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A lot of good can come from one conversation. Such is the case when Julie Lutz, an environmental engineer from Tronox, was having a light conversation with Gavin Lovell, assistant manager of resources for the Bureau of Land Management and Mark Zornes, regional wildlife managing coordinator for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The two were discussing issues with wildlife, particularly sage grouse and pronghorn antelope, running into the old BLM fences that divide regions and properties and...
Recently, my mom and I started reading the second book in the Game of Thrones series together, out loud. We always grab a hot beverage, usually coffee and sometimes tea, then curl up on the couch next to each other and take turns reading aloud. This is very reminiscent of the countless times we would sit together and read the Harry Potter book serious aloud, my mom, dad, and I. Well my mom and I would read and my dad would sit and listen. I can proudly say, I read the entire Harry Potter book...
Residents will have a chance to take aim for scholarships Aug. 29 during a sporting clay shoot. Wildlife and wilderness are two components that hold value in the “Forever West” state of Wyoming. In Sweetwater County alone, there are a variety of wildlife conservation groups. Green River resident Brian Taylor is especially concerned about conservation. Taylor is a local hunter’s education instructor, a Trout Unlimited member, Muley Fanatic Foundation member, a Community Chest board member and a f...
By LILLIAN PALMER Staff Writer With September fast approaching, so is a national and local staple winter sport. Bowling leagues will start back up soon in Green River, with the first league bowling night at 7 p.m., in September at the Fish Bowl. Many members of the bowling leagues in Green River have been bowling in the leagues for years and years. Rodger Lundgren Jr. is one of those bowlers. He's been bowling since he was very young, around eight or nine years old, as he recalls. He enjoys...
The 11th annual Art on the Green is this weekend, starting Friday, with a new event; an art battle. It’s a no contact battle, unless the contact between paintbrush and canvas counts. The Battle on the Green is a live art competition where the artists competing have to create a piece of art in each round of the competition. The art battle was a suggested idea to the art council Jeremy Gomez of the Green River Arts Council said. Each round is 45 minutes long, each round narrowing down the pool of...
The second annual summer festival took place at the Immaculate Conception Catholic church Saturday. Children enjoyed a variety of activities and games on the warm, sunny day. There was bowling, bean bag toss, face painting, musical chairs, canvas painting, bingo and more, and prizes for every activity. Madison Korkow frequented the bowling game through out the afternoon the most. “I want to do that again,” Madison said. “The bowling is my favorite.” For the adults, there was a silent auction...
Imagine waiting in emotional agony for days, waiting for blood work results for your sick furry, four-legged family member. This family member has been your beloved pet for many years. It would break your heart if anything bad were to happen to your beloved pet. Now imagine mailing out your monthly bill payment on the usual day you send it out to get there in time. Only this time, it’s much too late and you receive a late fee for the bill in the mail weeks later. The bill keeps rising. Now f...
The city Council moved to approve an increase in the capital projects and general funds at Tuesday’s meeting, for the fiscal year of 2016 carryover in the amount of $5.5 million. It’s not a surprise amount, according to Chris Meats, finance director of Green River, it comes down to timing and producing the correct dollar amount. The raised budget amount is for previously started projects that are multi year projects with a vast majority of the funds coming from the Sixth Penny tax, $4 mil...
Some say it’s a compliment to get carded. It’s frustrating though and a bit annoying when you get asked to see your I.D. multiple times in one night by multiple people in the same establishment. My night at the fair was much like this. I will admit, I look young for a 26 year old. But the hassle I go through while drinking is slightly ridiculous. At the fair, I show my I.D. to receive a wrist band in the beer tent. I then proceed to the next booth to purchase my beer tokens. At the token boo...
There are a variety of scam phone calls out there that plague citizens, and Green River is no exception. Phone scams go on as they always have, but residents are getting smarter. The amount of scam reports are the same but the numbers of victimization is going down, GRPD officer Luke Benson said. “People getting taken advantage of is going down quite a bit,” Benson said. “Residents are more aware of the potential for scams.” Phone scams usually ask for either money or personal informa...
In response to a recent article concerning a seasonal summer shortage at the local food banks, management at Tata Chemical’s Green River location decided to take fast action. Within 24 hours, a plan was made, logistical details done and the word was out to employees about their fast-action emergency fundraising drive for the local food banks. They decided to do a cash-only fundraiser because cash goes further than cans of food, according to the food banks, Kim Genereux, supervisor of learning a...
Tata Chemicals awarded a total of $6,000 in college scholarships to Kasey Turnbull of Green River, Garrett Easton of Rock Springs, and Kylia Siddoway of Lyman. The three are all Wyoming-college based students and children of the Tata’s employees. Turnbull and Easton both received a scholarship of $2,500. Siddoway received a scholarship of $1,000. Tata has been awarding scholarships to applicants of their employees‘ children since 2013, to students attending Western Wyoming Community Col...
Kinley Bruderer, a 16-year-old from Rock Springs is a 4-H horse enthusiast. She competed in the 4-H and open horse events at the fair this year, entering every event she could, she said. She competed in 32 classes, receiving numerous trophies, placing first seven times. Bruderer also shows in the livestock categories as well, but her true passion lies in horses. "The relationship made between you and your horse," Bruderer said. "Every horse has a different personality." Bruderer has been riding...
