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I was startled when I started going through my email on Tuesday, and was getting ready to mark “receive death threats” off my journalism bingo card. I had to read the email a couple of times as I tried to understand it, and understand why I had received it. It said: “First of all you are morally and legally responsible for the action taken again [sic] innocent Earth life in your establishment. You will be closed in a year. I hope you and your family starve and get ripped apart by the speci...
Efforts to bring more and better mental health resources to Green River have taken a step forward with the opening of a new location for High Point Counseling. A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new location at 541 E Flaming Gorge Way Suite E was hosted on Monday. The staff of High Point was joined by the Green River Chamber and Hole in the Wall Gang, City of Green River representatives, and friends and supporters. Everyone gathered to cut the ribbon, eat cupcakes, take part in giveaways, and...
Plans for Flaming Gorge Days are moving forward, with several pieces coming together to make one whole event. During Tuesday night's meeting, the Green River City Council approved an agreement to work with Adelska, LLC for Flaming Gorge Days. The agreement is for the Colorado-based entertainment and event-planning company to oversee the concert aspect of the event. The council initially considered a contract with Adelska during the March 5 meeting. Some council members expressed concern about...
While the Wyoming Legislature's 2024 Budget Session officially ended several weeks ago, a series of vetoes from Governor Mark Gordon prompted discussion of a special session. The special session was voted against, however, leaving the legislature finished for now. Overall, many Sweetwater County representatives and local government leaders expressed positive opinions about how this year's legislative session wrapped up. Governor's vetoes While Governor Gordon signed many of the bills presented...
The sky was overcast and the air was cold when a small group of veterans, supporters, and workers gathered on the morning of Good Friday to place the second columbarium for veterans in place at Riverview Cemetery. The columbarium was covered in tarps on the back of a semi truck, with a crane from the John Bunning Transfer Co. nearby. Those standing by waited patiently while steel plates were brought in to put under the crane so it wouldn't sink into the dirt as it lifted the 18,000-pound...
April is a month full of awareness and recognition for important causes, organizations, and groups of people. On Tuesday, April 2, both the Green River City Council and the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners shared proclamations recognizing National Library Week, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, Child Abuse Awareness Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. National Library Week is April 7-13, and it recognizes libraries as playing a critical role in communities and...
The Green River Police Department has a new Patrol Sergeant. Sergeant Gary Frey was recently promoted to the position. A pinning ceremony for Sergeant Frey took place during the April 2 City Council meeting. GRPD Chief Sean Sturlaugson explained that the recent promotion of Brad Halter to Captain opened up a sergeant position. The department did a few weeks of testing and had seven candidates apply for the position. While the choice of the new sergeant was competitive, as all the candidates...
The Green River High School Girls Soccer team started their regular season off on the right foot with a big win over Pinedale at home. The Lady Wolves took on the Pinedale Wranglers Thursday afternoon. Green River was able to get ahead early in the game and never slowed down, ultimately winning 13-1. Head Coach Matthew Robles explained that the game went the way they hoped since they got ahead early and kept pressure on the other team. He added that they wanted the first conference game to make...
Wyoming made its way to Washington recently, as representatives from Sweetwater Country traveled to the nation's capital to speak out about the need to protect a balanced approach to both conservation and development on public lands. First, Sweetwater County Commissioner Taylor Jones traveled to Washington, D.C., with Senators John Kolb, Stacy Jones, and Dan Dockstader to talk to Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning about the Rock Springs Field Office Resource Management Plan (...
Plans to bring solution mining for trona to Sweetwater County continue to move forward, with the latest updates coming from Pacific Soda's Dry Creek Trona Project. Pacific Soda LLC is a partner with Sisecam, Ciner, and WE Soda, and is pursuing a multi-billion dollar project "to construct and operate a solution mine field and associated facilities capable of producing annual quantities of both marketable soda ash and sodium bicarbonate," according to Wesley Slaugh, the Permitting and Regulatory...
The Lady Wolves hit the field ready to play and had a strong start to their season as they won two out of three games at the Pinnacle Cup Soccer Tournament. The tournament took place in Worland last weekend, giving Wyoming teams the chance to face each other, including going up against teams outside of their normal conference competitors. The Green River High School Girls Soccer team had their first game on Friday as they took on New Castle. It ended up being a decisive victory, with the Lady...
The old theater building at 699 Uinta Drive is set to become a venue for wagering on horse racing. During their meeting on Tuesday, the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners gave approval to 307 Horse Racing, Inc. to use the building to conduct pari-mutuel wagering on live horse racing, historic horse racing, and simulcast events. The company's Vice President Kyle Ridgeway and CEO Jack Greer spoke to the commissioners about their plans for the building. "This would be our first...
