Carbon County News

A new editor is heading the newsroom at the Rawlins Daily Times. Jesse Mullen was named editor of the paper and started the job Monday.

A company has been selected to manage the financially troubled hospital in Rawlins.

Four more fatalities have been reported by the Wyoming Highway Patrol. Fatals #110, 111 Fatals #110 and 111 died November 5 three miles west of Afton, after an accident on WYO 238.

Authorities say a former Rawlins police captain wanted on criminal charges has been located in Afghanistan.

Carbon County authorities are looking for a former Rawlins police captain who had been accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in the mid-1990s. Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson says Lee Meacham is a fugitive.

Carbon County prosecutors say they won't file any charges after a 6-year-old boy accidentally shot his 4-year-old brother during a family camping trip.

Officials with Rocky Mountain Power have set a meeting for Tuesday in Medicine Bow to discuss two possible routes for the proposed Gateway West transmission line.

Local and state officials are asking Sinclair Refinery to do a better job of notifying them when emergencies occur at its petroleum refinery located about six miles east of Rawlins.

The Carbon County Planning Commission has given Rocky Mountain Power permission to build a new substation.

The state Industrial Siting Council has granted a one-year delay for starting construction of a $2 billion coal-to-gasoline plant near Medicine Bow in Carbon County because the project's developer needs more time to work out financing.

Jackson Hole, Wyo.-The future of wind development in Wyoming depends on the politics surrounding a small pheasant-like bird, and taxes.

Carbon County's road superintendent says construction of a $1.7 million bypass around Sinclair is ahead of schedule.

A judge ruled prosecutors can proceed with the case of a man accused of attempted murder after allegedly shooting another man nine times.

Elk Mountain is celebrating its 100th birthday. The Carbon County town will hold a parade, a dance and numerous other events this weekend to mark the anniversary of the town's incorporation.

A Wyoming Highway Patrol drug detection K-9 alerted its handler to the presence of contraband during a traffic stop on Friday afternoon.

Ranchers from the Little Snake River and Encampment River valleys will be recognized during the 2009 Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering July 17-19. Nominees for this year's Pioneer Award are Shorty Ballard and Betty Merrill of Encampment, Wyo., plus Lee and Donna Jons of Baggs, Wyo.

Carbon County Democrats are looking for a replacement for retired state Sen. Bill Vasey.

Construction is expected to start in August on a new elementary school in Rawlins that could eventually replace three existing schools.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal has named Laramie County Circuit Judge Thomas Eugene Campbell to the county's District Court bench.

Bail has been set at $1 million for a Rawlins man accused of robbing another man at knifepoint, selling drugs and trying to intimidate a witness.