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  • State Engineer seeks solutions to ground water

    Zachary Laux|Apr 17, 2014

    Several irrigators from eastern Laramie County delivered testimony and voiced concerns about ground water use at a public hearing held April 10. The Wyoming State Engineer's Office (WSEO) scheduled the meeting after the completion of a hydrogeologic study of the Laramie County Control Area on March 27. Wyoming State Engineer Patrick Tyrrell said the meeting aimed to determine whether or not the ground water in the control area is adequate for all appropriators. "With the aid of this study and...

  • Tragedy, billionaires and attempted concert

    Bill Sniffin|Apr 17, 2014

    During a long winter of road closures, sub-zero temperatures and ample snowfall, there was a long list of interesting news happenings that involved rock bands, billionaires and tragedy in the Cowboy State. • One of the most popular rock bands in the country will NOT be staging a concert at Devils Tower. Daft Punk, which includes two members from France who are dressed as robots, had planned to put lasers at the base of the tower and hold a concert for 50,000 people. The National Park Service r...

  • Randy J. Logan

    Apr 17, 2014

    Randy J. Logan, 67, of Pine Bluffs died in Bushnell, Neb. on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Cremation has been held and memorial services and inurnment will be held at a later date. Memorials have been established to the Pine Bluffs Senior Center. To leave condolences for the family and view the obituary, visit www.cantrellfh.com. The services for Randy have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. Randy Joseph Logan was born in Sheridan on March 30, 1947, the son of Clyde and Alma (Thoet) Logan. He was raised and attended school in Pine Bluffs...

  • Mia Jo Gale

    Apr 17, 2014

    Alyssa Penafior and Jonathan Gale are happy to announce the birth of their daughter Mia Jo Gale.Mia was born at 6:42 p.m. Thursday, April 3, 2014 at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne....

  • Public Notice

    Apr 17, 2014

    The Board of Trustees, Laramie County School District #2, will be accepting letters of interest until 4:00 p.m., Friday (May 2), 2014, from any resident to replace an open position on the Board of Trustees which was resigned on April 14, 2014. This is an at-large position and the appointed individual will serve the completion of term, ending December 2014. Please send letters of interest for the trustee vacancy to the attention of Esther Davison, Board of Trustee, addressed to Laramie County School District #2, P.O. Box, 489, Pine Bluffs, WY...

  • Community Calendar

    Apr 17, 2014

    Items for possible inclusion in the weekly community calendar should be typewritten or legibly printed. All submissions should include the name and daytime telephone number of the person submitting the information in case questions arise. Items which may be included in the calendar are church events, club meetings, and school events. If your club will not be meeting or has a change, please contact us so we can update the calendar with the correct information as soon as possible. Items should be received on Monday at 5 p.m., one week prior to th... Full story

  • Student of the Week: Tim Love

    Allie Hurley|Apr 17, 2014

    Tim Love, sixth grader at Burns Elementary School, enjoys science, farming, ranching, fishing, hunting and traveling. This year, Love achieved something that even he thought was unexpected. He won the William Barlow Science Scholarship. Love's science project was heavy metal and aquatic environment. He examined how copper affects snails. If he saw a reaction from the snail, then he would understand the use of copper can be dangerous. Love said he has family friends who use gallons of copper to...

  • Track teams place third in Guernsey

    Zachary Laux|Apr 17, 2014

    The Pine Bluffs girls and boys track teams both took third place in the Guernsey Invite Saturday in a spectacular meet, said Coach Dustin Lee. “It was a great day for a track meet,” he said. The Hornets scored 93 points in the meet, beating Guernsey, which scored 86 points overall in the meet. The Lady Hornets scored 82 points, beating HEM’s 72 point total. Both, the girls and boys lost to Lusk and Glenrock. The boys Lusk team took first with 161.50 points. The girls Lusk team also took first...

  • Broncs buck off competition in Chappell

    Allie Hurley|Apr 17, 2014

    On April 11, Burns Bronc track teams headed to Chappell, Neb. to compete in the Tri State Track Meet. The boys team tied for first with Bridgeport with 123 points. The girls team received fourth place with 91.75 points. In all, the Burns Broncs placed third with 214.75 points at the meet. Brooks Hoffman,Head Girls Varsity Track and Field Coach, said he was pleased to have a large number of girls ready to compete. She said some girls competed in new events and did very well handling the stress and placed. “I was very proud of the team today a...

