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Monday night the Town of Pine Bluffs announced that starting March 10th applications will be available for those who want to run for mayor and council members. Voting for the office of mayor and council members will take place in May of this year. There was a lot of conversation concerning a building permit at the town hall meeting. The building permit discussed was for a solar panel to be installed. It was noted that there is not a lot of regulations or rules preventing a solar panel being installed in city limits. However, the most concern...
The Pine Bluffs Public Library in an effort to enrich the community and youth through books. They try to host an event every month to bring the community out and doing more things but to still practice social distancing. Things have been a little difficult to plan and organize for the public, especially due to COVID-19. However, Laramie County Public Library in Cheyenne recently shared their new idea, a story walk! The book for this month's story walk is called "Mae Among The Stars". It's the...
Mid-level Future Business Leaders of America (MLFBLA) of Pine Bluffs High School recently went to State in Douglas and came home with a large amount of awards. Alex Daugherty placed first in digital citizenship, second place in business etiquette, and third place in business math and financial literacy. Jessica Hoffman placed third in public speaking, FBLA facts, elevator speech, and critical thinking in which she competed with Avery Sweeter. She also took fourth place in business math and...
For many years, Burns and Pine Bluffs high school students have been traveling to Cheyenne to join either Cheyenne Central high School or Cheyenne East high School to compete in indoor track. However this year things have been a little different. Due to covid and new restrictions on student attendance at competitions Cheyenne Central and East decided combining teams was not a great idea this year. This is how the Burns/Pine Bluffs indoor track team started. Coaches came together to figure out a...
Laramie County Fire District No. 3 of Albin responded to a grass fire on Sunday afternoon southwest of Albin. The fire was on County road 157 and 223. There was no damage to surrounding structures but about 25 to 30 acres of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land was burned. The Wyoming wind was blowing at an approximate speed of 23 miles per hour, which did not help with the extinguishing of the fire. Laramie County Fire District No. 3 called upon other local fire districts to assist in the...
After about a year Pine Bluffs Distilling was finally able to host their yoga and cocktails event. Little Lotus yoga instructor Teresa Hanson hosted the event in the back room of the distillery. She kicked off the hour-long session with some meditation and stretching soon followed. "It's nice to be able to have yoga again, it's been awhile since we've been able to do this. As COVID-19 restrictions lift more we plan to do more activities. Hopefully we'll be able to get yoga back to at least once...
High West Energy has been serving our local community for many years now and every year they try to find new ways to donate and give back to the community. The goal is to help support the future generations. In 2020 alone they donated over $15,000 to surrounding communities. Money is given out either as scholarships, sponsorships or donations. In 2020 High West donated $500 to the Cheyenne gymnastics club, Burns Colt youth football team, Wyoming regional boys basketball team, Wyoming regional girls lacrosse team and the Albin day Junior rodeo....
"On Friday February 19, at approximately 3:49 p.m. we were dispatched along with our automatic mutual aid partners from Laramie County Fire District No. 1 and No. 3 to the 300 block of Walnut Avenue in Pine Bluffs for a report of a building fire. Firefighters responded from their work and homes to the station then to the fire and arrived on scene within eight minutes of being dispatched. On arrival of the first engine, they found a detached garage fully involved with fire." stated Laramie...
There was plenty for the Town of Pine Bluffs Council Members to discuss at the February 8th meeting. As many may know there were some technical difficulties so Facebook live was temporarily unavailable. At this meeting the first reading for ordinance 2021-01 was heard. This ordinance would be to help with noise control. "It would prohibit the practice of "Jake breaking" within Town limits." Council member Mike Ragsdale mentioned his concern “Large trucks tend to make noise when accelerating as well as decelerating" the concern being, c...
Grace Steenbergen of Burns High School was recently selected as one of two astounding Wyoming students to be a delegate for the 2021 United States Senate youth program (USSYP) and was also awarded with a $10,000 scholarship from the same program. "Each year this extremely competitive merit-based program brings the most outstanding high school students - two from each state, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense Education Activity - to Washington D.C. for an intensive week-long...
Pine Bluffs Distilling recently announced their success in raising money for The Bar Bucks program in Laramie County For the 2020 Bar Bucks season, Pine Bluffs Distilling raised $4,760, with the help of the Pine Bluffs community. Meaning they brought home the first place traveling trophy for Laramie County. All of the funds from the 2020 Bar Bucks will be used for the 2021 holiday season. Every 99 cents from every dollar raised is planned to be used to feed local families in Laramie County. Pine...
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner FNP-C Rasha Riad recently received flowers from Kimball Health Services congratulating her for her recent hard work! Riad recently completed and received her Emergency Nurse Practitioner certification (EMP). This is something that she has been working on for 4 years. Over 2,000 hours of practice were required to obtain this certification. "The certification is not something that is required, but I felt it was important because it meets the needs of our...
