Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Hannah Kinnison (Grover, CO), senior at Prairie High School signed a National Letter of Intent to play indoor and beach volleyball at the University of San Francisco. USF is a Division 1, private Jesuit school in the West Coast Conference, which was ranked the 5th best conference in the nation in 2018. Hannah will graduate early in December of 2019 and start school and join the USF beach volleyball team in January 2020. Hannah is majoring in Biology at USF with goals of eventually playing...
Wyoming Livestock Board, Cheyenne: Two confirmed cases of Vesicular Stomatitis (VSV), a reportable animal disease, have been found in Platte County. National Veterinary Services Laboratory reported the disease to the Wyoming state veterinarian after testing samples that were submitted on Tuesday. The samples came from horses with oral lesions suggestive of VSV. Other potentially affected animals in Platte County are being investigated by Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) and USDA APHIS veterinarians. The main symptoms of VSV are slobbering,...
Maverick and Goose were not on hand for the Wild West Air Show on July 24th, but the Navy Leap Frogs, the Air Force Thunderbirds, and a slew of amazing pilots were available to wow the crowds with some amazing arial acrobatics. The local Air National Guard opened up their air base on Wednesday to allow civilians to come in and see some of the amazing planes that were on display. Not only were spectators allowed to see the planes as they flew, once landed many planes were open for visitors to...
Gloria Ann DeFreece, 86, was born on Dec 26, 1932 and joined her late husband, Walter DeFreece, on July 22, 2019. Gloria is survived by her three children; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and numerous other family members and friends who loved her dearly. She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Richard “Rick” DeFreece; and her beloved husband. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, August 2, 2019 in Thornton, CO, and she will be laid to rest Saturday, August 3rd at 1:00 p.m. at the Pine Bluffs Cemetery with Pas...
CHEYENNE: Tory Munoz, Deputy Clerk in the election office of the Laramie County Clerk, will attain the designation of a Certified Elections/Registration Administrator (CERA), the highest professional achievement available to election and voter registration officials, in a ceremony in Florida next month. CERA designation is achieved only through a multi-year course of study taught by the Auburn University MPA faculty, Auburn, Alabama and conducted by the Election Center's Professional Education...
Summer's here and with it some habits that many people think are doing good, but in truth aren't. I've decided to take a somewhat different approach this week and speak directly to those of us with small acreages. I'm one with a 10 acre lot that I treat like a micro farm. With two greenhouses, an acre of lavender, a 4,000 square foot vegetable garden, and a five acre pasture with goats, I don't know how else I could describe it. My father-in-law thought I should have been a farmer and maybe...
On August 7, 1782, General George Washington - then the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army - established the Purple Heart award, originally designated as the Badge of Military Merit. The Purple Heart exists in its current form since 1932, and is awarded to service members "wounded or killed in any action against an enemy of the United States or as a result of an act of any such enemy or opposing armed forces". During World War II, almost 500,000 Purple Heart medals were produced in...
The lights go black and the smoke rolls out as the first riffs of the guitar peal out of the darkness. Suddenly the lights flash and the live performance you paid good money to see starts giving you goosebumps. While no one would deny the sheer joy of loud music in the car or in the house, nothing compares to the feel of the bass in your chest during a live show. Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Randy Houser and Walker Hayes did not disappoint. For almost 3 hours for each show these artists sang...
In true melodrama tradition this years story will deliver liquor, love, and gun play in only two acts. Shootout at Sadie's Saloon is on the menu for the 69th annual Trail Days festival, and this one promises to be a nail biter! John Burkhart has been producing, writing, and acting in melodramas for the last sixteen years and has been commissioned by many of his local towns to write melodramas for their centennials and bicentennials. Written in 2009, Shootout at Sadie's Saloon is just one of Burk...
Just prior to Albin Day, Jayce Sorenson and his parents, Becky and Jacob Sorenson corraled their horses at the Albin rodeo grounds in preparation for the upcoming Albin Day Rodeo. Sometime between 9:00 p.m. Monday night July 8, and 9:00 a.m. Tuesday morning July 9, the Sorenson's horses vanished from the rodeo grounds. The Laramie County Sheriff's office, the Kimball County Sheriff's office, were called to report the horses missing. Along with the report, pictures of the horses, Scarlett (with w...
