Council meeting on...
A Rude awakening
On Aug. 7 it was announced that Health Management Services (HMS), LLC. would be taking over management of the Platte Valley Medical Clinic. This came on the heels of the announcement that the Town of...
Forest road closures
Forest Road 830 (Deep Jack Road), and Forest Road 443 (Jerry Accord Road) in the Sierra Madre Range, Medicine Bow National Forest, will be temporarily closed for public safety during roadside hazard tree removal work this fall. The work on the 830...
Job done despite 'hiccups'
The Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board heard from Element Engineering, the company hired to oversee the lagoon project, and from Forsgren Associates at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 8. Nick Marcotte...
Saratoga gets 'competitive edge'
“This is huge for Saratoga. This is the kind of bandwidth that larger communities dream about. This is going to far exceed what we find in Casper or Cheyenne,” Merrit Engebretsen, account...
Clinic to get new management
Rumors have swirled around the Valley for several weeks about Dr. Bryan Kaiser’s future with Platte Valley Medical Clinic. The speculation picked up following the Saratoga Town Council meeting on...
Buffer zone discussed
Determining what extraterritorial jurisdiction a municipality has outside of town limits was the primary catalyst for a workshop held on July 31 between the Saratoga Town Council, Saratoga Planning...
Plastic problem
Concerns about the Saratoga Transfer Station and the recycling of plastics were at the top of the list for the regularly scheduled meeting of the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District...
Money for bones
Medicine Bow Museum Director Sharon Biamon was on hand to sort out donated items for sell in a Saturday silent auction to raise funds to move and preserve the Como Bluff fossil Cabin (See Dinosaurs on...
Duo faces 51 years
Just over a week after being detained by deputies from the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, two Encampment men are scheduled to appear in the Second Judicial Circuit Court in Rawlins at 11 a.m. on...
Bridge a stepping stone
There was a lot of traffic on County Road 121 around 10 a.m. on July 31 as dozens of people made their way to the Rocky Mountain Power Ekola Bridge and County Road 121 dedication. Both Carbon County a... Full story
'Bear attack' planned
Carbon County Emergency Coordinator John Zeiger would like to inform the public that there will be an emergency exercise near the Turpin Reservoir on Sunday, August 12. The exercise will be in response to a staged predator attack. In this case the...
Meadows mayhem
On July 30, the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office received a call at approximately 12:30 p.m. The call, according to the press release received from the sheriff’s office, reported “shots being fired and rounds hitting multiple residences” locate...
HMS to takeover clinic
After months of uncertainty, closed door executive sessions and rumors based on suspicions it was finally revealed on Aug. 7 at the Saratoga Town Council meeting the fate of Dr. Bryan Kaiser and his... Full story
Doubling down on Executive Sessions
The Saratoga Town Council had two separate executive sessions in their meeting at 6 p.m. on July 17, at the Saratoga Town Hall. In the beginning it was business as usual, as the council approved the...
Going commercial?
A discussion during the regularly scheduled Saratoga Airport Board meeting on July 11 revealed Shively Airfield qualifies through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate as a commercial a...
Teaching the Fifth Penny
Steve Nicholson, Chairman for Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) was absent from the meeting in Riverside Town Hall that started at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, so Kenda Colman, the Vice Chairman...
Police to implement child safety program
The Saratoga Police Department is asking for the help of local businesses as well as industrial and professional leaders in implementing their child safety prevention education program for both children and adults in the community. In a letter from...
Veggie vendor vacancy
Saratoga and Valley residents have likely noticed the absence of a key part of the Farmers’ Market held at St. Barnabas Church in Saratoga. The fruit and vegetable vendor that organizer Laura...
Not talking trash
Encampment Mayor Greg Salisbury expressed frustration at what he saw as lack of communication between the municipality and the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) during the Enc...
Transferring a view
Douglas and Jennifer Duplisea returned to appear before the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) once again during the rescheduled meeting at 7 p.m. on July 11 at the Encampment...
Tapped out
Riverside Mayor Leroy Stephenson informed the Riverside Town Council during their regularly scheduled meeting on July 12 at the Riverside Town Hall that he had received a letter from the Wyoming...
Digging Hanna
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the town hall after a meet and greet with Ashley Mayfield Davis, candidate for Carbon County Attorney that began at 5 p.m. Davis stayed for the...