Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Honoring different ones that support the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Veterans of Foreign Wars had their annual Banquet to honor ones that have helped and won in a contest on January 29, 2022 at 1800 hours. The Veterans of Foreign Wars was established in 1899 out of Kansas City, Missouri. The program is for veterans and active duty personnel that have fought in any foreign war. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4343 has been in Cheyenne since 1959. They help with several programs and...
For many years there has been a fund raising program in Laramie County that has become an annual event. The Laramie County Community Christmas program, which raises funds for grocery cards given out to many rural individuals and those in the larger cities. Originally, it was set up as a food basket program in 1946. From there it grew into the Community Christmas program sometime in the 1960s. Pine Bluffs Distilling has competed for the last four years. In fact, they did a repeat performance of coming out on top as overall winner with raising...
The Pine Bluffs Elementary students receive rewards for their hard work. On January 12, 2022 Pine Bluffs Elementary rewarded students this quarter on the hard work they have accomplished. This is to encourage the youth to keep pushing forward to do better in school. Also, it helps the students to know they are hard at work. Parents, grandparents, teachers and students attended two different assemblies. The first assembly was for the lower grades which are Kinderboost through third grades and...
With winter upon everyone, having recreation events falls to serving warm soups and chili and watching movies. Pine Bluffs Recreation Department has set up such an event. On Friday, February 4, at 6:00 p.m. one can join the crowd down at the community center, eat warm soup and watch movies. The only admission is a crockpot of soup. Judging will be held to give the first place winner total bragging rights and a new crockpot....
This has been a crazy winter. Not that it wasn't predicted but crazy, nonetheless. Most of the winter has been pretty warm and the wind hasn't even been horrible. We've had a couple of really cold days they've been the exception. That set me to thinking about spring but not in a good way. My first thoughts of spring were of the cool weather weeds that we could actually see a bit earlier than normal this year. I already have new grass starting to show up in areas that I dug out last fall so the...
Wyoming Game & Fish Commissioner License to Be Auctioned by Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom Wyoming Game & Fish Commissioner, Gay Lynn Byrd, has chosen Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom (WAIC) as a non-profit recipient of a 2022 WGF Commissioner License. The phone bid auction will be held on Friday, February 4th from 11:00AM (MST) to 1:00PM (MST). Phone bids and information will be taken by Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom, Development Director, Rindy West at 307-751-3430. A minimum bid of $20,000.00 (USD) is required and any additi...
“…the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments ought to be separate and distinct.” James Madison, Federalist 47. “The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments: The legislative, executive and judicial, and no person or collection of persons charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any powers properly belonging to either of the others, except as in this constitution expressly directed or permitted.” Wyoming Constitution, Article 2, Sectio...
On Feb. 3, 1943, four Army chaplains – Father John P. Washington, Rabbi Alexander D. Goode, and the Revs. George L. Fox and Clark V. Poling – gave up their life jackets on a sinking Army transport in the North Atlantic so that others might live. Of the 902 soldiers, Navy armed guard, ship's crew and civilian passengers on board the Dorchester, only 230 survived. They have told us of the chaplains' efforts to restore calm in a hopeless and chaotic situation, and how they were last seen at the shi...
The question is what is a good position horse? The 4-H group has been meeting on Mondays for the month of January after school to prepare for a contest in horse judging. Horse judging like any other judging contest is for the youth to have better knowledge of the animal. There are five points to look at when judging a horse. Point one is balance which is how put together the horse is. Point two is the structure from the front to the hind quarters. The legs and breast maybe smaller than the hind end or hips. Muscling quantity and quality will...
Wyoming powers America. As the nation’s biggest net energy supplier, we fuel America’s cars and we power the West’s homes. When America achieved energy independence, the Cowboy State was a key driver. Unfortunately, the Biden administration is trying to undermine our success, and Wyoming’s workers and families will suffer for it. This is what is going on: During the Trump administration, non-partisan Environmental Protection Agency employees approved the State of Wyoming’s regional haze State Implementation Plan for energy company PacifiCor...
In August of 2021part of our family of surviving siblings from Louisiana and Mississippi visited your lovely little town of Pine Bluffs. We had been working on plans a year or so earlier but the pandemic came along and struck them all down. We did not give up, however. Our brother had been communicating with Sonja from the community center. Our oldest sister, Barbara Luttrell, lived there and taught in the high school in the late 1960's. She was in love with this place and had many friends. She had to discontinue her work there when her cancer...
