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Jim Zimmerman has his sights set on becoming a member of the Green River City Council. Zimmerman, who works as a code enforcement specialist with the Sweetwater County planning and Zoning Department, seeks election for Ward 1. "Since this is my first campaign for any office, I will be running on the basis of my beliefs in family values and my work experience," Zimmerman said in a campaign announcement. "I believe that this will qualify me to make important and sometimes tough decisions for the...
Donnalee Bobak is seeking another term as the Sweetwater County Clerk of District Court. The Green River resident, a Republican, is finishing her second term in the office. “I want to thank the citizens of Sweetwater County for their confidence in allowing me to serve them, and humbly ask for your continued support,” she said in a press release announcing her candidacy. For the past year, litigants have been able to pay search fees, fines, child support payments and other fees with a debit or credit card, which Bobak said has resulted in a not...
Dale Majhanovich seeks another term as Sweetwater County Coroner, offering residents more than three decades of experience in the position A Rock Springs native, Majhanovich graduated from the Rock Springs High School and went to Western Wyoming Community College and the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science, earning two associate’s degrees. He has been registered with the Conference of Funeral Services Embalming Board since earning his Wyoming State Embalmers License in 1979. Majhanovich was first appointed a deputy county coroner in 1...
Sweetwater County Assessor David Divis seeks election to his first full term this year. Divis, a Democrat, was selected to replace Pat Drinkle when she retired earlier this year. After he was appointed to the position in February, Divis said he planned to run for the office. Divis worked as the chief deputy Sweetwater County Assessor since 2012, when Drinkle was selected to replace David Rauzi. Prior to that, Divis worked at the Sweetwater County Treasurer's Office since 1991, working his way...
Sweetwater County Treasurer Robb Slaughter will seek another term in office and plans to campaign for Sweetwater County Treasurer. Slaughter, a Democrat, issued a campaign announcement Wednesday morning. "The next few years will be a period of growth and change here in Sweetwater County, and I would like to continue as an integral part of it," Slaughter said in his announcement. "I am running based on the belief that I can continue to manage the office of treasurer in a professional manner and...
Like J.C. Penney, Hastings, K-Mart and Sports Authority before it, Herberger’s in Rock Springs will close its doors. Bon-Ton Stores Inc., which owns Herberger’s, announced on its website Tuesday that the company will wind down operations after a winning bid for the company’s assets was accepted. The company filed for a court supervised corporate restructuring Feb. 4. The Rock Springs store was not listed in a previously announced group of store closures issued by Bon-Ton Jan. 31. According to a press release on Bon-Ton’s investor relatio...
Residents with unwanted prescription drugs can take them to a drop off box at Smith’s Food and Drug Saturday. The drop off is sponsored by the Green River Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration and takes place from 10 a.m., to 2 p.m. The event is designed to give residents a chance to safely rid their homes of unused pills and patches. The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles. The service is free and anonymous. During a similar event last fall, Americans turned in 456 tons of prescription drugs at more than 5,300 drop off sit...
Green River’s residents can expect to see the county’s 2018 Notice of Value statements this week. The statements, according to Sweetwater County Assessor David Divis, are what are used to determine property tax statements, which will be mailed in September. A release from Divis states residents who have signed up for the eNotice program will receive their statements Wednesday. According to the release, home values are set by calculating the new replacement cost, subtracting the depreciation and then trending for sales. The Wyoming Dep...
A media release sent from the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday evening disagrees with claims made by the Sweetwater County Commissioners. During their meeting Tuesday, the commissioners claimed the sheriff’s office was over budget by approximately $291,000 this year. However, Sheriff Mike Lowell disagrees with the commissioners’ assessment, saying the amount the office will be over budget is much less than what the commissioners claim. “There are many factors that come into play in a budget assessment such as this,” Lowell said, “an...
The Lady Wolves soccer team started of the season with two tough games on the road and returned home with two losses. This past weekend, the Green River High School soccer team traveled to Cheyenne where they played Cheyenne East on Friday and Cheyenne Central Saturday. In the game against Cheyenne East the Lady Wolves lost 6-0, while in the Cheyenne Central game they lost 10-0. This week, the team will prepare for another away game against their biggest rivals, the Rock Springs Lady Tigers. This game is scheduled to take place in Rock Springs...
The Green River High School’s hall-of-fame committee seeks nominations for the 2018 GRHS hall of fame. The hall of fame can be found in the main hallway at GRHS. Plaques honor students from GRHS for their sacrifice, achievements and athletic prowess. Previous inductees include multiple state-winning sports teams, former Green River mayors, a member of Seal Team 6, a Las Vegas police officer who gave his life in the line of duty and many others. Nominations are due April 9 and can be submitted by mail, email or fax. Nominations do not have a s...
A 45-year-old Green River man died in a two-vehicle crash near Bairoil Monday afternoon. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Thomas Nisbet died after his 2002 Toyota Camry collided head-on with a tractor-trailer combination on U.S. 287 South. Nisbet is being investigated for improper use of seatbelt and driving while impaired at the time of the collision. The WHP was dispatched to milepost 29 on U.S. 287 at 1:15 p.m. According to the WHP, Nisbet was traveling southbound when his vehicle crossed over the center line, into the northbound...
Sweetwater County Sheriff Mike Lowell is seeking a second term. The former Rock Springs police chief announced his candidacy in an email Friday afternoon. Lowell, a Democrat, was elected in 2014 after defeating then-Sheriff Rich Haskell. Lowell credited the sheriff’s office employees’ hard work and dedication as a team in helping him reorganize the office based on merit, as well as increasing patrols and services within the county. In 2017, the sheriff’s office logged more than 23,000 public service hours, a 20 percent increase from the previ...
Hard work and dedication paid off for the Green River middle school swimmers in Rock Springs. The team took first at the Rock Springs Invite Feb. 22, earning 268.50 points. Rock Springs took second with 267 points, while Evanston took third with 222.50 and Rawlins finished fourth with 171 points. “The girls have been working hard and the majority of them have dropped times in one or two events,” coach Michele Omelia said. The Green River girls competed against two teams that outnumbered them, but the team worked hard to persevere. Omelia sai...
While Green River Police Department’s new chief, Tom Jarvie, will take his oath Tuesday, a longtime GRPD officer will also be recognized for the number of years she’s served. The Council will recognize Debbie Tippy for her service to the community Tuesday night. Tippy is one of several long-serving employees to retire from the GRPD. The Council will also decide if it will support a request to cosponsor the annual Western Wyoming Karate Tournament, a memorandum of understanding with the Overland Stage Stampede Rodeo committee and the annual Wor...
The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office had a busy week, headlined by two arrests. According to Dick Blust, public information officer for the sheriff’s office, the sheriff’s office helped arrest an armed fugitive Friday afternoon in Rock Springs. Jerry Joseph Romero, 41, of Salt Lake City, was arrested for an alleged probation violation on an original charge of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, after he was tracked to a residence at Gateway Village in Rock Springs. A release Blust sent out states Det. Matt Wharton found Romer...
A Rock Springs man made an initial appearance at Circuit Court in Rock Springs Tuesday, facing an involuntary manslaughter charge after allegedly killing a woman in a situation witnesses believe was accidental. Stephen Jeffrey Taranovich, 41, could face life in prison from the charge. According to the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, prosecutors have filed to enhance the penalty due to Taranovich’s previous felony convictions. Involuntary manslaughter otherwise carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, a potential fine of up to $10,000,...
A man arrested in Green River Friday had his bond set at $25,000 cash or surety after being charged with 16 counts of felony voyeurism. Ryan Flaten, 28, is in the Sweetater County Detention Center following his arrest. While voyeurism is often a misdemeanor charge, it becomes a felony when a camera or other recording device is used in the crime. Each felony count carries with it a penalty of not more than two years in prison and a potential fine of not more than $5,000. Flaten was also arrested in Lyman on Nov. 17, 2017, and charged with...
Sweetwater County residents looking for legal information from the county government will be able to find it in pages of this newspaper. The Sweetwater County Commissioners named the Green River Star its newspaper designee for 2018 after a unanimous vote Tuesday morning. The last time the Star was the county’s designee was in 2010. The county’s designee publishes legal information for the county, including meeting minutes and public notices. This information will be found in the legals section of the newspaper and will be available in this iss...
The Green River Chamber of Commerce had a major change-up in its staff late last week. According to a press release, Irene Parsons, who had worked as CEO of the camber since August, was no longer working at the Chamber as of Dec. 21. Lisa Herrera will be taking over Parsons’ duties during the interim. Parsons, who formerly worked for Sen. John Barrasso’s office, replaced Rebecca Eusek as chamber CEO when Eusek was hired to work for the Wyoming Business Council. “We wish her well in her new endeavors,” the chamber’s press release states....
Don Maggi has stepped down from his position as head coach of the Wolves varsity football team. Maggi gave his resignation Monday. “It has been an honor and pleasure to serve as head coach of the Green River Wolves. I am proud of our accomplishments on the field and in the development of young men. The support from the administration has been appreciated and I am thankful for the opportunity,” Maggi said in a press release. “I wish nothing but the best for the program in the future.” According to the press release, Maggi said he wants to give...
The Green River High School wrestling team faced a tough weekend of competition, which included a JV duel and two tournaments. Head coach Josh Wisniewski said he was happy with his wrestlers work throughout the weekend. Wisniewski said he wishes the team would have wrestled with more urgency during the Warrior Classic in Grand Junction, Colo., but was pleased with Payton Tucker. “As a sophomore, working hard in the room, coming into a tournament that is very difficult to win, and getting after some upperclassmen to take first at the Warrior C...
A tip from a concerned sportsman resulted in a Kemmerer resident being caught in a 2016 deer poaching case. Kemmerer Game Warden Chris Baird and other area game wardens have been investigating the case since October 2016. Baird said this case would not have been made without someone reporting their information. Game wardens investigated a report of a deer shot and left in the Elk Mountain area, near Kemmerer. Investigation and interviews revealed that the suspect, Dexter Biebinger of Kemmerer, had killed a two-point mule deer buck. The hunt are...
The Green River High School wrestling team took to the mat for the first time over the weekend. The Wolves competed in an invitational tournament in Evanston, earning a fourth-place finish with 149 points. The Wolves finished behind Rock Springs High School, which earned 173 points, second-place Bear River High School with 222 points and Spring Creek High School, which earned 288.5 points. "I think overall, we competed," head wrestling coach Josh Wisniewski said. "I would like us to work on...
A hunter alleged to have shot a mule deer south of Pinedale illegally was caught by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The hunter, not named in a released issued by the WGFD, allegedly killed a buck mule deer Nov. 12. The mule deer season closed Oct. 6. The hunter was charged with taking a deer out of season and shooting from a public road, both misdemeanors. The deer was seized by the WGFD. “I would like to send out a huge thank you to the individuals from local and surrounding communities who assisted in bringing this case to c...
