Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Pine Bluffs police seize drugs at traffic stop. Pine Bluffs Police Chief Chance Walkama stated, "On Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at approximately 1153 hours, the Pine Bluffs Police Department stopped a black Honda Ridgeline with Wyoming License plates for speeding eastbound on US 30, 55 mph in a posted 40 mph zone. The vehicle was stopped and the California driver was contacted. During the traffic stop the officer noticed the distinct order of raw marijuana coming from within the vehicle. He also o...
Members of the staff of the Pine Bluffs Post recently traveled to Casper, Wyoming to attend the Wyoming Press Association 123rd Annual convention and awards ceremony. Each year entries into the contest are judged by neighboring states. This is open to all the newspapers in the state of Wyoming. They are broken in to three categories: Dailies, Large Weeklies, and Small Weeklies. In the division for the Pine Bluffs Post, small weeklies, there were twenty-five newspapers competing. "It was...
Three Pine Bluffs High School students qualified for All-State band. All-State Band takes time to go through the process just to apply let alone win the position. It starts in October for filling out the paperwork, then the students do auditions and receive recommendations from teachers. In November, they play more music and get approved. Then they are off to meet with the band and conductors to perform. January 18th the Wyoming All State Music Gala Concert was performed in Rock Springs,...
Jean Kryger Branigan, 95, of Albin, died peacefully at home on January 28, 2022. Jean was born on April 18, 1926 in Kimball, Nebraska to Elmer and Doris (Cox) Kryger of Gallio, Banner County, Nebraska. She went to elementary school at Epworth County school and attended high school in Albin, Wyoming. After graduating in 1944 she went to Washington D.C. and worked for the War Department during World War II. She returned home after the war was over and worked at the telephone company in...
James LeRoy Sterle, age 86, of Muleshoe, Texas died Sunday, February 6, 2022 in Muleshoe. He was born February 17, 1935 in Bushnell, Nebraska to Joe and Rose (Klobuchar) Sterle. He married Shirley Christensen in Bushnell on August 17, 1969. James was a roughneck and a driller in the oil fields. He also farmed. He loved fishing, hunting and camping. He is preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and four sisters. James is survived by his wife, Shirley; his two daughters, Jennifer Clark...
CHEYENNE, WY — Laramie County Community College is proud to announce the list of students earning a place on the president’s and vice president’s honor rolls for the fall 2021 semester. We apologize to those students that were not included in our original release. Students earning president’s honor roll recognition have earned a cumulative 3.75-4.0 GPA, and students on the vice president’s honor roll have earned a cumulative 3.5-3.74 GPA. Some students may have signed a non-disclosure request with the college to have their names omitted f...
What if we could grow a plant that smells delightful, tastes great and could help improve our health? Well, we can. Anyone can grow herbs on a window sill or even on the kitchen counter. Basil is one of those herbs that grows easily, is easily harvested, serves a variety of uses, and smells terrific. I'm sure you've all heard about basil because it's the basic herb used in Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. One of my favorite Mediterranean dishes is tomato bisque soup. That and a grilled cheese...
Friday evening, the Pine Bluffs Recreation Department hosted their first ever Soup Contest & "Pick A Movie Night" with 11 soups entered in the contest and 7 great movies to choose from. Soups entered in the contest included Cabbage Burger, Creamy Chicken Spinach Tortellini, Beer Cheese, Jalapeño Beer Cheese, Vegetable Beef, Potato, Tomato (complete with little grilled cheese sandwiches), Creamy Garlic Chicken and three types of Chicken Noodle. Each participant had their own individual judging...
The 2020 census has come and gone and it’s time to redraw political subdivision lines. Lines are typically drawn to incorporate roughly the same number of people in each subdivision, plus or minus about five percent. However, at times lines are drawn for political purposes, such as trying to influence voting in a district. Such a use of political power is called gerrymandering. Representative Dan Zwonitzer from Laramie County, Chairman of the House Corporations Committee, is trying to do just that by creating a long, thin dogleg into P...
F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. -- There is not one single American dream. There are over 300 million that belong to each unique person living in the United States of America. Miguel Perez's American dream was to become a U.S. citizen. In 2003, four-year-old Perez and his family moved 10,600 miles across the world from the Philippines to the U.S. for a fresh start. Upon arrival, his family decided to plant their roots in San Diego. Perez has lived in San Diego ever since, and it's where he...
