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Two Sweetwater County men were killed in an alleged double homicide in Gillette and two Gillette residents stand accused of their deaths. According to the Gillette News-Record, Michael Montano, 37, of Gillette, is accused of killing 33-year-old Philip Brewer and 38-year-old Jody Fortuna, facing two second-degree homicide charges, as well as two charges of mutilation of dead human bodies. His bond was set at $2.5 million cash. Montano’s girlfriend, 22-year-old Kylee Collins, is charged with two counts conspiracy to mutilate a dead human body and...
Golden Hour Senior Center is offering a Smart Driver Safety Course to help older drivers stay safe, educated and confident behind the wheel. Everyone can benefit from a refresher course that helps them stay current with the rules of the road. With this course seniors will learn defensive driving techniques, proven safety strategies and new traffic laws and rules of the road. This program will help older drivers keep their independence and stay safe on the road. There are no tests to pass. Seniors can simply sign up and learn. Upon completion,...
Staff Report Brain health could be as simple as putting your right foot in front of your left. The majority of adults 40+ are not meeting the recommended 2.5 hours of moderate to vigorous exercise per week, according to AARP’s latest healthy aging survey. Those 40+ who do exercise, regularly, rate their brain health significantly higher than non-exercisers, citing improvements in their ability to: learn new things, manage stress, and make decisions. These findings directly align with recommendations that can be found within the Staying Sharp p...
Staff Report The 2016-2017 concert season is the 77th year for the Sweetwater County Concert Association; and they have begun the membership campaign for the new concert season. The association is a local nonprofit group whose mission is to bring the best in live professional performing arts entertainment to the residents of Sweetwater County at the lowest cost possible. The association offers guaranteed seats for the four concert series to members of the association for one low membership fee. Because of this, county residents have the...
On Sept. 28 the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 and the city of Green River held its 10-annual Wellness Fair for the K-6 students at Wolves Stadium and the Monroe Fields. The Green River High School students lead and assisted the presenters. This year, more than 50 GRHS students assisted with leadership for the Wellness Fair. The Wyoming Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports donated backpacks with health messages to each student. This annual fair focuses on giving the students a consistent message that their health, f...
Bomb technicians from the Sweetwater Bomb Squad dealt with what was suspected to be a pressure-cooker bomb on Interstate 80 Monday. The pressure cooker ultimately was found not to be a bomb. Sweetwater County Sheriff Mike Lowell said the Wyoming Highway Patrol was notified Monday afternoon that a suspicious item had been spotted on the ground at a truck parking area along the eastbound lane of I-80 at mile marker 142, about 35 miles east of Rock Springs. WHP Trooper Barry Tippy was dispatched to the scene, where he found an upright pressure...
The Green River Lady Wolves Volleyball team returned from the Casper Invitational with a little more experience under their belt. This past Friday and Saturday, the Lady Wolves played a few teams at the tournament. According to the Wyoming High School Activities Association website, www.whsaa.org, on Friday the Lady Wolves once again took on Kelly Walsh, which is one of the toughest teams in the 4A division. The Lady Wolves lost both their sets, 22-25, 18-25. On Friday, the Lady Wolves also played Hulett, winning both sets, 25-10, 25-15; and th...
The filing deadline for school board and special districts concluded Monday, with a few more residents deciding to run for election to the Sweetwater County School District No.2 Board of Trustees. Joining Brenda Roosa, Corina Tynsky, Steve Core and Mark Sanders is Kevin Gelinas. The five seek four, four-year terms on the school board, which not only heads up schools in Green River, but McKinnon and Granger as well. More residents have filed for the Castle Rock Hospital District Board of Trustees. Joining Lisa Robison are Robert Gordon and Reed...
Steven Dean McLaren was sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence on five felony counts, including Attempted Second Degree Murder, by Third Judicial District Court Judge Richard Lavery on August 31, 2016. Judge Lavery sentenced 53-year-old McLaren to a total of 63 to 81 years to be served in the Wyoming State Penitentiary. McLaren was found guilty on all charged counts by a jury on April 15, 2016, after a four day trial regarding incidents which occurred on March 10, 2014. At trial, prosecution presented evidence that on March 10, 2014, McLaren...
Residents should get comfortable with detours if they frequently use the Union Pacific Underpass. The underpass closed Monday, with all traffic being rerouted down Flaming Gorge Way. The project, paid for through sixth-penny sales taxes, will include the replacement of the road surface, as well as curb, gutter and sidewalk for 950 feet from South 1st West Street to the UP driveway. A 12-inch water line will also replace an aging 12-inch asbestos-cement pipe. Reopening the road to traffic is expected to take place in mid-October, with...
Learn about the candidates running for Sweetwater County Commission at upcoming forums sponsored by the Sweetwater County Library System. The forums will be on Aug. 8 at White Mountain Library, 2935 Sweetwater Drive in Rock Springs. The forum for candidates running as Democrats will be at 6 p.m. and the forum for those running as Republicans will be at 7 p.m. “Since these forums are before the primary election, we decided to separate the candidates by party,” Rock Springs Library Manager Lindsey Travis, said. “We will have another forum with...
A group of 32 wrestlers from Green River traveled to the University of Wyoming for a team camp June 19-22. The camp hosted teams from Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and Montana. Each team competed in nine duals over three days and an individual tournament the last day. The Wolves went 9-0 in the duals, outscoring their opponents 558 to 120, while multiple Wolves won their brackets in the individual tournament. There were four technique sessions throughout the four days where the wrestlers were able to pick up some things they can work on to...
