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Green River High School’s grapplers took on some of the best teams Idaho has to offer last weekend, with the varsity squad coming out on top. The Wolves wrestling team traveled to Idaho Falls, Idaho, for the Tiger-Grizz tournament, hosted by Skyline High School. The varsity wrestlers dominated their division, taking first with 243.5 points. Columbia High School, also based in Idaho, took second in the tournament with 229 points. The tournament also ended with three Wolves becoming champions in t...
Despite a loss against the Evanston Red Devils, the Green River High School Boys Basketball team was able to bounce back against Jackson and end the weekend with a win. The team’s 45-29 loss to Evanston came with a few silver linings. Head coach Laurie Ivie said the team tweaked their defense to handle the Red Devils’ top three scorers. Red Devil Hunter Hicks was held to one point, while his teammates Jesse Barker was held to five points and Nathan Welling was kept scoreless. Ivie said Bar...
The boys swimming team put on a great performance at their home pool Saturday. The Wolves were able to qualify one more swimmer to the state competition in Gillette while a diver and another swimmer were able to set a new pool record in their events. The state qualifier in the 100 butterfly is Logan Johnson while Keyan Moore set the pool record in diving, scoring 434.5 points in the event and taking first place for GRHS. Brendan Bloomquist set the pool record in the 100 breaststroke with a time...
City department heads and council representatives will start working on the new budget at the end of the month and already face a few challenges. The Green River City Council approved the placement of Gary Killpack and Lisa Maes on the city’s budget committee Tuesday night. For Killpack, his placement is a chance to be both a liaison to the rest of the city council, as well as have a small part in crafting the budget. Killpack served on the committee last year and hopes they will have enough f...
The Green River High School wrestlers had a chance to compete at home for the first time this year and they did not disappoint. The Wolves hosted the annual Thoman wrestling tournament, featuring teams from Colorado, Nebraska, Utah and Wyoming. The boys won seven of the eight duals they competed in and placed four wrestlers in the unique Best of the Best competition. Unfortunately for the team, a close 32-30 loss to Uintah High School from Vernal, Utah, resulted in the Wolves taking second at...
Competing for the first time in nearly a month, the Green River High School boys basketball team ended a trip to the eastern side of Wyoming with a 60-49 loss at the hands of Cheyenne South and a win over the Laramie Plainsmen 69-49. Head coach Laurie Ivie said the loss against Cheyenne South resulted from playing impatient offense. She said the boys were unable to score the points they needed and gave their opponents too many second-chance shots. Ivie said the boys hadn’t competed in four w...
The boys continue to post great times for Green River High School. The boys swimming and diving team competed in Cheyenne at Cheyenne East Saturday. The team finished sixth with 104 points, ending behind Gillette, Laramie, Kelly Walsh, Rock Springs and Scottsbluff, Neb. Michael Richmond continues to shine in the pool, taking first in the 100-yard fly with a time of 55.43. He also finished second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:47.85 and was part of the 200-yard medley relay team finishing...
The first snow day in more than 30 years last week has resulted in another day getting added to the school calendar in Green River. The Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board voted unanimously to add a school day on May 25, which now replaces May 24 as the last day of school. The following staff days after the final day of school were also adjusted to accommodate the change. The district will decide next month how the snow day will impact the McKinnon school’s schedule as its calendar d...
A sudden termination of an agreement between Castle Rock Hospital District and Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has left administrators at CRHD surprised. “The affiliation was terminated without cause,” CRHD CEO Bailie Dockter said in a media release. “We were surprised by the news, as (MHSC) had never informed us of any dissatisfaction with the affiliation. Because of our commitment to patients, we would have promptly and conscientiously addressed any the hospital’s concerns.” The agree...
A Rock Springs City Councilman believes increased internet shopping has resulted in sales tax declines seen in both Green River and Rock Springs. David Halter, a councilman who works as the information technology director for the Sweetwater County Combined Communication Joint Powers Board, said sales tax revenue, which has declined in Sweetwater County for the past several years, has fallen partly due to the oil and gas industry not making large purchases within the county. However, Halter also...
Competing against the best teams from Colorado and Utah, the Wolves grapplers were able to finish tournament competition in Vernal, Utah, with fourth place in the varsity division and eighth in junior varsity. In varsity, Gage Byers finished first in his division, while Cyro Montoya and Jordan Tucker took second. Ira Dickinson and Kaycee Cochrane finished fifth, Nathan McCann and Blake Waite finished sixth and Justin Flores took seventh. Others competing in varsity were Kade Knezovich, Eric Clin...
At a time when most people are either in bed or just waking up to start their day, a dedicated group of athletes are already honing their skills. Wednesday morning, swimmers in Green River’s USA Swim team were in the Green River High School Aquatics Center pool at 5:30 a.m., starting an hour-long practice involving swimming fundamentals. The program’s most dedicated swimmers meet at the pool three times a week: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The swim team is open to children as young as fiv...
