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Change your view Stop and smell the flowers along scenic byway By Ty Stockton outdoors@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CENTENNIAL - If your idea of a summer vacation is more about secluded hiking trails, breathtaking vistas and crystal-clear fishing waters than long amusement park lines, $2.25-per-gallon gas prices and overpriced hotel rooms, a drive through your own backyard may be your best bet this summer. Wyoming Highway 130 from Centennial to Saratoga is more than just a scenic byway. The road is a springboard for endless summertime outdoors activities. You could spend the entire summer on that road and...

Wyoming's vanishing small schools Small town economies are tied to schools, some think By Jessica Lowell rep5@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle MEDICINE BOW - Schools have the same smell, no matter where they are. Even though the old school in Medicine Bow has been closed for five years, the aroma of public education remains: heat, dust, paper and old books. The yellow brick building, built piecemeal over the last 40 years, still plays a role in this northeast Carbon County community. The library is there, and the gym is still available for use by anyone who has an open...