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Watching the Pine Bluffs – Burns Lady Cross Country Team posing with each other and their first place trophy, coaches Cole Manlove, Dustin Lee and Ashley Rousseau all agreed on one thing: it never gets old. The lady runners brought home the Wyoming 2A State Cross Country Title Saturday from Sheridan. Again. As in the seventh time. Although what makes it memorable isn't that it's the seventh time they have gone out to dominate the sport, it's the camaraderie and relationships that grew s...
Halloween is right around the corner with activities being planned in Burns, Albin and Pine Bluffs. The Albin Community Center will be hosting a chili and cinnamon roll dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a children's carnival to follow at 6 p.m. There will be a different array of games as well as a cake walk. Also beginning at 6 p.m., there will also be a chili cook-off where a winner will be selected and a costume contest for all ages will start at 7:15 p.m. According to Albin Town Clerk Jillian Kriz, the fire department and local business...
Today, like most days since being hired by the Town of Pine Bluffs as the town's recreation director, she can be seen getting ready for whatever she has up her sleeve to bring recreational activities to the town's residents. Lately, she's been hurrying about to get the last minute details complete for the town's annual Halloween carnival and spaghetti supper. Although just short four years ago, she got the diagnosis no one wants to hear: breast cancer. Sonja Fornstrom can laugh while discussing...
Is it possible that you can learn more about your home state by spending some time in and traveling through some adjoining western states? Maybe. Here goes: In Wyoming, a person often contrasts the flat high prairie of southeastern Wyoming with the mountainous high country of the northwest part of the state. It is almost as if a diagonal line were drawn across our big rectangle with the goal of making the place half prairie and half mountain. Folks involved with agriculture on the high prairies...
I would like to send an apology for omitting the name of Bauner Borgman as a senior class attendant for Pine Bluffs High School homecoming. I am sorry for leaving this out. Lois Fornstrom Pine Bluffs, Wyo....
Dear Friends, Wyoming has only one vote out of 435 in the U.S. House because of our small population. This sparse representation holds true throughout the west and so western Members of Congress must band together for the survival of our western culture and way of life. That is why I have served as the Chairman of the 54-Member Congressional Western Caucus. The Western Caucus was born decades ago as a way for westerners to speak with one voice on the issues that bind us: local control, private property rights, energy independence, and economic...
Governor Matt Mead has selected Paul Phillips as Circuit Court Judge for the Sixth Judicial District in Campbell County. Phillips fills the vacancy created by Judge Terrill Tharp’s retirement effective January 1, 2017. Phillips has engaged in the private practice of law in Gillette for over 10 years. Prior to that, he served as a law clerk for the District Court Judges of the 6th Judicial District. From 1982 to 2002, he served in the United States Army, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He concluded his military service at the Pentagon, s...
Governor Matt Mead held a press conference this past Monday to discuss the latest update from the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group (CREG). The CREG’s October report is a projection of state revenues used to help shape the state budget. The report shows a General Fund shortfall of approximately $156 million for the remainder of the 2017/2018 Biennium. However, $104 million of that is due to a statutory requirement to refill a savings account leaving $52 million as the more accurate figure for the shortfall. The Governor reiterated he will n...
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Rowan Michael Johnson was born to Nic and Leah Johnson on September 8, 2016. He weighted 8 lbs 15 ozs and was 20 3/4” long. He is surrounded by lots of love. His grandparents are Craig and Val Johnson of Pine Bluffs, and Tim and Carla Wilson of Lawrence, KS. Material great grandparents are Carl and Joyce Burkhead, as well as the late Dick and Dona Wilson, all of Lawrence. Paternal great grandparents are Richard and Barbara Marquiss of Pine Bluffs, along with Gary and Corinne Keogh of San Jose, CA, and the late Bob Johnson of Pine B...
