By K.J. Schricker

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Carbon County is well known for its charitable heart. As the autumn gives way to the snows of winter. Thanksgiving moves us on to the Advent season and start our Christmas countdowns. And so now do we remember that there are many people less fortunate. Even here where family, friends and neighbors pull double and even triple duty there is always a need.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Press Release

Provided by Food Bank of Wyoming

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Mike’s Big City Steakhouse in Rawlins cooked 85 turkeys for this Thanksgiving to feed anyone who wanted a turkey dinner between the hours of 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. which included delivering a meal to the door.

This tradition has been going on since the 1970s when owner Mike Lujan’s mother started making sure people got fed on Thanksgiving day.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Mike Lujan, owner of Mike’s Big City Steakhouse (Big City), welcomed all vets who came through his doors with a free dinner on Veterans Day this past Saturday night. The venue was packed. There was not a free table except one.

Press Release

Provided by, Adelaide P. Myers, Slow and Steady Law, PLLC

The Carbon County Bar Association announced the winner of the Larry L. Lehman Award for Integrity in the Pursuit of Justice on Friday, October 27, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. in the Carbon County District Courtroom, in Rawlins.

By Connie Patterson

Valley Service Organization

Kassey Westring, Valley Service Organization (VSO) coordinator for the 2023 Platte Valley Giving Tree project, said forms for inclusion on the Giving Tree have been distributed and the deadline for families to return 2023 application forms is Thursday, November 16.

By Peggy Hotchkiss

Platte Valley Ministerial Association

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Donald Mayfield said he is not an ex-marine, but rather a marine even though it has been since the Korean War that he served.

“Once a marine, always a marine,” Mayfield laughed. “I was in the military from 1954 until 1962. Back then you served eight years. I was three years in active duty and five years in the active reserve.”

By K.J. Schricker

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

In the 1995 sad days of Grunge Rock, a band called Caroline Spine brought out the song ‘Sullivan.’ A song with a history lesson.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

November is here and so are fundraisers to help kids and other organizations. Carbon County has several coming up and some of them are based on raising money through the stomach.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

My father would not talk much about his time in the military in which he flew jets. The most he ever said was that his missions sometimes involved bombing bridges.

By Connie Patterson

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

When Wanda and Roger Snell moved to Saratoga eight years ago, they committed to being involved in the community. That commitment has led to their involvement in many organizations, and together they epitomize the spirit of volunteerism that small rural communities rely on.  

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet