A motorcade of emergency vehicles in Carbon County on Monday honored EMTs Tyeler Harris and Tiffany Gruetzmacher. Harris was killed and Gruetzmacher suffered serious injuries when a semi-truck hit them in a snowstorm as they were responding to a two-vehicle accident.
Less than 36 hours after a semitrailer plowed into a Carbon County ambulance, killing one EMT and critically injuring another, a pair of GoFundMe efforts have raised more than $70,000.
Since a catastrophic failure of its municipal water system in March, the city of Rawlins has faced boil orders, extreme restrictions and has raised water rates by 50%. A recent denial of $7 million in ARPA money another blow as the city struggles with $21 million price tag to fix it.
The City of Rawlins has partially reversed course on levying fines against residents for water over-usage and is no longer encouraging citizens to rat-out their neighbor for water violations.
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Facing yet another shortfall of usable water, the City of Rawlins is done warning people to conserve and now will charge a $250 fine for water over-usage.
A six-month-old baby sustained severe brain damage due to hypothermia after her mother left her for multiple hours in a car in “blizzard like conditions” wearing only a diaper.
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The widespread water system failures that shut down Rawlins schools and businesses last month could happen almost anywhere in Wyoming, according to a state water expert.
A hospital in Rawlins on Sunday became the latest Wyoming institution to be hit with a ransomware attack, officials announced.
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The city of Rawlins announced it will appeal a court decision that ruled it must rehire a firefighter who was terminated last year.
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Rawlins High School officials canceled all of the school’s homecoming-related activities late last week due to a COVID “situation” at the school.
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The town of Rawlins has had more than 865 tons of manure dumped in its landfill so far this year.
Rawlins has much to offer visitors. Stop by one of our historic sites such as the notorious Frontier Prison or the Carbon County Museum. Take a trek downtown for shopping, dining, drinks and more.
