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Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Teton County, Wyo.-This fall, the Wyoming Business Report honored University of Wyoming Extension educator Mary Martin with a Lifetime Achievement Award for nearly five decades of service to the Teton County community. Martin's achievements more than qualify her as a Wyoming Business Report Woman of Influence. She started working for UW Extension in 1975 as a county home economist. Her first class focused on teaching people how to use microwaves. "Sometimes people wonder, how have you stayed in...
Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day, is an annual United States holiday honoring military veterans. It is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11. It coincides with other holidays such as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.) History of Veterans Day...
Laramie, Wyoming – The much-anticipated Touchstone Laramie Art Exhibition and Sale, Southeast Wyoming's premier art experience featuring new work for 21 of Laramie, Wyoming's top professional artists, returns in-person this year on November 11th and 12th, 2023 during Veterans Day Weekend in Laramie, Wyoming after 5 years. Touchstone Laramie is a biennial, artist-run exhibition hosted by the Laramie Artists Project, a local organization run entirely by Albany County, Wyoming artists who t...
Not only books are in the library but so were animals. At the Laramie County Pine Bluffs branch library they was an extending of the minds of people with animals. Riverside Discovery Center from Scottsbluff, Nebraska that is a zoo on the North Platte river came to visit. It has an estimated 50 different species. There are two brother grizzly bears that are a rescue that are on exhibit. They have American bison, a box turtle, African surged tortoise, bearded dragon, bald eagle, turkey vulture,...
Calling all cars, it’s a “Drive In” movie! Put your imagination to work and start building your car for the Texas Trail Market Movie Night! Do you know what they have at our hometown grocery store, Texas Trail Market? Boxes, and lots of them! We want to encourage kids (and those kids at heart) to make their cars (or any mode of creative transportation) out of those boxes and “drive” on into the 23rd Annual Texas Trail Market Movie Night scheduled for Thursday, November 16, 6:30pm at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. We are not done talking c...
During a recent Council of Catholic Women of Saint Paul's meeting Katelyn Bach gave a report with photos on her trip of a lifetime to Lisbon Portugal for world youth day . Bach, representing Burns, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, her college, Chadron, Nebraska, and the United States, set out on a journey to participate in World Youth Day with Pope Francis. However, this trip started out rough. When Bach was asked for her current passport, in error she had sent her passport from when she was a little girl...
The Burns Town Council is working on town drainage and new signs. The Burns Town council met on October 23rd at 5:30 p.m. There are still people upset in Burns. Barbara Steege said, “I have been a member of this community for 45 years. My late husband was born and raised here. I think you would be hard-pressed to find people like Okie, (Mayor Jim Clark ) who are not related run for office or etc. in a small town. It just happens. But at the last council meeting it got a lot of publicity. I did read the paper online. I was a little upset that a...
Every quarter a student foam both high schools, Burns and Pine Bluffs get rewarded for their hard work. The Lions Clubs of Burns and Pine Bluffs like to encourage students to be successful. On October 17th the Pine Bluffs Lions Club was the host of the Student of the Quarter awards. They invited the parents and the students to attend their meeting, in addition to receiving a great meal. This is one way for parents to understand the Lions Club. The organization is incredible in helping others....
Wyoming Humanities is pleased to share the six sites it has selected for the statewide tour of the Smithsonian Institute’s exhibit, Spark! Places of Innovation. The exhibition is part of the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street (MoMs) program, which helps to bring high quality tours to towns across America. The Wyoming tour kicks off in May 2024. Spark! Places of Innovation takes visitors on a journey through time and place across America to discover the stories of people who lived, worked, played, collaborated, adapted, took risks, solved pro...
Phoenix Cerenil was a young girl, raised in Pine Bluffs. She played at the town park. She rode her bike up & down the town streets. She played sports with other Pine Bluffs kids her age. She went to school at Pine Bluffs Elementary, Junior High, & High School just like her father, mother, aunts, uncles, siblings, & cousins before (and after) her. She was viciously attacked & strangled to death June 15th. After it was discovered her killer took the time to video her murder and post it to social media, he was charged with 1st degree murder. He...
Through joint efforts of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center (SAREC) and the University of Wyoming Extension’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP), Food Bank of Wyoming was once again the recipient of over 12,500 pounds of potatoes harvested through the annual Potato Harvest. Quickly becoming a fall tradition, the Potato Harvest began in 2021 through SAREC, a UW Agriculture Experiment Station located in Lingle, Wyoming. The potatoes are part of SAREC’s outreach efforts to connect the area’s youth to agriculture. After the f...
CHEYENNE, Wyoming – Fun-filled activities fit for the whole family are coming to Laramie County Community College Oct. 29 with a Trunk-or-Treat event and The Return of the Music That Goes Bump in the Night concert. Both events are free and open to the public. Trunk-or-treat begins at 1:30 p.m. in parking lot A near the Surbrugg/Prentice Auditorium. Everyone is invited to wear costumes. A large turnout is expected, so trunk-or-treaters are encouraged to arrive early so they can make sure to catch the concert afterward. “Trunk-or-treat is one...
