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Memorial Hospital of Carbon County

Memorial Hospital of Carbon County is marking a period of significant progress and transformation, as leadership highlights recent accomplishments that underscore the hospital’s financial recovery, operational improvements, and long-term strategic vision.

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Casper Medical Imaging

The CEO Corner

Dana Gilleland, CEO

North Platte Valley Medical Center

We wanted to first say thank you for all the support you’ve given our new facility in Saratoga, WY. 

Heathy Horizons

Memorial Hospital of Carbon County

Memorial Hospital of Carbon County is pleased to share the 2026-2028 Strategic Business Plan.  This comprehensive plan is designed to strengthen market position, enhance services and experience for patients, and expand and support our valued workforce. 

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Rich Jackson has spent the past three years traveling across Wyoming, bringing an unusual but increasingly popular therapy to residents, their pets, and even ranch animals. His business, Pappy’s Pulse Services, specializes in pulsed electromagnetic field therapy, or PEMF, a non-invasive treatment that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate the body’s cells and promote healing.

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

 The Medicine Bow Health Center will mark National Rural Health Care Day on Wednesday, Nov. 20, with a soft open house for the community. Staff members will wear National Rural Health Day T-shirts and offer light refreshments to visitors.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Going to the hospital is a scary experience for most people. The fear that medical personnel might find something wrong with your body is frightening enough, but the added worry about how to afford treatment makes it even harder.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

In general, there is trepidation in going to a hospital. Stephanie Hinkle, Chief Operating Officer, Foundation Executive Director of Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (MHCC) and Lisa Harding, Patient Advocate, are two employees at MHCC who understand this.

They have different jobs, but both empathize with a person thinking about coming to the hospital for treatment.

By Diane Gore

CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming 

The cost of health care in America is rising faster than most families can afford—and as a health care insurance provider and proud Wyomingite, I’m deeply concerned. Results from a March 2025 Gallup poll showed health care affordability ranked as the second most important concern for Americans—just behind the economy. 

By Dr. Kristel Lessard

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University of Wyoming

The Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA) at the University of Wyoming will offer a Healthy U Leadership training on the UW campus Tuesday-Friday, Sept. 16-19. Training will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each day.

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Memorial Hospital of Carbon County

The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has confirmed a third case of measles in Wyoming. The most recent case is related to an unvaccinated adult from Carbon County. Measles is a highly contagious infection that can cause severe illness. The person was exposed outside of the United States.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The weather has been getting hot lately and making the flora dry. Rattlesnakes are being sighted in Rawlins and Hanna town limits and in truth, rattlers could be found in other Carbon County municipalities.

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Jim Larscheid

Saratoga’s next blood drive with Vitalant is on Tuesday, July 15th, from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm at the Platte Valley Community Center.  The drive is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and will include a slice of fresh, home-baked pie for all donors.  

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Wyoming Academy of Dermatology