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A local business receives awards at an international contest. Wyoming Malting Company who belong to the Craft Maltsters Guild organization that had their Fourth Annual Malt Cup competition. The Wyoming Malting Company was started five years ago in August in Pine Bluffs, Wy. They have increased the number of breweries throughout the years that wants their product. Some of the breweries are in Wyoming like Snowy Mountain Brewery & Pub out of Saratoga and Square State Brewing out of Rock Springs....
As time progresses all things age and some breakdown, others cease to function or upgrades are required in order to have a smooth working system. There are times upgrades must be done to fill the supply and demand as well. This can apply to cost, not just equipment. The more population a town has, the more demand there will be, and older systems must be upgraded to meet the need. This brings us to the recent Water Rate Study completed for the Town of Pine Bluffs. According to this study, the last study was done in 2009 and it indicated the...
Since age of three years old this young lady has loved to show her animals. Blair Sanchez is a freshman at Burns High School in Burns Wyoming. She is in 4-H and is a Burns Future Farmer of America member. Sanchez helped show sheep with her sister at the age of three years old. Since then she has fallsen in love with showing. Sanchez's favorite to show is cattle and sheep. But she owns and show goats also. Sanchez has been in 4-H since she has been eight years old. She has been in Burns FFA...
A dedication to a person who is dedicated, active, and has a big heart leaves the community in tears and in awe. The United Methodist Church dedicated the Children's Sunday School room to Kate Russell on February 13, 2022. Russell has been an active member of the Albin and Pine Bluffs communities. She was a member of the Pine Bluffs United Methodist Church for seven years. Throughout her years at the church, Russell was on several committees. She was determined to help people. A few years ago,...
Albin’s water does not have to be tested as most now. Thursday, February 10th, 2022 the Albin council received good news. The wells in town do not have to be tested as much now. The sewers are going to be worked on soon. The town of Albin have received a bid for the ambulance tires. It was $102.00 for the whole set of tires. For old business the Meeks land annexation passed. The lunch program is being looked at of re-adjusting different meals. Since some meals are not bringing people in to the community center. The Albin council will be a...
Over the past few weeks we’ve had some pretty decent snowfall with plenty of moisture and only a little of the 4-letter word, w***, that we don’t usually say out loud. The meteorologist on KGWN TV 5 commented at the end of January that we were slightly ahead of moisture for the month. That sounds good knowing that January and February are our two driest months of the year. Oops. I made the mistake of checking the drought monitor from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA is the parent organization of the National Wea...
Cookies were brought in to the meeting with all the members hyped and ready to start on their projects. February 9th at 6:30 p.m. at the Archer M building the Hillsdale Tip Toppers 4-H club had their monthly meeting. The meeting started with roll call along with meeting new members and what they think they would like to do in 4-H this year. There was a variety of ideas from goats to pictures. Each member was asked what their store front would be if they had one. Some of the members said, beef,...
“Did you ever think you’d be paying this much for a gallon of gas?” Biden asked a crowd Wednesday during a speech in Baltimore.” Christina Wilkie, CNBC, November 11, 2021. “Too many people remain unsettled about the economy, and we all know why. They see higher prices. They go to the store or go online, they can’t find what they always want, and when they want it. We’re tracking these issues and trying to figure out how to tackle them head on.” Joe Biden, November 10, 2021, Baltimore, Maryland. Previously we discussed the problems the Le...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestling team sent several of its athletes to the WHSAA 3A East Regional Meet held last Friday, February 18 in New Castle, Wyoming. The team did very well with a couple of our wrestlers placing high in the ranking. Colter Haws placed first in the 195 lbs weight class. Elliot Anderson placed second in the 160lbs class. Below is the list of how the rest of the team did. Beckett Cassel placed 5th in the 113lbs class Baylen Smith placed 3rd in the 126lbs class Colby Smith plac...
Last Friday, February 18, the Burns Broncs lost their home game against the Rawlins Outlaws in a tough game. The Broncs did not play bad just the 16-3 Outlaws were over powering. The 9-12 Broncs were hitting outside and inside and nailing the three-pointers but it just was not enough to take the Outlaws. The first quarter showed both teams trying to get moving. The Broncs, with the help of Isaac Bloom and Cooper Lakin only managed to put up 6 points. The Outlaws were not much better but...
The Hornets had an emotional night as it was senior night and the return of one of their players who has been out for the season with an injury. The Hornets took on the Lusk Tigers in a conference game that would show the return of Ty Sweeter last Friday. The Senior Hornets honored their parents just before the game and then honored one of their own at the beginning of the game. Number 34 Ty Sweeter has been out due to a knee injury during the football season. He was able to suit up during this...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs indoor track team competed against the very best the state of Wyoming had to offer last week. In the Wyoming Invitational the team had a few standouts and overall did well. Coach Thurin had this to say about the meet. "We had a great day competing against the best of the best in Wyoming! We could only put in our top two athletes unless they pre-qualified in each event. Several athletes PRed today. Emma killed the 2 mile with a time of 11:37, Sean triple jumped 41'5.5", and Abe triple jumped 35' 3.5" Joel ran with times of...
Last Friday evening, February 18, the Lady Broncs hosted the Rawlins Lady Outlaws. With regionals coming up in two weeks the Lady Broncs were looking to come away with the win to offset the loss last week. With the defeat Burns moves to 6-14 on the year. It was a close game with the deciding shot coming at the end of the game. The Lady Outlaws beat the Lady Broncs by the slim margin of 37-35. Rylee Jo Ward led the Lady Broncs in scoring with nine points. Ward also had five rebounds, two assists...
