Carbon County News

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.

A Carbon County judge has denied a request from the owners of a Rawlins motel for permission to reopen their business despite a finding by city inspectors that the building's wiring may pose a fire hazard.

The Little Snake River is rising but dikes are preventing flooding in the town of Baggs so far.

The Wyoming Frontier Prison in Rawlins draws between 15,000 and 17,000 visitors annually on average.

The Sierra Club is seeking stronger emission limits for Medicine Bow Fuel & Power's proposed coal-to-gasoline refinery in Carbon County.

To help prevent hantavirus infection, Wyoming Department of Health officials are reminding Wyoming citizens to be mindful of rodent droppings as they clean garages, campers, cabins, hay stacks and barns this spring.A a oeAnything that puts you in contact with rodent urine, droppings, saliva or nesting materials can place you at risk for infection,a ...

A 22-year-old man drowned in the Little Robbers Gulch Reservoir in Carbon County over the weekend.

A 31-year-old Spanish Springs man died last week on a snowy, Wyoming highway and his two stepdaughters were critically injured when a trailer truck slammed into their car at 70 mph.

Prosecutors in Carbon County have filed three felony counts against the driver of a tractor-trailer that crashed into a car on Interstate 80, killing a man and injuring two children.

Wyominga s State Historical Records Advisory Board has awarded five grants to help with the management and preservation of historical records in Wyoming.

Elk Mountain - " Those in law enforcement know that there is not any such thing as a "routine" traffic stop.

The Power Co. of Wyoming says the construction and operation of 2 major wind farms in south-central Wyoming will create more than 1,000 jobs.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Wyoming ramps up power-line effort to carry wind-generated power Wind farms in Wyoming will generate thousands of new megawatts of power over the next decade, and there are plans afoot to build a 776-mile-long, high-voltage transmission line to carry that power from the Cowboy State, originating ...

Teton County's unemployment rate rose by more than most other counties in the state in January, according to data released Wednesday.

While many in Wyoming may curse the seemingly incessant wind, Carbon County is planning to celebrate it.

Memorial Hospital of Carbon County has laid off seven workers in the past month.

A Rawlins woman, 77-year-old Mary C. Cisneros, stepped off the sidewalk along the I-80 business loop in Rawlins on Sunday, February 8, and was struck and killed by an oncoming car driven by 82-year-old Irene ...

A Rawlins woman, 77-year-old Mary C. Cisneros, stepped off the sidewalk along the I-80 business loop in Rawlins last Sunday, and was struck and killed by an oncoming car driven by 82-year-old Irene Bauman, also ...

When a sheriff from County Durham was shot dead in America's Wild West, his outlaw killer was shown no mercy.