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  • New Branding for Pine Bluffs Distilling

    Karen Lipska|Nov 19, 2020

    Out with the old in the with new, Pine Bluffs Distilling style. "It's been a tough year, yet a great year though the blessing of community support." Chad Brown said. " I cannot stress enough how great the community support has helped with the Pine Bluffs Distilling sales and the events that they sponsor." he further added. The Pine Bluffs Distilling didn't have a drink sale from March 15 to May 15, due to events out of their control. Although for the year being tough, for 2020 drink sales out...

  • County Commissioner visits Pine Bluffs Town Council

    Dawnna Merryfield|Nov 19, 2020

    The Pine Bluffs Town Council meeting had a very special guest this week. Brian Lovett, one of the county commissioners, attended to check in and see how things were going for the town. There were a few questions concerning ambulance and rescue services for our area and concerns about funding said services.Aside from the commissioner questions there were several other topics needing attention. The Pine Bluffs Senior Center building permit was brought up. The senior center is planning to build a bus building on skids so it can be moved...

  • Todd Fornstrom elected to fifth term as Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation President

    Nov 19, 2020

    CASPER, Nov. 14, 2020-Todd Fornstrom, of Laramie County, was elected to his fifth term as President of the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB) at the organization's 101st annual meeting in Casper. "The Wyoming way is to step up and be involved," Fornstrom said. "It is an honor to serve this great organization. Our members are strong in the work they do for agriculture. Together we can accomplish so much more and I'm proud to serve." Todd and his family farm in Laramie County. He and his wife,...

  • Gorman-Nelson Wedding

    Nov 19, 2020

    Jennifer Gorman and Stephen Nelson were united in marriage at the Cheyenne Country Club in Cheyenne, Wyoming at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2020. The sunset wedding was officiated by Pastor Dan Debruyn. Jennifer is the daughter of Marjorie Gorman of Cheyenne, Wyoming and the late David Gorman. Stephen is the son of Elain and Doug Nelson of Cheyenne, Wyoming and the late Annette Nelson. grandparents are John(Jack) Harrison and Reuben and Phyllis Raymond. Jennifer is the Executive...

  • Department: Diabetes can be prevented and help is available

    Nov 19, 2020

    November is Diabetes Awareness Month The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) wants residents to know they can take control and help prevent diabetes by keeping a check on their activity levels, nutrition and by maintaining a weight in a healthy range. Laura Collins, Chronic Disease Prevention Program manager with WDH, said one in three Wyoming adults may have a condition known as prediabetes but often do not realize it. “Prediabetes should be viewed as a serious health condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high e...

  • Lions and Tigers and Bugs, Oh My!

    Mike Heath Laramie County Master Gardners|Nov 19, 2020

    If someone had told me a year ago that my worst insect problems would be in the dead of winter I would have said they were nuts. If they said that today, I'd have to say, "I know." In the 24 years I've been gardening in Wyoming I've only had insect problems once before. I had cabbage loopers in my cabbage. Even then they didn't do much damage and I had more cabbage than I know what to do with. That was about five years ago and we're still eating cabbage. Then last year hit. I guess it was God's...

  • Kosha Olsen to join High West Energy Board of Directors

    Nov 19, 2020

    Cheyenne resident will be first woman ever to sit on cooperative's board PINE BLUFFS, WYOMING – Kosha Olsen will become the first woman to hold a seat on the High West Energy board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2021. In a special meeting held Nov. 9, the seven-member board selected Olsen from a list of 10 highly qualified cooperative members. "The board was impressed by the caliber of people who submitted applications for this seat," said High West CEO and General Manager Brian Heithoff. "...

  • Red, White, Blue A Country's Story

    Penny Merryfield|Nov 19, 2020

    Red, White and Blue! These colors we have all seen, raised our eyes to, and stood with pride saluting her. This is the American Flag. Through her history she has seen pride in the men and women who carry her, to the anger when someone disgraces her, to the tears that have fallen, as she is draped over a coffin of a fallen soldier. This Flag has been called many things: The Stars and Stripes, The Red, White, and Blue, The Star Spangled Banner, and Old Glory. She is found on the grounds of state capitals, post offices, city and town offices, stat...

  • Downtown Kimball Art Walk

    Dawnna Merryfield|Nov 19, 2020

    Artists in the Kimball area have formed a new artist group called The Kimball Art Walk. This group is providing community events that celebrate the diversity and culture for lovers of art and future art lovers. Their first community event is a downtown Kimball Art Walk which will be displayed from November 13th through December 20th. Photographers will be displaying their work in downtown business windows creating a artful walk of downtown. Community members, families, friends and visitors can...

