Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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A flooring company unearthed history in the form of candy wrappers and old programs While installing a new Pine Bluffs High School gym floor. Ben Pratt, an employee of J&J Floors, was one of many who discovered memorabilia from the 60s, 70s and 80s while pulling up the old high school gym floor, believed to be installed in 1966. Pratt said he found old candy wrappers from the 60s or 70s, old programs from past basketball games, Hot Wheels and even an old set of keys to a Ford. "It was all pretty...
Mother Nature can take on some ornery appearances across America this time of year – even here in Wyoming. Although tornadoes are rare in the Cowboy State, dust devils and waterspouts are quite common. Recently an amazing image of a waterspout was photographed by weather spotter Kathy Milton Raper along the Green River Lakes in Sublette County at 7,782 feet above sea level. The National Weather Service staff went to the archives and was unable to ever ascertain a report of anything like this a...
Funeral Services for John Newton Morris, 82, widely known citizen of Cheyenne, will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral on Friday, July 11, 2014, at 2 p.m. Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2014, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Schrader Funeral Home, 2222 Russell Avenue, with a Vigil for the Deceased to follow Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Lakeview Chapel at Schrader Funeral Home, 2222 Russell Avenue. He died on Thursday, July 3, 2014, after a valiant battle with lymphoma. John Morris was born...
Brooks and Stacey Hoffman, of Cheyenne, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Hattie Marie Hoffman. Hattie was born at 9:58 p.m., June 5, 2014 at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 19 inches long....
Pine Bluffs residents help make their town a bit more beautiful one act at at time. During Monday night’s town meeting, a local man proposed to beautify the downtown area. Larry Silvey, of Pine Bluffs, along with Jeanie Vetter, project designer, presented to the council and guests his idea for a Veterans Memorial. He said the memorial would be stationed across the street from the town hall, north of the Business Complex. The memorial will be made up of two 140 by 50 foot lots. Silvey said a grant will help him pay for the memorial along with d...
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
The Albin Museum will have a grand re-opening on Albin Day, after the parade. The Albin Museum is a treasure chest that holds Albin’s history. The building itself is a piece of local history. Tenetta Anderson, of Albin, said the museum’s building was the original Boy Scout house for Troop 110. Anderson said it was built by local men who went into the mountains and chopped down the logs. The building originally belonged to the Boy Scouts of America, but Albin hadn’t had a scout troop since the late 60s, Anderson said. The town took over the buil...
Albin is making more room to play in their community center. A 25 by 100 foot addition will be added to the north side of the community center. The addition will be used for storage and include a new 25 by 25 foot weight room. Kelly Krakow, Mayor of Albin, said sometimes when there is a big event at the center, there is no where to put tables and chairs except for on the outskirts. Sometimes, people accidentally run into them. With the addition, there will be more space to store the tables and chairs if there is an event where the chairs and...
Saturday July 12 at 9 a.m. the Burns Branch Library Balloon Twisting will begin. Learn how to twist balloons into amazing shapes with Cecilia Villar. Friday July 18 at 1 p.m. the Burns Branch Library we will be showing a family movie. We will be watching “The Lego Movie,” Rated PG. An ordinary Lego construction worker, thought to be the prophesied ‘Special’, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the Lego universe into eternal stasis. Summer Reading Celebration is underway at the Laramie County Library System. If you...
Boy, is it hot out there. How hot you may ask? It is so hot the rooster in town thinks it is daybreak at 3 a.m. The Alumni Dinner for Albin will be held Friday, July 11. Fred Wood is preparing the meal. This is a great opportunity to visit with classmates and old school friends. Kay Goodschmidt, John Moore’s sister, is visiting from Garden City, Kans. She came in for Albin Day and had a nice visit at the community center before the weekend activities. Baseball season for the Albin Wildcats h...
Wow, here we are looking at the middle of July, wheat harvest will be upon us soon if it hasn’t already. A beautiful vacation with relatives, grands, and kids was just what grandma needed! I have always known that I would love to live closer to water, sand and warmer weather and visiting is just pure joy. Coming home after all of the sightseeing and people is nice too. I was even to a point of missing my dog, and he drives me nuts a lot. So welcome home to Banner County to me So now we can c...
The community center board meets on Monday, July 14. The firemen meeting is Thursday, July 17. Family night is at 6 p.m. in the community center on Saturday, July 19. Bring a potluck dish to share with your neighbors. Local author Carma Weisbrook will hold a reading and book signing at The Sisters Grimm at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 19. “Remember Me...Remember Me Not” is a book to help children understand Alzheimer’s disease and how it affects their loved ones. If you have news, annou...
1 years ago July 10, 1914 Deming for Senate William C. Deming, editor of the Wyoming Tribune, is a candidate for the state senate on the Republican ticket. Mr. Deming was a member of the House for the seventh legislature and introduced the first bill for a state depository law. Defeated by the banking interests in the state, Nr. Deming carried the fight before the people and succeeded in arousing public sentiment and getting the law enacted four years later That law brings the state nearly $25,000 a year in interest. 75 years ago July 13, 193...
The Texas Trail Museum and Pine Bluffs Post would like more information on this week's historical photo. Written on the pack of the photo: "Lee Wymer and horses Pine Bluffs WY." If you have any information about the photo, contact the Pine Bluffs Post, 307-245-3763 or email [email protected]....
Laramie County Fire District 5 provides explosive fireworks show to celebrate Fourth of July....
The Pine Bluffs Sportsman's Club opened up its range July Fourth for a fun shoot and barbecue for all to enjoy....
Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over! Whoever coined this well-known phrase sure hit the nail on the head. Water, and the lack of it, has turned to the courts for answers on who has the rights to how much of this valuable resource. There are lawsuits in every watershed it seems now, and states are suing states over water use and availability. Irrigation wells have been shut off in some areas in an attempt to come into compliance with decisions handed down through the legal...
Cheyenne, WY - The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) is hosting the first Roadmap to Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Conference in Laramie, WY at the Hilton Garden Inn Aug. 6, 7, and 8. “There has been a considerable amount of effort made to underscore the importance of STEM education in Wyoming, as STEM is a vital component of the local, national, and global economies,” Tonya Gerharter, Education Consultant at the WDE said. “The conference will be a wonderful opportunity for collaboration and communication around STEM educa...