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  • Council approves grant request

    Zach Spadt|Feb 7, 2019

    Pine Bluffs Town Council Members Monday night voted to apply for $764,000 in grants and loans to bore an 800ft water well near the town's rodeo facility. In two resolutions, the council approved applying for a $382,000 grant from the Wyoming State Lands and Investment Board and an additional $382,000 loan from the SLIB. Pine Bluffs Treasurer Kim Patterson told council members the SLIB doesn't necessarily have to approve the loan, but seeking the loan and grant now is prudent. "(The well project...

  • House committee kills public notices bill

    Zach Spadt|Feb 7, 2019

    CHEYENNE - A Wyoming legislative committee killed legislation that would have dropped the requirement that local governing bodies publish public notices and minutes in newspapers. House Bill 242, sponsored by Rep. Bunky Loucks, R-Casper, would have created a state website for local governments to publish public notices. Those include bids, meeting notices and minutes, requests for qualification among other numerous notices. The legislation died 6-3 in the Wyoming House Corporations and...

  • Cheyenne Regional Medical Center receives nearly $1 Million grant to address Suicide, Substance Abuse Prevention in Laramie County

    Feb 7, 2019

    CHEYENNE; The grant was originally awarded to the Laramie County Board of Commissioners, which sub-granted the award to CRMC’s Wyoming Institute of Population Health based on the Institute’s successful track record of community health improvement. Funds will be distributed through an application process to local organizations working on prevention efforts and that actively participate in the 60-plus member Laramie County Community Partnership, said Amy Spieker, CRMC’s Community Health and Analysis director. As part of the agreement, $80,0...

  • 307 Land Development unveils plan for Wyoming's largest convention & event hotel

    Feb 7, 2019

    New Hotel, Convention Space, Event Center, Entertainment Complex and Restaurant will be located within Cheyenne’s highly anticipated Sweetgrass Development CHEYENNE, Wyo., (Feb. 1, 2019) A 70,000 - plus square foot, $55 million hotel and convention center, Wyoming’s largest, will be built south of Cheyenne and open in 2021, a Wyoming development company announced Friday. 307 Land Development LLC announced it will build, own and operate the complex, which will also include an events center, entertainment complex and restaurant at the Gre...

  • Short Season? Not Necessarily

    Mike Heath Laramie County Master Gardners|Feb 7, 2019

    Do you go into the growing season wondering if your vegetables will be able to ripen because of our short growing season? Or maybe you're concerned about that special variety that you wanted to grow, but it looks like it going to take too long? We may have a very short growing season, but that doesn't mean that you have to lose out on that particular vegetable that you really want to have on your table, or in the pantry. There are ways to extend the growing season and add extra weeks, maybe even...

  • PRIME Time

    Midori Fabela Journalism Student Reporter|Feb 7, 2019

    Pine Bluffs JR/SR High School is trying something new this year with a little thing called PRIME Time. What is PRIME Time and what is the goal of new program? PRIME Time’s goal is to encourage relationship-building through engaging activities in this group. They will complete a variety of activities throughout the school and community. PRIME time stands for purposeful remediation, intervention, mentoring, and enrichment. This new idea will help kids bond with their teachers and peers. Grades 7-12 are mixed up and paired with different t...

  • Prisoner of War/ Missing in Action

    Penny Merryfield|Feb 7, 2019

    A celebration of honor was bestowed 70 years later by the French to six American Veterans. The chapel at Good Samaritan Water Valley Senior Living Resort was standing room only for the presentation of the Legion of Honor Medals by The Honorable Christohe Lemoine, Consulate of France in Windsor, Colorado. Five American World War II veterans were presented this prestigious medal for outstanding achievements in their military life. After the presentation of the colors, Marti Mace, a member of the...

  • Lady Hornets top Burns

    Zach Spadt|Feb 7, 2019

    BURNS - Torri Long and Dylan Sweeter combined for 26 of Pine Bluffs' 59 points in their win over Burns Friday night in a game dominated by the Lady Hornets for all four quarters of play. Long had 14 points while Sweeter had 12. Of long's points, 8 of those came from free throws. Sophie Howard had double digits in the rebound column with 10. Pine Bluffs completely shut out the Lady Broncs in the first quarter of play and held them to only 7 points in the second quarter. That's a mere 7 points...

  • Hornets tame Broncs

    Zach Spadt|Feb 7, 2019

    BURNS - Michael Shain and Justus Golding each scored in the double digits on the way to Pine Bluffs' dominant win over the Burns Broncs Friday night. Golding contributed 17 points while Shain added 15. The final score was 65-28 Pine Bluffs. Friday night's matchup was already decided by the end of the first quarter with Pine Bluffs leading 17-2. A strong second quarter would make the score 38-7 heading into the second half. Pine Bluffs combined for 17 steals during the game, with Andrew...

  • Burns/Pine Bluffs vs. Central

    Feb 7, 2019

    Central @ Burns/Pine Bluffs on 01/31/2019. Central (CENT) 33.0 Burns/Pine Bluffs (BURN) 23.0 106: Double Forfeit 113: Double Forfeit 120: Double Forfeit 126: Cole Hilliker (CENT) over Conor Manlove (BURN) (Fall 3:00) 132: Logan Branigan (BURN) over Slater Bates (CENT) (TF 15-0 6:00) 138: Christian Kopf (CENT) over Tyler Helvig (BURN) (Fall 1:24) 145: Zach Cudney (BURN) over Wyatt King (CENT) (Dec 2-1) 152: Braydon Marks (CENT) over Zeb Ornelas (BURN) (Fall 3:40) 160: Mark Merryfield (BURN) over...

  • Tri-State Grapplers Results

    Feb 7, 2019

    Kearney MatCats Tournament 2019 Tri-State Grapplers Results 1st-2nd 59 - Jax Thurin's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Jax Thurin (Tri-State Grapplers) won by fall over Bryce Johnson (Kearney Matcats) (Fall 2:53) Quarterfinal - Axton Gates (GI Grapplers) won by decision over Jax Thurin (Tri-State Grapplers) (Dec 7-1) Cons. Round 2 - Jax Thurin (Tri-State Grapplers) won by fall over Keiley Mills (Kearney Matcats) (Fall 0:33) Cons. Round 3 - Jax Thurin (Tri-State Grapplers) won by fall over Jaxon Ebner (Kearney Ma...

  • Donald Eisenhauer American Legion Post 60 honors the fallen...and the Four Chaplains

    Feb 7, 2019

    The Four Chaplains – sometimes called the Immortal Chaplains – were men from four different religions who sacrificed their lives for men of all faiths. In the 70 years since the incident, Methodist minister George L. Fox, Reformed Church in America minister Clark V. Poling, Roman Catholic priest John P. Washington and Rabbi Alexander B. Goode have been immortalized with commemorative postage stamps, a Congressionally recognized anniversary and numerous re-tellings of their heroics. Feb. 3 mar...

  • Truck Wrap

    Feb 7, 2019

  • Burns/Pine Bluffs vs. Central

    Feb 7, 2019