Posted: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
LINGLE, Lingle-Fort Laramie High School hosted its graduation on Sunday, as 22 seniors earned diplomas and bid farewell to the school.
Valedictorian Mark Merlino and keynote speaker Matthew Cornelius, a science teacher in Lingle, spoke at the event. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
LINGLE, The Lingle-Fort Laramie Future Business Leaders of America have 10 members who qualified for the national competition.
They will compete in Anaheim, Calif. the end of June. ...more
CHEYENNE , The Wyoming State Engineer's Office has lifted a federal ban, and water can now be used for agriculture and irrigation purposes even though levels are lower than anticipated.
The ban was put in place on the North Platte River drainage to allow time for snowpack runoff to refill water levels in storage units and reservoirs.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
CHEYENNE, Federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program benefits will be reduced under the federal government's budget sequester. The EUC program extends benefits to unemployed individuals who have exhausted regular unemployment insurance benefits. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Courtesy - The Rotary Club of Torrington recognized Lingle-Fort Laramie seniors Melissa Bowlin and Riggen McIntosh as its May Students of the Month. Rotarian Keith Kautz presented the awards. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Photo/ Travis Pearson - Torrington Telegram General Manager Rob Mortimore presents Lingle-Fort Laramie senior and recent graduate Mark Merlino with the Jo Davis Scholarship last Wednesday. ...more
TORRINGTON, Goshen County School District No. 1, with the help of search firm McPherson & Jacobson, LLC, has announced the names of three finalists for the superintendent job vacated by the upcoming departure of Ray Schulte.
The candidates, from Nebraska, Montana and Illinois, were selected by the school board from 19 total applicants and will be interviewed beginning Wednesday.
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Modified: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
TORRINGTON, This spring is a wonderful sight, especially after a brown, dusty fall and winter, with green lawns, green pastures and flowers blooming.
Unfortunately, many of the beautiful signs of spring hide nefarious and intrusive elements: annual and noxious weeds.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
TORRINGTON, The Goshen County School District (GCSD) No. 1 Board of Trustees approved the transfer of $200,000 from the general fund to the capital construction fund to provide repairs for two recreation projects in the county.
The Southeast High School football field was allocated $50,000 to replace the playing surface, and the Torrington tennis courts, located between the middle ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Photo/ Andrew Towne - Lingle-Fort Laramie Elementary School second-graders headed to the Pleasant Valley Nursery outside of Torrington last week to get a tour of the nursery and learn all about plants. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
LINGLE, The Lingle Town Council unanimously approved letting Lingle-Fort Laramie High School seniors Joe Jackson and Orrin Kinberg construct a new town website.
The town council will approve any changes prior to the website going live, and the new website should be completed in the next few months.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
FORT LARAMIE, The Fort Laramie Town Council discussed and passed the first reading of a new ordinance for the keeping of chickens by residents, which included an array of terms and restrictions including a $50 application fee for residents.
According to the ordinance, any resident who would like to have chickens must be approved for a permit though the ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
TORRINGTON, During the Goshen County Travel and Tourism Rally last Tuesday at the Homesteaders Museum, Patrick Zimmerer, president of the Goshen County Lodging Tax Board, unveiled the initial strategy for the branding campaign the board began last year.
"We want to create a unified message for our county," Zimmerer said, "and to use this message to enhance travel and tourism ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
TORRINGTON, The Goshen County Education Association (GCEA) recognized some of its own last Wednesday afternoon during the GCEA Recognition Tea at the Cottonwood Country Club.
The soiree recognized the associations retiring and non-returning teachers, student scholarship recipients, educational support professionals and the teacher of the year. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
TORRINGTON, During their regular meeting last Tuesday, the Goshen County Commissioners unanimously voted to allow the abandonment process of County Road 183, better known as Lone Tree Canyon Road, to continue.
After Commissioner Carl Rupp gave his viewer's report three weeks ago that recommended continuing the abandonment process, the commissioners were faced with approving one of two courses of action: ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
TORRINGTON, On May 2, Wyoming Child and Family Development (WCFD) and the Goshen County School District (GCSD) No. 1 hosted a brainstorming session for developing a community vision to engage families, schools and businesses in the Early Childhood School Readiness project.
According to WCFD Education Coordinator Marian Moats, WCFD received a Wyoming Department of Health early childhood comprehensive systems grant ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Courtesy - Kendall Engelker (from left), Carly Keller, Kelly Peterson, instructor Hilary Gore, Hannah Clapper and Laura Halley pose for a photo following their violin recital Saturday afternoon. The students represented Southeast, Lingle and Torrington schools. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Photo/ Bud Patterson - Members of Eastern Wyoming College's Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, students and the Goshen County Chamber of Commerce gathered Friday afternoon for the ribbon cutting ceremony at the college's livestock and high tunnel facility at the north campus during the chamber's "Business After Hours." ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
TORRINGTON, A newly designed entrance to the Goshen County Fairgrounds should allow for an easier and safer way for motorists and visitors to come and go during events, according to designers.
Rachelle Anderson, project engineer who helped design the entrance, said the old west entrance to the fairgrounds created hazardous conditions for drivers, as well as pedestrians.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
CHEYENNE (AP), An economic consultant says Wyoming's economy has diversified over the last decade, but it needs to do more to stay economically competitive.
Howard Benson is the founder of the Atlanta-based National Community Development Services.
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