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  • Celebrating years of service at the Texas Trail Market

    Penny Merryfield|Dec 14, 2017

    Spirits were good and attendance was at a three year high for the annual meeting of the Texas Trail Market Coop. A dinner of ham, potatoes, and green beans was served by the board members to members and their families. After dinner, ice cream was handed out by members of the Texas Trail Markets's courtesy clerks. President Don Herman, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.. with the Pledge of Alligence. The previous meeting's minutes were voted to be passed over and not read. Herman gave a... Full story

  • Christmas Safety

    Dawnna Merryfield|Dec 14, 2017

    The Christmas season is a merry time of year so much so that it almost seems like nothing could go wrong. However, per Laramie County Fire District #5 training Captain, Jon Christy, that is not always the case. "Trees can catch fire, animals and children can ingest things they aren't supposed to and also climbing ladders to decorate can be harmful." stated Christy. With Christmas trees many people do not realize the dangers of having a real tree. While the fragrance and beauty of the real tree c... Full story

  • 12th Annual Christmas Light Decoration Contest underway

    Dec 14, 2017

    The Pine Bluffs Recreation Department will sponsor the 12th Annual Christmas Light Decoration Contest with the judging to take place on Monday, December 18th from 6p-8p. The contest is for residents living within the town limits, businesses are excluded. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the contest but please keep in mind that homes can only win every other year so homes that were selected as winners last year will not be eligible to win again until Christmas 2018. Ten winners will be chosen to receive a $10 cash prize. If you have... Full story

  • Five Cheyenne Regional Medical Group Clinics Receive National Quality Recognition Patient-Centered Medical Home Model the New 'Backbone' of Primary Care

    Dec 14, 2017

    Cheyenne, WY—Cheyenne Plaza Primary Care, CRMG Family First, Cheyenne Family Medicine and the two Cheyenne Children’s Clinics have each been awarded three-year recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home program. “This recognition means that a medical practice meets the rigorous guidelines set by the NCQA,” said Matt LaHiff, senior practice transformation partner for Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and its affiliated multi-specialty medical group, Cheyenne Regional Medical Group (CRMG).... Full story

  • Bowman Cattle - a proven breed

    Dawnna Merryfield|Dec 14, 2017

    The Bowman Cattle Company has been working hard for the past 25 years to create the perfect bloodlines of cattle for their customers along side their own needs. Bowman Cattle Company is owned and operated by Lyle Bowman and family. Kyle Bowman, Dave Bowman and Kennon Brown work all around the ranch helping with the ranching and cattle. Unlike many ranches, the Bowman Cattle Company strives to make durable and proven bulls with a good bloodline. Instead of selling the yearling bulls, this... Full story

  • White Christmas

    Roshelle Flores Pine Bluffs Journalism|Dec 14, 2017

    In December, all over the world you can see Christmas carolers, decorated Christmas trees, streets lights and house lights shining with bright red and green, and children waiting for Santa to come and deliver all the good boys and girls their presents. But what does this all mean? First of all, the word Christmas stems from exactly what you may think, the Mass of Christ. Green has been used for thousands of years during the holidays as a way to brighten homes during a dark winter. The green represents Holly, ivy, and mistletoe which were... Full story

  • A Veteran's Family's Story

    Penny Merryfield|Dec 14, 2017

    "Memories of the uniform go back as far as I can remember." said Rene Merryfield, daughter of Jim Merryfield, USAF retired TSGT. "I grew up as an Air Force brat. That is one of my favorite memories and I couldn't imagine my life any other way, Moving every 4 (ish) years, from Las Vegas to North Dakota, California and my most favorite Panama to Nebraska and then to Illinois." told Rene M. She went on to say, "while in Illinois my dad was deployed to Saudi Arabia. We didn't have emails or Skype... Full story

  • Cupcake Wars!

    Penny Merryfield|Dec 14, 2017

    Nicole Horrocks has 17 groups of students and each group in the Culinary class has four students. These student's are not just bakers. This is my culinary class and we study cake decorating, the use of fondant and decoration. We usually do this competition around the holidays because it's a festive thing to do and the students really get involved with the competition. They like to compete and they do their very best work because they want to be the best. The students pick a theme and they are... Full story

  • Wrestlers grapple at Charlie Lake Invite

    James Merryfield|Dec 14, 2017

    Wrestling season is finally here and the team is pumped up and ready to go. Pictured above is the 2017/18 Burns Pine Bluffs Wrestling Team. December 8 started the Charles Lake 2 day wrestling tournament in Cheyenne. This meet was attended by numerous teams from across the area. Burns Pine Bluffs, Glen Brook, Sidney, East, South Torrington and Sidney just to name a few. It looks to be a very exciting tournament. This is just the start for this young team. Coach Dan Clayson is looking forward to... Full story

  • Female wrestler grapples for second year

    James Merryfield|Dec 14, 2017

    Diana Sanchez is the lone female wrestler on the Burns Pine Bluffs wrestling team. This is her second year on the team. She wrestles in the 150 lb category. When asked how she did last year Sanchez said, "I think I did ok". She too was looking forward to the season but had some concerns. "I think that the other wrestlers were a bit bigger this year" she stated. Sanchez is the first female wrestler with the Burns/Pine Bluffs team. Her performance at the Charlie Lake Tournament gave her 5th in... Full story

  • High School JV Wrestling Results

    Dec 14, 2017

    High School Junior Varsity - 126-130 B 1st Place - Devon Carr of Douglas 2nd Place - Theo Daniel of Longmont 3rd Place - Jacob Martin of Poudre 4th Place - Dominque Gordon of Chaparral 5th Place - Colby Stockton of Burns/Pine Bluffs High School Junior Varsity - 129-132 1st Place - Bini Barila of Longmont 2nd Place - Gabe Zwisler of Fort Collins 3rd Place - Dylan Fielding of Mountain View 4th Place - Bennett Hamel of Douglas 5th Place - Joey Romans of Burns/Pine Bluffs High School Junior Varsity - 136-140 1st Place - Cody Pierce of Torrington... Full story

  • Burns Winter Classic

    James Merryfield|Dec 14, 2017

    The Burns Bronc Basketball Varsity team started the tournament with a bang. Taking the first 2 games but losing the last 2. Coach Patterson said, "We learned a lot about ourselves this weekend, this was another great learning experience for our team". The first game pitted the Bronc's against Moorcroft. At the end the Broncs came out on top with a score of 54 to 41. Tyler Norris, number 22 was the leading scorer with 19 total points. Tyler shot 6 for 9 from the field. He was 1 for 1 in the 3... Full story

  • 2017 Winter Concert

    Dawnna Merryfield|Dec 14, 2017

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  • HORNETS BASKETBALL - BOYS

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  • HORNETS BASKETBALL - GIRLS

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  • BRONCS BASKETBALL - BOYS

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  • COYOTES BASKETBALL - BOYS

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  • PINE BLUFFS//BURNS Wrestling

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