Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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The first town council meeting for July started out with a resignation. Michael "Bubba" Ragsdale resigned his assignment on the landfill board as he begins a new position as the landfill manager. With changes already in motion including some new hours for garbage drop off Ragsdale will hopefully be able to tighten up garbage collection for the town. The appointment to the landfill board was handed to Councilman Donn Randall, who will now oversee that and the senior center. A discussion of the...
Governor Mark Gordon held a press conference in Cheyenne on Thursday, June 27th to discuss the next years budget and how that may impact the area in the months to come. One of the first things that the governor pointed out was that it is a well known fact that Wyoming lives on a boom and bust cycle and that at this time politicos are looking for potential strategies to move forward and diversify our economy through those cycles. Governor Gordon stated that his goal was to develop a true two year budget, thus eliminating any “across the board c...
Mary Lou English, 76, of Pine Bluffs died June 22 at Cheyenne Healthcare Center English was born May 23, 1943 in Cheyenne Wyoming to Leroy (Shorty) & Lavinia Peery. She worked as a bank teller in Pomona, California and Cheyenne, Wyoming. Most recently at GRI in Kimball, Nebraska until her retirement. She is survived by her children Hana Robb, Ninette, Mark and Patrick English, Bonnie James, and Susie Hensell. Her sister Thelma Harrell, brother Ross Peery. She has numerous nieces and nephews....
Steve Bruckner, 80 of Pine Bluffs died June 21, at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne, WY. He was born September 20, 1938 on a farm near Selby, SD. He is survived by his wife, Janet, and children - Richard, Jeffery (Sandy), JacLynn (Tim Bland) and James (Lacey); his sisters - MaryAnn, Margaret, Elizabeth, Ardell and Florence; 10 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers - Fred, Joe, Tony, Leonard, LaVern and Frank. Rosary and...
What a contrast! Last week as I wrote the article it was still cold. This week we've had temperatures over 90 degrees nearly all week. Maybe summer really has made its appearance after all. At least, summer in Wyoming. Now the question becomes one of what will those extreme temperature fluctuations do to the plants? Unfortunately, not much that is good. All plants need at least a little time to prepare for a change in season. That means that the more gradual the temperature change, the better...
Mike Cooke of Rock Springs, WY was elected by unanimous ballot at the 101st American Legion Department Convention held in Laramie, WY on June 21-22, 2019. Cooke who recently had served as 1st Vice and membership chairman led the Department to achieve 103% of it's recruiting goal placing Wyoming in 5th place nationally, easily moved up to lead the nearly 6,000 war-time veteran organization in Wyoming. After being sworn in as the Department Commander by the National Vice Commander, Jim Pisa of...
MM1 George Hanson After nearly 80 years, Wyoming can put to final rest United States Navy Machinist's Mate First Class George Hanson. Hanson was aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma, a battleship stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii when it fell under attack during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, WWII. He was born March 8, 1909 in Milton Pennsylvania, and moved to Laramie,Wyoming with his mother, Beulah in 1916. School records show Hanson in the Laramie School System through nineth grade. He left...
December 10, 1869, marked the day when the unconditional law allowing women to vote and hold office was passed in Wyoming. Fifty years ahead of the rest of the nation in this single act Wyoming earned its nickname as the Equality State when twenty-one years later it became the forty-forth state in the Union. Originally told that Wyoming would only be allowed in the Union if it rescinded the suffrage law, Wyoming legislature was quoted to say, "We will remain out of the Union one hundred years...
CHEYENNE – Wyoming's official nickname is The Equality State. Wyoming has work to do to live up to that moniker. June 10 was Equal Pay Day in Wyoming. It's the day of the year that represents the extra days in 2019 a woman has to work to earn the same amount of pay a man received for working in 2018. In other words, a woman in Wyoming has to work 17 months and 10 days to earn what a man in Wyoming earned in only 12 months. Remember also that the national Equal Pay Day was April 2. Wyoming does not score well here either. We are behind the n...
An athletic honor has been awarded to outstanding youth in your community. The following athletes & coaches will represent their respective Teams from the North or South in the annual "Wyoming Coaches Foundation North / All Star Games" to be held in Casper on Saturday, July 20, 2019. A committee of high school coaches has selected the top ten players from the northern half of the state and the top ten players from the southern half of the state who will be squaring off against one another in Vol...
JUNE 28, 2019 RESULTS. JR/SR: 1. Colby Smith and Boyd Supan 6.90 2. Connor Thomas and Rick Griego 8.03 CENTURY ROPING: 1. Mike Shelit and Todd Bishop 8.29 2. Loyd and Dale Gilbert 10.81 MIXED TEAM ROPING: 1. Kim and Boyd Supan 9.25 2. Sondra Williams and Sean Wright 9.89 OPEN TEAM ROPING: 1. Bryton Scheller and Boyd Supan 5.73 2. TJ Fox and Todd Bishop 6.19 3. Tate Bishop and Dale Gilbert 7.40 PEE WEE BARRELS: 1. Javonna Hunt 20.03 2. Stesha Tidyman 20.16 3. Shayden Tidyman 23.91 1 D BARRELS:...
The Pine Bluffs library held its weekly Fun for Kids time on Thursday for our local kids. This weeks theme was "seasons" and Molly Williams was on hand with songs, stories, rhymes, and interactive play to engage our children. Participating in a poem about seasons, interacting with a felt board, taking part in an outside exercise activity, and finishing off with some chalk art on the sidewalk kept the kids busy for the forty-five minute time slot, and Molly looked like she was having just as...
