Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Emergency vehicles are always seen on the scenes of accidents, fires and many other issues. These people are always hard at work. This year Laramie County agencies got together for the Laramie County Touch-A-Truck held at the Archer Complex on November 2nd. There was lots to look at and participate in along with learning about the different agencies in Laramie County. Every part of the Archer Complex was in use. Everywhere there was something to look at or participate in. Outside the south end...
As the day comes to a close, the ballot boxes are shut and no more votes were allowed after 7:00 p.m. The polling place in Pine Bluffs was at the community center and there were six sign in kiosks to assist voters to ob- tain their ballots. Once a voter had their ballot in hand they would go to one of the eight voting machines to vote. Once one voted, it would have the voter review their choices before printing. Af- ter printing a voter would go and deposit their ballot in an electronic ballot box. Then the voter was offered a sticker saying I...
Cancer can be one of the scariest words in the world. The possibility of death is not what a person wants. Although death is inevitable, at least give us a fighting chance. We make plans in our lives of doing things with our families or friends, and that comes to a screeching halt. Survival is the next word. Am I going to survive? Can I pull through this? A person always wants to survive cancer. But not knowing what the battle is, is rough for everyone that has cancer and the ones that are...
Roger Raymond Jessop of Rock Springs died Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 at Monument Health in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on November 14th, 1945 in Berkley, California, the only child of Raymond and Nell Jessop. Roger spent his childhood on the family farm in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, and joined the Army after graduating from Pine Bluffs High School. Roger returned home and his family continued to live on the farm before moving to Rock Springs. He worked for John Bunning Transfer and for the Sw...
Selma Gieber, 91, of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, died at the Cheyenne Life Care Center on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at the St. Paul's Catholic Church in Pine Bluffs with Father Carl Gallinger officiating. Viewing will be held at the church on Monday at 9:00 a.m. Rosary will be said at 9:30 a.m. with the funeral to follow at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be held in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to...
Every year the Laramie County Retired Education Personnel give out to each of the Laramie County High Schools a Citizenship Award. This time Burns High School was the high school. Burns High School has excellent students that does incredible in activities and supporting the communities. It is hard to choose from excellent students. Blair Sanchez had the honor to be the recipient of the Citizenship Award. Sanchez is the daughter of Dawn and Eddie Sanchez. Sanchez is involved in 4-H,...
CHEYENNE, Wyoming – A patriotic concert to thank those who have served in the United States Armed Forces is coming to Laramie County Community College this month. Honoring Our Veterans, a concert featuring the Cheyenne Brass Band and LCCC Wind Ensemble, is set for 3 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Surbrugg/Prentice Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public. The concert will feature everything from light-hearted patriotic marches, the drama of battle in musical storytelling to the familiar American anthems fitting to the holiday. Frank Cook, LC...
Hearing loss affects millions of Americans. In fact, by age 75 over half of adults will have some form of hearing loss. Signs of hearing loss include having trouble hearing speech in noisy places, finding it hard to follow speech in groups, trouble hearing on the phone, listening makes you tired, or if you need to turn the volume up on the TV or radio while others complain it is too loud. To some, hearing loss may just be a minor inconvenience. If it is more severe, however, it can have a big...
Cheyenne, Wyo. - Oct. 21, 2024 - The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Kristi Nagy back as the 4-H youth development educator for Laramie County. "We are excited to have Kristi back," says Bridger Feuz, associate director of UW Extension. "She brings several years of experience, strong relationships with the Laramie County commissioners and an amazing network with the committed 4-H volunteers in Laramie County." Nagy first joined Laramie County Extension in 2015. She started as an adminis...
Brandon is working the graveyard shift a few weeks into his deployment in Baghdad, Iraq. As a supervisor, he's overseeing the passenger movement, and his airmen are performing well and completing their jobs. He also conducts frequent patrols around the terminal, looking for anything out of place or potentially explosive devices. The enemy can plant explosive devices under Meal Ready to Eat (MRE) packages or anything that may look like trash or something of interest. In training, the members are...
During November we celebrate National Veterans Small Business Week, which runs Nov. 11 - 13. Throughout the month we recognize those veterans, service members, and military spouses that take the steps to realize their goal of small business ownership. Historically, veterans are more likely to start a small business than non-veterans. Nearly ten percent of all American businesses are owned by a veteran. Wyoming is home to more than 50,000 veterans, with more than 6,500 of them have making the jump to small-business ownership. Veteran-owned...
