Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Pine Bluffs, WY (January 31, 2018) – Pine Bluffs Distilling is releasing its first spirit, a vodka praised for its versatility and clean taste. The release of "Rock Ranch Vodka," made entirely with local grains, caps months of growing, harvesting and hard work by Pine Bluffs Distilling, owned and operated by Chad and Kathy Brown and Gene Purdy. Mixologists describe Rock Ranch as the "Swiss Army Knife" of vodkas because it works just as well in a Bloody Mary or Moscow Mule as it does in a b...
On January 28th, 2018 a fatal crash occurred at milepost 385 on Interstate 80 near Burns, Wyoming. At 11:44 a.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol Troopers were dispatched to the area for a two-vehicle collision. A 2015 Freightliner Conventional was traveling eastbound on Interstate 80, when the vehicle began to experience mechanical issues. The driver pulled his combination unit over and parked in the emergency lane. A 2012 Volvo Conventional was also traveling eastbound in the right lane when the...
Chocolate, candy hearts, a rose or Valentine's day cards are the 'norm' when it comes to showing just how much you love someone on Valentine's day. This year however, the Pine Bluffs High School choir decided to make it possible to share a gift that's completely unique. They are offering "Singing Valentines" on February 14, 2018. Your recipient will receive a card and candy along with a performance of your selected song (a love song or friendship song). This is a chance for your favorite song...
The Wyoming Business Council is seeking projects that help low- and moderate-income families and individuals, prevent or eliminate slum or blight or address urgent community development needs in anticipation of federal funds for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Communities and nonprofits with potential projects are encouraged to fill out the National Objective Pre-Approval Checklist on the Business Council website: https://tinyurl.com/CDBGprequal. The 2018 budget hasn’t been allocated by the federal government yet, but p...
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) is seeking local sponsors to participate in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for the summer of 2018. This federally-funded U.S. Department of Agriculture program provides access to nutritious meals and snacks for children up to the age of 18 during summer months, when access to other school meal programs is not available. The WDE invites any interested sponsors including churches and other private nonprofit organizations; public and private nonprofit schools; local, municipal, county, t...
Reprint from Pine Bluffs Post February1, 1917 ( Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture) Humus and nitrogen are lacking more or less in the southern Idaho soils and the dry farmer on the plains is handicapped in furnishing these elements, because of lack of sufficient moisture in the soil to rot any great quantity of vegetable matter. Straw, manure, and legumes should be used to help build up the dry-land soils, but owing to the light rainfall this must be done very slowly. The...
In today's agricultural industry it's more important than ever to work within budgets and know where you should spend those precious dollars. Farmers today have more resources to help them manage different soils, identify higher performing hybrids, and manage all their different facets of farming than they did years ago. Strategy is aided with technology. Understanding what it is that you are working with is an excellent place to start. By utilizing an EM (Electro- Magnetic) or EC...
This is one of the hardest things for parents, guardians, and other adults to speak about with teenagers in their lives. It is also one of the most important. In today's society, there is a lot of pressure put on teens to be perfect and to fit in with everyone around them, or face rejection and be labeled an outcast. With all the technology around today, cyber bullying is huge. Even if it doesn't seem like it; nasty texts, posts, comments, accounts, and other forms of social media pop up and...
Jo E. Radcliffe comes from a military family. Her grandfather, and father both served in the U. S. Navy. Serving in the military, was a given in her mind and heart. Radcliffe, is born and raised Californian. She graduated from Baldwin Park High School, in Baldwin Park, California in 1978. Upon graduation, she entered the work force. She worked for Bank America Card in Pasadena, California, and for a law firm in Los Angeles. This was not enough in her eyes, as she was looking for the right job...
The annual spelling bee for Laramie County School District #2 was recently held in Cheyenne. Students from the district participated in hopes of out spelling their fellow students to go on to compete for Wyoming. "These students did a great job in getting here and we are proud of all of them." said Carpenter Elementary School principal, Wes Woodward. Spelling Bee Participants From Laramie 2 Cooper Allen Alex Head Justin Lerwick Victory Lynn Volkmar Savannah Grace Kirkbride Shelby Nichole Clark...
Southeast against Burns The Burns Basketball team headed out last week to face the Southeast Varsity team. Burns gave a valiant effort but wound up on the short end with a score of 30 to 44. The Southeast team was just a little too tough for the young Bronc's. "We struggled to get our offense in rhythm" Coach Patterson stated. Keeping the game within striking distance for the first half the Broncs went to the locker only down 8 with a halftime score of 18 to 10. The third quarter saw the...
lady Broncs against Southeast The Burns Girls Varsity Basketball team was also saw action last week as they opened up on the 23ird against Southeast. Game time was 1130. The Lady Broncs gave it a valiant effort but came up short at the end losing 32 to 46 against Southeast. The Broncs only managed to score 6 points in the first quarter to 14 by Southeast. But they managed to out score the Southeast team in the second by 2 with a 12 to 10 run. They went into the locker room down by 10, 28 to 18....
The Pine Bluffs boys continued to dominate the southeastern conference with a score of 74-22 against the Lingle Doggers. The Hornets entered the gym to "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses but, that didn't stop them from taking over the game. Although the Lingle team was bigger and taller the Hornets were able to stop them. At times it seemed more like a football game than a basketball game. Lingle ran into foul trouble and had 10 fouls before the end of the first quarter. Pine Bluffs...
Lady Hornets against Lingle. On the Saturday the 27th the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets took on the team from Lingle in a very lopsided victory for the Hornets. Dominating from the tip off the Lady Hornets seemed to scored at will against the Lingle team. Only relinquishing the lead once the entire game the Hornets showed that they were ready to play. The Hornets scored 20 points in the first quarter and then added another 15 in the second and at one point in game the Hornets lead the Lingle team by 44 points. After everything was said and done the...