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The Green River City Council is taking steps to move forward on a number of projects, including putting on Flaming Gorge Days, paving East Third North Street, replacing Riverside Memorial Park's playground equipment, and more. Flaming Gorge Days preparation With the council having previously approved agreements with different entities for different aspects of Flaming Gorge Days, plans for the event at the end of June have been moving forward. The City Council took another step to secure more...
Some plans the county has previously worked on have been going well, while other plans for the future are still looking for more input. During this week's Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners meeting, discussions included both updates on topics including ambulance service and camping in Pioneer Trails Park, as well as overviews of projects regarding the future of certain county roads. A quarterly update from Castle Rock Ambulance Service was presented during the meeting. Ambulance...
As Ruby Sunday steps out of the TARDIS, she enters a lush prehistoric world, standing on a cliff overlooking a broad river with waterfalls and groups of roaming dinosaurs. As she admires everything in amazement after having traveled back in time, the Doctor explains where they are. "The TARDIS stands for Time And Relative Dimension in Space. So we've moved location as well. This will be North America. One day this is Wyoming. Little town called Green River." This exchange happens in the first... Full story
With the wind blowing and a shaggy group of mule deer watching from a distance, a group of people gathered on South Hill last Thursday and dug their golden shovels into the ground. With that, the Skyline Trail Project officially began. The Skyline Trail is an extension of the current Greenbelt Trail System, as well as a collaboration between the Green River Greenbelt Task Force (GBTF) and several community partners who came together to make it happen. The trail will begin on Upland Way with a... Full story
Detective Chuck DeSantis is investigating the disappearance of flamboyant 14-year-old Leonard Pelkey. He talks to important people in Leonard's life and community, from his feisty aunt to his British drama teacher to a Mafia widow with a pair of binoculars who spots Leonard's trademark rainbow converse. This is the story told in "The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey," the newest play from the Actors' Mission. The catch is, all nine distinct characters are played by one actor. The one-man... Full story
With another decisive victory under their belt, the Lady Wolves are now looking forward to the last two games of the conference season and what those games could mean for their position in the State tournament. The Green River High School Girls Soccer team headed to Pinedale last Friday to take on the Lady Wranglers. After having beaten Pinedale at the start of the season, the Lady Wolves came away with an even greater victory this time, winning 11-0. Even with such a strong score, it was still...
Recently, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its Clean Power Plan 2.0 regulations, including issuing a suite of final rules that would cut down on coal production. Wyoming leaders and lawmakers reacted strongly to the new rules, expressing their anger and their intent to fight against the regulations. On April 25, the EPA released the final rules, explaining in a press release that the purpose of the new regulations is to "reduce pollution from fossil fuel-fired... Full story
From building a nightstand in eight hours to running through a first aid scenario to creating intricate works of art, Green River High School students recently demonstrated and were recognized for their talents at the annual State Art Symposium and Wyoming SkillsUSA Championships. The State Art Symposium took place in Casper April 17-19, and Wyoming SkillsUSA took place in Casper April 22-24. Work from both events was displayed in the Industrial and Fine Art Fair in the main gym of the high scho... Full story
One of the Lady Wolves' championship swimmers will be jumping into the water in Colorado. Green River High School Senior Brianna Uhrig recently signed her letter of intent to swim for the Grizzlies at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado. Uhrig explained that she had reached out to a few different colleges as she considered where to go. Adams State responded and she got to take a tour of the school. "I really enjoyed the campus and the area, and the coach is awesome," Uhrig said. "And...
With three more wins added to their record, the Lady Wolves are headed toward their goal of competing at State. Over the weekend, the Green River High School Girls Soccer team faced off with the same teams they played the weekend before, only this time they got to play on their own turf. "We definitely played a lot better in both games than we did on the previous weekend," Head Coach Matthew Robles said. On Friday, Green River hosted a game against the Lyman Lady Eagles. While the coaches...
Green River is a community full of individuals and businesses that work together for the benefit of everyone. Once a year, specific members of the community are recognized for their impact and contributions. This year Green River Chamber of Commerce Awards Luncheon was hosted last Wednesday, and a large crowd gathered to recognize the award recipients. Distinguished Citizen of the Year The Distinguished Citizen of the Year award was given to Krista Kraft in recognition of her hard work...
