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  • BP America honors Wyoming Veterans

    Allie Hurley|Jul 31, 2014

    Four local American Legion Post 60 members were guests of BP America to honor Wyoming Veterans. Steve and Wanda Miller along with Chuck and Jo Redcliffe were treated to lunch at Little America and were guests of BP America at the rodeo on July 23 . They were honored as community leaders and were given the VIP treatment. "We like to share the benefits of our sponsorships with our communities and there is no group more deserving of our honor than our local veterans living in the communities where...

  • 64th Trail Days Grand Marshals

    Allie Hurley|Jul 31, 2014

    The Pine Bluffs 64th Trail Days Grand Marshals will be Tom and Kathy Mohren. "I think it is an honor," Kathy Mohren said. Kathy was born and raised in Pine Bluffs and graduated from the Pine Bluffs High School. Tom is from New Jersey. They met each other while Tom was stationed at the F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne. Tom and Kathy moved to New Jersey for 10 years. They didn't think New Jersey was a good place to raise their children, so they moved back to Pine Bluffs. Tom and Kathy have t...

  • Lincoln Highway defined Wyoming

    Bill Sniffin|Jul 31, 2014

    Besides ending the Civil War, freeing the slaves and launching a national railway, President Abraham Lincoln also thought it important to have a designated highway crossing the country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. And although Wyoming would not become a state for another 25 years, that road has crossed from one of our borders to the other for the past 151 years. From the 1860s to the 1930s, it was often known simply as “Lincoln’s Road.” The highway did not handle autom...

  • Education Governance Survey open to public

    Submitted|Jul 31, 2014

    WDE encourages all Wyoming citizens to participate and voice their opinion. The consulting firm hired by the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Committee to study the possibility of restructuring State Educational systems has opened a public comment survey. The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) encourages all Wyoming citizens to participate in the survey and voice their opinion on how state level involvement in education should be shaped. “Matters involving our educational system should be of vital importance to the people of Wyoming if...

  • Pine Bluffs Leaning Rock Golf Course in need of TLC

    Allie Hurley|Jul 31, 2014

    A local man had noticed the Pine Bluffs Leaning Rock Golf Course hadn’t received much tender loving care and had a few recommendations to share at the Pine Bluffs Town Council meeting July 21. Dennis Talich helped create the golf course along with his neighbor, Robin Wilhelm. It took 13 years to complete the golf course. During the town meeting, Talich said it takes him two weeks to get the golf course ready for the Knights of Columbus Tournament. Talich said mowing the grass isn’t the only thing the golf course needs. There’s holes to fix, pin...

  • Community Calendar

    Jul 31, 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... Full story

  • Getting ready for Trail Days

    Jul 31, 2014

    Loren Lovitt receives help from Tom McDonough as he hangs streamers along Main Street to prepare the town for Trail Days....

  • Mercedes goes silver, drives for gold

    Zachary Laux|Jul 31, 2014

    A Burns Girl Scout will receive her Silver Award Aug. 6 after she helped restore the town's gazebo, a point of pride for Burns. "The Town is thankful that she came forward with this project because the gazebo was in dire need of attention," said the girl's grandfather and Burns Town Council member Ralph Bartels. Mercedes Bartels, along with the help and support of family, friends, three Girls Scout Troops and one Cub Scout Troop, started restoring the Burns gazebo July 18 by applying a fresh...

  • Home day care center gets makeover

    Zachary Laux|Jul 31, 2014

    The Little Learners Home Day Care in Pine Bluffs got a makeover and moved locations, kind of. Kyla Gortney, Director and Owner of Little Learners Home Day Care, established the center about a year ago, working out of her home on Black Boulevard, until she began getting more requests for children. “I was getting more and more requests for kids, so we decided to expand,” she said. Gortney began renovating the basement of her home in February and held a grand reopening of her day care center Jul...

  • Photo in history

    Jul 31, 2014

    The Texas Trail Museum and Pine Bluffs Post would like to identify the boy in this week's historical photo. If you have any information about the photo, contact the Pine Bluffs Post, 307-245-3763 or email [email protected]....

  • Albin News

    Charlene Smith|Jul 31, 2014

    The mid summer sun has kept everyone so hot in Albin, there are not many have cool happenings to report. A happy birthday wish to Teegan McLaughlin next week. I hope the little cowboy ropes in a great day. Kayla and Kelton Krakow are preparing for Laramie County Fair beginning next week. They will be showing market lambs, market goats and foods. Riley McLaughlin is also showing market lambs. More area youth will be at the fair competing in the arena and in front of the judges so plan a trip to...

  • Hereford News

    Carolyn Ragsdale|Jul 31, 2014

    For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Steve Hauer sang “Going Home.” The sermon title was “Easter in July.” The scripture was from Romans 5:12 through 6:14 which compares how Adam sinned with how Jesus provided redemption from sin. Before Jesus went to the cross, He was troubled. When He arose from the grave, He was joyful. Jesus brought joy to His followers, and He brings joy to us. We should live every day like it was Easter. We can make up our minds to be joyful every d...

  • Bushnell News

    Jamie Carpenter|Jul 31, 2014

    The Bushnell Lions Club meets in the community center at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 6. The Friends of the Kimball Library and the library board are hosting a pool party at the Kimball city pool from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, August 7. Entry to the pool is free with donation. There will also be watermelon, cookies, and lemonade for sale. Money raised goes to support the carpet fundraiser project and other library projects sponsored by the Friends group. If you have news, announcements, meeting...

  • Banner News

    Barb Cross|Jul 31, 2014

    Good morning Banner County! Harvest is well under way and completed in many parts of the county. With temperatures dropping a good 20 degrees a day or two this week, we are just hoping to get the wheat all in and be done with it. Last week was a busy one, still working on summer clean-up and thinking about fair and school. We ended the week with the potluck at the Harrisburg Community Church. Many folks are pretty busy at this time so the attendance was smaller than usual, but still really good....

  • Looking Back

    Jul 31, 2014

    1 years ago July 31, 1914 A galloping parade of 3,000 cowboys and cowgirls part stands and bleachers holding 25,000 spectators is a spectacular feature of Frontier Days, a remarkable cowboy festival which is held annually at Cheyenne, Wyoming. The dates for the 1914 celebration are August 18, 19, 20 and 21. this year’s show will cost $50,000 of which $25,000 will go to the contestants in world’s championship steer-roping, rough-riding and other thrilling and perilous contests. Contestants will be present from every country where the cow...

  • No till notes: Late harvest

    Mark Watson|Jul 31, 2014

    I hope by the time you are reading this article I have combines rolling in the field. Wheat harvest is running a few weeks later than normal this year. I think the harvest is going to be well worth the wait provided we get the wheat in the bin before something bad happens. Reports coming in from the southern Panhandle indicate we may be having a record winter wheat harvest yield this year. I’ve heard numerous reports of 50-70 bushels per acre or higher winter wheat yields in the southern P...

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