It is coming into the giving time of the year. The time to make sure everyone has a little Christmas. That is what Christmas shoeboxes does for the world. Christmas shoeboxes was started some time in the early 1990's. In 1990 Dave and Gill Cooke filled shoeboxes with gifts for children in Romania. Later in 1993 Franklin Graham, who was the president of Samaritan's Purse agreed to fill shoeboxes with gifts for children that were in war in Europe. This was done by local churches to spread the...
The Lady Hornets will be making their return trip to the WHSAA State 2A Volleyball Championship tournament on Thursday. The Lady Hornets finished third in the Regional Championship tournament and went 3-1 during the event. The event featured all six teams from the Eastern Conference including #1 seeded Big Horn, #2 Tongue River, #3 Pine Bluffs, #4 Wright, #5 Sundance and #6 Moorcroft. The Lady Hornets started the tournament facing the #6 seeded Moorcroft Lady Wolves in a best of five match. The...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets football team pounded the Greybull Buffaloes last Friday in the first round of the WHSAA 1A 9-man State Championship. The Hornets showed no mercy to the Buffaloes as they scored 55 points in the second half and put the beat down on the Buffaloes. The Hornets beat the Buffaloes 22-75 in a definitive showing of offensive and defensive capabilities. The first quarter had both teams shedding the playoff jitters. The Hornets were able to score a touchdown with about a minute...
For the second time in three weeks Shawn Shmidl has been named as the WyoSports "Prep Athlete of the Week". The playoffs are where legends are made and we had a legendary performance last Friday by Shmidl. Of the 75 points the Hornets scored in their win over Greybull, 30 of them came at the hands of the senior wide receiver and defensive back. "Sure, it put a smile on my face," Shmidl said. "But, that kind of boosted all of our confidence. We know what we're capable of and I think we showcased...
Kaitlynn Schnell, a junior at Pine Bluffs High School, swims for the Cheyenne South swimming team. Schnell, who swims the 50m and 100-yard freestyle took first place in both races qualifying herself for the state tournament this weekend. Pine Bluffs High School does not have the facilities for a swim team so Schnell travels into Cheyenne to compete with the Cheyenne South Bison swim team. Schnell finished the 50m-freestyle in 27.78 seconds for the gold medal. She then competed in the 100-yard...
Not the way that Coach Romsa and the Broncs football team wanted to go out, truth be told. But, still a remarkable season and complete turnaround from last season. The Broncs traveled to Lovell, Wyoming to take on the Bulldogs in the first round of the state championship playoffs. The Burns Broncs qualified for the WHSAA 2A State Championship playoffs with a 5-4 seasonal record and a 5-2 in-conference record. It is a huge step up from last year. The Bulldogs are seeded number two in the West Conference and have a 7-2 seasonal record. The...
The Lady Broncs traveled to Douglas, Wyoming to take on the Lady Bearcats in their next to last game of the season. The Lady Bearcats are seeded number one in the 3A Northwest conference and have a conference record of 5-0. Their seasonal record is 31-4 and they are headed to the state championship. The Lady Broncs are looking for a win to end the season on a high note. The Lady Bearcats proved to be too much for the young Lady Broncs and defeated them in three straight sets. The Lady Broncs...
The last game of the season for the Lady Broncs would be against the Newcastle Lady Dogies. Undeterred by the loss to the Lady Bearcats yesterday the Lady Broncs headed to Newcastle to face off against the Lady Dogies. The Lady Dogies are seeded number three in the Northeast Conference and have an 8-24 seasonal record. The Lady Broncs had high hopes for this game as they had beaten the Lady Dogies in their last meeting on October 18th. The Lady Broncs managed one set win against the Lady Dogies...
Albin Baptist Church 315 Cheyenne Ave, Albin; 246-3254; Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday service 10:45 a.m.; Youth group, Sunday 5:30 p.m. Blessed Hope Baptist Church 327 S. Main St., Burns 307-547-2383 J. Nathaniel Ensley, pastor, Sunday Services: Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship 10 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.; Summer Studies (June-September) 5 p.m. Wednesday Services: Childrens AWANA’s 6:45 p.m.; Teen Service 7 p.m.; Bible Study/Prayer 7 p.m. Burns Presbyterian Church 140 S. Wyoming Ave., Burns; 547-3734 Rev. Gwyn Downing, pastor Sunday w... Full story
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