By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Compiled by Dick Perue

Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering

Cowboy poetry and music fans are invited to Encampment, Wyo., July 18, 19 and 20, to enjoy the 23rd annual Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering.

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Visitors and locals alike flocked to Saratoga over the weekend for Saratoga Days, a three-day celebration filled with art, live music, parades and small-town traditions.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Medicine Bow Volunteer Fire Department and the Town put on a fireworks display for the July 4th that had the audience in their seats for around an hour and a half.

At 8:30 p.m. the festivities started with families that brought their own fireworks, such as sparklers and little firecrackers. They would get to play around until 9:30 p.m.

Press Release

Sinclair Recreation Department

Registration is now open for vendors interested in participating in this year’s Sinclair Summer Arts & Music Festival Craft Fair, set for Saturday, Aug. 16, at Washington Park.

By K.J. Schricker

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Cowboys, cowgirls and rodeo fans gathered in Saratoga on June 20 and 21 for the 2025 Platte River Rodeo, a two-night showcase of grit and horsemanship sanctioned by the Wyoming Rodeo Association (WRA).

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Grand Encampment Opera Company once again drew crowds to the historic Encampment Opera House earlier this month, delivering laughter, suspense and community spirit with two classic melodrama performances during the Encampment-Riverside Woodchopper’s Jamboree and Rodeo.

By K.J. Schricker

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

This past Saturday and Sunday the Encampment and the Lions Club got together for the 64th Annual Woodchoppers’ Jamboree and Rodeo. They celebrate two of the industries that have built the North Platte River Valley.

By K.J. Schricker

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Platte Valley Drama Club staged a weekend performance of The Sound of Music, retelling the story of the Von Trapp Family Singers in three showings last Friday through Sunday.

By K.J. Schricker

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

It was far away from May 17, 2025 but in 1940 and war was looming. While much of the United States was trying to stay out of war, Washington was planning for the worst. Looking at the trucks that had served our armed forces through the inter-war years and knew that upgrades had to be made.

By K.J. Schricker

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Last Friday night, the Saratoga High School gym turned into a basketball court a rodeo fan would love, as students, ranchers and four-legged chaos makers came together for an unforgettable game benefiting the Saratoga High School FFA chapter.

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Press Release

University of Wyoming

A mix of familiar events and films, a live talk about dark matter and a “Dome After Dark” audiovisual/musical performance dot the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium schedule during April.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

On March 20, at the Parco/Sinclair Historical Theatre, KrendlMagic came to wow people with his incredible feats of magic.

Not only was the magic great to witness, Krendl was engaging.

He also spent time going to the Carbon County Schools showing off his incredible feats to students.

Press Release

Western Writers of America

Four-time Academy Award-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen is receiving Western Writers of America’s Spur Award for Best Western Drama Script for The Dead Don’t Hurt, a film in which he also starred, directed, produced, and wrote the musical score.

Winners and finalists were announced Saturday, March 15, at the Tucson Festival of Books.