By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

On September 27 at 7 p.m. at Cooper’s Garage in Medicine Bow, JB’s Stop-N-Shop and The Old West Bar, along with other sponsors, presented the fourth annual Water Stop Jamboree. The event that started on Friday with live music by the Cul-De-Sac Cowboys continued on September 28 with a vendor fair from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Cul-De-Sac Cowboys played music later that evening. 

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Carbon County Library Director Maria Wenzel has been with the Library for over four years and director for two years and she said, a very tough decision had to be made recently by herself and the Library Board.

Due to budgetary restrictions, a painful step had to be taken and a library branch had to be shut down.

That branch is Sinclair.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, known as the Continental Divide Trail (CDT), is a United States National Scenic Trail with a length measured by the Continental Divide Trail Coalition of 3,028 miles between the U.S. border with Chihuahua, Mexico and the border with Alberta, Canada.

It is part of the Triple Crown for hikers.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The weather is starting to get cooler and summer is over. Like it or not, Wyoming, along with the rest of the Nation. It won’t be long before all sorts of ballerinas, goblins, cowboys, and space adventurers will be out in force at the different haunted houses in Carbon County. 

Halloween will be here before you can say Jack O’ Lantern.

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Rawlins Town Council met Tuesday evening to address a wide range of community issues, including complaints over rising water bills, the city’s designation as a Continental Divide Trail Gateway Community, and the presentation of the September Community Builder Award.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Although storms were running through the County on the afternoon of September 11, Rawlins was spared and it was a pleasant but blustery day. It was a good day for a 9/11 Memorial.

The event, held at the courthouse in Rawlins, started promptly at 5:30 p.m. and the program was led by Tink Day, the 23-year organizer of this ceremony in memory of the victims of 9/11.

By Tom Mensik

Director, Carbon County Museum

Near the Continental Divide, about 35 miles southwest of Rawlins, a Union Pacific dragline operator was excavating for the railroad. As the bulldozer dug into the earth, a creature emerged from the dusty soil. The beast laid there for over 11,000 years.

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Representative Harriet Hagerman announced that the 2024 Congressional App Challenge is now accepting applications from middle and high school students. This prestigious competition invites students to showcase their coding skills and creativity, with winning apps featured on the U.S. House of Representatives’ website and displayed in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

Press Release

City of Rawlins

Over the Labor Day holiday, the City of Rawlins’ in town water infrastructure experienced six breaks due to aging infrastructure and a slightly elevated pressure event.  

Despite undergoing regular maintenance, a pressure reducing valve failed. Although pressure remained within normal limits, due to our aging infrastructure, breaks occurred at weak points. 

By K.J. Schricker

Reporter, Carbon County Comet