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Food Bank of Wyoming

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Wyoming Secretary of State, Chuck Gray

Longtime Rawlins resident Buddy Barto was recently honored with the Rawlins Community Builder Award in recognition of his exceptional commitment to serving the community he’s always called home.

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Carbon County Sherri’s Office

Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken is lacing up his running shoes for a cause close to home.

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Tuesday Local Market, Laramie,

The Tuesday Local Market returns to Laramie’s Undine Park this summer, running weekly on Tuesdays from July 1 through August 26. Hours are 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. in the southeast corner of the park at 7th and Ord Streets.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Rawlins Downtown Development Authority/Mainstreet (DDA) has kicked off the summer with the first of three planned Shenanigans for the residents of Rawlins, Carbon County and visitors to enjoy.

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University of Wyoming

To better serve Wyoming communities with aging populations, University of Wyoming Extension recently launched a new website.

Known as AGE, an acronym for Adapt, Grow, Empower, the site provides users with resources, information and support for aging with independence, dignity and safety.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

On Memorial Day weekend, the Hanna Senior Center discovered their P.O.W. flag was stolen when it was displayed as a part of the Avenue of the Flags the Center puts up every year to honor the military since the VFW disbanded.

The Center said taking care of the flags is not inexpensive.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Cindy Larson has been in charge of the school buses in the North of Carbon County School District No 2 (CCSD2) for 20 years. She has been driving a school bus for the district for 37 years.

She will be missed.

The North threw her a surprise party at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School May 12 and Larson admits to being surprised.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Memorial Day celebrations in northern Carbon County started with a Memorial ceremony starting at 10 a.m., at a barn on the Palm Ranch. This historical barn is about seven miles from the ghost town of Carbon and its cemetery.

The barn was chosen as the site of the ceremony because the weather had been calling for rain, and the road to the Carbon Cemetery can get messy.

By K.J. Schricker

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Platte Valley VFW gathered together to remind us all of the cost of the liberties we often take for granted. Jason Campbell, Phil Welsh, D’Ron Campbell and Liz Wood presided over the ceremony Monday to honor the fallen in the service of the United States Of America.

By Connie Patterson

Valley Service Organization

It was the best kept secret in town, but members of the Valley Service Organization pulled it off when they awarded their annual “Woman of Distinction” award to one of their own members, Wanda Snell.

By Mike Armstrong    

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Sinclair resident Nancy Pierson is doing something special for Veterans in Rawlins

“I have been a quilter for a long time,” Pierson said. :”I started when my son was born, but I really didn’t start getting into it until I moved to Wyoming when I took a class called Elanor Burns quilt in a day, and I got hooked then.”

By Mike Armstrong    

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Mayor Shannon Fagan has been in her position as mayor for two years and before that she was councilmember for Encampment for four years before that.

Fagan was born in California, grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota and went to college at Arizona State University in Tempe, and after graduating from ASU, she moved to Encampment.

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City of Rawlins

Stanley Bugg was named the recipient of the Rawlins Community Builder Award in recognition of his longtime dedication to the city and its residents.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Saratoga’s mayor, Chuck Davis is very approachable and he wants the citizens he represents to feel comfortable in touching base with him.

“I grew up in the Valley and I was mayor of Encampment for eight years (the town had two year terms), “ Davis said. “I moved to Saratoga and thought about running a couple of times, but didn’t because my job kept me out of town.”