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  • Two openings on Pine Bluffs Senior Center Board, elections next month

    Zach Spadt|Aug 30, 2018

    The Pine Bluffs Senior Center Board will have at least one vacancy for this year’s election. Voted on by the senior center’s members, board members oversee the operations of the facility which has 212 members. Pine Bluffs Senior Center Manager Alisha Michaud said at least one board member is stepping down following the end of their three-year term. “The board oversees the running of the senior center,” Michaud said. “They’re the ones who make the decisions, come up with ideas for fundraisers.” Other duties include overseeing the c...

  • Flags to remain at half-staff through sunset Sunday

    Aug 30, 2018

  • LCCC to offer a variety of classes at Pine Bluffs location

    Zach Spadt|Aug 30, 2018

    Laramie County Community College’s Outreach Center in Pine Bluffs will offer a variety of classes for everyone this fall. Courses will range from ways to earn a college degree without going into debt to a one-time lecture on Amelia Earhart, the female pilot who mysteriously disappeared in the 1930s. The outreach center located at the Pine Bluffs Historic High School, 607 Elm Street. Classes offered in September follow: Parenting the Love and Logic Way Six sessions, Tuesdays, Sept. 11 - Oct. 16 Beginning in 1977, the Love and Logic Institute...

  • PBHS and BHS games to be streamed online

    Zach Spadt|Aug 30, 2018

    Hornets fans will be able to stream all Pine Bluffs home volleyball and football games along with some away games. Players’ family and friends who live out of town will be able to watch the Hornets play by accessing an online link. The service requires a small fee. Though not all away games will be streamed, a good number of the teams that Pine Bluffs plays also utilize the service. For example, Big Horn High School uses it. The games will be streamed on nfhsnetwork.com. Those wishing to watch the Hornets play can simply punch in Pine Bluffs...

  • Marilyn R. Sisson

    Aug 30, 2018

    Marilyn R. Sisson, 86, of Pine Bluffs passed away August 12, 2018 in Pine Bluffs. She was born January 28, 1932 in Elm Creek, NE to Jerome and Blanche Walker. She married Calvin Sisson on October 12, 1949 in Pine Bluffs. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and was a past president of the American Legion Auxiliary. She is survived by her children, Lloyd Sisson of Pine Bluffs, Gayle (Ron) Verardi of St. Clairsville, OH, Bryan (Jill Dalesandry) Sisson of Las Vegas, NV, Glenn...

  • Fall is upon us and so is HARVEST

    Mike Heath Laramie County Master Gardners|Aug 30, 2018

    I don't know about your garden, but I'm starting to see a lot of color in mine. That means that harvest is coming sooner rather than later. I ended up planting two to four weeks late this year, but the harvest seems to be coming almost two weeks early with the tomato varieties I planted. I want to say that is a good thing as it will let me get started with canning a little bit early and not have it all crammed into such a tight schedule. Those of you who can or otherwise process their harvest...

  • Larry L. Spier A Veteran's Story

    Penny Merryfield|Aug 30, 2018

    Larry L. Spier was born and raised in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. He was delivered by Dr. Morris and was the middle child of three to parents Ron and Darlene Spier. Throughout his school years, until the middle of his high school years, he was nicknamed "Little Larry". Prior to his senior year, he earned the title of "Big Larry" with a new Larry in town. During his high school years, Spier participated in football, and wrestling. Spier won state for wrestling in his senior year. "I was a little guy,...

  • Cross Roads Community Church to present "Like Arrows" movie about parenting

    Aug 30, 2018

    Cross Roads Community Church in a start to their “Art of Parenting” small groups is showing the movie “Like Arrows” on Sunday, September 16, at 6:30 p.m. The study is an eight session group series designed to help parents, stepparents, and any in the position of parenting, including grandparents. The movie portrays a family going through conflict, rebellion, and resentment that overwhelms their family, Charlie and Alice are forced to rethink their parenting strategy. In the process, they realize how critical intentionality and focus...

  • Friday night lights return to Pine

    Aug 30, 2018

  • Lady Hornets take 3rd at Douglas Invite

    Zach Spadt|Aug 30, 2018

    The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets volleyball team got off to a strong start last weekend at the Douglas Invite, finishing with a 4-2 record. That was good for third place out of 12 teams. “I am very pleased with the play and our efforts for the beginning of the season,” head coach Lisa Gilbert said. “I feel like we are really gelling as a team and working will together. “We will continue to improve each day in practice.” The Lady Hornets opened tournament play on Friday against Newcastle, winning 2-0. They won the first game with a score...

  • Lady Broncs go 4-2 at opening tourney

    Zach Spadt|Aug 30, 2018

    The Burns Lady Broncs didn’t let a slow start ruin their weekend when they traveled to Douglas for their first volleyball matches of the year. Burns went 4-2 during the two-day invitational tournament. In their first match against the Lady Bearcats, the Lady Broncs went 0 - 2, losing their first game 10-25 and their second 5-25. They subsequently dropped their next match 0-2 against Big Horn. Apparently, after that, the Lady Broncs were tired of losing. Heading into play against Hot Springs, S.D., the Lady Broncs won their match 0-2. In game...

  • Burns-Pine Bluffs runners open XC season, head to Gering Friday

    Zach Spadt|Aug 30, 2018

    Runners from Pine Bluffs and Burns started their cross country season in Casper Friday, Aug. 24 with reason to be hopeful about the upcoming year. “This is a great baseline time and hard meet to gauge the rest of the season from,” coach Ashley Rousseau said in an email. Friday marked the first year the team has competed at the 3A level due to the large size of the team that features runners from both Burns High School and Pine Bluffs High School. Piper Perez just missed out on a top-20 finish coming in at 22nd with a time of 23:20. “The...

  • Hornets open regular season play Friday night

    Aug 30, 2018

    Pine Bluffs will kick off the 2018 season at home Friday night when they take on Yuma, Colo. at 7 p.m. Pine Bluffs played in a Zero Week scrimmage in Glenrock last Friday, but scores were not kept as it was not an official game. Head Coach Will Gray said in an email that the Hornets showed signs of promise but there are still ways the team can improve. "I thought we did some good things on both sides of the ball, but we know that we have a long ways to go to accomplish our goals. Our young guys...

  • Pillows and Pillowcases for displaced Veterans at Veterans Hospital

    Aug 30, 2018

  • Pillows and Pillowcases for displaced Veterans at John J. Edmunds

    Aug 30, 2018

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