To lease or not to lease was a question before the Green River City Council Tuesday night. The council debated if it should allow the Green River Police Department the ability to lease two patrol vehicles to replace two vehicles totaled by lightning damage earlier this year, ultimately approving the request unanimously. Insurance pay outs were made to both vehicles, which totaled almost $45,000, though wouldn’t have been enough to cover the cost of the two vehicles. According to GRPD Chief C...
Sweetwater County is siding with a growing group of concerned residents and organizations against the idea of a transfer of federal lands to the state government. A battle over public lands has brewed since legislators introduced a bill proposing a constitutional amendment which would transfer federal lands to the state. The amendment will be debated in the upcoming legislative session in Cheyenne, where it’s expected to be one of the major issues the legislature will tackle. The county has m...
For Coree Bybee, opening a restaurant was something she has always wanted to do. The name was something that came easily to her. The viaduct, the long bridge spanning the railroad tracks, has been a symbol of the community and something Bybee played on as a child. That symbol would be the name for her Viaduct Grill, which opened in late November. Bybee grew up in Green River and despite leaving the city a few times throughout her life, she always came back. She returned most recently six years...
Friday night was a night of dinner and dancing for Green River's seniors. The night before New Years Eve, the Golden Hour Senior Center hosted an early party, allowing seniors a chance ring in the new year with friends. With a new year, people have a chance to start a New Year's resolution and the people celebrating at GHSC are no different. One reveler, Tim LaBoria, said he plans to continue writing and seeks to get involved with the community while his mother, 91-year-old Ruth Casey, said she...
The last year was a busy one in Green River. During the elections, Mark Peterson decided to seek higher office as a Sweetwater County commissioner and declined to run for his spot on the Green River City Council. That decision resulted in a race between Tom Murphy and Ken Ball. Murphy ultimately defeated Ball in the General Election. “He’s a nice young man, I’m happy he did as well as he did,” Murphy said after the election. Brett Stokes lost his re-election bid to Robert Berg. Berg said the rac...
In 2016, one word dominated the headlines and discussion throughout local governments: funding. While the Green River City Council has dealt with decreased revenues for the past several years, the issue spread to the Sweetwater County government after a decline in the county’s valuation resulted in a 20 percent decline in the 2016-2017 budget. Wally Johnson and the other commissioners told residents layoffs would be a last resort and held true to that statement as county employees were not e...
Sweetwater County might be the site for a new gun manufacturing facility. During an update given to both the Green River City Council and Sweetwater County Commissioners Tuesday, Kayla McDonald, the business development manager for the Sweetwater Economic Development Coalition, said a company plans to scout possible locations this Spring for their facility. The manufacturer, though unnamed, is looking at the county after the SEDC responded to a Wyoming Business Council lead named Project Arms. A...
Secretary of State Ed Murray visited Green River to talk about the state’s upcoming challenges and opportunities, as well as speak with local officials about Sweetwater County. Murray said he was invited to speak to members of the Green River Chamber of Commerce after attending the annual Cajun Shrimp Boil during Riverfest in August. Murray believes Wyoming at a point of reckoning, where it will have to address the boom and bust economic cycles it has dealt with during the past several d...
Competing against some of the best teams in Colorado, the Green River High School wrestlers ended competition in Grand Junction, Colo., and Fruita, Colo., with a seventh-place finish for the varsity team and a sixth-place finish for the junior varsity squad. Varsity wrestlers competed against 41 teams, while the JV team competed against 17. Head coach Marshall Rhodes said the team continues to improve, though admits the wrestlers need to work harder. “We have a few guys that are improving and w...
A well-attended contractor meeting for the $6 million renovation project at Lincoln Middle School and the Wilson Elementary School building gives the administrators hope for competitive bids. Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo said the project is the largest school project in the state at this time. She said construction projects around the state have slowed due to the state’s economy. As a result, a number of contractors have expressed interest in the project, a situation that could be a...
For some, he’s a coach; while for many others he’s a teacher. A longtime Green River educator was recently awarded with a unique honor that comes with one of the symbols of the Cowboy State. Rick Barker, a physical education teacher at Monroe Intermediate School recently received the Pax Ricketts Award from the Wyoming Association for Health and Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. While many awards come with a plaque honoring the individual, the Pax Ricketts Award brings with it a Ste...
It takes a lot to stay on top and Marshall Rhodes, head coach of the Green River High School Wrestling team, understands the other 4A teams will be gunning for the Wolves this season. The defending state champs has a lot of returning members, including individual champions Jordan Tucker, Gage Byers and Cyro Montoya. Returning with those three are Justin Flores, Nathan McCann, Kaycee Cochrane, Eric Clingenpeel and Blake Waite. Rhodes said the greatest strengths the team has is the number of...
Competing against teams from Utah, Nevada and Wyoming, the Wolves wrestling team took second at their first competition of the season in Evanston. The Wolves scored 206 points, falling behind the squad from Bear River, Utah, which scored 269 points. "For the most part, I am satisfied with the effort that the wrestlers put out this weekend, they didn't give up in matches and competed pretty hard," head coach Marshall Rhodes said. Individually, members placed well. In varsity competition, Cyro Mon...
