The biggest mill in 400 miles started operating in Saratoga in mid-December and the cold weather over the past few weeks has highlighted the smoke coming out of the stacks above the by-product fed kilns.
The mill has been idle for 10 years and the new owners have refurbished existing machines and installed new equipment and brought personnel from the manufacturers of the equipment to help with the start up.

At home, Ronda Krouch’s favorite meals are the ones her husband cooks, because she doesn’t have to.
At work, though, Krouch likes to cook and will get the chance to do just that in her new role as the site manager of the Sagebrush Senior Center in Encampment.

The Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce is holding its Annual Meeting and Dinner Thursday at 6 p.m. with cocktails at the Platte Valley Community Center.