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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...
A Green River legislator seeks another term in the Wyoming House. John Freeman, D-Green River, announced his intent to run for the House District 60 seat he's held since 2010 Wednesday morning. The district encompasses about two-thirds of Green River's population. Freeman has been an active resident within the county for the past 35 years, serving as a member of the Sweetwater County Outdoor Recreation Board, Green River Recreation Board, the first chairman of the Green River Greenbelt Task Forc...
The upcoming wrestling season keeps looking better for the Mustangs of Western Wyoming Community College. One week after signing a Colorado state champion, Samuel Freeman, out of Mesa Ridge High School, Mustang coach Art Castillo has landed a top local prospect, Shandon Welsh, from Green River. Welsh, who notched a fifth, a third, and two second-place finishes respectively at the state tournament during his four-year high school career, signed his Letter of Intent with the Mustangs on Thursday, April 28. Welsh’s decision to compete close to h...
Area residents represented Sweetwater County well during the Festivus Games hosted by Flaming Gorge CrossFit. The games, hosted on April 16, featured a number of scored CrossFit workouts, including weightlifting routines, burpies and cardio workouts. The event also attracted CrossFit enthusiasts from throughout Wyoming and Utah and the gyms competing sold out, with 60 athletes participating in the event. For many, it was their first CrossFit competition. “Many of the athletes had been doing CrossFit for a few months and were shocked they w...
Residents dismayed about the sudden loss of trees throughout Green River can take solace in replanting efforts recently conducted near the east entrance to the city. Friday, volunteers and city employees planted a number of trees in the field near the Uinta Dirve overpass. Trees in that area, as well as other parts of the city, died last year after the city mistakenly applied an herbicidal chemical to the trees. Misty Springer, grants administrator for the city, said the grant totals $4,000 and...
The Green River USA Swim Team dominated at the Winter A State Swim meet in Gillette. The team returned to Green River with 15 individual state champions and four relay championships. The team took third at the event, with a total score of 1,810 points, the highest amount the team has scored at a state meet since the early 1970s. The team also had seven regional qualifiers with Brendan Bloomquist, Ethan Moffitt, Michael Richmond, James King, Lauren Jensen, Lauren Lee, Alexa Lauze and Avery...
Green River placed fourth at the Pete Olson Memorial meet in Big Piney March 24. The team scored 142.5 points, trailing behind Mountain View High School’s 148, Kemmerer High School’s 174.5 and Big Piney High School’s 227. Boys 4X800 Varsity Timed Finals 1. Green River High School: 9:13.94 Girls 100-Meter Hurdles Varsity Timed Finals 10. Eliza Morin: 18.45 11. Erika Wilson: 18.54 21. Ashlie Childress: 20.89 Boys 110-Meter Hurdles Varsity Timed Finals 2. Chance Hofer: 17.38 Girls 100-Meter Varsity Timed Finals 1. Andri Dewey: 12.37 11. Rachel Cyn...
A SWAT action initiated by the Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigation and local law enforcement resulted in an accidental raid on an unrelated home in Green River. According to the Green River Police Department, members of the county’s joint SWAT team and DCI agents served a warrant at an undisclosed address on Fir Street. Tom Jarvie, Patrol Lieutenant for the GRPD, said a house not related to the operation was accidentally targeted. Jarvie said a joint media release will be issued regarding the operation and steps they plan to take to av...
Three wrestlers from Western Wyoming Community College placed in the top five in their respective weight classes at the NJCAA National Tournament in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Saturday. Freshman Cole Verner, of Green River, competed against Iowa Central Community College's Alex DelaCruz in the championship match at 125 lbs. Verner had defeated three opponents over two days after an opening-round bye to punch his ticket to the title match. Verner won those earlier rounds with two decisions and a...
The Family Dollar in Green River store was burglarized Tuesday night. The Green River Police Department is investigating the reported burglary. Officers arrived on scene at about 10:50 p.m., after the store’s alarm sounded. The glass door leading into the store was broken into. Family Dollar’s surveillance camera shows an image of a person wearing tan-colored pants and a blue-green turquoise hooded sweatshirt inside the store. “At this point, we don’t know if anything was taken or damaged beyond the door,” GRPD public relations officer L...
Sweetwater County School District No. 2 recently hired two new coaches to head up the Green River High School track and cross country programs. Dan Hansen was hired as the high school’s outdoor track coach and will start March 7. Hansen is a physical education teacher at the high school was was the Wyoming Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance teacher of the year last fall. Hansen has 26 years experience teaching and coaching experience in track and football. Hansen graduated from Chadron State University in N...
A Rock Springs woman faces more than a dozen felony charges stemming from a Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office embezzlement investigation had her initial appearance in court on Friday. Janette Marie Klapel, 33, was arrested Thursday by county detectives. She is charged with 15 counts of felony-grade theft and forgery. As described in court documents, Klapel began employment with No Bull Construction as a bookkeeper in September, 2013, when her name was Janette Olds. She married Deputy Sheriff Mike Klapel of the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Off...
A Green River man who was indicted for first-degree murder Wednesday could face life in prison or the death penalty if convicted of the crime. Jacob Anglesey, 34, of Green River, was indicted by a grand jury convened by Judicial District Court Judge Nena James for the 2009 death of Konnor Allen, a 2-year-old boy. According to information released by the Sweetwater County Attorney's Office, on March 9, 2009, emergency crews responded to Allen’s home in Green River after receiving a call from A...