Tuesday evening, the City Council motioned to appoint members of the Airport Advisory Board for Green River’s Intergalactic Spaceport. The motion confirmed the Mayor Pete Rust’s appointment of Gordon Gunter, Ed DeCastro, Barry Tippy, Ed McPherson, Dorothy Krauss, Holden Wright and Councilman Brett Stokes to the Green River Airport Advisory Board. It was Councilman Alan Wilson who moved the motion with another council member’s second. Councilman Gary Killpack opposed the motion, and the motion carried regardless, with two motions to carry...
Thursday evening, at 5:20 p.m., a vehicle crash occurred at the intersection of Uinta Drive and Riverview Drive that condensed traffic. A white Dodge Journey was driving north bound, down Uinta and was attempting to turn left onto Riverview Drive on a green light for oncoming traffic going straight, with a yellow turning light when the crash occurred. The second vehicle, a white Jeep Liberty, was driving south bound on Uinta, going straight through the intersection in the outside, right hand lane. Approaching the intersection, neither driver...
The National High School Finals Rodeo will make its way back to Rock Springs and Green River in the years 2018 and 2019. The recent rodeo was the last year scheduled for the National High School Finals Rodeo in Sweetwater County and will be in Gillette for the next two years. A bid was placed on the rodeo to decide where it would be hosted after Gillette. Sunday, the NHSFR board of directors voted for the rodeo to return Rock Springs. "I'm excited for them to come back, we just have to work the...
The Bittersweet Bombshells busted Casper's Deadly Ghosts on Saturday. The score was Bombshells 119 to 114 Ghosts, a very close game in roller derby. The bout was neck and neck, back and forth. The Ghosts put up a good fight against the Bombshells, especially considering their smaller roster number, eight derby girls, compared to the Bombshells' 12 for the bout. Players from two other Wyoming teams played for the Ghosts' bout against the Bombshells to help even out the numbers. "They had to...
After 30 years and two months, GRPD Sgt. Dan Friebel is putting aside his badge and officer uniform and donning his fishing pole and boating gear once again. Retirement has been a long time coming for the 57-year-old officer. His career in law enforcement started May 1, 1985, at age 27. Before he started work as a police officer, he was working as a taxidermist at Fred’s Taxidermy. One of the customers, Sgt. Mike Keneberg told him he’d make a good cop. So, he went for it. “I hadn’t thought of being a police officer before that, but apparently i...
Mining; its a Sweetwater County thing. More so, it is the livelihood of many Green River and Rock Springs residents, and is an important economic powerhouse for the community. The mines located in Sweetwater County are all in the top 30 percentile of taxes paid to the county. Trona mines make up 19 percent of Sweetwater County's total county evaluation. Mineral production and industrial accounts make up almost 89 percent of the entire evaluation. "And that doesn't account for jobs, or people...
Imagine trying to get from the house, to the grocery store, while being wheelchair-bound and with no vehicle. The short trek from the home, down the street to pick up a prescription and groceries could potentially be a dangerous one. For those living in Rock Butte apartments on Bridger Drive. The sidewalk at the intersection on East Teton Boulevard and Bridger Drive has no wheelchair ramp to use to stay on the sidewalk. Instead, you are forced to drive your wheelchair scooter along the street until the next driveway entrance to the parking lot...
The Green River Bike Rides by the Sweetwater Mountain Biking Association are going again this summer. This week’s ride is 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., starting in parking lot B at Scott’s Bottom, FMC Park. The weekly bike rides will continue through October, with weather permitting. Sweetwater Mountain Biking Association They initially started in 1999 when the Green River Tourism Committee wanted to promote Green River’s bike trails. Land use issues occurred during the process and plans were cut short. The group tried again in 2009, this time a succe...
The fourth was on fire. The fourth of July in Green River was fairly calm this year, compared to Rock Springs. There were five fire calls to the Green River Fire Department over the weekend, starting with a couple on Saturday afternoon around 4 p.m. with a small brush fire at Scott’s Bottom. At 10 p.m., there was a small fire citing on South Hill and on Blue Rim Road in Jamestown; both put out before firefighters arrived at the scene. Even though this year’s number of fire calls in Green River was relatively low in number, it did rise from las...
The hustle and bustle of Flaming Gorge Days is over. With the completion of the annual festivities comes the aftermath or lack of one, according to Green River Police Department Det. Luke Benson. “I think overall, it was a good weekend,” Benson said. In total, there were seven arrests over the weekend; two DUI arrests, four public intoxication arrests, and one underage consumption arrest, which also involved interference with a police officer. “It was a pretty safe and smooth weekend,” Benson said. “I want to thank the community for helping t...
The City of Green River’s budget for the fiscal year of 2015 is $21.7 million, compared to last year’s budget, which was 21 million. “It went up $700,000 in total mostly due to a couple specific projects,” Green River’s director of finance, Chris Meats said. The general fund itself went down about $200,000, while the capital projects fund went up $900,000, making a net increase in the total budget around $700,000. The decrease in the general fund was due to some significant cuts the city departments made. “What happened on that was the council...
Battle of the Bands, a contest in which two or more bands compete for the title of “best band”. Five local bands will be rocking out Thursday in a Battle of the Bands, to prove who’s the voted best. The winner’s prize? To open for the Flaming Gorge Days rock show on Saturday. The process started when The Flaming Gorge day committee posted a call for specifically rock genre bands local to the area, on their website and through social media. “We wanted to keep it to our local bands, keep it in the area, keep it as local as possible,” Flaming Gor... Full story
