Centennial News

Two candidates who are longtime residents of rural Albany County, and who have been unsuccessful in previous runs for public office, are vying in the Aug.

The U.S. Forest Service will temporarily close about 13 campgrounds and picnic areas in the Laramie and Centennial region to spray trees to protect them from bark beetles.

“We need to set an example for these people coming in”

Photo/Kevin Bottrell Former Torrington Mayor Blaine Ronne reminisced about his experiences as mayor in the early 1980s at the Centennial History Series program Thursday night. via The Torrington Telegram

“I feel that these bids are too low to be used”

At their regular May 6 meeting, the Torrington City Council rejected bids to buy the former Torrington Ambulance Building on 20th Avenue. via The Torrington Telegram

“That Presbyterian church has never been so full of people”

Bette Lippincott playing Murial Scott, one of Torrington's first nurses, at the Centennial History Series' Cemetery Tour. via The Torrington Telegram

Karen Watkins of Scottsbluff, Neb., and Rod Bricker of Torrington square dance at Torrington Middle School on Friday evening as part of the Square Dance and Box Social sponsored by the Torrington Centennial ... via The Torrington Telegram

It's always a good idea to have a ray gun within reach, because you never know when the alien invasion will come. via Retro thing

“We live in a great historic corridor”

Millions of years ago, before the farms and ranches, people and prairie, the area now known as Torrington was under water. via The Torrington Telegram

“My kids are loving the routine that we have set in the morning. They are really enjoying the success they see every day. I'm excited to see where it goes”

Despite some admitted initial reluctance, the core reading program adopted by the Albany County School District last year has won some fans among teachers. via Laramie Daily Boomerang

“Because I am here with Cowboys, I wore these boots”

It has been years - decades - since Wyoming has seen political action like this. via Laramie Daily Boomerang

“Each year, we'll target one program or one specific renovation and people will be able to have ownership of that.”

Perhaps not quite as startling as the 71,101 watching the Giants defeat the Patriots, but equally as impressive, more than 740 dined and spent on Saturday night at the Reverse Raffle and Auction to benefit the ... via Casper Star Tribune

“For a time, Andy thought he was a dog”

The economy is collapsing, the Dow is flapping around like a torn sail in the wind, people are losing their homes and their jobs, and I am wasting away the hours in Wyoming, writing about a yak. via Denver Post

“Art Department studio faculty are nationally and internationally recognized creative artists”

'UW Art Department Faculty Exhibition' * About the show: It features recent artwork of The University of Wyoming Art Department's faculty. via Casper Star-Tribune

“There's no well-established link between beetle kill and wildfire”

The number of Medicine Bow National Forest lodgepole pines stricken by the mountain pine beetle probably doubled between 2006 and 2007, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said. via Casper Star Tribune