CHEYENNE. Wy – January 31, 2022--Black Hills Energy has received reports from customers regarding attempted scam calls, during which the customer is told their bill is delinquent and service will be disconnected unless they pay the caller. The scammers are directing customers to make payments by downloading online payment assistance apps. Black Hills Energy warns that this is a scam, and the company is not making any such calls for payment. We urge customers with concerns about the identity of someone claiming to represent the company to c...
At the start of the year they are getting ready for the fair and other shows. At the Bluffs Veterinary Clinic on January 22nd in Pine Bluffs it was a day of tagging for the 4-H and Future Farmers of America, (FFA). The other one was in Cheyenne. This is a day for the beef to be tagged. Tagging for 4-H and FFA helps the youth, parents, advisors, and leaders. This process is a step for the animal to be registered in the system. The leaders and advisors tag the animal, then the students can put...
Murder, mystery and post-traumatic stress disorder are all part of this book. The author Dean Petersen was at the Pine Bluffs library on January 29th introducing his book, The Burqa Cave. Petersen is a family man who has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Studies. Petersen joined the United States Army in 2011 where he was stationed in Germany. He lived in Mountain View, Wyoming with his parents when he was young and now he lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He has been writing for years but nothing...
Big rolls of hay were scattered across the road on Cemetery Hill in the afternoon on January 20th. A tractor trailer was transporting a load of hay was run off the road causing it's load to shift and lose its load. Pine Bluffs Police Chief, Chance Walkama stated, "A tractor transporting hay was run off the road while driving northbound on Beech Street on Cemetery Hill. The driver stated a white vehicle with Texas license plates driving southbound entered his lane of travel and he had no choice...
The town of Pine Bluffs is looking to increase rates January 25th at 4 p.m. the Town of Pine Bluffs council meeting convened after the steer meeting. At first the council members listened to Chris Lidstone’s recommendations of the increase of water and sewer rates. There is also the possibility of changing out meters and the different taps for commercial vs residential. Lidstone went through about the wells and the loan issues. Mayor Justin Fornstrom is concerned about the rates going up for residents who might not be able to afford to water t...
For 15 years this person has worked for the town of Pine Bluffs. On January 17th the town of Pine Bluffs employees celebrated Heather Eggli's 15 years of working for the town of Pine Bluffs. She started her job January 17, 2007. Eggli does various activities for the town. She is watching over how the coaches are running the games. Eggli may be a referee or she may be keeping score. She makes sure everyone gets to play and enjoy the activities. In the past she has helped with mowing and cleaning...
There is no longer an ambulance in the town of Burns along with addressing the building on Abilene Loop at the Burns town council meeting held on January 24th at 5:30 p.m. The town of Burns is setting up a workshop with Scott Cowley to go over the development standards. This workshop is to double check areas and for the council to learn about the development. Burns council suggested Tuesday February 22 at 5:30 p.m. The next order of business is a renewal of a lease for the Wyoming Land of Lavender which was approved except by council member...
Jon Moore, Albin, WY, was the recipient of the 2021 Wyoming Recreation and Park Association Individual Citation Award. Jon Moore was given the award for his service to the Laramie County Recreation Planning & Advisory Board representing the Albin Community at the Laramie County Board of County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 in Cheyenne. Jon was first appointed to the Laramie County Recreation Board in November of 1986 by the Laramie County Commissioners as a represent from...
We love trees in Laramie County. Maybe because we have so few trees that are native. Did you know that the only native trees in Laramie County are in Pine Bluffs and the extreme western edge of the county? All of the rest were planted after settlers moved into the state. Now we have trees for food, for shade, protection, and some just for the sheer beauty. Human beings have an innate love of trees. It seems that we just can't stop planting them. It was disheartening to all of us when the...
They come in the dead of night, masked intruders battering down doors, jerking people from a sound sleep and throwing them to the floor. Rifles, handcuffs and zip ties restraining peaceful, innocent people. Computers, phones, personal documents, anything the secret police want is seized. This sounds like a scene ripped from the headlines of raids in Russia and China. Secret police in Totalitarian countries have long been known for rounding up dissidents for just disagreeing with their government. For as long as I can remember I’ve read these a...
MILTON , MA (01/21/2022)-- Lexie Jenkins from Burns, WY was named to Curry College's Fall 2021 Dean's List. Lexie Veanne Jenkins Parents: daughter of Stacy Jenkins and the late Melvin Jenkins Plans: Attend Curry College where she will study International Business...
From the dawn of history, there has been been some form of military throughout the world. In the early days it was a "right of passage to become a soldier" whether you "signed up" or you were taken from your home camp or village and you found yourself serving a ruler, king or country. 'Conscription is the mandatory enlistment in a country's armed forces, and is sometimes referred to as "the draft." The origins of military conscription date back thousands of years to ancient Mesopotamia, but the...
