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The South Regional Conference Tournament for tennis saw Green River’s players show off how good they are. The boys won the tournament with a score of 53, edging out second-place Laramie’s score of 47 and third-place Cheyenne South’s 46. The girls took second with 50 points, falling behind regional champs Cheyenne East, who scored 53 points. Cheyenne Central took third in the girls bracket with 49 points. An accomplishment head coach Phil Harder was absolutely pleased about was the fact all o...
A general purpose tax initiative being voted on in November has garnered opposition from the Sweetwater GOP as government leaders grapple with how they can inform county residents about how it will be used. The tax proposal would specify 75% of the tax to be spent to provide emergency ambulance services and funding to the Sweetwater County Joint Powers Combined Communications Board, which handles emergency dispatch services throughout the county. The other 25% would be used for economic...
A traveling exhibit about rural towns is making its first stop in Wyoming at the Green River Visitors Center. “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” was installed at the visitors center last week and focuses on the challenges and opportunities rural American towns currently face. Carol Harsh, director of the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program, said the exhibit was inspired by a desire to focus on rural America for the program’s 25th anniversary. She said rural America is not widely...
The high school tennis season is winding down in Wyoming as the Wolves prepare for Regionals in Cheyenne this weekend. Since the start of the year, the Wolves coaching staff have worked to improve the boys and girls to get them excellent seeding for the tournament. Head coach Phil Harder said earlier in the season the girls were ready for that level of competition shortly after the season started as the Lady Wolves had a wealth of experience in several areas. With seniors Gabrielle Heiser and...
Six police vehicles will get outfitted with cameras after approval Tuesday night by the Green River City Council. The cameras will be purchased from Motorola Solutions, Inc./WatchGuard Video for $31,050. The vehicles will be outfitted with an in-car video camera which Council documents state will be used for “evidentiary recording purposes.” The packages to be installed include a high-definition video camera, touch screen display, a 200 GB automotive hard drive and a 32 GB removable USB thu...
Residents and visitors walking along the Viaduct overlooking the Union Pacific rail yard can do so without seeing the tags and images previously spray-painted along its length. This is due to the work of Eagle Scout Elijah Kropf and Boy Scout Troop 312 giving the Viaduct a new coat of paint last month. Kropf, a student at Western Wyoming Community College, decided to paint the Viaduct as his Eagle Scout project. Kropf said he chose the project because of how important the Viaduct is to Green Riv...
Despite the impact of a global pandemic altering every aspect of life and changing how students attended school, Sweetwater County School District No. 2’s students are performing higher than the state average. The Wyoming Department of Education released the 2020-2021 WY-TOPP results last week. A gap exists between the 2018-2019 and 2020-2021 school years due to testing being canceled during the coronavirus pandemic. Despite that, the district made gains in the percentage of students testing a...
Use of a deworming medication for treatment and prevention of COVID-19 symptoms hasn’t been seen in Sweetwater County, though some residents have inquired about the drug. Ivermectin, a drug used to treat parasites in both humans and livestock, has been wrongly touted as a means of treating and preventing COVID-19 infections by some internet and social media groups. One such group, the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, falsely claims Mexico has “emptied their hospitals” through use o...
There comes a point when we realize we’re getting older, and with that, a realization that the body isn’t performing as optimally as we would like. We see this in sports all the time. Athletes with seemingly superhuman abilities eventually lose their gifts to the passage of time. Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time to a certain generation of people who grew up watching him play with the Chicago Bulls. However, those same people tend to forget about his years with the...
Green River High School's tennis program had some highs and lows last week, defeating Rock Springs at home before taking on Natrona County and Kelly Walsh in the same day Aug. 27. "It was a long day for us, we didn't get home until midnight," head coach Phil Harder said. Against Rock Springs, the teams sent the Tigers back home with a loss. The boys were able to sweep their matches while the girls only lost the No. 3 doubles contest. The matches against Natrona County told a similar story, with...
The Wolves and Lady Wolves cross country runners competed in their first event of the season Saturday, the invitational run Green River hosts at Pioneer Trails Picnic Grounds northwest of Green River off of Wyoming Highway 372. Along with Green River, runners from Rock Springs, Lyman and Lander also competed at the meet. The 5K route created at the picnic grounds has often been described by coaches and runners as one of the toughest cross country courses runners will participate on during the...
Three more Sweetwater County residents have confirmed to have died as a result of COVID-19 as the county and state continue to deal with new infections spurred by the Delta variation of the novel coronavirus. The Wyoming News Exchange reported the Wyoming Department of Health linked 26 additional deaths to COVID-19 Tuesday. Three of those deaths were of unidentified Sweetwater County residents, two women and one man. In total, there have been 835 confirmed deaths related to COVID-19, 49 of...
Students who have no one to play with at Washington Elementary School will have a place to sit that shows other students they would like to join in on an activity. The Women's Club of Rock Springs donated a buddy bench to the school as part of an initiative to have a buddy bench placed in schools. Other benches donated by the group were placed at North Park, Sage and Desert View elementary schools in Rock Springs. Buddy benches were created to help foster an environment of inclusiveness and...
