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University of Wyoming

For those interested in learning more about herping -- how to find amphibians and reptiles in their native habitat -- the University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute will host Matt Rasmussen Tuesday, March 31.

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University of Wyoming

A study led by McKenna Litynski, a recent Ph.D. graduate in anthropology and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Wyoming, confirms that ancient needles and awls enabled humans to survive in cold climates and shows these tools served a variety of purposes beyond clothing production, from medicine to ceremony.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

At the Carbon County Commissioners board meeting on March 17, there were observers.

They were students from Rawlins High School getting college credit for attending the meeting.

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University of Wyoming

Twenty-four students from across Wyoming will have an opportunity this summer to explore the interdisciplinary sciences as they relate to a mission to Mars during the Teton STEM Academy July 12-19 on the University of Wyoming campus.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

At the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School, FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) gave presentations.

All were excellent.

One report that grabbed the audience’s attention was vaping.

It was authored and presented by Slevyn Pelt, Naythen Atencio, and Corbin Williams.

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University of Wyoming

We may not yet be seeking medical care from hologram doctors as envisioned by the “Star Trek: Voyager” television series of the 1990s, but the medical field is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in patient care. How, then, do the responses given by AI chatbots compare to those of flesh-and-blood doctors?

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University of Wyoming

Select middle school students will have an opportunity this summer to explore traveling to and colonizing planets during the Windy Ridge Foundation Astro Camp Sunday-Saturday, July 12-18, on the University of Wyoming campus.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

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Josalyn Miller–District Head Cook, CCSD#2

Carbon County School District 2 Food Service is inviting area ranchers and livestock producers to take part in its Ranch to School initiative, “Donate a Beef, Feed Our Future.”

The district has been awarded a state processing grant for locally donated beef and is seeking donations of cows, bulls, steers or heifers to be used in school meals throughout the district.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

For the second year in a row, there is something fishy going on in a classroom at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Middle/High School.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Carbon County towns have some amazing restaurants that are often said to be as good as any you could find in Denver or any large metro area.

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CCSD No. 2 School District

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Robert Waggener – Archivist at UW’s American Heritage Center

Few University of Wyoming fans know that Pistol Pete began not as a Cowboy, but as a Spartan warrior who nearly sparked a riot at UW’s War Memorial Stadium.

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University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from Carbon County at the completion of the 2025 fall semester.