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A handful of Carbon County court employees, who didn’t receive raises in 2023 after the county salary board approved them but where then not funded by the county, will see an extra bump in their 2024 ...

Fair wages for Carbon County employees was a discussion the county commissioners and salary board had several times in 2023. At the end of 2022, the board released a new wage scale based on findings o...

Carbon County will see a new county controller. The voters selected Kayla Herman, a Republican, to replace outgoing Controller Mark Sverchek, who chose to not seek reelection. She defeated Democrat Sa...

Salary issues continue in Carbon County. Last week, a former Carbon County employee wanted clarification after the salary board reset the salary for her position. Dan and Wendy Smelas attended the cou...

Carbon County officials are beginning to look at positions that filed appeals following the salary study. On Thursday, the county salary board voted to establish the position of a voter registration s...

Carbon County officials have split opinions on employee retention, pay and living within a budget to avoid raising taxes. On Thursday, the county commissioners and president judge discussed several em...

Several Carbon County row officers spoke out about motions put on the February salary board agenda. The new motions would negate amended motions giving several employees raises above those approved on...

Carbon County officials sparred over the hourly wage the new director of election should be paid. On Thursday, the county salary board differed on what it felt was an acceptable salary for the new dir...

It all comes down to dollars and cents when you are dealing with a budget. But on Thursday, the board of commissioners chose to hold the line and not move additional funds into the already approved 20...

Editor’s note: Due to the size and complexity of the Carbon County annual Salary Board meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, where new salaries were set for all employees, the Times News has broken out de...