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The Pine Bluffs-Burns cross country team continued its season last week in Kimball with several strong finishes from both the boys and the girls squads. Unfortunately, a few runners missed the meet due to illness, said coach Ashley Rousseau. “Cold and flu season sweeps through most team sport,” Rousseau said. “We are still knocking down our times each week.” Following the addition of a weight training program, the boys team has shown a great deal of improvement, said Rousseau. “These boys are proving that with strength comes faster times,” R...
Pine Bluffs town council members on Tuesday passed an ordinance that would make it illegal for pet owners' dogs to bite people. Currently, the town does not have an ordinance on the books regarding dog bites. The ordinance came about as town officials were exploring modifications to the town's bond schedule. Town Attorney Alex Davison said it was then that officials realized the town doesn't have an ordinance on the books. Ordinance 2018-03 must pass two further readings to be enacted into munic...
From pretty much the start of Pine Bluffs High School's first football game of the season Friday night, the wind was at their back. After receiving a Pine Bluffs kickoff, the Yuma (Colo) Indians quickly fumbled the ball and Pine Bluffs recovered. A few plays later, Donte Jacobsen quickly connected with Andrew Fornstrom in the Indians' end zone for a Pine Bluffs touchdown. Marvin Reza added a successful point after attempt to make the score 7-0 in Pine Bluffs' favor. The Indians appeared to threa...
It wasn't the home opener the Lady Hornets wanted Friday night here in Pine as they dropped three matches to the Yuma (Colo.) Indians. Pine Bluffs lost 22-25, 9-25 and 16-25 in three sets during their match Friday night. "Yuma is a great team and we gave them a game for the first one then played scared for the next two. We have to learn to compete. If you give 100 percent and lose, so be it. But when you play not to lose it doesnt work. It is a great lesson for us this early in the season,"...
Pine Bluffs-Burns cross country runners didn’t let the heat stop them from having a strong second meet of their season last Friday when they competed in Gering, Neb. “With six races and over 30 runners, we have a full day and lots of things to be happy about,” coach Ashley Rousseau said. Girls varsity For the first time, Gering race organizers separated participating schools into categories based on their size, though they all competed together. That benefited the Pine Bluffs-Gering varsity girls as they were able to run away with a first...
The Pine Bluffs Senior Center Board will have at least one vacancy for this year’s election. Voted on by the senior center’s members, board members oversee the operations of the facility which has 212 members. Pine Bluffs Senior Center Manager Alisha Michaud said at least one board member is stepping down following the end of their three-year term. “The board oversees the running of the senior center,” Michaud said. “They’re the ones who make the decisions, come up with ideas for fundraisers.” Other duties include overseeing the center’s annual...
Laramie County Community College’s Outreach Center in Pine Bluffs will offer a variety of classes for everyone this fall. Courses will range from ways to earn a college degree without going into debt to a one-time lecture on Amelia Earhart, the female pilot who mysteriously disappeared in the 1930s. The outreach center located at the Pine Bluffs Historic High School, 607 Elm Street. Classes offered in September follow: Parenting the Love and Logic Way Six sessions, Tuesdays, Sept. 11 - Oct. 16 Beginning in 1977, the Love and Logic Institute h...
Hornets fans will be able to stream all Pine Bluffs home volleyball and football games along with some away games. Players’ family and friends who live out of town will be able to watch the Hornets play by accessing an online link. The service requires a small fee. Though not all away games will be streamed, a good number of the teams that Pine Bluffs plays also utilize the service. For example, Big Horn High School uses it. The games will be streamed on nfhsnetwork.com. Those wishing to watch the Hornets play can simply punch in Pine Bluffs a...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets volleyball team got off to a strong start last weekend at the Douglas Invite, finishing with a 4-2 record. That was good for third place out of 12 teams. “I am very pleased with the play and our efforts for the beginning of the season,” head coach Lisa Gilbert said. “I feel like we are really gelling as a team and working will together. “We will continue to improve each day in practice.” The Lady Hornets opened tournament play on Friday against Newcastle, winning 2-0. They won the first game with a score of 25-14...
The Burns Lady Broncs didn’t let a slow start ruin their weekend when they traveled to Douglas for their first volleyball matches of the year. Burns went 4-2 during the two-day invitational tournament. In their first match against the Lady Bearcats, the Lady Broncs went 0 - 2, losing their first game 10-25 and their second 5-25. They subsequently dropped their next match 0-2 against Big Horn. Apparently, after that, the Lady Broncs were tired of losing. Heading into play against Hot Springs, S.D., the Lady Broncs won their match 0-2. In game on...
Runners from Pine Bluffs and Burns started their cross country season in Casper Friday, Aug. 24 with reason to be hopeful about the upcoming year. “This is a great baseline time and hard meet to gauge the rest of the season from,” coach Ashley Rousseau said in an email. Friday marked the first year the team has competed at the 3A level due to the large size of the team that features runners from both Burns High School and Pine Bluffs High School. Piper Perez just missed out on a top-20 finish coming in at 22nd with a time of 23:20. “The rest...
One of Wyoming's most contentious political races in recent memory came to an end Tuesday night with Mark Gordon winning the Republican nomination for governor. Gordon, who currently serves as the Wyoming State Treasurer, defeated Republican mega-donor Foster Friess by nearly six percentage points with 33,241 votes, or 32 percent. Friess earned 26.4 percent of the vote with 94.4 percent of precincts reporting, according to the political blog Politico. Natural resources attorney Harriet Hageman...