  • Keenan Manlove earns the Congressional Award Gold Medal in 2020

    Nov 19, 2020

    CHEYENNE, Wyo.- (Sept. 22, 2020) The Wyoming Congressional Award Council announced that 92 outstanding Wyoming youth earned bronze, silver and gold Congressional Awards in 2020. This year, 38 youth received gold medals and 54 youth earned bronze and silver medals. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all in-person ceremonies were canceled in 2020. The 2020 Gold Medal Ceremony will be held during a Sept. 26 live-stream event. Each medalist achieved a set of challenging goals in the areas of voluntary...

  • Wrestling

    Nov 19, 2020

    Thursday November 12, 2020 vs. Wheatland winners were Ty Scarborough Jake Macy Cooper Sanchez Shawn Shmidl Jason Ixcoy Saturday November 14, 2020 vs. Moorcroft winners were Merlin Mikesell Tanner Long Ty Scarborough Shawn Shmidl Cooper Sanchez Jason Ixcoy Saturday November 14, 2020 vs. Glenrock winners were Tanner Long Ty Scarborough Jake Macy Shawn Shmidl Cooper Sanchez Jason Ixcoy Sasha Hare Saturday November 14, 2020 vs. Lingle-Ft. Laramie winners were Ty Scarborough Cooper Sanchez Monday...

  • Albin holds 3rd Annual Co-ed volleyball tourney

    Nov 19, 2020

    Albin started the Annual Albin CO-ED Volleyball Tournament due to the lack of adult activities for the active adults. This is the 3rd Annual Tournament and with the events that have taken over 2020, there were seven teams in the playoffs this year. The players come from Cheyenne, La Grange, Pine Bluffs, Albin, Burns, Torrington, and Meridan, Wyoming and from Banner County, Nebraska. Ages vary from 14 years of age and up, men and women, fathers and mothers, playing against their own college...

  • 2020 Kimball Health Services Photo Contest

    Nov 19, 2020

    KHS announces photo contest winners Kimball Health Services is pleased to announce that Kylie Lohrer's photo of a cowboy and his horse at sunset was selected as the favorite photo in the 2020 Kimball Health Services Photo Contest. "We received so many great photos, it was hard to narrow it down," stated Nicole Snyder, Kimball Health Services employee and contest organizer. The second place photo was taken by Kim Sharples of the abandoned gas station which straddles the state line near Pine Bluff...

  • Is the Fear of COVID Affecting Our Senses?

    Mike Heath|Nov 19, 2020

    I’m a knucklehead. I have to admit it because Governor Gordon said so, in public, in his last press conference. I’m a knucklehead because I don’t necessarily just go along with everything government does or says just because they said it. I guess I’m always going to be a knucklehead, too, because I very seldom just accept what I’m told, especially by someone in government. Maybe I just don’t have enough trust in government or maybe after nearly 30 years in government myself I live by Ronald Reagan’s adage, “Trust but verify”. Don’t get me wrong...

  • Are You a Democrat, Republican, Libertarian or Constitutionalist?

    Jennifer Burns, R Candidate for Wyoming House District 10|Nov 19, 2020

    A Four Part Series Political Analysis After many heated discussions this electoral season (whether on social media or in person) it occurred to me most folks are not completely familiar with the platforms adopted by either major and minor parties in Wyoming. I’d like to share the platforms voted upon and adopted in 2020. It is the expectation elected candidates vote for bills according to the following, when representing their constituents in the upcoming Legislative sessions. Over the next few publications, we will review each party p...

  • Photo of the Week

    Nov 19, 2020

    Pine Bluffs Post will be featuring local photos from area photographers in it’s Photo of the Week section. Photo must be taken by those submitting a photo. Please submit to [email protected]. Please include a description of where and when photo was taken, and all submissions give the Pine Bluffs Post permission to print said photo. Contact information must be included....

  • A Rural Craft Fair pulls in the crowd

    Dawnna Merryfield|Nov 19, 2020

    A Rural Craft Fair was hosted by the Burns Town Hall this past weekend. Crafters and vendors from all over the tri-state area came to sell their wares. Crafters from Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado loaded the area with many homemade items like towels, baked goods, doilies, wood crafts, barbed wire crafts, food, items made of antlers, honey, and much more. The show consisted of over eighty vendors show casing in both gyms with walking space only. The attendance for the craft fair was great as...