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The Pine Bluffs Police Department is keeping its costs down while maintaining coverage of the community through steps to economize, such as relying on part-time officers, Chief Chance Walkama said Monday. Walkama, speaking during the Pine Bluffs Town Council, said while budget cuts have had an impact on the department, community members probably won’t notice a difference in service. “I don’t think it will be things that people will be able to see,” he said. For instance, by using part-time officers, the police department can make sure to have o...
The silent auction held at Pine Bluffs Distilling last week as a fundraiser for Pheasants Forever was very successful, according to a group official. B.J. Bowman said 26 firearms put up for auction at the fundraiser were purchased. "We had a good turnout," she said. "I would guess we had 40 to 50 people." Pheasants Forever was forced to cancel its annual banquet in April, its major fundraising event for the year, because of coronavirus. However, the organization had already obtained firearms -...
Every year fire departments must have an equipment safety check done on their pumpers. As in the years past, one can find a "pool" of sorts at the fire hall where the test is being completed. ACES (Appararus Compliance Equipment Safety) came out to Pine Bluffs to run the annual Pumper check with the Laramie County Fire District No. 5. These checks are necessary to ensure that the pumper trucks have the proper output needed to extinguish fires they're called out too. Luke Brooks and Bill Enoch...
Recycling services will be available in Pine Bluffs later this month, thanks largely to the efforts of a group of Pine Bluffs High School students, a town official announced Monday. Kim Patterson, the town’s treasurer, told the town council during its meeting Monday evening that residents will be able to bring their recyclable materials to a recycling center on Walnut Avenue later this month. “We’re just getting the area cleaned up and secured to make sure it’s safe for people to work,” she said. “Hopefully, we’ll get some art students to c...
Infamous throughout the ages, poison hemlock has made its mark on history. From public executions to assassination, it has been used far and wide. Probably the most famous person to die from poison hemlock was Socrates in ancient Greece. Socrates had been convicted of corrupting young men and impiety which concluded in a death sentence. In 399 B.C. he chose to drink poison hemlock to carry out the sentence. Popular in ancient times, hemlock lost out to other poisons as history marched forward. Poison hemlock is still with us today, however,...
Recently, the band known as 'Galactic Lemonz' made up of local teens played at the Knotty Pine in Pine Bluffs. This group of teens, comprised of Jason Weller, age 20, Jessica Weller, age 15, and Carson Rabou, age 16. Jason is entering his second year at Casper College, where he is majoring in Music Education. Both Jessica and Carson are students at Pine Bluffs High School. The band had a full summer of gigs until the COVID-19 hit and now are playing when they can. Their next event to play at is...
Major Berlinda A. White serves as the Sexual Assault Investigations Compliance and Accountability Manager, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, Manpower and Personnel Directorate, National Guard Bureau Joint Staff, Arlington, Va. She is the single point of contact for compliance and accountability measures for unrestricted reports of sexual assault investigations and referrals for the 54 states, territories and District of Columbia. Major White develops metrics for performance,...
Cheyenne, WY—Cheyenne Regional Medical Group is piloting a new video telehealth system through its online patient portal MyChart, with more than two dozen CRMG physicians and advanced practice providers set to go live with the new capability by mid-July. CRMG is the medical group affiliated with Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. “Understandably, the use of telehealth via phone and video within our health system has skyrocketed over the past few months due to concerns about keeping our patients, staff and providers safe from the spread of COVID-...
A pair of Nebraska ropers took home first place at the second B-S Productions roping event held at the Pine Bluffs Arena on Friday. Rex Stauffer and J.R. West, both of Harrisburg, Nebraska, took home the top honors for the night, said Abby Cross, a partner in B-S Productions with Brent Lerwick and Mike Shelit. The "10x10 Round Robin," which saw 10 heelers and 10 headers all getting a chance to compete with each other in teams, was the second of a series being put on by B-S Productions. In...
A Pine Bluffs man plans to restore an archery course outside of Pine Bluffs for use by the public by late July. Dave Crouse won support for his plans from the Pine Bluffs Town Council during its meeting Monday night, when he announced he would replace target faces and hay bales used at the archery course in the bluffs south of town. Crouse is a 4H archery instructor who said he noticed the targets were in poor condition while he was hiking in the area. "It requires regular maintenance and I...
Who knew school could be a thing you want to go back too? I remember complaining about how we have school on a certain Friday and how I never wanted to go back. Well, some of my wish came true, and I wish it hadn't. Quarantine has been stressful and sometimes okay. In this process, I have moved and started looking for a job. Because of COVID-19, my job was shut down. My last day was Saturday, March 14. I had only worked there 6 months. That was also the week school shut down I'm pretty sure. I s...
Fornstrom Racing's outing at Hiway 92 Raceway Park on Saturday, July 4, 2020. Jesse Fornstrom finished 3rd in the trophy dash, 1st in the heat race, and 2nd in the main event. Doug Fornstrom finished 4th in the trophy dash, but did not finish both the heat race and main event due to mechanical issues. Fornstrom Racing will be racing next Saturday, July 18 at Hiway 92 Raceway Park in Gering, NE. Races start at 6:00 p.m., with the following classes racing: minions, warriors, farm trucks, super...
Before the fireworks went off, shots were being fired at the Pine Bluffs Sportsman Club. The Annual Membership meeting and Open Shoot was held on July 4, short meeting to discuss the up-coming years events, past business and new business. After the meeting a lunch was served, which included smoked brisket by Charles Cunningham, President of the Pine Bluffs Sportsman Club. garnished with many yummy side dishes and desserts. Once lunch was over, members and their guests headed outside and...