The Lady Broncs traveled to Torrington to face off against the Torrington Lady Trailblazers last Saturday, February. 19. The 11-9 Lady Trailblazers coming off two straight losses to Douglas and Wheatland were wanting to get back on the winning streak. The Lady Broncs also coming off a couple of losses and knowing that the regionals are just around the corner wanted desperately to put another mark in the win column. The Lady Trailblazers were too much for the Lady Broncs to handle and they beat the Lady Broncs 46-17. The Lady Trailblazers...
After the decisive win over the Lusk Tigers on Friday the Hornets traveled to Lingle-Fort Laramie to face the 9-12 Doggers on Saturday, February 19. The Hornets are riding high with a 12 game win streak and sitting atop the regional board in the number one seed they were eager to hit the boards against the Doggers. Should the Hornets win the game it would give Coach Kimzey his 100th win of his career. The Hornets were not about to let this chance go and took it to the Doggers from the start. The Hornets scored 15 points in the first quarter...
Last Saturday, February 19, the Burns Broncs suffered a hard loss to the Torrington Trailblazers in Torrington. The 6-14 Trailblazers were desperate to get a win against the hard bucking Broncs but the Broncs wanted to make up for the loss yesterday against the Outlaws. It was an up and down battle and no clear winner was decided til the final buzzer. The Broncs fell to the Trailblazers by one point 41-40. The first quarter had both teams trying to establish their game. The Broncs scored the first five points hitting a three pointer and a fast...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets varsity basketball team held their senior night before their game against Lusk last Friday, February 18. Each of the senior girls had flowers and gifts for their mothers and fathers. Graduating from the team are: Kylee Bruns with her parents Corey and Kaycee Bruns Alexis DePaulitte (Guard) with Laura Fornstrom Mady Graves (Point Forward) with her parents Carmela and Tyler Graves Jalie Langlois (Guard) with her father Chris Langlois and Maria Langlois Madison Loyd...
The Pine Bluffs high school honored the senior players and their biggest supporters just before last Friday’s game against Lusk. The senior boys all had flowers for their mothers and hugs for all family members. The seniors were: Emiliano Castillo with his parents Alvaro Castillo and Rocia Delgado Dominic Paice with his grandmother Estela Wagner and Trevor Mohren Jace Slade with his parents Bonnie and Ryan Slade Ty Sweeter with his father Todd Sweeter Roy Tarango with his parents Paula and Sergio Tarango Reed Thompson with his mother Wynema E...
The Lady Broncs traveled to Torrington to face off against the Torrington Lady Trailblazers last Saturday, February. 19. The 11-9 Lady Trailblazers coming off two straight losses to Douglas and Wheatland were wanting to get back on the winning streak. The Lady Broncs also coming off a couple of losses and knowing that the regionals are just around the corner wanted desperately to put another mark in the win column. The Lady Trailblazers were too much for the Lady Broncs to handle and they beat the Lady Broncs 46-17. The Lady Trailblazers...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets traveled to Lingle-Ft Laramie to face off against the Doggers last Saturday, February 19. The Lady Hornets having that decisive victory over the Lady Tigers on Friday of last were hoping to hogtie the 12-9 Lady Doggers. The Lady Hornets are still sitting as the top seed for the regionals but came up short against the Lady Doggers and lost the contest 63-45. Since this was a non-conference game the Lady Hornets did not lose their seat at the top. The Lady Hornets played well but could not put up enough points to...
Last Friday, February 18, the Lady Hornets did battle against the Lusk Lady Tigers. This would be a conference game against the Lady Tigers and would help how the seating would go at regionals. Lusk came prepared as they would go toe to toe with the Lady Hornets. But the Lady Hornets were just too much for the Lady Tigers and their shooting was more accurate as the Lady Hornets would beat the Lady Tigers 60-28. The Lady Hornets came out shooting and their defense was stout. The lady Hornets took the tip off down and scored the first two points...
The Pine Bluffs JV Hornets played the Lusk Tigers last Friday evening, Feb. 18 with great results. The JV girls did not play due to the fact that the Lusk team was unable to field a team. The JV Boys Hornets team did play and ruled the court against the Lusk Tigers. The JV teams only play two quarters due to the fact that some of the team actually plays for the varsity team. State rules indicate that an athlete can only play six quarters a night. This limits the time that some of the JV team can play. The Tigers took the tip off and went down...
On Tuesday the Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestling team had a send off for the Pine Bluffs wrestlers that were going to regionals. Just so happened that the two wrestlers going to regionals were the two seniors that were being honored at Seniors Night. Elliot Anderson wrestles in the 145lb category and will be going to regionals at the end of the week. He is looking to join the US Air Force as his next step in his career. This also is his first year of competition and is looking to do very well at...
Bantam 61.0 Haize Graves's place is 1st. Round 1 - Haize Graves (Tri-State Grapplers) received a bye. Round 2 - Haize Graves (Tri-State Grapplers) won by fall over Liam McCully (Westside Raider Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:17) Round 3 - Haize Graves (Tri-State Grapplers) won by fall over Brayton Douglas (Upton Mat Cats) (Fall 0:29) Round 4 - Haize Graves (Tri-State Grapplers) won by fall over Beckett Marvin (Douglas Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:33) Round 5 - Haize Graves (Tri-State Grapplers) won by fall...