The Pine Bluffs Senior Center was full of activities this last weekend. On Saturday, February 5, 2022 the Pine Bluffs Senior Center hosted a craft show from 9 a.m. through 2 p.m. They had ten vendors that attended the craft fair. There were local farm products like fresh chicken and home grown honey available. There were flowers made out of wood that stay fresh looking year round. That booth had a variety of homemade craft items. They had two vendors that had homemade jewelry. One of the vendors...
One of the most difficult and important decisions a young athlete can make is to which higher learning institutions that he should go. There are so many to choose from and so many things to consider, scholarships, coaching staff, environment, teachers and degrees. The decision can be overwhelming. One of Pine Bluffs student/athletes has made his decision and signed with Dickinson State University. Reed Thompson, who wore #5 for the Hornets football team played wide receiver and defensive back...
Fall of 2022 Cody Winslow, of Burns High School will be joining the football team at Dakota Wesleyan University. Winslow, who played as a defensive lineman for the Burns Broncs intends on studying sports medicine. He is a three sport athlete - football, wrestling and track and field. His talent has landed him a place on the 49th Annual Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Game. Winslow who played middle linebacker and tackle for the Broncs will be participating in the All-Star game to be held in June....
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets C team saw action this week as they hosted the Southeast Lady Cyclones. The young Lady Hornets led by coach Cameron Karajanis came out slow but picked up the pace as the game went on. Looks like the varsity team is going to have some good young talent to choose from next year. The Lady Hornets C team came out strong and put up 12 points in the first quarter. The defense was too much for the Lady Cyclones as they were only able to put up 5 points in the first quarter. The Lady Hornets were outscored in the second...
The Burns Lady Broncs C team started the week off against the Lingle-Ft Laramie Lady Doggers C team. The Burns Lady Broncs were a little sluggish in the game and never really got into their groove. Their offense just could not find the bucket throughout the game and ended up falling to the Lady Doggers 32-11. The first half all the Lady Broncs could manage was six points. They scored two in the first quarter and four in the second. The Lady Doggers were not much better scoring six in the first and nine in the second but were good enough to...
The music was playing and the counting of steps was going on in everyone's heads. On Friday February 4th at the north gym of the Burns plex at 7 p.m. members of the Burns Lions Club and people in the Burns community gathered together to learn some new dance steps. Instructor Dave Urquidez that owns Dance Spirit Dance Studio was teaching the class for the night. Urquidez has been teaching dance for fifty years. He has attended contests and has been a judge for different events of dancing....
The Lady Broncs traveled to Douglas to face the Lady Bearcats in a non-conference game last Saturday. The 6-12 Lady Broncs were hoping to find the winners circle again but the 15-2 Lady Bearcats were just too strong for the Lady Broncs and held on for the win. The Lady Broncs fell to the Lady Bearcats 76-35. The Lady Bearcats came out strong and never let the Lady Broncs get into a rhythm. The Lady Bearcats scored 20 points or more in the first three quarters. The first quarter the Lady Bearcats defense held the Lady Broncs to only five points...
The Burns Broncs had their work cut out for them last week as they traveled to the Douglas Bearcats home to do battle. The 8-9 Broncs would tip off against the 15-2 Bearcats in a non-conference game. The Broncs were hoping to keep their two-game winning streak alive but the Bearcats would prove just a bit too much and they ended up losing to them 68-37. Coach Suloff said this about the game, “The second quarter really hurt us tonight. We had some guys get into foul trouble and we had to many possessions where we gave them more than one look.” H...
Jourdaine Cerenil, Pine Buffs Hornets Alumni cleared 5'7.75" which is the 4th highest jump in Chadron State College history, the second best jump in our conference currently (RMAC), and the 10th best high jump mark in all of NCAA Division II. "There is a high probability that she will get to compete in March at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Pittsburg, KS. They will take the top 16 performers, so 7 athletes would have to jump higher than her in the next 2 weeks. I feel...
P2P - Bearcave Brawl Tournament 2-5-2022 4U 25-26 - Eaden Miller's place is 1st. 4U 52-58 - Blayne Bruckner's place is 3rd. 8U 64-65 - Beau Bruckner's place is 4th. Kearney Matcat Tournament 2-6-2022 Pre-K 42-42 - Jaxon Lynch's place is 1st and has scored 40.0 team points. Round 1 - Jaxon Lynch (Tri-State Grapplers) won by fall over Braan Nelson (Broken Bow Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:13) Round 2 - Jaxon Lynch (Tri-State Grapplers) won by fall over Coleman Kennedy (Kearney MatCats Wrestling Club)...
