Steve Sanger repeatedly told his colleagues at the Rawlins City Council that he didn’t want to be nominated for the Community Builder award.

They didn’t listen. Earlier this month, he was honored with the award at a city council meeting. The award is given monthly to Rawlins residents who work to improve the community.

On Dec. 1, 1925, the Carbon County Public Library was officially created. What started as a fledgling library of around 1,200 books available in the Carbon Building has grown to a major system that includes branches in Saratoga, Encampment and Medicine Bow.

A public meeting regarding a potential Boys and Girls Club being built and operated in Saratoga was held on Monday evening in the Saratoga Elementary School cafeteria.

Four Saratoga Panthers wrestled their way to a podium placing during the Carbon County Invite last Friday.

Freshman Penelope Anderson continued her successful season by taking gold at 105 pounds in front of a hometown crowd.

Tuesday Talks began in 2022 with Leslie Johnson hosting a variety of speakers and topics of interest at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC). The program was created for people in the Valley to get out and talk to one another following the lockdown of the COVID era.

On Feb. 3, Liz Wood and son, Joshua Wood, ignited the 2026 series with the program “Vietnam — 50 Years Later” by Bob Herring.

The Town of Riverside will begin working on applications for short term rentals following the February 12 meeting of the Riverside Town Council.

David Bowie wrote a song in 1972 about changes in our lives and how, every time he thought he had things figured out, they changed. The wind is like a change in our lives. Constantly moving, blowing from one direction to another, we cannot stop it; we can feel it, but we cannot see it.

Last week, we touched on the subject of baptism, and this week I thought we could follow up with a chat about communion. For those who are Christians, the church ordinance of communion is a sacred and spiritually personal event. In some circles, the Lord’s Supper is referred to as a sacrament, while others call it an ordinance, depending on the theological tradition.

The neighboring municipalities of Riverside and Encampment—along with the Sierra Madre Water Joint Powers Board—are working on establishing a more codified approach to sharing water with each other following a recent call from the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office.