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Carbon County School District No. 2

By Mike Armstrong    

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Future Farmers of America (FFA) for Bow River had their banquet on May 13 with a full house at the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School. 

Besides the food and ceremony, there were also items to be auctioned off which had been made by the Bow River Chapter.

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University of Wyoming

The National Science Foundation (NSF)-University of Wyoming King Air Research Aircraft took a key step in readying itself for its first mission when Avcon Industries Inc. received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) supplemental type certification (STC) approval of the structural and electrical aircraft modifications made by Avcon.

By K.J Schricker

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Saratoga Elementary students had a chance to sharpen their cycling skills and safety awareness during a Bicycle Rodeo held Monday at the Platte Valley Community Center.

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Tena L. Cook, Marketing Coordinator– Chadron State College

Dalton Peterson of Encampment, WY, is a candidate for graduation summa cum laude at Chadron State College with a Bachelor of Arts.

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The stars weren’t just in the sky Saturday night, they were also at the HEM Prom, where students traded cowboy boots for tuxedos and gowns for a night of pure Hollywood glam.

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Emily Lynn Haver

UW Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development

Carbon County

The I-80 Extravaganza hosted its fourth annual beef clinic and jackpot show April 26–27 at the Carbon County Fairgrounds Multi-Plex, drawing young livestock exhibitors from across the region.

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Carbon County CowBelles

On April 17th, Carbon County Fourth Graders attended the 30th Annual Ag Expo hosted by Carbon County CowBelles. The CowBelles believe that the Ag Expo is vital for our county students to learn about agriculture and livestock production. Despite being in rural America, many of these students wouldn’t have the opportunity to be exposed to this vast industry if it were not for this event.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

P.E. teachers Charli Hetherington and Frank Acre at the Rawlins Middle School (RMS) are doing their third annual Color Run to help raise money for their school.

“It benefits the student body at the middle school and the staff,” Hetherington said. “The P.E. department put this fundraiser on. The kids seem to enjoy having this event at the end of the school year.”

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Corbin Williams, a student at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School was selected to be the State of Wyoming’s president of the FCCLA. “FCCLA stands for Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America,” Williams said. “It is based on a national career and technical student organization for young men and women in family and consumer sciences education.”

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Carbon County School District# 1 Food Services 

Carbon County School District #1 Food Services is excited to announce the launch of the SuN Program—formerly known as the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)—to provide free meals to all children ages 18 and younger during the summer months.

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University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming has once again made the list of the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) top 100 universities in the U.S. with the most patents granted.

NAI placed UW at No. 91 on its 2024 “Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents” list schedule for release today (Thursday). UW was 91st as well on NAI’s 2022 list.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

“Science teacher Miss Molly Bagley told me, ‘I would like science students to understand the proportion of our solar system’”, Rawlins Middle School Fine Arts teacher Jamie Chapman said. “You know when you look at most diagrams, it makes the planets seem like they are equidistant, when in fact, Neptune is way out there.”

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University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming and its Manufacturing Works program have received word of a decision by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to withhold federal funding from Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers in 10 states, including Wyoming.