Pine Bluffs News

A Fort Collins woman and the sister of Gering businessman Tom Cozad and Darlene Tagler, also of Gering, died Monday afternoon in a two vehicle accident three miles west of Pine Bluffs on I-80. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says 55 year old Sharie Taylor was killed when she lost control of her westbound vehicle in heavy rain with standing water.

Kemmerer Middle School student Angela Stowe was recently named the Region IV and statewide winner in the a oeIf I were Mayora essay contest sponsored by the Leadership Training Services, Continuing Education Program of the Wyoming Association of Municipalities .

Standing in a field, where nascent sprigs of hard red winter wheat pop out of brown soil, farmer Clint Jessen looked into a menacing sky, hoping for another wallop of snow or rain.

Children at the four elementary schools in this southeast Wyoming district sure had fun in the middle of the week.

Each Wednesday at midday, they were let out of class to play at school or head home, while their teachers met for staff development.

The locals call it Wacky Wednesday. Depending on whom you ask, it's either cutting-edge _ a new report says the world's best students learn from teachers who spend a lot of time in training _ or a waste of time.

Concern over the schedule came to a head recently when the Laramie County School District 2 board voted to get rid of Wacky Wednesday at the 840-student district.

The school district in Pine Bluffs is discontinuing its merit pay program for elementary school teachers.

Wyoming's financial experts on Friday reduced their estimate of how much money the state will have to spend over the next year by more than $650 million.