Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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While some details are still being ironed out, students in Pine Bluffs and other schools in Laramie County School District No. 2 will resume classes in as close to a normal setting as possible this fall, a district trustee said Monday. Taft Love, speaking to the Pine Bluffs Town Council, said some questions still need to be answered about how to manage schools in such a way as to minimize the risk of coronavirus, such as how to keep high school students from interacting between classes. “It’s very difficult to try and make all that wor...
The town of Pine Bluffs may want to speak with officials in Laramie County and Kimball County, Nebraska, about providing emergency services for both areas, Mayor Alan Curtis said Monday. Curtis, speaking during a town council meeting, said the Pine Bluffs Emergency Services division often provides service for southeast Laramie County and Kimball County without being compensated. “We just go where we need to go,” Curtis said during the review of the division. “We have an EMS service here funded by any revenue they generate plus (the Pine Bluff...
Pine Bluffs residents who want to try their hands at vegetable gardening but lack the space for a plot will be able to see how their gardens grow next spring, thanks to efforts by the Pine Bluffs Environmental Club. The Pine Bluffs High School club is working to put the finishing touches on a community garden that will make space available behind the Grace English Lutheran Church parsonage for small plots that can be used to grow any vegetables the growers want to try. “There are a lot of people who live in an apartment or a trailer home w...
James A. Merryfield, 85, of Kimball, died at Kimball Health Services on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Kimball with Father Mike McDermott officiating. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Rosary services will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Sunday from 2:00 until 7:00 p.m. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view James's Tribute Wall...
Pine Bluffs High School graduate, Mark Merryfield has finished his schooling at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and will be stationed at Kailua, Hawaii. He is part of the 3rd Marine Division in the Pacific and is a 3531 Motor transport Operator. Merryfield is a 2019 graduate of Pine Bluffs High School. He is the son of Jerry and the late Susan Merryfield....
July 20, 2020 -- The University of Wyoming lists 118 students from Laramie County on the 2020 spring semester Provost’s Honor Roll. The Provost’s Honor Roll consists of undergraduates who have completed at least six but fewer than 12 hours with a minimum 3.5 grade-point average for the semester. For more information about the University of Wyoming, visit www.uwyo.edu. Students are: Albin Brandi Jo Miller Burns Bailey R. Bishop Colton Sowards Pine Bluffs Brandon Michael Steege...
The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 8.8% in May to 7.6% in June. This decrease in unemployment suggests that Wyoming’s economy continues to recover from the sharp contraction seen in April. It appears that the lifting of some COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and the reopening of businesses have resulted in many individuals returning to work. While still elevated, Wyoming’s unemployment rate was significantly lower than...
When I was taking a break the other day, my mind began to wander and I started thinking about gardening. Not unusual since that's what I was taking a break from. But I asked myself why I enjoyed working in the garden so much. Why did I put myself through the toil and effort that it takes? We all know how much effort it takes to have a nice garden. It doesn't matter if it's a vegetable garden, a flowerbed, a nice lawn, trees, or shrubs. All of it takes a great deal of work to look good or produce. The philosophical side of me asked, "Why?"...
Each year, the President of the United States issues a proclamation announcing July 27th as a day of national observance in honor of Korean War veterans and their families. There are observances of this day on military bases, at military cemeteries such as Arlington National Cemetery, and more informal observances held in America, South Korea, and elsewhere. A Brief History Of The Korean War Korea was, at one time, a united peninsula with no divisions between North Korea and South Korea. One of...
The Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department in conjunction with the Cheyenne Weed and Pest Department will begin the first round of aerial larvacide work on July 23 & 24, 2020 and possibly the week of the July 27, 2020. Fixed wing aircraft will fly the major drainage areas of Laramie County including municipal sewage lagoons, ponds, stock reservoirs and lakes in an effort to control the mosquito vector that carries West Nile Virus. The larvacide is a biological agent that targets only mosquito larvae in their aquatic life cycle. The...