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  • Burns High School junior receives Congressional Award

    Apr 22, 2021

    Burns High School junior Grace Steenbergen earned a Congressional award and received her "Gold" medal at a recent awards ceremony. U.S. Senator John Barrasso M.D., U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis and Congresswoman Liz Cheney recognized 47 outstanding Wyoming youth for earning bronze, silver and gold Congressional Awards. The medal ceremony was held at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 18, 2021. The Congressional Award is the highest honor bestowed upon a youth civilian through the U.S. Senate and...

  • Interview with mayoral candidates

    Dawnna Merryfield|Apr 22, 2021

    Councilmember Donn Randall has entered his name in the mayoral campaign. In several instances he's proven great dedication to Pine Bluffs. He also attends the monthly Pine Bluffs Senior center meetings and the monthly Laramie County landfill board meetings, representing the residents of Pine Bluffs for the last 4 years. Randall was raised on a small cattle ranch just west of Broadus Montana. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1973. In July of 1976, he married his high school...

  • Interview with mayoral candidates

    Dawnna Merryfield|Apr 22, 2021

    As a lifelong resident Justin Fornstrom is hoping to take on the responsibility of preserving the town he proudly calls home. Fornstrom grew up in Pine Bluffs and graduated from Pine Bluffs High School in 1990. After graduating, he went to Laramie to attend University of Wyoming, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1995. He soon moved back to start a farming business with his brother, Mark. They have expanded their business relations and since 2004 have also own Pine Bluffs Auto...

  • Brenda Lee Phillips-White

    Apr 22, 2021

    Brenda Lee Phillips-White passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2021 in Oak Ridge, TN surrounded by her family.  Brenda liked going camping, traveling, and playing Cribbage. In earlier years she loved a good honky-tonk and in her later years she loved to watch cooking shows and Jeopardy.  Brenda will be sorely missed by her son, Brandon White (Christy), her five grandchildren, Caleb, Chloe, Carleigh, Cedric, and Clementine as well as two great-grandchildren, Samuel and Zeva.  She is preceded in...

  • 3rd Annual Arbor Day Celebration to be held at Pine Bluffs City Park

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|Apr 22, 2021

    Join the Pine Bluffs Elementary 1st & 2nd Grade Classes in Pine Bluffs City Park on Thursday, April 29 at 2:45pm for a tree planting to celebrate Arbor Day! In 1872 J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees, and this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in our neighboring state of Nebraska. Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world. Trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wi...

  • Interviews with a mayoral candidate Don Herman

    Dawnna Merryfield|Apr 22, 2021

    Living in Pine Bluffs for most of his life Donald Herman has made the decision to try his hand at the mayoral position. There are a couple of things that Herman really has his focus on for the town. He would really like to help Pine Bluffs move forward and create a more diverse community. "I feel strongly about continuing to move forward, developing the north property to provide more housing, continuing to promote small businesses, updating the infrastructure for the remainder of the town, not j...

  • Extending your growing season

    Mike Heath Laramie County Master Gardners|Apr 22, 2021

    I've spent the last three days at the Ask-a-Master Gardener booth at the Cheyenne Home and Garden Show answering questions and providing assistance to many new gardeners and a host of experienced gardeners from as far south as Denver, west to Vancouver, Washington and as far north as Montana. It was wonderful to see so many people interested in starting a new garden or expanding an existing garden. Beyond that I want to thank all of you that came out to visit and chat. I enjoyed meeting so many...

  • Wyoming Soldiers compete in Best Warrior Competition

    Apr 22, 2021

    CAMP GUERNSEY JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Wyo. - Anticipation heated up when soldiers from the Wyoming Army National Guard started reporting for the Best Warrior Competition at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Wyo., on April 8, 2021. After months of training, planning and logistics, the time had come. Soldiers, support staff and sergeants major gathered together to begin the competition. Normally, there are around 25 participants, but his time around, only seven came to compete. The BWC is not...

  • Wyoming Public Affairs Office earns top honors in Military Media Contests

    Sgt Kristina Kranz State Pub Aff Office|Apr 22, 2021

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Two of Team Wyoming's own are among the winners of the 2020 National Guard Bureau Media Contests announced in late March. The first contest that members placed in is the Department of the Air Force Public Affairs Chief Master Sgt. Douglas W. Morrell Media Awards (MMA). This competition is for Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve and Department of the Air Force civilians sponsored and administered by the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Public Affairs. The awards recognize...

