🌱 Where Rawlins stands on city finances and street projects

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In today's newsletter:

• Where Rawlins stands on city finances and street projects
• Rawlins hunter finds meaning in an elk hunt gone wrong

Also on today's calendar: Rawlins Lions and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 56 and low of 27 degrees.
• Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 60, low: 27.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 57 and low of 31 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Rawlins Council Hears Quarterly Financial Report (bigfoot99.com) — Rawlins finished five city projects under budget, and first-quarter revenue is close to a quarter of its annual target, Finance Director Laura Malone reported. Voters also renewed the Fifth Penny sales tax, preserving a funding source worth $3.4 million annually to the city as it plans further street and public-safety investments.
   

• Hunter Says Losing Meat Was Worth Ending Elk's Suffering From Old Bullet Wounds (cowboystatedaily.com) — Rawlins hunter Jacob Paintin hoped a Halloween elk hunt would replace game meat lost when his freezer failed. Instead, he says the bull's infections and lead fragments left no usable meat. Paintin takes comfort in ending the animal's suffering, a lesson in hunting ethics he wants to share with his sons.
   

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📸 Around Rawlins

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rawlins

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday November 12

• NRA Action Pistol League →
  1616 Harshman St., Rawlins

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• Rawlins Lions →
  Cactus Jack's at the Peppermill, Hwy 287, Rawlins
  12:15 pm

Friday November 13

• TIPS Training →
  Training Center, 501 1/2 E. State St., Rawlins
  9:00 am

Monday November 16

• Rawlins DDA Board Meeting →
  116 4th Street, Rawlins
  4:30 pm

Tuesday November 17

• City Council Meeting →
  521 W. Cedar, Rawlins
  6:00 pm

Wednesday November 18

• Rochelle Ranch Golf Course Advisory Board Meeting →
  Rochelle Ranch Golf Course Pro Shop, 2808 E. Rochelle Drive, Rawlins
  6:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• NRA Action Pistol League →
  1616 Harshman St., Rawlins
• Police Civil Service Commission →
  215 5th Street, Rawlins
  4:00 pm

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📣 Rawlins Shout Outs!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Gateway Foundation, Inc. posted a job opening for Institutional CD Tech in Rawlins. Apply here.
• Stinker Stores posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager in Rawlins. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rawlins here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Casper Mountain

• Casper PD Incident Report logs (11/6/26-11/9/26) (oilcity.news)

Mills

• Natrona County gas prices drop 21 cents as national average tiptoes $4 (oilcity.news)
• A New Taco Johns Means New Jobs In Casper (k2radio.com)

Casper

• Pentatonix's Kirstin Maldonado teases Christmas hope, happiness and harmony for upcoming Casper show (oilcity.news)
• Zack Scott Wins Casper Anthem Contest With County One (k2radio.com)
• Casper man refuses to appear in court after alleged Sunday night chase that totaled parked truck (oilcity.news)

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Ok Rawlins! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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