  • Albin News

    Charlene Smith|Apr 17, 2014

    Albin Elementary Kindergarten Screening April 23, 2014 Must be 5 years old by September 15, 2014. Please call school at 307-245-4090 for an appointment. Pd. Adv. A white blanket of fresh spring snow coated our roads and blooming flowers. The tulips and irises will probably still bloom but those fragile crocus and little purple shoots are all but a spring memory. We are smack dab in the middle of calving and planting season. Branding dates are being set and the farming and ranching world is...

  • Hereford News

    Carolyn Ragsdale|Apr 17, 2014

    The Hereford Community Church held their quarterly business meeting on Sunday morning before the worship service. Routine items of business were discussed. They are planning to attend a Rockies game. The date is to be determined and those who wish to attend should let Steve Hauer know. The yard sale, bake sale, and car wash will be June 7 from 9 a.m. till 2 p.m. There will be a clean-up day on May 31. For the special this week Carol Opdycke read “I Lay Down My Life For The Sheep.” The ser...

  • Banner News

    Barb Cross|Apr 17, 2014

    Good morning to all! Aren’t you glad that this past Sunday was Psalm Sunday and NOT Easter Sunday? Wow ... this crazy weather! My ‘Weather Bug’ predicted this snow and was right on the money, blast it anyway. We had beautiful Christmas card pictures Monday morning out of our windows; dazzling blue skies and unbroken pure white snow settled on the cedar trees and the distant hills. Not bad for December in April. Oh well. Next Sunday it is supposed to be beautiful with nice temperaturers. A great...

  • Burns News

    Sharon from the Burns Library|Apr 17, 2014

    Good Friday communion service at 7 p.m. and the Easter service at 9a.m. at the 1ST Prebyterian Church of Burns. Pd. Adv. We are getting very excited for Summer Reading Celebration here at the Burns Branch Library! Our theme this year is Spark Your Imagination. The kick-off is May 23, the first day to sign up, and we have a special treat planned for you. All ages can participate. All children who finish Summer Reading will receive a book as a final prize and there is a neat prize for adults who finish. We received lots of new books this week....

  • Bushnell News

    Jamie Carpenter|Apr 17, 2014

    I wasn’t able to attend the village board meeting last week, but I got a short recap from Tim Nolting. Dog licenses are due in April - hopefully you all saw the signs and made it to the discounted shot day for your pets on April 15. If not, you’ll have to take your dog in to the vet to get updated shots and then bring in the proof of vaccination to get your license. The board held the first reading of the proposed resolution for an increase of the village water rates. The Panhandle Area Dev...

  • North Wells project to switch irrigation land to municipal water

    Allie Hurley|Apr 17, 2014

    Last summer, farm ground was put up for sale and the Pine Bluffs Town Council saw it as an opritunity. Bill Shain, Mayor of Pine Bluffs, said the North Wells project will use the land to switch the irrigation wells to municipal wells. The minicipal wells will combine with the town’s water system. The wells will be part of the town water supply. Shain said the town has plenty of water, but he would like to use these wells to ensure future supply. Shain said he hopes this water suppply will last for the next 30 years. The land will draw water o...

  • FBLA Chapter to represent Wyoming at National Leadership Conference

    Submitted|Apr 17, 2014

    Pine Bluffs High School FBLA Chapter is excited to send a group of nine students to the National Leadership Conference in Nashville this summer in June. These students recently competed at the Wyoming State Leadership Conference in Cheyenne and earned a spot on the team to represent Wyoming in their respective competitions. Austin Asay will compete in Job Interview, Scott Gross in Business Calculations, Kyle Jeffres in Introduction to Business, Madison Heithoff in Business Communication, Brooke Darden in Public Speaking one and Bailey...

  • Looking Back

    Apr 17, 2014

    1 years ago April 17, 1914 Mrs. Francis E. Warren, the young wife of Senator Warren of Wyoming, was known in Washington society during her girlhood. Before she came to take her place as a matron of the official set at the capitol she was often a guest at the home of her uncle, the late Justice Brown of the Supreme court. Senator and Mrs. Warren are now occupying what was formerly the Brown home, in which as a girl Mrs. Warren spent so many happy days. It is well adapted to entertaining on a generous scale. Its drawing rooms contain some rare...

  • No Till Notes: 'Moving Forward'

    Mark Watson|Apr 17, 2014

    The past few weeks I’ve been looking at the possibilities of improving the health of the soils we work with here in western Nebraska. The soils we work with have lost organic matter, soil microbial populations and diversity as well as soil structure over the years with our crop production practices. To begin to restore soil health, the remedies seem pretty simple but can be hard to implement. When I’ve listened to presentations by experts on the remedies for restoring soil health, there are comm...