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For a few hardened souls, the automobile is more than a means of transportation from Point A to Point B. It represents thrills and excitement associated with skillful and fast driving along a closed track. It’s easy enough to watch racing on television, but some prefer living the excitement. At the Sweetwater Speedway in Rock Springs, people from throughout Wyoming, as well as Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada, converge for a weekend of speed each month throughout the summer. For K...
Champion high school shooters took aim for a national title in Green River this week as part of the National High School Finals Rodeo's events. While much of the excitement is focused in Rock Springs, Green River is host to the two shooting competitions tied to the week of rodeo action. In total, 247 high school students from throughout the nation will compete in rifle and trap shooting contests by the end of the week. The path to Green River differs for some of the competitors. Some states...
What can Brown do for you? For two Green River residents, they can say a member of the united problem solvers helped save their house. A UPS delivery man’s quick thinking and action are credited in extinguishing a lightning-caused roof fire Monday night. The fire occurred after 7 p.m. when a bolt of lightning struck the peak of the roof at 1725 New Mexico. Mindy Larson, the resident, said she was in the kitchen opening the microwave door when the bolt stuck, momentarily giving a bright illumination to the room. At that moment, she also heard w...
A night of pool ended badly for a group of Rock Springs residents and resulted in one man being arrested and charged with attempted murder. Norman Leroy Lange was charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder and one misdemeanor charge of reckless endangering. If convicted, Lange could face life in prison. According to court documents, Lange was playing pool at the Bare Back Saloon the evening of June 28, 2015 with Stephanie Macy, and her friends Veronica Martinez and Tony Bowen. While the group played pool, Macy, Martinez and Bowen...
For Julie Porter, the moment the water started flowing through her insurance office was the moment she decided to grab her kids and get out of the building. Porter, an insurance agent, has an office on Broadway in Rock Springs, which was where some of the worst flooding in the city took place Tuesday evening. Mayor Carl Demshar said Broadway, as well as North Front Street and South Front Street, looked like rivers flowing through the downtown portion of the city. As of Wednesday morning, the...
It was like any other Fourth of July celebration. Children were playing with one another in the parking lot while adults sat in groups and chatted beneath a clear sky. For volunteers with the Green River Fire Department, the yearly gathering is a chance to spend time with family and friends at the fire station, while remaining on-call for the inevitable fireworks-related fire. The firefighters’ gear was already prepared and on their assigned trucks. For added wild land fire protection, Sweetwater County Fire sent a small truck and crew to assis...
Returning from a tournament in Jackson over the weekend, the Green River Knights seek to become conference champs tonight in a double-header against Riverton. Head coach Stub Hatfield said the team played great baseball while in Jackson, winning three of their five games. However, he said the team struggled in their early morning games against teams Hatfield believed the Knights capable of beating. Overall however, Hatfield said the team has improved since the Knights Invite tournament last mont...
The Sweetwater County Commissioners approved a budget of nearly $50 million last week. The budget resolution was approved in a special meeting Wednesday evening that Commissioner Wally Johnson said aimed to give residents a chance to comment on the proposed budget before it was approved. While the general county budget totals $49,614,061, the total appropriations approved in the resolution fund county agencies to a total of $171 million. A majority of those funds belong to Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s budget, which lists a total $...
Hospice of Sweetwater County may have a building to move into for its long-desired care facility, but questions about seismic stability may postpone its installation. Sweetwater County plans to provide $2 million in seed money and give hospice space at the former county hospital building on C Street in Rock Springs. However, Jelaca and Hospice Board of Directors Chairman John Kennedy said information about the building’s earthquake stability have prevented a cost estimate to install their facility from being generated. Jelaca said hospice m...
Despite a strong showing early on, the Green River Knights were unable to gain momentum in their home tournament over the weekend. The Knights took sixth in the Green River Knights Invitational Tournament. Head coach Stub Hatfield said the team struggled with errors and and walking batters during their game with the Riverton Raiders. During the previous week, the Knights beat Riverton twice, defeating the Raiders 21-17 in their first game and 13-7 a second time. While the Knights fell to the...
A former employee at the Sweetwater County Historical Museum faces two felony charges after allegedly helping herself to museum funds. Cynthia Jaye McCullers will be charged with larceny and theft, facing a possible maximum $10,000 fine as well as 10 years imprisonment for each charge. McCullers’ initial appearance to the charges is scheduled to take place July 7 at 10 a.m. in Green River Circuit Court. According to court documents, McCullers’ charges stem from an internal audit the Sweetwater County Museum Board’s Treasurer, Tim Winger, condu...
For Marilyn Halsey, her attempts to understand family history were stonewalled. The Lewiston, Idaho resident and her husband traveled 800 miles to Green River to trace the history of his grandfather, a Hungarian immigrant who worked in the Gun coal camp outside of Rock Springs. Records she found painted the picture of a very proud American citizen who helped with local elections. Research conducted at the Sweetwater County Courthouse revealed the county paid him $6 for his work in a local election in 1915, shortly after he became naturalized....
A pair of eyes on display at the Sweetwater County Historical Museum compete with 25 historical artifacts in the running to be named one of Wyoming's Most Significant Artifacts. Eyes are often referred to as the windows to the soul, but the eyes on display are actually a window into the Chinese influence within Sweetwater County during its early days. The eyes are decorative glass pieces originally part of a dragon that would be paraded through Rock Springs during the late 1800s. The dragon...
By DAVID MARTIN Editor After three years and more than $650,000 spent in training and equipment purchases, preliminary wellness results amongst students in Green River are looking good. Three years ago, Sweetwater County School District No. 2 received a federal PEP grant totaling $662,000 towards improving physical activity within the district. PEP grants are often used to improve physical activity programs within school districts. In Wyoming, eight districts, including Sweetwater No.2 have received approximately $3 million for improvements....
A single-vehicle crash Sunday evening resulted in damage to the railing near the South Fourth West Street underpass and a man being arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Matthew Zupence, 32, of Green River, plead guilty to the charge Monday in Green River Municipal Court. He was fined $760 and was placed on two years unsupervised probation. According to a police report, officers were dispatched to the area at 6:24 p.m. Sunday after receiving a call from dispatch about the crash. When they arrived, Zupence was seen climbing...
The Trona Trail Historic Mine Byway is officially open for business after a short dedication ceremony took place May 30. The trail is the fourth mine byway designated in Wyoming and was created through a program initially started by the Wyoming Legislature in 2005. The city and trona are deeply connected. The world’s largest deposit of trona is located west of Green River and the first soda ash well was drilled within the city itself. “I think it’s very appropriate because we’re known as the...
Budding birders will have a chance to explore parts of the Killdeer Wetlands Saturday morning. Dave Mead, working jointly with the Sweetwater County Historical Museum and the Green Belt Task Force, said he plans to take a group from the Green River Visitors Center and carpool along the wetlands and river. However, he admits there is a possibility high flows from the river will prevent access to some portions of the wetlands. The tour starts at 7 a.m. and will conclude at noon. He recommends...
Fingerprinting is half hard science, half delicate art and one of the oldest tools used by a police department to track down criminals. Students attending the Green River Police Department's junior academy Thursday afternoon were given an opportunity to learn how fingerprinting works and practice dusting for and removing prints as evidence. Fingerprints work as a tool to identify possible suspects because each print is unique. "No two have ever been documented as the same," Cpl. Det. Karl Bode...
An amazing array of quilts were on display at the Pavilion throughout the weekend, showing that after 25 years Quilting on the Green continues to impress. “I’m a painter and I love visual things,” Angie Bennett said as she looked among the rows of quilts hanging throughout the Pavilion. The quilts themselves are more than simple cloths with striking designs, they can tell stories as well. One entry, titled “Brendon’s Dream” was a quilt depicting a grandson’s first hunting experience and was created by Green River resident Sandy Malloy. Anoth...
The Green River Knights had a successful weekend at a wood bat tournament in Riverton. The Knights defeated three teams across four games, beating the Douglas Cats twice before going on to defeat host Riverton to win the tournament. Assistant coach Brad Hatfield said the team is coming together. "They played good baseball the whole weekend," Hatfield said. The Knights gave Douglas a severe drubbing during their first matchup last Thursday, soaring over the Cats 15-6. The Knights continued to...
Residents will see slight increases in rates paid for water, sewer and trash collection once the city’s new budget is finalized June 16. According to City Administrator Reed Clevenger, the rates reflect increasing costs associated with managing the various services. However, during the next year, Clevenger said the city will have their rates professionally audited to ensure they’re not over or under charging residents for services. “We’re going to try to be more fair with those fees,” Clevenger said. The fees won’t take effect until the n...
As a potential plan to manage sage grouse awaits review and approval from Governor Matt Mead, Sweetwater County seeks to extend recognition of a core habitat to the rim of White Mountain. At their next meeting, the county will vote on a resolution supporting the expansion of core habitat area to White Mountain’s rim, and if approved will be sent to Gov. Mead’s office in Cheyenne. If the governor believes the core habitat area should be extended, he has the power to do so before finalizing and...
Recently, a friend of mine raised an issue with a recent announcement that NASA plans to spend millions for an unmanned probe to be sent to Jupiter’s moon Europa to investigate the possibility of life existing within the moon’s theoretical liquid oceans. He argued that the money would be better spent helping the people we know live on Earth, seeing a problem with spending such a large sum on space exploration. While I agree more humanitarian efforts should take place at home and abroad, I res...
Living in a city bisected by a river provides many residents with recreational opportunities not found in other locations, but also provides a number of water-related dangers as well. For the sixth year in a row, the Green River Recreation Center is joining with facilities across the world to break a Guinness World Record in hosting the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson June 18 at 10 a.m.. The lesson is free for all ages and features water safety lessons along with the actual swimming lesson. Inte...
Fifty years ago, a disaster was averted that could have significantly impacted the City of Green River. The Fontenelle Dam, completed in 1964, had sprung a leak that threatened the town and the ranches and homes located down river from the reservoir. Without swift action and some luck, reservoir water could have swept up everything in its path as it burst through the earthen dam. The near catastrophe was revisited at Golden Hour Senior Center Friday when a dam safety officer for the National Parks Service discussed the lessons that could be...