There were special visitors that come to Pine Bluffs High School. Pine Bluffs Future Farmers of America members are always learning about their organization and received some awards. This time they got a little help with two visitors from the state FFA office. FFA State officers, President Larkin Williams and second Vice President Kinley Anderson made a visit to Pine Bluffs. The officers are grouped in two's to touch each chapter. They work with the younger ones about the organization. They...
Fall! That time of year where you can feel that amazing change in the weather. The mornings are crisp, the day warm and the evenings cool. The leaves are changing on the trees, growing has slowed down and folks look forward to baking, casseroles and the oh so delicious fall dinner. Everyone in the communities look forward to the annual St. Paul's Fall Turkey Dinner held on October 22nd. St. Paul's Catholic women started this event to raise money for different causes in the past. Now this dinner...
The town of Burns was full of excitement with school activities and people getting ready to have a great time for the evening. The second annual Oktoberfest was held on October 21st and hosted by the Burns Lions Club. People were rip roaring ready to have some German food and drink. Though most people in this area just want great food and something cold to drink on a warm evening. The food served was kielbasa with sauerkraut and cabbage burgers. There was a choice of the just the item or a full...
Due to Columbus Day, the regular Pine Bluffs town council meeting was moved to Tuesday, October 10th. The meeting was called to order and was business as usual for the first few items on the agenda. Guests from the Laramie County Sheriff's Office came forward and spoke to the council with regards to Pine Bluffs Police Chief Austin Smith and his assistance on a call in August. Sheriff Brian Kozak awarded Pine Bluffs Police Chief Austin Smith a Certificate of Commendation. This Commendation was in...
Discussion of the RV / mobile home park and upcoming events this month was on the Albin Council meeting agenda held October 12th at 7:00 p.m. The ambulance report was given by director Allison Brenneman. They have received two new portable radios. Council member Jeremiah Johnson is working on getting the radios programmed. There is an up coming EMS symposium in Billings, Montana. Aaron Anderson will be attending in November. The council had a meeting at the RV/ Mobile home park. They are working on the electrical and the road. The road needs...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 20 oil and gas parcels totaling 11,250 acres that may be included in a June 2024 lease sale in Wyoming. The comment period ends Nov. 15, 2023. The parcels the BLM is analyzing, as well as maps and instructions on how to comment are available on the BLM’s ePlanning website at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2026886/510. As authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act, BLM will apply a 16....
A delicious array of hors d'oeuvres were set out and the tables were set for the evening at Pine Bluffs Distilling. Visit Cheyenne has had from Farm to Table for at least the last three years. This year they tried to have Rope Ride & Harvest but the temperatures were not so great for the people attending. They had planned at the beginning to have a rodeo for the people to attend and then go to Pine Bluffs Distilling for drinks and dinner. But the rodeo had to be cancelled. There was going to be...
Every year there is a serious competition to see who can decorate the best cupcake. At Pine Bluffs High School, in the Family and Consumers science class with Nicole Sisson, there is an opportunity to showcase some skills. Sisson challenges each class to partner up and create their best display for Halloween. They have a chance to win in different categories. The categories are Most Creative, Most Festive, Came out of a Horror Movie, Best Color, and the Grand Prize. The teachers are the judges...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming National Guard Museum in Cheyenne will host a special photograph exhibit on the Wyoming National Guard’s 115th Cavalry Regiment. The "115th Cavalry at Pole Mountain” exhibition focuses on rarely seen images of the Wyoming National Guard at the Pole Mountain Fire and Maneuver Reservation during the 1920s and 1930s. The special exhibit will be open to the public during the Museum’s regular hours beginning Oct. 18. The exhibition will close on Dec. 30. The Wyoming National Guard created its first permanent trainin...
Sheriff Brian Kozak and the staff of the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office conducted a facility wide shakedown of the Laramie County Detention Center on October 11th, 2023. Our deputies worked together with law enforcement from the Platte County Sheriff’s Office, Wyoming Highway Patrol and Wyoming Department of Corrections to search for contraband within the jail. This was the first time a full shakedown of the entire facility had been completed. Each inspection team was assigned two K-9s certified in narcotic detection. The K-9s and their han...
Laramie, Wyo.-Oct. 11, 2023-Jeff Beck, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, is an editor and co-author of the new open-access book Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. The 30-chapter publication, compiled by Beck and fellow editors Lance McNew of Montana State University and David Dahlgren of Utah State University, presents a collection of leading research on contemporary rangeland wildlife management. Authored by more than 100...
The Wyoming Union on the campus of the University of Wyoming was host to the 2023 Future Business Leaders of America Fall Leadership Conference on October 2. Over 100 students, advisers and guests joined together to learn more about what it takes to be a good leader in today's world. Workshops focused on developing a vision for success in school and in life, steps students can take to overcome personal obstacles, communication skills, good characteristics that leaders have to name a few. This...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – In August Cheyenne Post 6 Baseball was the first Wyoming team to reach the American Legion World Series, where they advanced to the semifinals. Governor Gordon stopped by their fall practice to congratulate the players and coaches. At the practice Governor Gordon shook each players hand and presented them with a coin. Afterwards, Governor Gordon was presented with a signed game ball from the American Legion Cheyenne Post 6 Baseball team Speaking with Phil Maggard Board P...