Sweetwater County works together with a number of federal partners throughout the year, particularly when it comes to managing land and resources in the county. Several of these partners provide an annual update to the county in order to give an overview of what they've been working on and project coming up in the future. The Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners heard an update from representatives of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Ashley National Forest (ANF), and the...
Can you tell the difference between something created by a computer and something created by a human? This question is increasingly put to the test these days, with the prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) rising quickly, and AI-generated pictures and text being shared all around us. Last weekend, the same question was put to the test in an especially chaotic and hilarious way thanks to the Actors' Mission's 24 Hour Page to Stage: Man vs. Machine event, which I was insane enough to... Full story
Most Green River residents probably didn't notice the black and yellow van that pulled onto Stephens Street, the young man who climbed out of it with a colorful lawnmower, or the woman wearing an ECAN shirt he spoke to. However, the eyes of thousands of people on the internet turned to Green River as Rodney Smith Jr. made his stop there as part of his journey to mow lawns in all 50 states. Smith is the founder of Raising Men and Women Lawn Care, an organization that mows lawns for free for the... Full story
The Lady Wolves fought hard to pull off challenging back-to-back wins on the road last weekend. The Green River High School Girls Soccer team traveled to face off against both Lyman and Mountain View. While the team struggled with mistakes, injuries, and difficulty doing their best, they pulled off game-winning goals once it got down to the wire. "We didn't play particularly well in either game," Head Coach Matthew Robles admitted. Still, he added, "A win's a win, no matter how ugly it is, so we...
Sweetwater County is one step closer to being part of a trail system connecting communities across Southwest Wyoming. The Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution designating and enrolling county roads as open to off-highway vehicle travel during their meeting on Tuesday. The decision came after discussion of Sweetwater County being a part of Southwest Wyoming Off-road Trails (SWOT), a group hoping to create an interconnected trail system people can use to travel...
The City of Green River officially accepted the donation of two columbariums for veterans in Riverview Cemetery, and is using grant funding to establish a tree management plan for the city. A donation made by and for veterans At the end of March, the second of two veteran columbariums was lowered into place in Riverview Cemetery. The columbarium was the culmination of over a decade of consideration and several years of fundraising from the Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2321 and other local...
The works of William Shakespeare have previously come to life on the Western Wyoming Community College stage, but never quite in the way they will this weekend when the Western Theater Program presents "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]." The concept behind the play is "three actors putting on all 37 plays of Shakespeare in 90 minutes," Director Eric de Lora explained. He added that the result ends up being "pretty intense and ridiculous." The actors admit...
The battle of Man vs. Machine is coming to the stage this weekend thanks to the Actors' Mission. For the second time, the local theater company is hosting a 24-hour playwriting event, only this time with a twist. Most of the one-act plays will be written by humans, but one play will be written by AI. Members of the Actors' Mission had been wanting to put on another 24-hour page to stage experience after the success of the first event in August 2022. "It really meets the mission," Nina Tyler, an...
One of Green River High School's top basketball players is getting ready to take the next step in his athletic career. Theran Archibald recently signed his letter of intent to play basketball for the Trappers at Northwest College in Powell. Archibald, who is a senior this year, said he weighed his options when it came to choosing a college. He was able to visit Northwest recently and had the opportunity to talk with the coach and play with the team. "I really like the coach and the program,"...
The Green River High School Girls Soccer team had a difficult weekend of competition, going up against tough teams and facing close calls and hard losses. The weekend started out stressful but still positive when the Lady Wolves took on Powell last Friday. At the start of the season, Green River beat the notoriously strong Lady Panthers during the Pinnacle Cup Soccer Tournament in Worland. Facing Powell at home, the competition was kicked up a notch. "They were better at pressing our midfield in...
A project aiming to bring a wind farm to Sweetwater County is in the early stages of development, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rock Springs Field Office is accepting public input to help guide the process of analyzing the project and developing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). "This is a brand-new project," Rock Springs Field Office Manager Kimberlee Foster said. "We're doing our public scoping now to identify issues for analysis. So we want feedback from the public." The...
Keeping kids safe and addressing the problem of drivers passing stopped school buses was the goal of three local Girl Scouts as they worked towards earning their Silver Award. Olivia Wilkenson, Emma Whitehead and Kymani Reid are members of local Girl Scout Troop 1932, and for about a year now they've been working to help their community and reach an important Girl Scouts milestone. "[The Silver Award] is the second-highest award in Girl Scouts, and in order to complete it we have to find a...
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...
