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In an attempt to improve our email service, the Pine Bluffs Post will begin using a new set of email addresses on a new server at the end of the week. As readers and advertisers you are probably aware that a great deal of the information we receive regarding stories, obituaries and advertising comes to us via email. It’s hard to remember when we didn’t use the form of communication. The email addresses which the newspaper has been using, which include [email protected], new...
At approximately 5:45 a.m. Monday morning, the Bushnell Volunteer Fire Department received a call about a home on fire, located 12 miles south and two mikes west of the village. Fire Chief Dave Miller stated he was in contact with the occupants of the home, who reported the fire, at 5:50 a.m. His department arrived at the scene with a tanker/pumper and two tanker trucks, and two grass rigs transporting some of the members of the fire department who arrived on the scene. A total of 11 members of...
The Pine Bluffs Lions Club has been busy taking part in International Service Week, inducting new members, recognizing students of the quarter, and getting ready for their annual Easter Egg hunt. At the Feb. 17 meeting, local lions welcomed two new members, Carol and Alvin Milton. At previous meetings, five other members were inducted, and included William Longly, Mayra Tavares, Joshua Tangeman and his wife Wendy, and Polly Taylor. The addition of these new members brings the total membership...
Laramie County School District No. 2 held the first of two public meetings last Thursday, at Burns High School, to receive input from parents with children in district schools about the proposed four-day school week, which would begin with the 2015-2016 fall semester. There were parents from at least two schools present, speaking out for and against the proposed change, and while the majority of comments were against the four-day week, when an impromptu vote was requested by a parent in the...
After some rumors that has the proposed Pine Bluffs Veterans Memorial and Community Plaza nothing but a vague memory, Larry Silvey, who is heading up the project, says it is still alive and well, and after a meeting of LEADS in Rawlins on May 28, he will know whether the grant for the project is supported. If it is, Gov. Matt Mead will also have to sign off on the project, and whether the project will proceed from there could be known as early as June 15. Silvey, who owns the property the...
The construction is done, the building is finished except for a few minor touches, and soon the move begins from the temporary home of the Tri-County Medical Clinic on Main Street back to it’s home on the corner of Elm and Fourth St. But the clinic will not be moving back into the old, circa 1959, building, but into a brand new, completely modern and updated 4,600 square-foot facility. The grand opening of the new clinic was held last Friday afternoon with members of the Cheyenne Regional M...
Angela Robertson, former director of the Pine Bluffs Senior Center, surrendered herself to Pine Bluffs police on Thursday, Feb. 5. Robertson posted bail and was released on Friday. According to Officer Char Madden, who began an investigation into missing Senior Center funds back in November, a warrant was issued last week for Robertson’s arrest for Felony Theft of Greater Than $1,000. Charges were filed in January. Alisha Michaud replace Robertson as Interim Director of the Senior Citizen in N...
The Pine Bluffs Medical Clinic, formerly known as the Tri-County Medical Clinic, will host a grand opening and open house Friday, Feb. 13, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The new facility is located at 117 E. 4th St., in Pine Bluffs, and tours will also be available during the celebration. A number of dignitaries from around the state, including Gov. Matt Mead, are expected to be in attendance at the open house, including significant members of the state's medical community. An open invitation has been...
What started out as a call about a missing juvenile quickly turned in a drug bust involving Kyle Adams, 19, of 103 Main St., in Pine Bluffs. Chief of Police Justin Trout stated that on Jan. 23, around 2:23 p.m., the Pine Bluffs Police Department received a dispatch regarding a missing juvenile. The Main Street address was given, and he went to follow up on the call. Once at the residence he discovered the juvenile was not missing, but there was obvious evidence of illegal drugs including...
The Town of Pine Bluffs Council heard from Randy Byers of The Design Studio, inc., on how the process for determining what the 300-acre tract of land known as the Kimzey land should proceed. The land, recently acquired by the Town of Pine Bluffs, located north across the railroad tracks, to the east and inside of the town limits, is the site of two wells, which the town plans to tie in with the existing infrastructure. The council has agreed to work with TDSi to determine the best possible use f...