Green River High School's tennis teams have already started their season and Coach Phil Harder is happy with what he's seen so far. The Wolves have played three matches, with a fourth competition between the Wolves and the Rock Springs Tigers taking place at home today. Harder said the girls squad has a lot of returning experience hitting the court this season. "They're ready to go now," Harder said, believing the group to be ready for mid and late-season play. The girls have won two of their...
An ongoing survey asking residents to give their thoughts about the Greenbelt has seen more than 700 respondents so far, giving members of the Greenbelt Task Force a valuable insight into what their next priorities should be. Brad Raney, director of parks and recreation for the city, said the group is seeing trends in the responses received. The data has shown the Greenbelt being used year-round, even during the winter months and 96% of respondents so far want additional development on the...
Sweetwater County is one of 90 groups supporting a federal bill its proponents say will help clean up national forests and reduce the severity of forest fires. The Resilient Federal Forests Act was initially introduced to the U.S. House July 22 by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., a ranking member of the House Committee on National Resources. The bipartisan bill was introduced with 70 cosponsors, including Wyoming’s Rep. Liz Cheney. ““For years, the federal government has mismanaged our fores...
The city will hold onto land formerly occupied by the old Lincoln High School for a little while longer. The Green River City Council voted to reject a bit for two tracts of land Tuesday evening. The bidder was William H. Smith and Associates, which had submitted a $50,000 bid for the land -- half of its appraised value. The land is part of three tracts created after a fire in the abandoned high school caused it to get torn down. Tract A of the properties has had homes built on it, but the The...
The pandemic never ended. It is not over in Japan, where the Olympic Games are being hosted in Tokyo, as an outbreak of COVID-19 infections is occurring. It is not over in the United States, where the seven-day average of new COVID-19 infections has quadrupled between July 1 and July 24. The pandemic is certainly not over in Wyoming, where the highly-contagious Delta variation of the COVID-19 coronavirus is the most prevalent strain. Wyoming won’t ever shut down as it did last year -- the p...
A Green River couple faces charges for allegedly raising fighting roosters at their home. Edgar Pena Cota, 39, and Maribel Escalante, 40, both face one charge of aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony, which carries a maximum possible sentence of up to two years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine. Additionally, if convicted, they may be forced to give up ownership of the animals and pay the costs associated with caring for them, as well as being prohibited or limited in their future capacity to...
A first-degree murder charge filed against Rodney Alcala, a man known as the Dating Game Killer, will be dropped in Sweetwater County following his death. Alcala, 77, died July 24 while awaiting execution in California according to a press release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He died of natural causes. “We did not extradite him due to prison officials stating that he was not ambulatory,” Sweetwater County Attorney Dan Erramouspe wrote in an email to the Sta...
A man the Green River Police Department alleges started a shootout with officers July 6 is facing nine felony charges that could lead to a lifetime in prison. Matthew Riley Culley, 33, of Green River, made his initial appearance Friday before Circuit Court Judge John Prokos and was issued a $1 million cash only bond. His charges consist of first degree attempted murder, four counts of aggravated assault, felonious restraint, two counts of interference with a peace officer and property...
Rock Springs resident Joe Barbuto will be the next Sweetwater County Treasurer, filling the remainder of Robb Slaughter’s term. The Sweetwater County Commissioners voted 4-1 to appoint Barbuto following public interviews they conducted with candidates recommended by the Sweetwater County Democratic Party. Barbuto started his term Wednesday. Slaughter announced plans to retire in June, with his final day as the county treasurer being July 1. Because the elected position is partisan and S...
Despite concerns voiced by some residents regarding the impact to local viewsheds, the Green River City Council voted to allow Union Wireless to build an 80-foot lattice-style cell tower in a small, vacant lot near Ace Hardware and the Green River Post Office. The vote was not unanimous as Councilman Jim Zimmerman and Mayor Pete Rust voted against the proposal. Zimmerman, who lives near the site proposed by Union Wireless, said neighbors he talked to during his evening walks were in opposition...
Cora doesn’t like being in the car. Green River resident Teresa Eaton, the owner of Quality Resources and Case Management, drives to Rock Springs every day for work and her young daughter is quite vocal about how much she doesn’t like the trip. “I start and end my day with 30 minutes of crying,” she said. Wanting to find a home closer to work and hearing about how it is a good time to sell a home in Sweetwater County convinced Eaton to place her house on the market. She didn’t have to wait long...
Wednesday evening, amongst the stalls of vendors hawking produce and merchandise at the Green River Farmer’s Market, volunteers from Golden Hour Senior Center hosted their weekly bake sale. The center’s wares are always popular amongst shoppers and within half an hour, a bountiful collection of baked goods was reduced to a few packages of handmade Rice Krispies Treats and a couple of loafs of bread. It wouldn’t take long for them to sell out completely. Jackie Grubb, director of the cente...