The future of industry in Sweetwater County continues to progress, with local governments and entities preparing for the potential impact, and working to request funding to help alleviate that impact. This week, both the Green River City Council and Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during their regular meetings that will allow them to work together with other entities in order to apply for impact assistance funds from the Industrial...
On Monday morning, Grandma Becky helped kids go down the slide, cheered them on as they made their way across the monkey bars, and assisted with putting on a boot that had fallen off. On Monday afternoon, Grandma Karen helped students add up three plus seven, write out the equations they were putting together, and draw a specific numbers of apples on a tree. Becky Figgins and Karen Hale are Green River's foster grandmas, as they are both part of the Foster Grandparents of the Wyoming Rockies...
One of the Wolves' soccer standouts will continue playing in his college career. Green River High School Senior Stone Rubeck recently signed his letter of intent to play soccer for the Hardrockers at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota. Rubeck explained he'd been looking into different colleges and emailing coaches when the Hardrockers coach replied to him and said there were still some spots on the roster. Rubeck was able to take a short-notice trip to th...
"Every child deserves a chance to play baseball." That is the belief and goal of the Miracle League of Sweetwater County, and they are working to not only give children opportunities to play baseball, but to also create a new and accessible space in Green River where it's even easier to do so. Formerly operating as the Challenger League, the local group has now partnered with The Miracle League organization, which focuses on giving children with mental and physical disabilities the chance to...
Changes and improvements are coming to Sweetwater County School District No. 2, and the community of Green River as a whole, thanks to a number of new projects and support from the District Rec Board. The Rec Board had a meeting on Tuesday night before the regular School Board meeting, during which they heard a number of requests for funding from both the school district and community groups, all of which were approved. New scoreboards for both the high school football field and aquatics center...
Tracy Warren was sentenced to time in the Wyoming State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance of methamphetamine and fleeing or attempting to elude police officers. Warren appeared for sentencing in the Third District Court of Judge Suzannah Robinson Monday, March 11. He was sentenced to 7-12 years for the count of conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance of methamphetamine and 2-4 years for the count of fleeing or attempting to elude police...
Many people throughout Wyoming have memories of knowing, interacting with, or at least seeing Larry "Sissy" Goodwin. Whether they worked with him, had him as a professor, or just remember seeing him wearing his colorful blouses and petticoats, people remember Sissy because he left an impression. Sissy's impression and legacy have only continued, and now both his dresses and his story are being presented on stage through the world premiere of "A Sissy in Wyoming," a one-man play written by...
The Green River High School Girls Soccer team is ready to learn, grow, and earn their place this season. The Lady Wolves officially started practice last Monday, March 4, and they're hitting the ground running. "We've been putting in a lot of work over the past two weeks and we've seen a lot of growth already," Head Coach Matthew Robles said. "I see a lot of potential with this team, even though we're young, that we'll be able to really do the things that we need to do." Coach Robles admitted...
Bringing Flaming Gorge Days back to the community this year is a priority for the City of Green River. Working toward this end, the City Council approved an agreement with an event planning company during Tuesday night's meeting. City Administrator Reed Clevenger explained that the city put out a Request for Proposal (RFP) for putting on a Flaming Gorge Days event. While there was some early interest from varying companies, only one ultimately came back with a proposal, according to Clevenger....
From geofencing to aerial photography, Sweetwater County is seeing the impact of technology and considering its potential uses for the future. During Tuesday's Board of County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners heard updates from the Sweetwater Events Complex and from County Assessor Dave Divis that included information on how technology is being used and could be used. Sweetwater Events Complex Director Kandi Pendleton spoke to the commissioners to give an overview of how the Events...
From bison to sagebrush and cowboys to trains, Wyoming's history is full of iconic imagery, and many of these images have now been expressed in a creative new way in the Sweetwater County Historical Museum and Sweetwater County Quilt Guild's annual exhibit. This year's quilt exhibit is the seventh annual collaboration between the museum and the Quilt Guild, and the theme is "Historical Wyoming." The partnership between the two groups has been in place for almost as long as the Quilt Guild has...
Anton Chekhov was a Russian Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story author writing in the late 1800s, known for works like "Uncle Vanya" that deal with topics like change and progress. Neil Simon was an American playwright who wrote mostly during the last half of the 1900s, and is known for comedic plays like "The Odd Couple." So when Simon decided to write a play based on the works of Chekhov, an interesting combination was created in "The Good Doctor." "It has a lot of elements...
Going into the 4A West Regional Basketball Tournament last weekend, the Green River High School Boys Basketball team was ready to play hard and keep the competition close as they did in their recent games. While they unfortunately came up short with two losses, eliminating them from the tournament and ending their season, the Wolves still persevered and fought hard to the end. Green River's first opponent last Thursday was the Rock Springs Tigers, whom the Wolves had beaten just a week before...