Good morning everyone! This fall/summer/spring weather has been great, hasn’t it? We had a little rain one day here recently and that was much appreciated as it is way too dry. I started watering again last week and would rather do that for awhile yet as to have a foot of snow! Eighty one degrees in the middle of October though makes me stop and think about what month it is, and this week is pretty much the end as November is just around the corner. The students here at Banner County are f...
This week at the Hereford Community Church Donna Hoke was celebrating her birthday and Donna and Mel Hoke celebrated their anniversary. For the special Joyce Smock played Donna’s favorite hymn Victory in Jesus on the accordion, then asked the congregation to sing along. The sermon title was Thirty Pieces of Silver. Pastor Opdycke gave the story of Judas Iscariot to illustrate that greed and the love of money leads to other sins. She gave scriptures from Matthew 26:14-16 and John 12:1-8. To o...
What a wonderful time of year. The weatherman actually used “wonderful day” and “local forecast” in the same sentence recently. It is a great time to get outside and catch a few warm late year rays. Shining bright like a sun ray is the new Albin Ranch Mini Market. Liliana has opened her doors to customers. Her friendly disposition and goods are just what we needed in Albin. Store hours are 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Stop by and see what she has on the shelves. Halloween evening, beginning at 5 p.m., t...
High West Energy of Pine Bluffs was awarded by the Wyoming United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the state's "Cooperative Partnership of the Year" award Monday morning during a brief ceremony at the company's headquarters. High West Energy received a Rural Economic Development Loan earlier this year from USDA. This money was obtained to help aid the new Wyoming Malting Company and Pine Bluffs Distillery company purchase equipment and help finance the construction of the first craft...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets and the Pawnee Coyotes will both be on the road this weekend to face their respective opponents in the first round of high school playoffs. Pawnee will take on Cotopaxi in Canon City, Colo. this Saturday at 2 p.m. after pummeling Briggsdale last Friday, 61-6. On the Wyoming side, the Hornets will be heading to Cowley, Wyo. to take on undefeated Rocky Mountain on Friday night. Pine Bluffs ended the regular season with a win over Lusk (Niobrara County) to end the season at...
The Pine Bluffs–Burns boys' team competed in the Wyoming 2A State Cross Country meet Saturday in Sheridan at the Veteran's Hospital. Coming in overall in the eighth spot, the team had a total of 155 points with a total time accumulation of 1:24:34.04. According to Pine Bluffs–Burns Coach Cole Manlove, some of the boys ran their first varsity or state race this year. "They proved they could compete." Coming across the finish line for the team was Dan Jensen with a time of 20:07.73 to earn 26t...
The Burns Lady Broncs traveled to Yoder Friday, Oct. 21 for a conference game against the Southeast Lady Cyclones and came home with a loss in three sets. The first set was intense, but Southeast got the upper hand, winning 26-24. The second set proved to be tight, but the Lady Cyclones got the upper hand, winning 25-20. The last set of the game, the Lady Broncs couldn’t get past Southeast and lost 25-15. Malli O’Neal led the team with 21 digs and Willow Martin served three aces and had 11 assists. Rachel Kelly slammed 11 kills while tea...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets are prepping for regional play as they head into the weekend as the top seed in the south division of the 2A regional volleyball tournament held in Torrington. Pine Bluffs will take on the number four seed the Upton Lady Bobcats beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday. Pine Bluffs hosted Lusk Friday, Oct. 21 and came out with a 3-0 win (27-25, 25-18, 25-14). Traveling to Glenrock, Wyo., to compete against the Lady Herders, the Pine Bluffs team came home with a defeated Saturday in four sets (25-23, 20-25, 20-25, 24-26)....
1 YEARS AGO Oct. 26, 1916 Two freight trains crashed into each other near Bushnell and right afterwards, a passenger train ran into the wreck. Two were killed and a number of injuries occurred. A grand opening for the local creamery was being planned by the commercial club. Burns held a special incorporation election with the proposition being carried by a large majority – 49 votes for and six against. Wilson Day was to be celebrated in Pine Bluffs with an address given by Chas. A. Towne of New York, former Minnesota United States Senator. H...