With recent hailstorms impacting Laramie County, the county clerk’s office is reminding residents to obtain salvage titles for vehicles that have been totaled in the storms. According to Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee, the law applies exclusively to vehicles with a Wyoming title with model years of 2011 or newer. In order to obtain a salvage title, vehicle owners must obtain a letter from their insurance company stating that the vehicle is a total loss or has incurred damages from hail exceeding 75 percent of the cash value. The original t...
GERING, Neb. - Cousins Jesse and Doug Fornstrom are toiling away, making final repairs to their race cars for an evening of competition at HiWay92 Raceway Park in western Nebraska. The 17-year-old Pine Bluffs High School students are well-aware that the majority of the people they'll be up against have been doing this longer than they've been alive. But they don't seem to mind. "Our cars are good enough and the people who help us know we can compete with the guys who have been doing it for 30...
Pine Bluffs town offices will soon be moving to a consolidated location. Specifically, the town’s municipal building will be moving across the street from its current location at 220 Main Street. Pine Bluffs Treasurer Kim Patterson said the move will give residents a chance to do their business with the town from a “one-stop shopping” approach. Currently, Pine Bluffs’ department heads are scattered at various offices throughout town. For example, recreation director Sonja Fornstrom currently operates from the Pine Bluffs Recreation Center....
BURNS — Laramie County School District 2 board members on Monday voted to purchase a small piece of land from the Town of Pine Bluffs for $7,500 at the Pine Bluffs RV Park and Campground. The school district currently owns the rest of the park with the exception of about 7,500 square feet. Pine Bluffs Town Treasurer Kim Patterson said on Tuesday that purchase between the two entities is intended to help the school district proceed with a planned land sale. Patterson described the impacted land as being between the two entry ways to the c...
As of Friday, Aug. 10, about 10 percent of Laramie County voters have cast their ballots for the primary election according to the Laramie County Clerk’s office. “A total of 3078 voters cast ballots in the Atrium of the Laramie County Governmental Complex. The highest daily number of voters to date was today, Friday, with 270 electors voting,” Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee said in a press release. An additional 1,261 voters have cast absentee ballots making the total 4339. Eastern Laramie County primary election candidates include: Voting for...
A Laramie County District Court judge determined last week that Republican gubernatorial candidate Taylor Haynes can continue his campaign amid questions of the candidate’s residency. Hayne’s resides on a ranch that straddles the Wyoming-Colorado border in Albany and Larimer (Colorado) Counties. The allegations contended that while Haynes used the Wyoming portion of the ranch as his physical address, his actual residence lies in Colorado. The Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office received a complaint regarding Haynes elligbility based on his r...
Monday voted to absorb a retirement system contribution rate increase for public employees. Contributions will increase of increments of .5 percent over the next four years, leading to a total increase of 2 percent, Pine Bluffs Treasurer Kim Patterson said during Monday’s town council meeting. The increases will not directly impact public employees as the town will absorb the rate hike. This year’s increase, effective Sept. 1, will cost the town $2,300. In future years, town officials will absorb the costs in their annual budgets passed each su...
It was a beautiful day for young cowgirls and cowboys over the weekend. It was perfect for a youth rodeo. On Saturday afternoon, youths from Pine Bluffs and surrounding areas turned out for the Pine Bluffs Trail Days Youth Rodeo. Raegen DeLancey took first-place in the senior girls all-around division. Bryton Scheller was first for the senior boys. Taking the junior girls all-around title was Brenna Herring and Royce Breeden won the junior boys division. Vanessa Delacruz earned the Kaylie Haun...
Former Pine Bluffs High School distance-running standout Alejandro Garcia put on a familiar show Saturday, Aug. 4 as he won the 17th annual Longhorn Stampede 5K. It wasn’t close as he finished with a time of 15:20. That’s less than a 5-minute mile. Fifty-one competitors turned out to compete in the early-morning run which took place in Pine Bluffs. Participants were from Pine Bluffs, Burns, Cheyenne and Hillsdale. The youngest compitor was 6-years-old and the oldest was 66. Age division winners follow: 14 & Under Lacyanna Goodman, Che...
Over a 10-day period, the National Weather Service in Cheyenne issued 95 total warnings. As a breakdown, that's 74 severe thunderstorm warnings, 14 tornado warnings and seven flash flood warnings. Compare that to a low of eight warnings issued in 2009, all severe. In 2016, the NWS Cheyenne office issued 71 warnings, all of which were severe over the same 10-day period of July 20 - 30. Of those, 59 were severe, 10 were tornado warnings and two were flash floods. The NWS Cheyenne office covers...
The Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office has asked a state judge to decide whether Republican gubernatorial candidate Taylor Haynes is eligible to seek office amid allegations that he resides out-of-state. On June 25, the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office received a complaint alleging that Haynes does not meet the requirements to run for governor, namely that within the past five years he has resided outside of the state. The allegations initially surfaced as the result of a report in the non-profit news website WyoFile. According to Alb...
CHEYENNE - Airmen with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing were hard at work preparing for a deployment last week. They weren't going to a combat zone, nor were they training for it. The 153rd was preparing to help battle wildfires in Colorado. Since the 1970s, the U.S. Forest Service has partnered with the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard to help fight fires. Wyoming's Air Guard unit flies C-130 cargo aircraft. A typical combat mission can involve troop transport or...
Donald Anderson has called the Albin area home since 1929. Saturday, along with his wife, Vernida, he will take part in the annual Albin Day parade as grand marshal. “He has deep roots here,” Vernida said. “I guess that’s why they asked us to be grand marshals.” Donald and Vernida married in 1988 after their previous spouses passed away. They met through mutual friends, said Vernida. Donald has been a farmer in the area all of his life. Vernida taught school in Colorado before moving to LaGrange and teaching there for several decades....