The Knotty Pine Saloon was the scene of a crime. On Saturday February 13 around 7 p.m. a running vehicle was stolen from the Knotty Pine Saloon. The owner of the vehicle had left it running while they were inside the bar. When the customer prepared to leave they noticed their vehicle was gone from the parking spot. Police were notified and the search for the vehicle began. Reportedly Thomas Nace, 39, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, took the running car from the parking lot. He decided to get on interstate 80 and headed west towards Cheyenne. Wyoming High...
The Burns town council recently held their February meeting on the 8th. Kayla Madler attended to express interest in renting the room next to her pre-existing room that she rents. Her request is to rent both rooms for $400 a month however, council member Judy Johnstone revised her rental rate to 34 cents per square foot bringing the total rent per room price to $240 per month in total for both rooms that would be $480. Council Member Dennis Bastian moved to have the total rent set at $450 a month, the motion passed. Next for public comments...
Burns and Pine Bluffs Elementary and Jr High recently competed in the Laramie County School District 2 spelling bee. Only grades 5th through 8th grades are allowed to participate. Due to COVID-19, this year's competition was all hosted online. There were three rounds of on-line competition. A total of eleven finalists qualified to go to the Laramie County spelling bee, and from there they would compete at a state level. An 8th grader at Burns Jr/Sr High School, Cooper Allen, placed 4th at the...
Covid-19 has affected so many lives in so many different ways. Most people are growing tired of covid and luckily our numbers aren't growing very much anymore. But that doesn't stop the new covid-19 precautions and mask mandates from putting a hold on our lives. Pine Bluffs High School and Burns High School have implemented the precautionary measurements required to continue to have classes. During this year, it has been different for each school, as some of the courses are not available at...
Pine Bluffs Donald Eisenhauer American Legion Auxiliary Unit 60 recently provided a hot meal with all the trimmings at the Cheyenne Discipleship Center, which services and gives support to many of Laramie County's homeless people. Some of these homeless people have come to the CDC by means of hitchhiking, and or walking. Pine Bluffs has been fortunate to not have this homeless situation in our town. According to Police Chief, Chance Walkama, "When the occasion of a homeless individual comes to...
When most people think about Valentine's day the thought of fancy dinners and romantic getaways or flowers are just a few of the things that come to mind. However not many people know the theories behind the romantic holiday. One theory is not quite as romantic as today's holiday, in this version it's believed that the early Romans initiated the idea of Valentine's day. During their celebration of springtime (Lupercalia) there would be many different things that go on, one being when priests would run through the streets gently smacking women...
COVID-19, what happened? Our entire lives have been flipped upside down and shaken a couple times. Everyone has been affected in one way or another. Whether you're a truck driver, farmer, food service or most of all in the medical field. Things for the medical field have been like a never-ending roller coaster, the ups and downs have been quite hard to decipher. During all the chaos the local doctors offices and hospitals have been everyone's go-to for information, comfort and help when people a...
Burns High School senior - Lincoln Siebert takes a step for his future and signs his letter of intent for college after graduation. Siebert after some serious consideration decided to go to Northwestern college, in Orange City, Iowa. "It is similar to the small town I have grown up in, it is a christian liberal arts college and is close to family for me." Siebert stated. Siebert has been in sports during his high school career - football and wrestling. At Northwestern, he will play football and...
Valentines Day is just a short time away and it is a day designated for love and sweet sentiment. Many people will order flowers, give candy and take their special someone to dinner. To carry this loving tradition even farther, the Pine Bluffs High School choir will be delivering singing Valentine's on February 11th and the morning of the 12th depending on the amount of valentines. For a small donation the high school students will either show up for a live performance with a song of your choice...
Local powerlifter Refugio Cerenil recently competed in the World Raw Powerlifting Competition in Windsor, Colorado. Cerenil took home the first place prize for bench in his weight and age class. He also took overall for his age and weight class. Cerenil has been competing less than two years and to date, he has only competed in Wyoming, mostly Casper and Cheyenne. "I have been training and competing in Wyoming only for the past year." he said. "This was my first competition outside of the...
The Town of Pine Bluffs has officially received their much needed new ambulance! The funding for the new ambulance came from the cares Act which was a part of the covid-19 relief package. Kim Patterson, Town of Pine Bluffs Treasurer, is the one who wrote and applied for the grant on behalf of the town. Included in the grant was money for the new town drop boxes which are located at the front of the municipal building and also in the back. The new ambulance was delivered by Wes Robinson from Ken...
The State of Wyoming was recently presented with a bill, HB0037, which is in regards to the road usage charges. "The road usage charge would be applied to all Wyoming registered vehicles when traveling on Wyoming highways." All the fees are arranged for 6 different vehicle categories. Each individual would have one of two options. Option one would be to pay a flat fee based on the rate for the individuals vehicle category. In this situation the maximum number of miles for a time period would be multiplied by the amount of that vehicle's...
Anna Eklund, Burns High School math teacher was recently selected as Laramie County School District No. 2 "Teacher of the Year". Every year faculty can nominate a teacher, who in their opinion, stands out and goes above and beyond in their classroom and subject. Bobby Dishman, the Principal at Burns high School, commented that "Anna Eklund is a rockstar at what she does. I've had several kids mention that they struggled with math classes and didn't like it but then they had Eklund as a teacher...