Week of April 18, 2024
Week of April 18, 2024
Linemen take a risk everyday on their jobs. While there are many who would not do this job due to fear of heights, being in the weather, or just not their desired career, it takes a special breed to do this job. Recently, here in the tri-state area, the horrifying winds that reached in excess of 92 miles an hour brought down more than 900 poles. Many communities and out lying areas were without power when the poles were downed, snapped near the bottom, taking down the wires with them. On this...
LARAMIE COUNTY, WY- Laramie County Assessor Todd Ernst wants to remind eligible veterans that between January 1, 2024, and the 4th Monday in May is the time to notify his office of their wish to use the exemption on their 2024 property taxes. The property tax benefit may only be claimed in one county annually and shall only apply to the principal residence of the veteran or qualifying surviving spouse. Ernst stated, “Veterans must have received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal or its equivalent or been active duty between 12/7/1941 and...
During the weekend of April 6, 2024, High West Energy suffered widespread outages across its service territory due to high winds and winter conditions. This outage resulted in the loss of approximately 600 poles, downed or twisted line, and about 3,000 members without power during the peak of the storm. This represents the largest recovery effort High West Energy has undertaken since the winter storm of 2019, during which over 300 poles were lost. The outages stretched from north and south of...
At each state convention there are incredible keynote speakers that make the convention great to be at. The Wyoming Future of Farmers of America Sate Convention is not any different than others. To open the first night was Governor Mark Gordon and First Lady of Wyoming Jennie Gordon. Governor Gordon told the members about where he came from and about his ranch up by Sheridan. Wyoming. He told the audience about his wife, who was not a ranch person when they first got married but now she is...
Throughout all branches of the military, April is set as the Month of the Military Child. This is done to honor the youngest members of the military families. This special month long honor to the military child was established in mid 1980s by Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. This was set up to recognize the over 1.2 million military children for the sacrifices and challenges they face on an everyday occurrence. From their parents (yes sometimes both gone) going overseas, via a one...
All ages love to play bingo to win great prizes. Burns and Carpenter Elementary schools held their 34th Annual Taco Bingo event at Burns Elementary School on April 13th. The Taco Bingo fundraiser was started to earn money for different trips for the elementary students and educational purposes. When the event first started, the schools traded back and forth using the school gyms. As the years went by the event had grown to be big. The groups decided to keep the event at the Burns Elementary...
Laramie, Wyo.-April 9, 2024-The University of Wyoming Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership (RMAL) program will host a leadership symposium in Laramie Monday, April 22. The event will be held at the UW Gateway Center from 9-3 p.m. Interested parties can also attend the symposium via Zoom. The symposium, titled "Navigating Western Waters: Addressing Water Challenges in the Western Region," will address water use, law and policy, and scientific perspectives about water challenges in the...
Spring clean up and an ambulance fundraiser was on the agenda at the Albin Town Council monthly meeting on April 11th. This was a first in a year that Mayor Kelly Krakow had nothing to report. He also tried to keep the town informed about items that pertain to the council and town. There were two major votes at the meeting. There was the resolution of the Emergency Management Agency that was presented by Jeanine West, the Director at Cheyenne/ Laramie County Emergency Management. This resolution will help guide the town officials on how to...
It is always great to see members working towards goals on leadership in Future Farmers of America. This last week, April 10th through April 13th was the Wyoming State FFA Convention. At this time the election of new officers is being worked on throughout the time of the convention. Different members in Wyoming FFA applied to be officers before the convention. They take all the applications at the beginning to the Convention and start with interviews. The members go into the different...
Wyoming, USA – April 15, 2024 - Prepare to witness an extraordinary gathering of valor and camaraderie as the annual Veterans Talking To Veterans (VTTV) event unfolds at the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, Wyoming on May 25, 2024. Organized collaboratively by the Wyoming Veterans Commission, the National Museum of Military Vehicles, Mentor Agility and VA Sheridan health care, this event aims to transcend the ordinary, bringing forth a day filled with fun, discovery, and empowerment for veterans and their families. The event...
Safe Kids Laramie County will start having monthly car seat inspections April 27, 2024, in Pine Bluffs from 10 AM to 1 PM. We are reminding families that kids under 9 must be secured in an appropriate child restraint in the back seat of the vehicle. Children in rear-facing infant seats must not be in front of an active airbag. It is a PRIMARY offense to not have your child safely and properly secured. Child safety seats are required by law in every state because they provide the best protection for infants and young children. However,...
It’s human nature to tell stories about the past, and doctors aren’t immune to that impulse. The second year medical students rotating through my clinic have me reflecting on my own years as a fledgling physician, and the changes I’ve seen in my decades of practice. I remember one late evening spent in the PICU watching over a toddler who had meningitis. At one point I turned and bumped into a bedrail, which came crashing down. Both my preceptor and I jumped, and I probably even shrieked. The child, however, didn’t even blink....
Glen Franklin Warner, 80, passed away peacefully at home in Guernsey on Sunday, March 24, 2024. He was born on Wednesday, February 2, 1944 to Claris and Pearl (Keane) Warner in Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Glen spent all of his childhood in the Guernsey area and graduated from Guernsey High School in 1962. At the age of 15 he started spending his summers and weekends working at the Bromley Sawmill on Laramie Peak. The Bromley family quickly became family to Glen, losing his mother at a young age...
