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Town of Pine Bluffs department heads will revisit assessing fees at the public swimming pool following passionate pleas from concerned citizens at a regularly scheduled town council meeting Monday night. The council voted last month to assess $1 fees for youth and seniors and a $2 fee for adults. Speaking at Monday's meeting, two residents compared charging to use the pool would essentially turn it into a private pool and deprive the town's youth of a vital summer activity. "The pool is the...
Primary Election candidate filing period starts May 17, ends June 1 The 2018 election season officially kicks off at 8:00 a.m., Thursday, May 17, with the start of candidate filing for the Aug. 21 Primary Election. The Laramie County Clerk’s office will accept candidate applications for county offices including commissioner, assessor, treasurer, clerk, coroner, sheriff, clerk of district court, and district attorney. Applications may be filed in person May 17 through June 1, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the election o...
The railroad crossing on Main may be moving. Pine Bluffs Mayor Alan Curtis recently met with officials from Union Pacific Railroad and the Wyoming Department of Transportation and discussed moving the crossing located on Main Street in Pine Bluffs to Butler Street. Butler Street is located one block east of Beech Street on the east side of Pine Bluffs. “This is a safety thing as you well know,” Curtis told town council members Monday night. Curtis said the potential project would cost around $1 million. Union Pacific will provide about $65...
For the past few years, Pine Bluffs resident Larry Silvey has toiled away on a memorial honoring veterans in Pine Bluffs. That will culminate next week when workers install a 90-foot mural at the Pine Bluffs Veterans Memorial and Community Plaza. “I’ve spent quite a while on this one. I went to 10 different artists from Tennessee to Washington,” Silvey said. “Finally I found a fellow from Salt Lake.” Silvey explained that the mural will wrap around the walls at the park, which currently features a statue of a service member from each branch of...
Katherine Mohren, 69, of Pine Bluffs, WY passed away May 2, 2018 at home surrounded by her family. She was born April 20, 1949 in Kimball, NE to Robert Merriam McLaughlin and Virginia Mae McLaughlin. She is a member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Pine Bluffs and was a registered nurse working for the VA Hospital, Lifecare of Cheyenne and in St. Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey. She married Thomas Mohren on January 15, 1972 in Newark, NJ. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Mohren of...
Terry J. Howard, 64, of Pine Bluffs, died in Albin, Wyoming on Monday, April 30, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Burial will be in the Kimball Cemetery with Military Honors. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Friends may also visit www.cantrefh.com to view Terry's Tribute Wall and Leave condolences and stories for the family. Memorials may...
Join the Pine Bluffs Elementary 1st Grade Class in Pine Bluffs City Park on Thursday, May 10 at 2:45 p.m. for a tree planting to celebrate Arbor Day! In 1872 J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees, and this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in our neighboring state of Nebraska. Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world. Trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and...
Berries, berries everywhere, but not a drop to...OOPS, wrong poem. What a concept, though. Strawberries everywhere. I've never met anyone who didn't like strawberries and they are very easy to grow here with just a little bit of care and knowledge. In fact, mine grow like weeds and are getting into my asparagus patch and Linda's flower beds. Not so sure I like that idea. Strawberries come in two basic types: June-bearers and everbearers. The June-bearers will bear only one crop each year, usuall...
With Graduation nearly upon us, the life of a senior is always busy. Some of us have had to finish four quizzes the same week that grades were due, while others had to get caught up. One of the most important days in many students’ lives is quickly approaching and they must wrap the school year up right. Many of us are scared, some are overwhelmed, and even more are excited. I don’t know how I would have made it this far without the support and wisdom of teachers, friends and especially family. I’m very certain many of the people in the senior...
Getting an education while seeing the world was the dream of high school graduate Beverly Jean Webb. Webb had experienced moving and traveling at a young age. She was born in Los Angeles, California on January 8, 1943. As a infant she would move numerous times before settling in Wyoming with her family. Webb would move from her home in the Saratoga, Wyoming area to Ranchester, Wyoming and again in the end of her junior year of high school. This move would put her in the Sheridan area for her...
