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The pumpkins were out in the field and the farm was set up for visitors for the fall season. Windy Creek Farm held their first pumpkin patch. Autumn Ferguson is the owner but all of her family helps out. This is her first year for the pumpkin patch. Ferguson decided to have three different organizations to help through her first season. The first weekend was with the Pine Bluffs Mothers of Preschoolers or MOPS. This organization of mothers helped set up the pumpkin patch. It was hard for Ferguso...
Last Wednesday the town council of Pine Bluffs met in a special meeting at 3pm. Most of the meeting was standard items. Consent agenda items, agenda items and other mundane items. Of interest was the purposed master plan presentation for the upgrade of the storm water control system that Branden Nobel presented to the city council. The plan had a 25-year and 50-year plan for floods and needed upgrades to handle the excess water that would come from these storms. Additionally, it called for current upgrades that would be needed for the storm...
It is still happening! Daylight savings time again. Like the old saying goes, spring forward and fall back. On November 5th the time will be changing from 2:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Some people would like it to stay as it is.. But that is only in some states like Arizona, Hawaii, and the overseas territories of American Samoa, Guam the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. This has been going on since 1966. But in 2022 the United States Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act. This would permanently...
It is that time of year when mostly youngsters go knocking on the neighborhood doors for Halloween. "Trick or Treat." A fun yearly ritual that allows kids and adults to dress up and go door to door for candy, popcorn balls and possibly a spider ring or maybe a glow stick. However, the Burns Future Business Leaders of America members had a different idea. Instead of candy they were asking for food donations. "One in eight households experience food insecurity and a lack of access to an affordable...
It is sometimes cold at Halloween time. There was a couple of years where the weather was absolutely perfect for trick or treaters to go house to house without having to bundle up. But alas, that isn't always the case. In the Albin, the parents want their children staying warm and safe plus there are not as many houses in town for the kids to trick and trick to. But do not despair as the Albin community center holds a Halloween carnival every year. There are games for the kids to play along...
The weekend before Halloween the spooks started to come out. The Knotty Pine Saloon was the place to be for all the guy's and ghoul's. There was Karaoke for the evening that was ran by Travis Willert. He had a list of songs for people to show off their talents in singing. Some of the singers that braved the spotlight was a witch, Dumb (without Dumber) was another singer, a group of girls singing Mickey and more. By 10:00 p.m. the place was hopping with all kinds of characters. There was Raggedy...
CASPER, Wyo. – October 30, 2023 – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing the 30-day open application window, ending on November 29, for farmers, ranchers, and landowners to sign up for USDA conservation funding. Jackie Byam, NRCS State Conservationist in Wyoming, announces that farmers, ranchers, and landowners interested in any of the following programs need to apply by November 29, for funding in 2024. Applications are being taken at all USDA Service Centers in Wyoming. - Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Inf...
The competition has just started to earn the most Bar Bucks in Laramie County. Most of the bars in Laramie County work hard to earn Bar Bucks in their establishments. These owners and bartenders know how important is is for the Laramie County communities. Bar Bucks helps with the community Christmas baskets. For years the Christmas baskets have been given out to help people for the holidays that may be having a difficult time. When the Christmas basket program first started the baskets...
For those seeking to obtain or renew their Wyoming private pesticide applicator license, University of Wyoming Extension educator Jaycie Arndt will host two educational programs this fall. There will be a program in Sundance on Saturday, Nov. 13, and a program in Sheridan on Wednesday, Nov. 15. The Sundance event will begin at noon and conclude at 4 p.m. in the Sundance Community Room in Crook County Courthouse, 309 Cleveland Street. The event in Sheridan will run from noon to 4 p.m. in the...
Teton County, Wyo.-This fall, the Wyoming Business Report honored University of Wyoming Extension educator Mary Martin with a Lifetime Achievement Award for nearly five decades of service to the Teton County community. Martin's achievements more than qualify her as a Wyoming Business Report Woman of Influence. She started working for UW Extension in 1975 as a county home economist. Her first class focused on teaching people how to use microwaves. "Sometimes people wonder, how have you stayed in...
Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day, is an annual United States holiday honoring military veterans. It is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11. It coincides with other holidays such as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.) History of Veterans Day...
Laramie, Wyoming – The much-anticipated Touchstone Laramie Art Exhibition and Sale, Southeast Wyoming's premier art experience featuring new work for 21 of Laramie, Wyoming's top professional artists, returns in-person this year on November 11th and 12th, 2023 during Veterans Day Weekend in Laramie, Wyoming after 5 years. Touchstone Laramie is a biennial, artist-run exhibition hosted by the Laramie Artists Project, a local organization run entirely by Albany County, Wyoming artists who t...
Not only books are in the library but so were animals. At the Laramie County Pine Bluffs branch library they was an extending of the minds of people with animals. Riverside Discovery Center from Scottsbluff, Nebraska that is a zoo on the North Platte river came to visit. It has an estimated 50 different species. There are two brother grizzly bears that are a rescue that are on exhibit. They have American bison, a box turtle, African surged tortoise, bearded dragon, bald eagle, turkey vulture,...
Calling all cars, it’s a “Drive In” movie! Put your imagination to work and start building your car for the Texas Trail Market Movie Night! Do you know what they have at our hometown grocery store, Texas Trail Market? Boxes, and lots of them! We want to encourage kids (and those kids at heart) to make their cars (or any mode of creative transportation) out of those boxes and “drive” on into the 23rd Annual Texas Trail Market Movie Night scheduled for Thursday, November 16, 6:30pm at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. We are not done talking c...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets volleyball team has qualified for the state tournament. They will be heading to Casper on November 2nd to compete. The Lady Hornets will be against the number one seated Greybull Lady Buffaloes. The Buffaloes are 23-7-2 in seasonal play and 7-0 in conference play. The Lady Hornets will have their work cut out for them to start. In regionals the Lady Hornets finished in the fourth seat. The Lady Hornets went 2-2 in regionals to qualify for the state championship. In t...
The Burns Lady Broncs headed to Wright for the 2023 Regional finals for the 2A conference. The Lady Broncs are looking to repeat as state champions. Burns entered the tournament as the second seat in the eastern conference and faced the number one seated Big Horn Lady Rams in their final game. This was a rematch of last year's state championship. Big Horn won the match, but the Lady Broncs are still headed to the state finals. The Lady Broncs first game of the postseason would be against the...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets varsity football team ended their bid for another state championship last Friday when they lost to the Big Piney Punchers 28-14 in the first round of the playoffs. The Hornets traveled to Big Piney for their first game of the playoffs and a chance for another state championship. The Hornets entered the postseason with a 6-2 record having lost their last two seasonal games. The Punchers were 5-1 in conference play and 7-1 in seasonal play and would be a tough team to...
The Burns Lady Broncs volleyball team is headed back to state to defend their championship status. The Lady Broncs have a 14-17 seasonal record but are 5-1 in conference play. It has been a rough road for the Lady Broncs and they have had some ups and downs. But when it counts the Lady Broncs are able to pull together and win the game. The Lady Broncs were able to put together winning streaks of four and six games over the season. They have some of the best hitters in the conference. Brooke...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets volleyball team is headed for state. For the first time in four years the Lady Hornets will make an appearance in the Wyoming State 2A Championship tournament as the number four seat. This team has done a 180-degree turnaround since last year. Under new head coach Travis Werner, the Lady Hornets maintained either first or second seat in the conference most of the year. Coach Werner brought some new plays, philosophies and attitude to the team. It took some time for...
