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With cars and families lined up along Second Street and Highway 30, an estimated 500 people watched as the Laramie County Fire District No. 5 of Pine Bluffs held its annual fire works display. The Pine Bluffs first responders were assisted by fire districts No. 3, 4 and 6 of Albin, Carpenter and Burns respectively with fire trucks ready around the perimeter of the rodeo grounds and baseball field....
Union Pacific crew members perform a brief inspection of steam locomotive No. 844 at the Main Street crossing in Pine Bluffs last Sunday. The last of UP's steam locomotives was returning from the "Home Plate" run to Omaha, Nebraska as a display during the college baseball championships....
A Sunday afternoon 30 years ago this week found me busy sitting at my desk as editor-publisher of our local newspaper office. While the weather was beautiful outside, there was work to be done inside. It was impossible to not keep looking out the window. The beautiful Lander weather beckoned to me. My output just kept getting slower. The sun was shining on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Yet here I was, inside my office, pounding on the keys of a computer terminal. I picked up the telephone and...
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), joined with Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Boozman (R-AR), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to introduce S. 1514, the Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation (HELP) for Wildlife Act. The bipartisan legislation will reauthorize or establish several important government wildlife conservation programs. The HELP for Wildlife Act will also provide regulatory clarity for sportsmen....
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., released the following statement on the administration’s announcement today of a proposed rule to repeal the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. “The overreaching Waters of the United States rule would allow Washington to regulate nearly every creek and pond,” Enzi said. “The EPA should not have complete control over one of Wyoming’s most precious resources. For the sake of farmers, ranchers and small businesses, I am pleased that the Trump Administration is taking this important step to overturn the Water...
Thursday morning, June 29, Terry and Becky O'Conner fixed a breakfast in their motor home at the I-80 Rest Area at Pine Bluffs. Breakfast complete, the couple made their way to the information center of the rest area and after some conversation with the staff manning the center made their way to the Archaeological Dig Site, a short ten minute walk away. The O'Conners were coming from Florida where their Marine son had received his wings. The couple were on their way to Seattle, Wash. where...
BURNS Eylisch Bradlie Porter CARPENTER Samantha L. Hanson PINE BLUFFS Andrew Michael Ferguson Taylen Forstrom Scott William Gross Rachel A. Purdy...
Activities and calls for the Pine Bluffs Police Department during the week of June 21 through June 26 were as follows: 6 Traffic stops 1 Domestic with a gun 1 Dog at large Fireworks call 1 Domestic standby Numerous VIN inspections...
Items for possible inclusion in the weekly community calendar should be typewritten or legibly printed. All submissions should include the name and daytime telephone number of the person submitting the information in case questions arise. Items which may be included in the calendar are church events, club meetings, and school events. If your club will not be meeting or has a change, please contact us so we can update the calendar with the correct information as soon as possible. Items should be received on Monday at 5 p.m., one week prior to...
1 YEARS AGO July 5, 1917 WOMEN TO REGISTER Cheyenne---In a proclamation by acting Governor Frank L. Houx, Thursday,July 17, was designated registration day for all the women of Wyoming at which time all the women of the state are called upon to register at their voting precincts, “for war service of such character and extent as circumstances shall permit.” It is estimated that between 25,000 and 30,000 women will register. The proclamation places the management of the registration directly under the women’s department of the Wyoming Council o...
Good morning Banner County, friends near and far! What a warm, wonderful weekend we have just had. Last week I wished you all a great 4th of July and today I will repeat that with thoughts of all of the celebrations that will soon be memories. With the holiday being on a Tuesday this year many folks had an extra long ‘weekend‘. The local area lakes were packed with tents and campers, jet skis and boats. Kids, hotdogs, and sand buckets were loaded and unloaded. Even with sunscreen some of tho...
The 55 And Up Club will meet for their monthly potluck luncheon on Friday, July 14, at 12 noon at the Friendship Alliance North Church in Grover. Everyone 55 and over are welcome to attend. Come and join in the fun with your friends and family. There will be a door prize! This week, July 2, at the Hereford Community Church Steve Hnizdil was celebrating his birthday. For the special Kathy Zitek read about the Declaration of Independence, and she reported on her son Kevin who is on the prayer...
Heroes come in every shape and size. Some have saved us from ourselves. Some step in and protect us from the local and global bullies. Some just quietly live their lives and save us from a life of not knowing what true courage looks like. They quietly fight the battle that has been given them. Never complaining. Always inspiring us who forget how lucky we had it until we see their triumphs just to live. Albin Day theme this year is “Hometown Heroes.” Albin, like most small towns, has more tha...
With nine lives at their disposal, perhaps felines can afford the luxury of curiosity. That knowledge was likely of little solace to Jdam the cat during his recent 13-day ordeal in the last half May. Jdam is the therapy cat of Kevin Borquez who suffers from PTSD. He is a feral cat who is the progeny of one of the tom cats who search the area around Third and Beech, especially the property of Edna Hickman, for felines in heat. On a day in June of last year, Borquez was in the laundry room of the...
Every week, new names are added to the leaderboard of the Pine Bluffs Roping and Barrrel Racing series. Seemingly out of the woodwork, latecomers make a push for the top position and make a run for first place. Competitors who just started earning points within the past week or two have already made progress and find themselves within striking distance. What it all comes down to is who is going to stay strong during the few remaining weeks until the series wraps up on July 21. While others look...
Jay Powell, left, of Apparatus Compliance and Equipment Safety (ACES) out of Morrison, Colo. was in Pine Bluffs on Saturday to test the pumps on the three Laramie County Fire District No. 5 firetrucks. In addition, Powell is also a fire fighter in Denver. To his right is Carl Zerck, LCFD No. 5 fireman. Next to Zerck is Powell's wife Barbara. Their mascot, Madi, is on the far right. Each year, the trucks need to have their pumps tested to insure they are running up to specification. The LCFD...
Smores, the goat, was perhaps thinking that the greener grass on the other side of the fence would be more to his liking. Smores is one of 24 goats owned by Trent Werner, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Werner of Pine Bluffs. Werner initially got a deal on a few goats. The intention was to employ the goats as a weed and grass removal operation on the Werner property across the alley from their home. After a time, a few goats turned in to 24 on the property, all belonging to Trent. "They're all his,...