Carbon County Deputy Fire Warden Ron Brown addresses the Board of Carbon County Commissioners regarding the future of the Emergency Management Coordinator position. Brown has served as the interim EMC for Caron County since John Zeiger’s abrupt departure in mid-June 2019.

County considers changes to Emergency Management Coordinator position

County officials are back at the drawing board, figuring how to define and fill the position of Emergency Management Coordinator.

Big fires, search and rescue missions and other incidents since then have made first responders and others reconsider the part-time status of the job. Cali O’Hare has more.

 

 

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Encampment raises concerns over landfill billing

In Encampment, officials have concerns about the centralized billing system that the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal wants to implement for all valley communities next year.

The district’s board members discussed the town’s concerns at their last meeting. Emma Diercks has the story.

 

 

Click here to view the projects the City of Rawlins has spent its Wyoming Community Gas disbursements on over the years.

Click here to view the projects the City of Rawlins has spent its Wyoming Community Gas disbursements on over the years.

Wyoming Community Gas project postponed

In Rawlins: Because two members of the City Council were absent from last Tuesday’s meeting, a decision on what project to develop with this year’s money from the Wyoming Community Gas fund was postponed.

A formal designation must be made by the end of this month. Cali O’Hare has more.

 

 

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Saratoga urges businesses to shovel snow

In Downtown Saratoga, businesses on Bridge Street are reminded to shovel their sidewalks.

The Saratoga Public Works department has hot water running under the curbs of the sidewalks again, but the heated system is not melting all the snow on the walkways. Emma Diercks reports.

 

 

Sports: Pokes head south for Arizona Bowl

The University of Wyoming football team will play in their third Bowl in four years as they have accepted a bid to play in the Nova Loans Arizona Bowl.

Joey Saverine reports.

 

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