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Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Former Rep. Cynthia Lummis has won the Republican primary for Wyoming’s U.S. Senate seat vacated by Sen. Mike Enzi’s retirement. Lummis retired from Wyoming’s single U.S. House seat in 2017 and has since become a party favorite for the U.S. Senate seat, receiving endorsements from Enzi, Sen. John Barrasso, and President Donald Trump. Incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney has won the Republican primary for Wyoming’s U.S. House seat. Incumbent Sen. Anthony Bouchard has won the Republican primary for State Senator District 6, defeating Erin Johnson in what...
On Friday, Aug. 14 Pine Bluffs Distilling released a remade vodka inspired by its hand sanitizer recipe along with its first 2-year-old straight bourbon whiskey, said co-owner and founder Chad Brown. Pine Bluffs distillery, like many distilleries across the country, transitioned into making hand sanitizer when COVID-19 hit, but they found that the corn used to make the ethanol product would also make a better vodka. "Our previous vodka was malted barley based... but why keep making it the old...
A pioneer in Wyoming's fledgling hemp industry accused of growing marijuana for distribution is praising the circuit court judge who dismissed the charges against his mother and him. "We're relieved that the charges were dropped and appreciate the judge doing the right thing," said Josh Egle, a Denver resident who raises hemp on his land near Albin. Egle and his mother Deb Palm-Egle were both charged with a variety of marijuana growing and distribution charges after a raid of their farm in...
Bertha Sandberg was born September 8, 1920, at the family farm in Banner County, Nebraska, to Floyd Leland Barrett and Minnie Mae Reed Barrett. She attended grade school in a one-room schoolhouse in Banner County and attended junior high and high school in Kimball, Nebraska, graduated as valedictorian from Kimball County High in 1937. Bertha won the Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska typing competition when she was a senior in high school to qualify her for the world competition that was held in...
Fall will be here before you know it and with it the time to plant your fall bulbs. With planting just a few months away the time to start thinking about what you want to plant is now. Now is the perfect time because the Laramie County Master Gardeners Fall Bulb Sale is in full swing. These are the bulbs you won't find in a store yet will grow well here. It's also time to plan your landscape design for next year. For some of us (and I include myself) that's pretty easy since we don't change...
Schools in Albin, Burns, Carpenter, and Pine Bluffs reopened Monday, Aug. 17 to in person classes after shutting down nearly 5 months ago due to COVID-19. Pine Bluffs High School is currently in tier 1 of a 3-tier system, requiring masks in hallways but social distancing in classrooms where masks are not required. Seating at lunch tables is cut in half, and there is a 20-person cap in classrooms, said Todd Sweeter, Principal at Pine Bluffs High School. This comes after county and state health departments, in conjunction with the Centers for Dis...
On August 19, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration is hosting a virtual Military Spouse Entrepreneur Summit to highlight small business resources available to the military spouse community. Military spouses stand and serve alongside our men and women in uniform, making it possible for our Service members to defend our country. Through their commitment and dedication to their partner, military spouses show unwavering support for our nation’s Armed Forces while balancing the many demands of military life. Military spouses make constant s...
Though Lori J. Apala was born in California, she would not stay a "native" to that state. Apala would find her way heading towards her Chickasaw heritage and the midwest. Apala was born in 1960 in the town of San Bernardino, California to Jesse and Frances Apala. As a young child, she would experience tragedy with the death of her mother at the age of six. This would be a turning point in her young life. At the age of ten, she was adopted by Jack and Ella Gaffaney. They would take her away from...
Testing has been recommended after several of the nearly 100-year-old spruce trees bordering the Pine Bluffs Cemetery have started dying; removal of the dead trees began Thursday, Aug. 13. A needle miner was also found in the long needle pines that are in the cemetery, said Mayor Alan Curtis at the Monday night Town Council. These small larvae cause the yellowing seen on the needles; however, this is not what's killing the large spruce trees bordering the cemetery, confirmed Clark Young, Laramie...
Pine Bluffs Rodeo Grounds hosted the 38th annual Buzz Bradley Memorial Roping event on Saturday, Aug. 15. The event in honor of the late Bradley, a Laramie County roper who was known as much for being a caring individual as he was for roping, consisted of senior steer stopping, junior and senior team roping, and county roping put on by last year's winners John Fox, Zane Thompson, and Dustin Smith. Curt Epler of Carpenter finished first in senior steer stopping. Second and third place went to...
Pine Bluffs hosted its 12th annual community garage sale on Saturday, Aug. 15 with 41 registered sites participating. Community members were out promptly at 8:00am greeting local and visiting shoppers with everything from lemonade and burritos to houses and vintage boats for sale, but perhaps the greatest find was the enduring sense of community itself. "With everything that's happened this year, it's just nice seeing everyone in the community out together," said Alisha Michaud, Director of the...
LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold an online wild horse and burro adoption event Sept. 1–8, 2020, featuring more than 50 wild horses and burros gentled by inmate trainers at the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton, Wyoming. The adoption will be coordinated through the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Online Corral at https://wildhorsesonline.blm.gov/. Animals adopted will be available for pickup on or about October 1 from Cheyenne and Riverton, Wyoming; Reno, Nevada; Pauls Valley, O...
CHEYENNE: A rabbit recently found in the town of Hillsdale, WY has tested positive for Tularemia. Tularemia is a disease from the bacteria Francisella tularensis and is typically found in animals, especially rabbits, rodents and hares. Symptoms in humans include skin ulcers, swollen and painful lymph glands, inflamed eyes, sore throat, mouth sores and more. Symptoms can also include abrupt onset of fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, joint pain, dry cough, difficulty breathing and more. Tularemia can be treated when detected in early...
