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As everyone knows at this point, members of the county’s SWAT team completely failed when they conducted a raid at a wrong address in Green River nearly three weeks ago. Unfortunately, the Green River Police Department’s response after the incident is also a failure, especially considering the severity of the issue. Sure, people have poked fun at the incident, with a few suggesting the department require its officers a degree in forestry to help them differentiate between the tree streets, the...
Two Lady Wolves earned all-conference honors at the end of the basketball season. Taylor Stoeger and Emily White were named all-conference selections last week by the Wyoming High School Activities Association. The WHSAA did not name any of the boys players in their all-conference selection. Head basketball coach Rick Carroll said White showed great work ethic throughout the summer, working in the weight room and on the court. She averaged 13 points a game for the Lady Wolves and had what Carrol...
A railroad incident resulting in two trains derailing on a Union Pacific line near Granger late Monday evening is still under investigation. According to Calli Hite, a spokesperson for the Union Pacific Railroad, the incident occurred at about 9:45 p.m. and did not involve serious or life-threatening injuries. The two trains involved were a coal train and a intermodal train. Hite said intermodal trains are used to carry stacked freight as part of a larger transportation system to distribute...
In a single vote, delegates attending the Sweetwater GOP's county convention decided to support Sen. Ted Cruz as their preferred presidential nominee. With a total of 45 votes, Cruz secured a majority of county delegates. Rock Springs resident Nolan Leatham was selected to support Cruz and be one of 29 Wyoming delegates sent to the Republican National Convention, which takes place in Cleveland, Ohio July 18-21. According to Sweetwater GOP chairman Bill Hooley, a majority vote of 50 percent,...
Children from Green River had a chance to enjoy a number of fun activities at the Sweetwater County Library Saturday. The library hosted it's March Mini-Workshops, a series of small classes for patrons to learn a variety of skills, including repurposing tattered books and cupcake decoration. The activities were designed for people of all ages and a number of children and teens were able to participate along with the adults. Some made mini pom-poms, using small lengths of yarn bundled together,...
The Lady Wolves earned their ticket to the state basketball tournament last week, but two losses would send them back home. The Green River High School Girls Varsity Basketball team played their first match against the first seed for the 4A East, the Gillette Lady Camels, last Thursday. It was a game they would lose by a 40-point deficit with a final score of 65-25. The Lady Camels would ultimately take the state title this year, while Natrona County, the first seeded team in the 4A West, would...
A SWAT raid initiated by the Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigation and local law enforcement resulted in multiple arrests and the members of the county’s SWAT team targeting the wrong house. According to a media release from the Green River Police Department, a search warrant was served at 355 Fir Street, utilizing the county’s joint SWAT team. The team was mobilized because investigators believed people at the residence were armed, citing the search warrant operation was a high ris...
A longtime Rock Springs resident has become the first democrat to start campaigning for Wyoming's lone U.S. House of Representatives seat. Ryan Greene kicked off his campaign at an event Saturday evening at the Freight Station in Rock Springs. "It's the best news I've heard in a long time," Frank Prevedel, one of Greene's supporters told an audience of more than 250 people. "We need somebody who knows this state." Greene is originally from Rock Springs and works for Greene's Energy Services, a...
Jason Normand, who was arrested by the Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigation Thursday evening during a SWAT-backed search warrant, was initially targeted by DCI after agents allegedly purchased methamphetamine from him late January. According to court documents, Normand allegedly sold a confidential informant 7 grams of methamphetamine from his residence at 355 Fir Street Jan. 15. During the sale, Normand also offered to sell the informant a firearm, telling the informant he owned a lot...
The Lady Wolves are going to Casper. The girls basketball team earned a spot in the state basketball tournament over the weekend after defeating Kelly Walsh at the regional tournament. The girls defeated Kelly Walsh 51-43 at the start of the tournament, but fell to Natrona 75-21 Friday and Evanston, 53-26 Saturday. "I thought they just kept their focus in the game with Kelly Walsh," head coach Rick Carroll, said. The girls led throughout their match with the Trojans. Carroll said there were...
Two athletes involved with the Green River High School Indoor Track team finished the season with medals at the state meet in Gillette over the weekend. Josie Givens earned her third all-state award during the competition, finishing second in the girls 800-meters and seventh in the girls 1600-meters. Kalen Kester also earned all-state, taking second in the long jump with a jump of 21 feet and 8 inches. Kester also competed in the 55-meter dash and finished in a three-way tie for third during...
A week after announcing their intent to take ownership of The Villa, Mission Health Services CEO Gary Kelso spoke to the Sweetwater County Commissioners regarding a proposed change in services. Mission Health seeks to take over ownership of The Villa by expediting its lease with Castle Rock Hospital District. Mission was originally set to take over ownership at the end of the six-year lease, but offered to pay the remaining bond amount the hospital district is paying for renovations made to The...
Super Tuesday fever struck in Sweetwater County for the county’s GOP. Several dozen Republican party supporters gathered at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs to choose delegates for the upcoming county convention, which takes place March 12 at WWCC’s Green River Center. Those delegates will then vote for a representative to send to the Republican National Convention. In Wyoming, the GOP divide the 23 counties into 12 districts, with Sweetwater and Carbon Counties forming the loc...
