CARBON COUNTY, Wyo. (KREX) – The Carbon County sheriff said the deputy who was critically injured in a shooting in Wyoming saved countless lives after authorities found the gunman had "stockpiled ...

Wyoming sheriff Alex Bakken came to the aid of three teens lost on a mountain peak. The three had gone hiking and went on Medicine Bow Peak. Bakken had been driving when he saw the alert. Realizing ...

CARBON COUNTY — Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken provided an update on the Hanna memorandum of understanding (MOU) during the commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 3. “Each month, we provide a ...

A Carbon County deputy remains in “critical condition” after being shot three times by a man in Baggs on Monday, Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken said in a Wednesday social media post. The deputy, ...

CARBON COUNTY -- Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken held the first public meeting Dec. 5 at Saratoga’s Platte Valley Community Center to introduce the county’s new Avalanche Observation Program in the ...