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  • Texas Trail Market celebrates another year with dinner, annual board meeting

    Zach Spadt|Dec 13, 2018

    Monday night, members and leadership of Pine Bluff’s grocery store, Texas Trail Market gathered for a dinner and state of the store address of sorts. According to an audit carried out by Grand Island, Nebraska-based Lutz and Company PC, the store’s losses for the last fiscal year were down nearly $30,000 to $57,093 compared to last year’s $81,773. Revenue was also on an upward trend. During the 2017 fiscal year, the store brought in $468,109 in revenue compared to the 2018 fiscal year’s $521,521. Texas Trail Market General Manager Bill Cushing...

  • Pine Bluffs students put on Christmas concert

    Dec 13, 2018

  • Pine Bluffs Police officer receives Distinguished Service Award

    Zach Spadt|Dec 13, 2018

    A Pine Bluffs Police officer was recognized last week for her efforts in thwarting a kidnapping that took place in Pine Bluffs. On Oct. 4, police received a report that 2-year-old girl was being held from her biological mother, Pine Bluffs Police Chief Justin Trout said. "The other party had no intention of giving up the child," Trout said. That's where PBPD Officer Amy Quick stepped in. Trout said Quick was able to "ping" the phone of the suspect and locate him in Fort Collins. With the...

  • Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation applauds Clean Water Rule Proposal

    Dec 13, 2018

    Laramie, Dec. 11, 2018—The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB) supports clean water and clear rules. WyFB is pleased with today’s new water rule proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “Farmers and ranchers need a common-sense water rule that protects water quality and gives them clear rules they can follow,” said Ken Hamilton, WyFB Executive Vice President. “The 2015 WOTUS rule was a land grab that put property rights of Wyomingites at risk and would have done nothing to benefit water.” The 2015 WOTUS rule was blocked by the c...

  • Laramie County Holiday Closures

    Dec 13, 2018

    CHEYENNE: The Laramie County Commissioners announced holiday closures for the County. The Laramie County Governmental Complex will be closed this year on New Years’ Eve, December 31, 2018 and New Years’ Day, January 1, 2019. License Plates due by December 31, please renew prior to avoid a possible citation. Property Taxes due: January 2, 2019 is the final day to pay your 2018 property taxes to avoid interest....

  • The Plants of Christmas – Part 3 Christmas Cactus

    Mike Heath Laramie County Master Gardners|Dec 13, 2018

    Growing up I really had no idea what a Christmas cactus was. My grandmother had one, but to me it was just “that plant over there”. It was pretty for a few weeks out of the year and I never understood why it was so special to her. It was only after I met Linda that I started to get an idea of what the Christmas cactus was and why it was so special to people. Her mom had several and one was absolutely HUGE. It dominated the bedroom it was in and made everything else look, well, small. But she...

  • Christmas Windows

    Cody Lamb Student Journalism|Dec 13, 2018

    Oh what a wonderful time it is. If you drive around the town of Pine Bluffs you will see that many of the business have Christmas Paintings on there windows or the doors of their business. Mr. Cox has his art and yearbook classes go around during their periods of class for a week and paint Holiday images. Many of the business can request what they want, which a lot of them do but quite a few business just say anything. For the week, the kids will go out and paint the windows with tempera paint...

  • USO and Christmas away from home A Veteran's Story

    Penny Merryfield|Dec 13, 2018

    Veterans have served many months and years away from home. Leaving their families is hard, but being in a foreign country during the Christmas season is sometimes more than unbearable. It is times like this many Americans have stepped up to the plate, or shall we say the microphone and brought joy and laughter to our overseas troops. To the orient to the South Pacific to the middle east and more, entertainers have jumped on planes, ships and trucks to go on tour and bring some home entertaining...

  • Students are honored to pay Honors

    Sgt. 1st Class Jimmy McGuire|Dec 13, 2018

    CAMP GUERNSEY JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Wyo. - "On behalf of the President of the United States, the United States Army, and a grateful nation, please accept this flag as a symbol of our appreciation for your loved one's honorable and faithful service." Those words are not taken lightly by the small percentage of Wyoming Army National Guard personnel who join the Military Funeral Honors team and utter those words, while kneeling and handing a carefully-folded American flag to the loved one of a...

  • Hornets begin season 4-0

    Zach Spadt|Dec 13, 2018

    BURNS - If the Pine Bluffs Hornets are looking for a repeat of last year's magical state championship run, they got off on the right foot last week. Tucker Norman and Michael Shane led the team to four wins over Wyoming Indian, Moorcroft, Wheatland and Saratoga in the Burns Winter Classic basketball tournament held last Thursday through Saturday. Pine Bluffs won those games 65-49, 84-25, 53-50 and 76-67 respectively. In the first game against Wyoming Indian, the Hornets took a 3-0 lead with...

  • Lady Hornets off to 3-1 start

    Zach Spadt|Dec 13, 2018

    BURNS - Despite getting off to a slow start at the Burns Winter Classic basketball tournament, the Lady Hornets ended their first weekend of play on the right foot dominating Moorcroft 82-46, Wheatland 54-30 and Saratoga 56-24. Their only hiccup was the tournament opener Thursday night, when they absorbed a 45-36 loss to Wyoming Indian. Af the end of the first quarter Thursday night, Pine Bluffs trailed Wyoming Indian 18-9. However, the Lady Hornets outscored the Lady Chiefs 13-11 in the second...

  • Burns-Pine Bluffs wrestlers compete at Charlie Lake Invite tourney

    Zach Spadt|Dec 13, 2018

    ayson finished second in the 170 lb varsity weight class at the Charlie Lake Invite wrestling tournament held Friday and Saturday of last week. He was defeated in the final match by Eaton, S.D.'s Ty Garnhart. It was Clayson's only loss of the tournament. Kyle Thurin earned a 6-2 record and wrestled for third place against Kelly Walsh's Luke Nathan in the varsity 182 weight class. In the 195 class, Lash Branigan had the opportunity to compete for third place honors - and he won, to finish the...

  • Going for it

    Dec 13, 2018

  • Burns-Pine Bluffs wrestling kicks off

    Dec 13, 2018

  • Donald Eisenhauer American Legion Post 60 & Auxiliary Unit 60 Christmas Social 2018

    Dec 13, 2018

    Christmas cheer, and great food was main event for the Annual Christmas Social held by the Donald Eisenhauer American Legion Post 60. This event, now in its 8th year, is open to the public. It was a packed house this year as over 65 people from all over the panhandle came together for a great meal of BBQ ribs and or Rocky Mountain Oysters. Members of the Legion and Auxiliary Unit 60 provided side dishes and desserts. There was a silent auction of items donated by many local businesses in the...