Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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A man died Tuesday morning while working at a dairy farm near Carpenter. According to a statement on the Laramie County Sheriff's Department's Facebook page, the unidentified man was killed while working at Burnett Enterprises. According to the sheriff's office, the man, along with one of the business owners and two electrical contractors, entered a well house to make repairs. At some point, the man fell down the well shaft into several feet of water. Quickly overcome by methane fumes, the man...
A still-lit cigarette contributed to a fire that severely damaged a home in rural Laramie County Monday. Firefighters from Pine Bluffs, Carpenter, Albin and Burns were dispatched to a home located on Road 158 at 4:03 p.m. Monday. Scott Zimmerman, the home's owner, said the fire was caused when a resident attempted to extinguish a cigarette in a bucket. Zimmerman said the person thought the bucket had water in it. Zimmerman said a few minutes later he smelled smoke and saw that the side of his...
Pine Bluffs residents will be able to set off certain fireworks during three-day period in July. On July 3, 4 and 5 residents can enjoy ground-based fireworks and sparklers. On July 3 and 5 fireworks will be permitted within town limits until 10 p.m. July 4, they will be permitted until midnight. “This allows everybody an opportunity to take their kids and shoot off some fireworks if they so please,” Pine Bluffs Police Chief Justin Trout said. Pine Bluffs Town Council voted 4-0 Monday night to allow the practice. Each year, the council wil...
Makyela Sorensen, daughter of Brent and Becky Sorensen, formely of Albin, Wyoming graduated from Greybull High School, in Greybull, Wyomig on May 20, 2018. Sorensen was one of six valedictorians for the graduation ceremony. She is the granddaughter of Lon and Janet Johnson, May and Ron Sorensen. Great grandparents are Richard and Louise Person. Sorensen will be attending the University of Jamestown, North Dakota. She will be majoring in Biology and playing volleyball for the...
By now I hope your garden and flower beds have been planted. I wish I could say that for mine, but I'm running way behind. I still have 144 lavender plants, 72 peppers, 200 geraniums and a host of other plants to get in. And I thought retirement meant life was supposed to slow down. So why am I so far behind you may ask. The answer is simple but time consuming. Just "life" is the first part. I'm just running behind. But the second part of the answer is the topic of this article. I'm putting in...
With summer now here, many kids are ecstatic that it means no more school. However, that isn't the way it is for every student. Many schools have kids going to summer school, which is traditionally in June. Summer school was originally to make up for failed classes, to receive one-on-one help, and to recover or make up lost credits. Because of these factors being the primary reason for summer school becoming a need and for some, a necessity, a new plan was devised. PBHS started offering Friday school along with the regular four-day school...
Noah Thomas was born in Colorado in March of 1981 and raised in the country by a strong mother and father. His father was a former Army Sergeant who retired as a Chief Master Sergeant in the Air Force. Thomas's twin brother is a Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2) with the Coast Guard, and his sister is a Major with the United States Air Force. Besides his mother, everyone in Thomas's immediate family has served or is serving in the military. "My mother, however has the hardest job of the family:...
The Pine Bluffs Summer Roping Series began its season last Friday. Here are the results: OPEN TEAM ROPING: 1. Todd/Tate Bishop, 6.63 2. Kaycee Lake/TJ Fox, 7.02 3. Jeff Robb/Clay Ritzzuto, 7.73 4. Abbea/Ann Fairs, 8.37 5. Britt Bath/Sean Wright, 8.57 6. Brian/DJ Tidyman, 9.77 7. Bryton Scheller/Boyd Supan, 10.82 8. Brad Nelson/Matt Idler, 11.82 9. Bodie Herring/Chuck Petersen, 12.64 10. Bret Nelson/Matt Idler, 13.16 CENTURY TEAM ROPING 1. Dean/DJ Tidyman, 7.38 2. Mike Fuller/Sean Wright, 8.18...
LEMOORE, Calif. – A 2009 Cheyenne East High School graduate and Cheyenne, Wyoming, native is serving in the U.S. Navy with Fleet Readiness Center West where Commander Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet is located. Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Rognoni works as an aviation ordnanceman and operates out of Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. A Navy aviation ordnanceman is a gun technician responsible for maintaining weapons aboard the aircraft. "I grew up in the country which taught me c...
