Last week, I went to the Rawlins Senior Center and I discovered Copper France, President/CEO of the Bank of Commerce, was giving a presentation on scams that he wanted to warn seniors about.

He, Nicole Murray (also of Bank of Commerce) and Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken have also gone to Baggs and Saratoga Senior Centers to warn attendees about scams that are out there and how they work.

Something to Chew On

Virginia Parker

The animal sprinting across your fence line at 60 mph is not actually an antelope. 

It’s a pronghorn. And yet…everyone (including locals) call it an antelope. So what’s the deal!

Putting my science hat on, here’s the real difference! 

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

The other day, I watched one of my favorite movies of all time. It is truly an amazing film and although it won the Golden Globe for best foreign film in 1993 and was nominated for best foreign film at the Academy Awards, I hardly know anyone in Wyoming who has seen it.

It is called ‘Farewell My Concubine’.

Something to Chew On

Virginia Parker

If you’ve spent any time in Wyoming, you’ve probably heard someone say, “We saw a buffalo!”

And then gently or maybe not so gently corrected by someone who’s been waiting their entire life for this exact moment. “Bison”, said with the confidence of someone who owns a snowplow shovel and knows how to use it. 

The first time I went to Nanjing was one of my first times I traveled to China. I ended up going there because of a good friend who was now in Shanghai, whom I had known in Taiwan. Clay was Australian and was a guy who could speak Chinese well and had a strong ambition to get something going on the mainland.

He moved to Shanghai when most residents were still using bicycles to get around. 

Ink & Insight

Dana Davis

It’s no secret that I prefer to stay in the background and run things without needing credit much or titles. I enjoy graphic design; it’s part of what my degree is in. I also enjoy the other parts of creating a newspaper, photography, editing and occasionally writing when the need arises.

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

I have joked more than once, “Am I the only one who saw Terminator?” 

When AI (Artificial Intelligence) first started appearing in my life a couple of years ago, I was concerned because I saw drone technology getting more and more advanced, and I feared that someday a transfer of AI to drones could actually happen.

By Virginia Parker

Carbon County Comet Contributor

“They don’t understand, they’re not locals”. I have heard this comment for years and pondered, “What exactly defines a ‘local’? 

I believe there is an unwritten law of belonging to a community. A local isn’t just about where you live. It’s a mixture of time, behavior and acceptance. 

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

I have been told by residents of Carbon County that it is not the snow and cold that people find hard to live with during winter, but the wind.

I live in Hanna, where it’s often very windy.

Most of the time, I am not bothered by it.

Let's Talk

Henry Nicolle

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

I have a lot of objects that are important to me because they remind me of a time in my life.

Let's Talk

Henry Nicolle

Hello everyone!

Let’s Talk! O r are you saying, “Don’t bother me - I don’t know and I don’t care.”?

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

I went to the Governor’s Conference on Tourism at Little America in Cheyenne from February 22 to 24.

I was fighting a nasty head cold, but the weather was decent and I was eating fresh garlic every 4 or 5 hours-no vampire was going to enjoy my blood. I took vitamins and cold medicine and lay low after classes were over.

Let's Talk

Henry Nicolle

Hello everyone!

Let’s Talk about self-help entrepreneurship and community in our Carbon County small towns. How exactly does that work? Why are entrepreneurship and innovation essential for community prosperity?

I almost had to be dragged to go to Hawaii the first time. 

One of my best friends in life had moved to Maui the year before and he had told me to come for a visit.

At that time in my life, I was fine about going to different places in the Continental States, but I was just not inclined to take a long plane ride overseas. I lived in Washington D.C. My buddy George called me a couple of times and told me I would enjoy Hawaii.