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15th Annual Oregon Trail Band includes Pine Bluffs HS Honor Band
Pine Bluffs High School students accepted to play in the Oregon Trail Honor Band. The 15th annual Oregon Trail Band sponsored by Doane University of Crete, Neb., was held Monday. January 10, 2022 at...
Munoz places ninth at Catch a Calf program at National Western Stock Show
Local youth, Yazmin Munoz brings back her injured steer to show at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. Catch-A-Calf is a program that has happened since 1935. Every year youth that have been in...
Burns Lions Club to host Sweetheart Dance in February
The Burns Lions Club inducted a new member along with getting ready for several upcoming events. The meeting on January 6th was canceled due to weather but rescheduled for January 12th at 6:15. After...
Board member resigns from ambulance board
An ambulance Board resignation and a visit from the Laramie County Sheriff's Department at the Albin Town council that met on January 13th at 7:00 p.m. The Albin town council had two visitors at their meeting Thursday evening. Laramie County Fire...
2022 comes in with deep snow
Frosty the snowman needed some help for the first snow of the year and Mother Nature was more than happy to help. In Pine Bluffs It started snowing on the morning of Wednesday January 5, 2022. Once...
Town Council meeting short and sweet
On Monday January 10, 2022 at 7 p.m. there was a short and to the point meeting for the Pine Bluffs Town Council. For new business there were two items. First was the resolution 2022-01: a resolution providing for the appointment of a representative...
Local resident assists with cat issue
A local citizen helps with small gesture for the cats in the community. Margaret Thompson has been concerned about all the cats in the streets of Pine Bluffs. She decided to try to help with a small...
Albin to host Southeast Wyoming Farm and Home Expo
It's Back! The Southeast Wyoming Farm and Home Expo at the Albin Community Center on Wednesday February 2nd from 9 a.m. through 4 p.m. The Southeast Wyoming Farm and Home Expo is a yearly tradition that Albin is trying to preserve and grow. Albin...
Rates increasing and loss of ambulance for town of Burns
The beginning of the year readjusting the town fees and concerns about the ambulance service. The Burn’s Town council met on January 10th at 6:30 p.m. The Council approved a building permit for a single-family home at 104 S Prairie Ave. Moving on...
Broken Bandit Wildlife Center - Hillsdale
Help has come to the wildlife in Hillsdale, Wyoming. The Broken Bandit Wildlife Center on the north side of Hillsdale, Wyoming, rescues non-predatory such as squirrels and raccoons, and predatory...
Two Brothers - two experiences
Two brothers at boot camp Two brothers in the same family went to different boot camps. Zavyer White and Zaiden Hottell sons of Shalane White (Hottell) have both put on the uniform in different...
Matinee held at Pine Bluffs Town Building
Monday was a matinee at the multipurpose room on the second floor in the Pine Bluffs Municipal Building on January 3, at 1 p.m. There were six who attended the movie. It was "Change in the Air." It was different kind of movie. It was about a young...
Locals make "New Years Resolutions"
Christmas has come and gone for another year. In the blink of an eye it is done. All the preparations, decorating and cooking, and then "BAM," it's time to step back, sit down and take a deep breath. Alrighty, now plans for the big New Years bash...
Local FBLA at National
The Wyoming Future Business Leaders of America continues learning outside the state. The state officers went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the National Future Business leaders of America. State...
Miss Rodeo Wyoming -
The last and final contest for Miss Rodeo Wyoming Rachel Derner was held at the Miss Rodeo America in Las Vegas, Nevada December 2021. It was a fast learning experience in eight days for this Burns,...
Bomberger boys show cattle at 2nd Annual New Year Beef Bash
From December 31, 2021 through January 2, 2022 in Mitchell, Nebraska approximately four hundred entries attended the 2nd Annual New Year Beef Bash to show their cattle. Entrants came from Colorado,...
Pre-Christmas visit from Santa
A recent extra trip from the North Pole brought Santa to Pine Bluffs to help raise funds for the Laramie County Community Christmas. Santa Claus had local help from Brian Kozak. This event took place...
Seniors serenaded by Albin Elementary
The wind may have been blowing over 50 mph but that did not stop the people from coming to the Albin Community center for lunch and a musical concert. The town of Albin makes sure there is lunch on...
The beauty of ugly sweaters
Is it ugly, really ugly or is it ugly cute, that's the question at Pine Bluffs Distilling where an Ugly Sweater Party was in full force on Saturday December 23rd. The first ugly sweater was invented...
Pine Bluffs - safe from the Grinch
So, mom and dad decide to take the kids to the movies for a night out and to enjoy some together time. Upon returning home they find the Christmas tree gone, no lights on the house, a trail of Christmas cookie crumbs leading to the fire place or out...
From Cookie Jars to Pickup Trucks at Pine Bluffs Distilling
"WHAT! No cookies? Wait, there's cookies just no where to put them. Ah well, it's time to overcome and adapt. The event started out as, Holiday Lights Cookie Jar Paint & Sip Cookie Exchange....
Albin Elementary Christmas Concert
It started with the fifth and sixth grade band students playing three songs. The songs were Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, and Jolly Old St. Nicholas. Next was the whole Albin Elementary School...
Pine Bluffs High School Winter Concert
An Old-fashioned Christmas Program is the name of the winter concert for Pine Bluffs Junior and senior High School on December 15th. The Pine Bluffs Historic High School was packed with students, pare...
Generator is still a big issue for Burns Town
The Burns town council had a busy night on December 13, 2021. It all started with Molly Dennis asking if it would be okay for the Youth League to apply for a grant to get new score boards for the north gym. Council member Johnstone motioned to...
Residents safety and well-being major concern for town council
Pine Bluffs town council stressed consideration about the residents who need help and to watch over their property. The council is working on the policy of the budget billing. The billing will be recalculated every April. A person needs to be in the...