The week of Feb. 8 thru 14, 2015, is VA National Salute to Veteran Patients, honoring veteran patients in VA hospitals across the nation. During this special week it gives the community an opportunity to say thank you to veterans for what they have done this country and it’s residents. The Louis E. Canaday American Legion Post 60 will be at the VA hospital in Cheyenne next week providing veteran patients with home baked cookies and fresh fruit, and anyone who would like to join them in their e...
Twenty-six sixth-grade students from Pine Bluffs Elementary graduated from an 11-week course - D.A.R.E. - last week by attending a University of Wyoming basketball game, enjoying a pizza party, touring the Laramie County Juvenile Detention Center, taking part in an essay contest, and receiving a certificate for their accomplishment. Pine Bluffs Police Officer Char Madden, who took over responsibility for the program at PBES, said that she really enjoyed working with the kids. The program's...
The Pine Bluffs Police Department has been busy solving thefts, dealing with assaults and threats, and a hit and run accident. According to Chief of Police Justin Trout, a series of burglaries occurred at the Methodist Church on North Main Street between November 2014 and January 2015. There were four different occasions of breaking and entering involving a lone white female suspect. Items such as laptops, computer systems, a printer, television set and DVD player were all reported stolen. The...
It took a couple of years of thoroughly researching what the most important needs of the Pawnee School District needs, in terms of space, upgrades, and increased security for school students, before the school board put a bond issue before the voters. But the board's patience and due diligence paid off when voters approved a $4.5 million bond issue, which will be paid off over a period of five years, instead of the normal 20 or 30 years, last year. Superintendent Bret Robinson, who wears many...
The Pine Bluffs Lions Club observed Service Week, addressing hunger last week, by distributing $25 gift cards from various grocery stores to groups in need. Bob Lyons, Lions Club treasurer, presented Pastor Dan DeBruyn at the Pine Bluffs Baptist Church with a card, and the pastor later said, "I won't have this card for very long. I know exactly who will get it, and I am grateful to the Lions Club for their generosity." The cards were purchased as part of a project the club worked on jointly...
Just because a team or individual athlete wins at a particular sport does not necessarily make the team or athlete an automatic candidate for good sportsmanship. Sometimes, the way you handle losing is more important. Pine Bluffs mat man, Colt Lewis, found this out at the recent Shane Shatto Memorial Tournament in Douglas. Lewis was in the next to last match with his opponent, but it just wasn't his day because he lost. However, he did not let the loss dampen his sense of good sportsmanship,... Full story
A week after the Pine Bluffs Town Council approved the addition of Justin Trout to the police department as the new Chief of Police, he was sworn in by Municipal Judge Mark Moran. The Judge commented, before swearing the new chief in, that while he is grateful to have individuals such as the new chief on the streets protecting residents and the community, he finds it difficult to imagine how, after a day of rescuing cats from trees, making arrests and handling car accidents, a police officer...
The Missoula Children's Theatre, along with a cast of students from Pine Bluffs Elementary, staged two performances of The Wizard of Oz Saturday afternoon, at the Pine Bluffs High School Commons. While there was much improvisation of special effects, and side humor, not included in the original production, it was evident that the students, their parents, and other members of the audience enjoyed the performance. The Scarecrow couldn't make up his mind which direction Dorothy should go to reach...
If you are an avid reader of fiction, particularly psychological thrillers, and like being kept on the edge of your seat waiting to see what the next page will bring, then you will want to read "This Time Justice," where the Wild West meets the mean streets of New York, in a new novel recently published by local writer Liz Roadifer. Although a published author of columns in literary magazines and short stories, this is the first full-length novel Roadifer has published, and is currently...
The first Pine Bluffs Town Council meeting of the new year saw a full house, mainly members of the Laramie County Fire District No. 5, concerned about the welfare of the town’s residents due to the high turnover of personnel within the police department, including three chiefs-of-police and four officers. The comments made came on the heels of the Christmas Eve hiring hiring of a new chief to replace outgoing Police Chief Donald Taylor. LCFD5 Asst. Fire Chief Derek Walls, along with a number of...