While the Green River High School Boys Swimming and Diving team finished seventh at state, a few Wolves were able to excel in their individual events. The Wolves had four medalists out of the state competitors they sent to Gillette last weekend. Brendan Bloomquist took second in the 100-yard breaststroke, with fellow Wolf Ethan Moffatt taking third in the same event. Michael Richmond took third in the 500-yard freestyle and in diving, Keyan Moore finished third. Richmond also broke the school...
For Justin “J-Bomb” Salas, Saturday’s fight at UFC 196 in Las Vegas is a return to form and a return to the sport he loves. He takes on Jason Saggo in one of the most exciting fight cards in recent memory. The headlining fights feature Holly Holm defending her women’s bantam weight title against Miesha Tate and Conor McGregor battling Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight title. His last fight took place July 16, 2014, a fight that resulted in a loss to Joe Proctor as a result of a second-...
Last weekend’s Wyoming Invite at Laramie was a warm-up for the Green River High School Indoor Track team. “We had some solid performances in Laramie,” head coach Steve Boyd, said. Boyd said he believes Kalen Kester could be a medalist this weekend after watching him win the boys 55-meter dash. Kester won with a final time of 6.65, edging out Cheyenne Central’s DJ Shamborguer’s time of 6.71. Kester also took second in the long jump with a distance of 20 feet and 9.5 inches. Boyd said he’s expe...
The boys swimming season is nearing an end with the state swim meet in Gillette taking place this weekend. The Green River Wolves Boys Swimming and Diving Team took second in regionals two weeks ago, and has qualified eight swimmers in state events. During last week's last chance meet, the Wolves picked up their final state qualifier, Lane Huchison. Competing at regionals, head coach Colleen Seiloff said the team had a number of great performances. Michael Richmond won the 400-meter freestyle...
During the Last Chance Meet Thursday afternoon, a few Green River students got a shot at competing in an event. Students from the school district's adaptive physical education program swam in a 50-yard freestyle race. The competition is the brainchild of head swimming coach Colleen Seiloff and adaptive physical education teacher Tracy Giesenhagen. Giesenhagen said the race was the first of its kind hosted in Green River and hopes to make it an annual event for her students. The students in the...
The Green River High School Lady Wolves Basketball Team lost a back-and-forth battle with their rivals from Rock Springs Thursday night. While the final score of 55-38 reflects a 17-point lead, the girls kept up with Rock Springs throughout much of the game, with the two teams exchanging the lead multiple times during the game. Rock Springs would maintain a small lead throughout much of the game, but wouldn't be able to pull away from the Lady Wolves until the final minutes. "I thought we had...
Seeking to alleviate losses amounting to $10,000 a month, Mission Health Services seeks to take ownership of The Villa and change its care model. Last night, the first step towards that move was signed in a lease amendment between Mission Health and Castle Rock Hospital District. Gary Kelso, president of Mission, said while the company is a nonprofit entity, it has lost $120,000 in the last year in operating The Villa, a longterm-care facility that is part of the Mission at Castle Rock...
A number of improvements made to the Castle Rock Ambulance Service have resulted in faster response times and better care. John Taylor, director of the ambulance service, said since they’ve started staffing paid ambulance crews, the service’s response times have dropped from 15 minutes to 2 minutes. Taylor said ambulance crews have beat Green River Police Department officers in responding to an emergency call. Taylor said the service has had a busy month so far as well, with ambulance crews res...
With the decline in the oil and gas industry affecting budgets for both the state and county, many would assume local tax districts, like the Castle Rock Hospital District, would feel a similar sting. According to Todd Toolson, CFO for the hospital district, while the district will see a decrease in tax funding, it won’t be on par with other shortfalls. More than 80 percent of the district’s revenues come from trona, the value of which is stable in comparison to oil, natural gas and coal. Too...
The Lady Wolves varsity basketball team stepping onto the court against Riverton Friday was a different team than they have been much of the season. They came out hard and played like a top-ranked team. The Lady Wolves took early control of the game and did not let up, eventually beating Riverton 65-38. Head coach Rick Carroll said the team played with a lot of confidence, something the team has struggled with in past weeks. "It was a confidence builder for them," he said. The girls moved the...
A longtime Republican politician from Idaho has his sights set on Rep. Cynthia Lummis’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Lummis announced her decision to retire, which has sparked interest in the seat amongst the state’s Republicans and Democrats. Rex Rammell originally grew up in the Teton Valley in Idaho, a location his family has lived at since homesteading in the Valley during the 1880s. Rammell, now a resident of Gillette, initially campaigned for the U.S. Senate in Idaho as a Rep...
The residents of Granger are making use of the community building in their town. The building, originally the town’s school building, was the site of a major renovation project on the building’s main floor, which now houses the Sweetwater County Library System’s Granger branch. Granger Mayor Sandy Allen said the library has more space than it used to, saying the Town Council has had the opportunity to host its meetings in the community center. An open house is scheduled for Feb. 27 and takes...