The mule deer population is on the rise as a result of good spring moisture for the past three years. The doe:fawn ratio has shown a favorable increase in the last two years, leading biologists to take notice. “For mule deer, research has shown we need a ratio of 66 fawns for every 100 does to maintain or increase the population size. The average number of fawns in key mule deer herds statewide over the past two years has been 75 per 100 does,” Ian Tator, Wyoming Game and Fish Department statewide terrestrial habitat manager, said. “This is li...
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Green River Wildlife Supervisor Steve DeCecco is retiring after 36 years, and like most folks in his situation, he's experiencing a lot of mixed emotions. "I can honestly say that upholding the department's mission statement Conserving Wildlife and Serving People has always been our focus," DeCecco said. "For decades, I have visited with retiring and or retired Game and Fish employees and they all said their career highlights were the people they got to meet and...
A Green River man died in a fatal crash south of city June 12. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, 66-year-old Nick Sanchez died about 13 miles south of Green River after he failed to make a turn in the road. The crash occurred at about 5:33 p.m. on Wyoming Highway 530. A release from the WHP states Sanchez was riding his motorcycle at a high rate of speed during a heavy rainstorm. He drove off of the road and was thrown frrm his bike as it rolled multiple times. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, but sustained fatal...
A track team, a longtime coach and former professor at the University of Wyoming are the 2016 inductees into the Green River High School Hall of Fame. The inductees include the 1992-1994 Girls Cross Country Team, as well as graduates Byron Toone and Jack Evers. The track team was coached by Greg McClure and Dean Bonney and took the state championship three straight years, 1992-1994.The team defeated Campbell County High School each of the years they took state. Toone, born in 1930, was a 1948 graduate of Green River High School and attended...
The Green River Knights fared well in the Roy Peck Memorial Wood Bat Tournament in Riverton over the weekend. The Knights’ A Team took first after defeating the Riverton Raiders in the championship match, while the B Team took third. The A Team initially faced Riverton’s B Team, defeating them 7-1, and later took on Douglas, winning that game 6-3. During the championship game, the Knights showed their superiority over the Raiders 18-1. The Knights will soon host their own wood bat tournament. The tournament will take place June 17-19. The tou...
Three Green River students graduated from Wyoming Connections Academy May 22. The students; Bret Crofutt, Moriah Durfee and Anthony Kudar, were part of a 31-student graduating class from the academy. Other students from the academy were from Rock Springs, Powell, Cody and other locations. The academy reports 68 percent of its graduates plan to attend a university, while the rest have plans to join the military, seek vocational training or find jobs. “We’re proud to honor the class of 2016 seniors who come from various backgrounds but have all...
Green River's Zac Taylor raced against the best midget drivers in the world at the Chili Bowl Nationals in January so when he and car owner Todd Henry showed up at I-76 Speedway last week, they were shocked to learn Taylor was considered a "rookie" with the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association. "When we got there we found out we had to start last because I was a rookie because it was my first race with the organization," Taylor said. "Neither Todd or myself were too happy. There were five...
More candidates have filed for election to local offices, but time is running out for those interested in becoming a city councilman, county commissioner or state legislator. As of Tuesday evening, two of the three available council slots in Green River will be contested. In Ward I, Richard Baxter and Tom Murphy will vie for the council seat while in Ward III Robert Berg will attempt to defeat incumbent Brett Stokes. Lisa Maes, the incumbent in Ward II, has filed for re-election, but faces no opposition at this time. In Granger, only Kimberly...
The candidate filing period for local offices started Thursday and a few people have already stepped up to run for county and city council seats. At the county level, two county commissioner seats will be up for election this year. So far, two people have registered to run for those seats. Green River City Councilman Mark Peterson has filed to run as a Democrat, while current commissioner Don Van Matre has also filed, running as a Republican. In Green River, Richard Baxter is currently the only person running for the Ward I Council Seat. In War...
The Green River Parks and Recreation Department is set to celebrate Arbor Day Saturday at Indian Hills Park. The celebration begins at 10 a.m. Numerous door prizes will be given away including a gas chain saw, tree pruning lopper, and other great landscaping tools. Cottonwood, Ash, Dogwood, and Pine seedlings will be available to take home for free along with planting instructions and tree care advice. The Green River Girl Scout troop will plant new trees in the park and refreshments will be available to all who attend. “The importance of a...
During a recent Green River Chamber of Commerce luncheon, several residents received awards for their service. One of those recognized for her volunteer work for the chamber was Patricia Gregory. Gregory has been a chamber board for eight years; and is also a past board president. During her tenure; she served on several committees including River Festival Committee-kids’ games, finance committee, executive committee and business development and retention committee, a chamber press release stated. When Gregory isn’t busy helping the cha...
Green River's school of Pineda's Kenpo Karate attended regional tournaments in Farmington and Ogden, Utah and Missoula, Mont., recently. They competed with some different team members and still had the same great results, instructor Jim Dean said. He said the school has brought together one of their most dominate teams in their history this year. The team traveled to Farmington, Utah for the Avalanche National NBL tournament, March 19. Team Pineda won the team trophy at the event for outstanding...
Green River's Zac Taylor picked up his second win of the season in the Colorado Alliance Tour 305 Sprint Cars at Lamar Speedway in Lamar, Colo., Friday following that up with a second-place run at El Paso County Raceway on Saturday. "It was an awesome weekend," he said. Taylor opened Friday night by winning a heat race after starting on the outside of the front row. He then lined up on the pole of the main event at Lamar Speedway. "On Friday I started on the pole and dropped back to fourth," he...
