The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

Probably one of the best things about traveling and living in different parts of the world is seeing a lot of animals in the wild that I never really imagined I would see, other than maybe in a zoo.   

Hello everyone!

Let’s Talk! Old and new challenges are emerging from our future to become our current realities and liabilities. National and global circumstances are outside our local purview and manipulation. We can, if we have the will, explore remedies to local problems. We can recognize opportunities and respond to challenges. How we might proceed in all this falls under statistical distribution “bell-curves”.

Press Release

Gabriel Green

Sheridan resident Gabriel Green has announced his bid to be the next Governor of Wyoming. With the current establishment of Wyoming politics out of touch with the needs and demands of the people, the time for something different has arrived.

Like many in our state, Gabriel is tired of the dysfunction, corruption, and downright incompetence that have come to define our politics.

I have written a few times about how I worked a summer at the Hotel Wolf and enjoyed myself so much that I bought a townhouse in Saratoga. I did not live in it for more than about 6 weeks before I went to Australia for over a year.

Leaving Australia was hard.

My job was fantastic. 

The bar I oversaw was in one of the most beautiful venues in a town that is one of the top resort towns in Australia. My boss really wanted me to stay and even wanted me to be a partner.

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Henry Nicolle

Hello everyone!

Christmas is over and my purchases for friends and family are concluded. Although I am happy to be done, I am one of those guys who enjoy shopping.

I admit to being a rare breed of male because I not only enjoy it, but I’m good at it. There are a lot of reasons why I suppose.

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

One of the great things about New Year’s holidays is that friends get in touch or I get in touch with them.

This weekend, my buddy Darby Doll and I talked.

Darby lives in Taiwan with his wife and daughter. He is originally from Encampment and he is the person who introduced me to Wyoming and Carbon County some 25 years ago.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

New Year’s Eve is probably one of the days that many people throw caution to the wind and believe they will be okay even if they overindulge in alcohol. It is also a time when people mix alcohol, which is definitely not a good idea.

The Carbon County Travler

Mike Armstrong

The first time I moved to China, it was not to Shanghai or Beijing. I had visited both cities before I moved to Da Lu (meaning big country), the Chinese name for China, but neither is where I first settled.

Before I moved to China, I had recently left Taiwan and was living in Wyoming.

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Holiday and New Year period here in Southern Wyoming’s small towns!

Peace and prosperity in 2026 remain in that gray realm between uncertainty and mystery. Reality is not in our control, but you and I, with our friends and neighbors, are more or less isolated from the travails endured by our multi-millions of inhabitants trapped in big cities.

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

My dang front tooth has decided it is not going to hold a filling. There just is not enough of it to keep one.

I have to say this is not because Dr. David Scott out of Saratoga has not tried brilliantly to make this filling last, but after a third time of it coming out, I have to raise the white flag and listen to what my dentist tells me are my options.

By Alex Bakken  

Carbon County Sheriff

On the 16th of December 2025, the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office officially entered a Law Enforcement Services MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Town of Baggs. Per the terms of the agreement, the Town of Baggs will receive twenty (20) hours of Carbon County Sheriff’s Office patrol coverage per month, in addition to emergency response to 911 calls. 

Growing up, I was blessed to have two families that wanted my sister and me to have great Christmases.

My father and mother remarried when I was five, and I don’t believe it was an amicable divorce. Neither of my parents were fond of the other’s spouse and there were often little battles. So there was a little competition when it came to birthdays and Christmas presents.

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Henry Nicolle

Guilty as charged! Yep, I did it. I expressed my displeasure with the increasingly intolerable rule of institutional command and control over individual life that is purported to be in the “Interest and for the Benefit of the Public”. “To Protect and Serve”, is the generic motto, regardless of the reality of the actual performance.

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

I enjoyed being considered one of the smartest kids in my class in elementary school. In 4th grade, I was put in a 4th/5th class and I did well.

In 6th grade, I got excellent grades and I had a voice that had me singing solos. I was a fairly happy kid and I even enjoyed a bit of popularity with classmates and teachers.