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Josalyn Miller–District Head Cook, CCSD#2

Carbon County School District 2 Food Service is inviting area ranchers and livestock producers to take part in its Ranch to School initiative, “Donate a Beef, Feed Our Future.”

The district has been awarded a state processing grant for locally donated beef and is seeking donations of cows, bulls, steers or heifers to be used in school meals throughout the district.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

For the second year in a row, there is something fishy going on in a classroom at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Middle/High School.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Carbon County towns have some amazing restaurants that are often said to be as good as any you could find in Denver or any large metro area.

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CCSD No. 2 School District

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Robert Waggener – Archivist at UW’s American Heritage Center

Few University of Wyoming fans know that Pistol Pete began not as a Cowboy, but as a Spartan warrior who nearly sparked a riot at UW’s War Memorial Stadium.

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University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from Carbon County at the completion of the 2025 fall semester.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School class on Family, Career,  and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is popular with the students at the school.

Part of its popularity is the teacher Jennifer Bowen, who takes great pride in her students and what they accomplish in the school year. Some of her students are working hard to get to Nationals.

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Carbon County School District No. 1

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School is very close to having the barn finished.

The principal, Eli Hobbs, of HEM is grateful not only for getting it done, but also for the help from businesses, organizations and individuals that have come together to make it possible to be what it has become, to house animals in the future.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

At Rawlins Middle School, there is a teacher who is getting recognition not only in her region, but she is also in the running as music teacher of the State of Wyoming.

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Western Wyoming Community College

Western Wyoming Community College (Western) hosted science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students, in grades 6-12, who participated in the Southwest Regional Science Fair (Fair) on Thursday, January 22, 2026.  

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University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming lists 30 students from Carbon County on the 2025 fall semester academic Dean’s and Dean’s Freshman Honor Rolls.

The honor rolls consist of regularly enrolled undergraduates above freshman standing who earned a 3.4 or better grade-point average, and freshmen who have earned a 3.25 or better grade-point average.

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University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming lists seven students from Carbon County on the 2025 fall semester Provost’s Honor Roll.

The Provost’s Honor Roll consists of undergraduates who have completed at least six but fewer than 12 hours with a minimum 3.5 grade-point average for the semester.

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University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming lists 19 students from Carbon County on the 2025 fall semester President’s Honor Roll.

The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade-point average for the semester. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades.