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Union members from United Steel Workers local 15320 Showed their support for a fair contract Thursday afternoon. Approximately 70 union members and their supporters gathered near the intersection of Wyo. Highway 374 and Allied Chemical Road, leading to the Tata Chemicals facility. The people weren't striking or protesting, hosting a rally to show their support for a fair contact. According to one of the union members, Brett Hood, provisions in the new contract Tata Chemicals wants workers to sig...
The rift between the county commissioners and the board of trustees at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County appears to be closing. Through a joint media release, the county commissioners and hospital board announced making a number of agreements in regards to the interpretations of state statutes the two groups have argued over. According to the release, the hospital board will transfer ownership of the former College Hill Women’s Health Center at 1200 College Drive in Rock Springs to the c...
A serial killer suspected of a 1977 murder in Sweetwater County won’t be extradited to face charges here. Last week, Sweetwater County Attorney Daniel Erramouspe announced Rodney Alcala won’t be extradited from California due to his health. Alcala is in the hospital wing of Corcoran Penitentiary in Corcoran, Calif., and is unable to leave without medical support. Alcala is accused of the 1977 murder of 28-year-old Christine Ruth Thornton, of San Antonio, Texas. Thornton’s remains were found nort...
The Green River High School football team left Torrington one step closer to a state title last week, beating the Trailblazers 27-21. While Torrington took an early lead over the Wolves, the Wolves would claw their way back to a tie with a touchdown pass from Chance Hofer to Drew Wilson, ending in a 59-yard run. After the PAT, the Wolves would struggle to find the endzone the rest of the half, but continued scoring with well-placed field goals kicked by Hofer, ending the half 13-7 in the...
A emotional courtroom audience heard the sentence handed down in the case of Jacob Tripplet. He’ll be going to prison and won’t be getting out any time soon. Triplett pleaded no contest in May to six felony charges, including second-degree murder, related to the abuse and neglect of his four children. He was sentenced to between 128 and 166 in prison, 40-50 years of which will be served concurrently and 88-116 years will be served consecutively. Triplett was initially charged with fir...
A 22-year-old pool record was shattered during the Last Chance Meet in Green River last week. The record was in the 200-yard freestyle relay and was set by Avery Otto-Horn, Sydni Sanders, Alexis King and Ashley Jensen. They finished the relay with a time of 1:43.53. Head girls swimming coach Colleen Seiloff said the team wasn’t able to qualify more swimmers during the meet, but the team still posted solid times throughout the meet. The girls took first in the 200-yard freestyle relay as well. In...
The decision to release a lien on the Tomahawk Hotel was tabled again as the city waits for assurance it will receive a $100,000 payment if the building is sold. A legal question regarding two agreements Green River Futures Inc., the owner of the building, made with the city is at the center of the issue. In 2009, the city entered into one agreement with the economic-development organization to utilize funding from the Wyoming Business Council to buy and renovate the historic hotel. That...
A 640-acre solar-energy project, which would be located 11 miles northwest of Green River, is attempting to get off the ground in Sweetwater County. The project is being fronted by Sweetwater Solar, LLC., a subsidiary of the Hanwha Group, a company that manufactures solar cells and develops solar energy projects. Betsey Biesty, a representative of the Hanwha Group, said the company is from South Korea and has been involved in more than 35 utility-scale projects. The company works primarily in...
A late-night exploration through the haunted library gets serious when the explorers are trapped in a puzzle-filled room. Teens had a chance to take on the Haunted Library Escape Room Thursday night at the Sweetwater County Library. Escape rooms are popular mind games tasking a group of people to figure out how to escape a room filled with logic puzzles within a set time limit. Youth Services Librarian Stacey Palmer said she worked on the puzzles for about a month on and off; and had other...
The Green River High School girls swimming team showed they were a force to be reckoned with at the 4A West Regional swim meet. Having a chance to swim in their home pool, the girls ended the competition with the regional championship. The girls had a number great finishes in the competition, including a few first-place finishes. Green River's A Team in the 200-yard medley relay took first the event with a time of 1:55.53 in the finals. They finished at 1:56:68 in the preliminaries. Sophomore...
Wyoming voters will have a tough choice on their ballots Nov. 8 when deciding if they want Liz Cheney or Ryan Greene to represent the state in Washington, D.C. Cheney, who came out ahead of a nine-person field for the Republican nomination in August, has certainly poised herself to make a strong push during the last month of the campaign, having generated more than $1.4 million in donations. One question voters should ask themselves is if Cheney is more interested in speaking for Wyoming, as...
With a successful and historic tennis season under his belt, head coach Phil Harder was recently recognized as the regional tennis coach of the year for both the girls and boys teams. The Green River High School math teacher was recognized Tuesday night during the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 board meeting. Harder brought his assistant coaches, as well as much of the team, to recognize the hard work everyone put in throughout the season. Harder said it makes his job easy when he has...
The Wolves' undefeated streak ended in Afton Friday night, falling to the Braves 20-7. In a rematch of the 3A State Championship last year, the Wolves responded to the Braves' physical play style, with the Wolves defense stopping a number of plays that gave them trouble during the championship game. Despite that strong effort, the Wolves still struggled in its special teams plays, with short punts giving the Braves great field position at the start of their possessions. The Braves were able to...
A trip to Gillette gave the Green River High School girls swimming team a chance to get accustomed to the pool they will swim in at state, as well as a chance to compete against many of the other schools across the state. The girls swam in the Gillette Friday and Saturday, taking fifth in Gillette Invite. The Lady Wolves finished behind Campbell County High School, Laramie High School, Sheridan High School and Cheyenne Central High School. During the pre-invite Friday, the Lady Wolves ranked...
Mascots are a silly concept and it’s even sillier how much people can associate with them. An often cartoonish character, and just as often presented in a very masculine depiction, they’re often the representation of a group or region, though in some cases, they just don’t make a lot of sense. Take the Rock Springs tigers for example. A city founded on coal and mining, the high school’s mascot is a tiger, an animal common to much of Asia. While attending RSHS, I never put much thought into the h...
Students, parents and teachers walked into the high school gym, many of them with shocked looks on their faces. A few had tears in their eyes as they hugged and reminisced, wearing camouflage out of respect for their friend. Green River High School hosted a remembrance for Maicy Braden, the 17-year-old student killed in a vehicle crash in Green River last Monday morning. Students filled the bleachers as they listened to Principal Darrin Howard and welding teacher Tom Wilson speak to the...
Surrounded by her students, Jackson Elementary School Principal Stacey Court waited for the inevitable. The students, armed with cans of silly string, let her have it. In a few short moments, Court was covered in webs of neon colored sting. What some may consider the ultimate way of getting back at the principal was actually a reward for students meeting fundraising goals during a recent Jackson PTO sales drive. Students were tasked with selling items to friends, family and neighbors, with the p...
A 17-year-old Green River High School student died in a crash on Flaming Gorge Way Monday morning According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Maicy Braden was driving a 2002 Chrysler 300 at the intersection of Flaming Gorge Way and Uinta Drive. Braden was traveling south and attempted to drive through a red light when her vehicle was struck by a 2006 Volvo commercial truck driving west on Flaming Gorge Way, driven by 38-year-old Travis Holcombe, of Wisconsin. Another vehicle, a 2001 Ford van...
With almost any bid for public office, running a campaign means spending money. Candidates buy signs, advertising and mailers. Some go as far as to host parties announcing campaign kick-offs, completely catered. At the end of the primaries, candidates are required to file their contributions to the county clerk’s office, reporting what they spend and what was given to them. For candidates for the city of Green River, spending was kept to below $1,000 in those races. Robert Berg, who runs a...
In the race for Wyoming’s lone House of Representatives Seat in Washington, D.C., much of the money donated has gone to Republican candidate Liz Cheney. According to the Federal Election Commission filings, Cheney has raised more than $1.4 million in her bid to represent the Cowboy State, more than 14 times the $98,540 amount raised by her opponent, Democrat Ryan Greene. Contributions to Cheney’s campaign in Wyoming total $287,786, representing 19.6 percent of her total contributions. The fil...
The Green River High School tennis teams ended their season in Gillette during the weekend, finishing with great showings in both the boys and girls divisions. The boys team finished third overall, with the team of Andrew Halverson and Cody Lee winning the state title in the Doubles No. 2 bracket. Gregory and Patrick Marchal, defending state champions in doubles last year, reached the finals but fell to their opponents from Gillette. Coach Phil Harder said the Marchals’ last match was i...
The Lady Wolves Volleyball team had a rough afternoon at home against the Lady Plainsmen from Laramie High School. Green River was defeated, dropping three sets to Laramie, 25-22, 25-17 and 25-19. Throughout the match, Green River struggled to maintain a lead, as well as the varying offensive attacks the Lady Plainsmen utilized, frequently put the girls in a hole they were unable to escape from. The girls also were handed a loss in Evanston, coming up short in three sets. The Lady Wolves will...
A surprise donation to the Green River Knights American Legion baseball team came as a result of an article published by the American Legion. Saturday, the Tom Whitmore Post No. 28 gave a $200 check to the baseball team initially sent to the post by Anthony Bialy, a veteran in Illinois. A letter from Bialy praised the post on the work done to rejuvenate itself from a dormant organization. “Do you really understand what you people did about building up your post,” Bialy wrote in the letter. “Yo...
A proposal from Gov. Matt Mead’s office would result in access to more water in the Fontenelle Reservoir, but requires the reservoir to be drained during construction. Representatives from the state hosted a meeting Monday evening to discuss an upcoming study about the proposal. The proposed project is one of many reservoir projects the state is interested in pursuing, all of which are part of the state’s water strategy, which was originally released in 2015. The Fontenelle project would arm...
For Donna Little-Kaumo, Thursday presented her with something she hadn’t faced during her 10 years in Green River. Thursday morning, the state received an email detailing a wide-reaching bomb threat involving multiple state and local government buildings, as well as unnamed schools. “There are 50 pounds of RDX and PETN plastic explosives hidden across 40 Wyoming schools, and 10 schools have had their fire sprinkler systems filled with napalm,” the anonymous email stated. “Today Wyoming will be...