Worland, WY (May 7, 2018) - The Board of Directors of the Range Companies is pleased to announce the selection of Rob Johnstone as the new chief executive officer for the corporation. The Range Companies consist of Range Telephone Cooperative in Forsyth, MT; Advanced Communications Technology in Sheridan, WY; RT Communications in Worland WY; and Dubois Telephone Exchange in Dubois, WY. Rob has been with the Range Companies for the past 12 years, with much of that time spent as chief marketing...
It's come down to the last two meets of the year for the Pine Bluffs High School track and field team. And with a Southeastern Wyoming Athletic Conference win under their belt from the previous weekend under their belt, things are looking up. "Our kids are doing what they do best," head coach Dustin Lee said. "I know our kids are going to step up and do what they can. There's a little more stress for the kids who didn't pre-qualify. This weekend is their last chance to get to state. "They're...
Pine Bluffs track and field head coach Dustin Lee was pleasantly surprised in Glenrock last weekend. "The girls winning was a nice feather in our cap," Lee said. "I knew we could win, but it was going to take getting people in events they're not normally in and having some kids do better than normal. "And they did awesome. They won by a lot more points than I even anticipated." Lee said the win came from "a lot of kids stepping up." One example of that was an personal best performance in the...
The Lady Broncs gained a bit of momentum with a second-place finish at the Southeastern Wyoming Athletic Conference track and field meet over the weekend. Pipe Perez earned a win in the 800-meter run and placed in other events. Layne Burnett, a freshman, won the 1600-meter run just in front of Madison Thompson. Now, it’s just matter of seeing how the team performs this weekend at the Wyoming 1A/2A East Region meet in Torrington. Overall results follow: 100-METER DASH Malli O’Neal, second, 13.92; Rachel Kelly, seventh, 14.66 200-METER DASH Rac...
The Burns Broncs had a strong outing heading into the Wyoming Eastern 1A/2A Regional meet this weekend in Torrington. Wyatt Ebben continued an already strong season with a win in the 3200-meter run with a 12:01.60 effort. He also won the 1600-meter run. Burns 4X800-meter team of Kaden Lakin, Daniel Childers, Dakota Corman and Ebben also had an outright win. Team result follows: 100-METER DASH Matt Ashworth, fifth, 12.45; Daniel Jensen, seventh, 12.47 (SR) 200-METER DASH Daniel Jensen, eigth,...
Successful CBR Bull Team Challenge to Integrate with PBR Events Pueblo, Colo (May 2, 2018) – As part of a multi-year agreement with Championship Bull Riding (CBR), Professional Bull Riders (PBR) will produce and stream on RidePass the final CBR Championship event on July 24. Moving forward, at select PBR events, PBR will exclusively host the CBR Bull Team Challenge, a successful bull team competition among stock contractors in which teams of three bulls compete against other teams. PBR is also actively exploring the sanctioning of historical C...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In conjunction with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department's "Free Fishing Day", on June 2, daily use fees are waived at all parks/recreation areas that provide angling. Wyo Parks locations offering free entrance are Boysen, Buffalo Bill, Curt Gowdy, Edness K. Wilkins, Fort Phil Kearny, Glendo, Guernsey, Keyhole, Seminoe and Hawk Springs. Camping fees are not waived. Fishing opportunities also exist at the following sites, which offer free entrance year-round; Bear River,...
Denver, CO – May, 2018 -- During the next several weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey. The agency will contact over 12,000 producers across the region to determine crop acreage and stock levels as of June 1, 2018. “Two of the most important and well-known surveys NASS conducts are the June Agricultural Survey and June Area Survey, due to the widespread and significant impact of their resul...
Billings, MT – May 4, 2018 – Following the decision by Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to change its program name and open its membership to girls, Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming (GSMW) reasserts its commitment to providing an all-girl, girl-led, and girl-friendly environment. Girl Scouts has been the premier girl leadership development organization and the girl expert for 106 years. There is no organization that more thoroughly understands the value of programming designed specifically for girls. “We know girls. Our mission, programming, and o...
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Robert Zahn, Navy Office of Community Outreach SASEBO, Japan – A Cheyenne, Wyoming, native and 2012 Central High School graduate is serving in Japan in the U.S. Navy aboard USS Germantown. Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Connell is a hull maintenance technician aboard the ship operating out of Sasebo, Japan. A Navy hull maintenance technician is responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing valves, piping, plumbing systems, and marine sanitation...