  • Photos of the Week

    Apr 22, 2021

  • Burns Lady Broncs Jaden Gipfert commits to Iowa Lakes for two sports

    Karen Lipska|Apr 22, 2021

    Burns is Thrilled to have Third Signing this Year! On April 15, 2021 Senior Jaden Gipfert has been added to the list of signings this year. She will be going to Iowa Lakes community college in Estherville, Iowa for volleyball and basketball. It's not what she planned at start of high school career. Gipfert started out her freshman year signing a letter of intent for Sheridan College. Then Covid-19 came and disappointed Gipfert. Sheridan College cut their sport department. She been talking to...

  • Third Annual Corgi Races a go

    Karen Lipska|Apr 22, 2021

    Saturday, May 1, 2021 is going to be the Corgi's Derby at the Pine Bluffs Distilling in Pine Bluffs Wyoming. Chad Brown and friends came up with the idea of racing dogs, after discussing the ‘Kentucky Derby’. Brown believes Corgi owners are very proud of their dogs. In the planning process they needed a group that they could raised money for.  The Cheyenne Animal Shelter is the one Brown decided on. Having the Cheyenne Animal Shelter run the event and Pine Bluffs Distilling host it has worked for two years. They have 45 Corgis and five...

  • Tri-State Grapplers Results

    Apr 22, 2021

    2021 WAWA Kids/Cadet State - Greco  8U 62 - Gavin Bibbey's place is 5th and has scored 20.0 team points. • Champ. Round 1 - Gavin Bibbey (Tri-State Grapplers) received a bye () (Bye) • Quarterfinal - Gavin Bibbey (Tri-State Grapplers) won by fall over Parker Nelson (Riverton USA Wrestling) (Fall 1:37) • Semifinal - Holden Adams (High Plains Thunder) won by tech fall over Gavin Bibbey (Tri-State Grapplers) (TF 12-2) • Cons. Semi - Amari Leal (Camel Kids Wrestling) won by decision over...

  • Refugio Cerenil competes back to back competitions

    Dawnna Merryfield|Apr 22, 2021

    Local Pine Bluffs resident and powerlifter Refugio Cerenil recently competed in back to back meets these last two weekends. His first powerlifting meet was the 2021 Wyoming open powerlifting competition in Casper on April 10, 2021. The Second was the USDA powerlifting meet in Laramie on April 17 , 2021. At the 2021 Wyoming open he did really well, he broke his personal record for squats with a 467.5 lb squat. For this meet Cerenil walked away with two new medals. Both were for first place, he wo...

  • Pine Bluffs Recreation host Disc Golf Clinic

    Apr 22, 2021

    Disc Golf Clinic! Saturday, April 24 ~ Pine Bluffs Community Center 11a-12:30p ~ FREE The Recreation Department and the Laramie County Disc Golf Club invite you to participate in our free Beginners Disc Golf Clinic to be held at the Community Center. Participants will learn proper disc golf etiquette and throwing techniques for driving various types of mid-range shots and different approaches for putting. There will be friendly competitions and prizes for the winners! All ages are invited to...

  • Candidates visit American Legion Post 60

    Jim Merryfield|Apr 22, 2021

    Last Wednesday Justin Fornstrom and Allie Leitza visited the Donald Eisenhauer American Legion Post 60 here in Pine Bluffs at their monthly meeting. They announced their candidacy for their respective posts. Justin Fornstrom is a candidate for mayor and Allie Leitza is a candidate for city council. They both spoke on their relationship with the city and how they wanted to help guide the city forward and into the future. Candidate Fornstrom spoke on wanting to build on the conservative views of...

  • Republican or Democrat - What is the real question? Part 17 Libertarian Party

    Mike Heath|Apr 22, 2021

    The contents of this article do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Pine Bluffs Post. Position 4: “Champion of civil liberties and protector of personal privacy.” On the surface this sounds great. Think about it, though. What does it really say? It’s far too ambiguous for me to even consider analyzing and explaining it to you. By being a “champion of civil liberties”, do they mean quotas for minorities? Or do they mean that they want to protect everyone’s rights and allow people to progress solely on their merits?...

  • Burns High School Prom 2021

    Apr 22, 2021

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