Times wins slew of state awards

The Sundance Times was the proud recipient of eight individual merit "Pacemaker" awards at the 2023 annual convention of the Wyoming Press Association.

Sarah Pridgeon won first place for her column "This Side of the Pond", which judges called "well written and witty".

She also won first place for Business and Energy Reporting for a package of stories about Neiman Sawmills receiving logs from a U.S. Forest Service fire prevention program in California; local concern over a planned bentonite mine near Pine Haven; and RER's permitting efforts for its demo plant in Upton.

Pridgeon was also awarded...