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A scuffle over a bag of chips and some dip has led to a mother being charged with two counts of child abuse. Cory E. McCoy, 31, of Green River recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at an arraignment to two counts of child abuse where she pleaded not guilty. A jury trial has been scheduled to take place at 9 a.m. Dec. 3. If McCoy is found guilty of both felonies, she could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $20,000. According to court...
Green River Councilman Allan Wilson is seeking a change of venue for a trial to take place on two counts of alleged sexual abuse of a minor citing there is no way he could have a fair trial in Sweetwater County due to overly excessive news media coverage. Allan D. Wilson is charged with one felony count of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor which allegedly took place in Lincoln County and one felony count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, which allegedly took place in Sweetwater...
Several groups joined forces to build bunk beds for children who don't have any to sleep on. On Saturday, Rocky Mountain Power volunteers worked with United Way of Southwest Wyoming to complete a Helping Hands Day project for the Rock Springs Chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace. The bed-building project took place at Unique Signs and Designs with about 30 volunteers pitching in to build beds for those in need. Since April, Mike and Aly Bond, SHP Rock Springs chapter founders, have been working...
The Lady Wolves have been practicing for more than two weeks and it’s already paying off. The Green River High School Lady Wolves swim team has new goals this year and are ready to obtain them. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said they have decided to get better, stronger, faster and maintain focus throughout the season. This is what the team thought would be good goals for the season. “If we take care of business throughout the season, we’ll be good at the end of the year,” she said. This year, a...
The Lady Wolves swim team traveled to Gillette for a pentathlon and relays and came back with a third-place finish and eight already qualified for state. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said the Green River High School Lady Wolves swam really well this weekend against a lot of competitive teams. “They went down there and were hitting times where we thought they would be,” Seiloff said. The team traveled to Gillette instead of Rawlins because they already know what the competition around here loo...
“We want to improve every day,” head coach Rikki Shantz said. That’s this year’s goal for the Green River High School Lady Wolves volleyball team. Shantz said the team will have four seniors, five juniors, five sophomores and nine freshmen. “We have low numbers this year, but quality kids,” Shantz said. “They want to be in the gym getting better and they want to compete. I could not be more happy with how intense our practices have been and can’t wait to see our growth.” Those who are returning...
The Green River High School Lady Wolves volleyball team officially kicked off the season with five games in Cokeville last weekend. Head coach Rikki Shantz said the team played and lost against teams from Cokeville, Lyman, Star Valley and Alta, Utah, but won against a team from Grace, Idaho. In the game against Star Valley, Green River lost in three sets 25-15, 25-14 and 26-24. In the Cokeville games, the Lady Wolves lost in three sets 25-22. 25-20 and 25-23. In the game against Alta, Utah, the...
While all of the artists were inside the Expedition Island Pavilion sculpting clay statutes or painting, one was outside in the hot sun to finish his paining. Green River resident J.T. Schmidt was busy painting, but not with brushes. Schmidt took a more unconventional approach his painting and started off with spray paint and followed it up with the air brush. Schmidt said he uses just about everything on his paintings from spray paint and air brushes to markers and traditional brushes....
This weekend, children had the opportunity to see artists at work through the live sculpture and painting competition. While artists from all over gathered in the Expedition Island pavilion for the 24-hour clay sculpture and painting competitions called Art on the Green, Green River residents, their children and visitors from out of town walked through looking at the artists' work. The event is special because is allows adults and children the chance to speak with artists while they are working...
Carnival games and food drew a crowd to the Golden Hour Senior Center Thursday morning. Some of the games seniors played included, ring toss, football toss, spin the wheel, disk drop, go fishing and pick a duck. When they weren't busy playing these games, seniors were having their arms or faces painted or trying their luck at Wii skee ball. Others were enjoying the great treats traditionally found at a carnival, including cotton candy, popcorn and funnel cakes. Once the residents got the feel...
Members of the Sweetwater Aquatics Team returned home from zones with more competition experience. SWAT Team coach Randy Walker said this year zones was hosted in northern California. The swimmers in this organization practice about nine times a week depending on their ability, level, age and their level of commitment. They also compete about once a month. What makes this team unique is it's composed of swimmers throughout Wyoming and they are competitive at both the age group meet and senior-le...
Sweetwater County will no longer send depositories to Bank of the West starting Oct. 1. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the commissioners voted unanimously to remove Bank of the West from its list of depositories starting Oct. 1. The commissioners stated they needed to make a statement against Bank of the West’s views. About two weeks ago, Bank of the West stated on its website blog.bankofthewest.com/change, “We will no longer do business with companies who...
A 19-year-old man who admitted to sexting and having sexual relations with a 16-year-old girl will serve prison time. Colton L. Minard, Green River, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a sentencing hearing to two felony counts of sexual exploitation of children and one misdemeanor charge of promoting obscenity. In exchange for Minard’s guilty plea to one count of sexual exploitation of a child, he was given an 8-10 year prison sentence and the other c...
One Sweetwater County organization is trying to spread the word about how human trafficking and sex exploitation can happen in Wyoming and even in this county. For Christal Martin, founder and executive director of Sweetwater Against Trafficking, the fight to stop this from happening to other children is personal. About one year ago, Martin’s 12-year-old daughter was sexually exploited with a chat website that her daughter could access on her phone called Chatous. While the site seems p...
Sweetwater County is going to receive about $2.37 million due to a tax error. In July, the Sweetwater County Commissioners were notified by the Department of Revenue that a Sweetwater County vendor mistakenly reported its taxes to Natrona County instead of Sweetwater County. The error was discovered during a regular audit. Kim Lovett, administrator of the Excise Tax Division of the Department of Revenue, said in a previous interview an audit on a Sweewater County vendor, which will remain...
A Green River High School student recently traveled to Washington D.C., to attend the Congressional Award Gold Medal Ceremony. Mary Harris joined 441 youth from across 41 states to received the medal. According to the website congressional award.org, "For a minimum of two years, each Gold Medalist has logged at least 800 hours across four program areas: voluntary public service, personal development, physical fitness and expedition and exploration. The 2018 Gold Medal class is the largest in...
Residents from both Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center and Sage View Care Center were at the fair Thursday taking in the sights. With help from the Green River Wolf Pack Dance team, CRRC residents made their way through the fair with ease. Heidi Schuh, CRRC activities director and volunteer coordinator, said with a total of 19 residents from the center and The Villa, they were taking all the help they could get. "We have a lot of kid volunteers this year, which is awesome," Schuh...
Children were all over the Sweetwater County Fair throughout last week. Whether they were showing animals for 4-H, riding rides, feeding animals or eating their favorite fair food, they were having a good time. Some kids were excitedly feeding the animals in the petting zoo, while others were not quite sure about it. They would timidly put their hand out and then laugh as the goats tongue touched their hand to lick the oats they were holding. Once the children realized the goat wasn't going to...
For one high school senior, playing a role in politics was an interest enhanced by a recent trip to Washington D.C. The journey started when Levi Hren, a Green River High School student, applied as a junior for Boys State through the American Legion. He was happy to represent Green River in Douglas. Hren has an interest in the political process and what leads up to the primary and general elections. He's also had an interest in civic education and what one must do to become a leader. During...
The Sweetwater County Commissioners feel as though Bank of the West Corporate has waged war against them when it declared it would no longer support certain businesses in the oil and gas and coal industries. According to Bank of the West’s website blog.bankofthewest.com/change, “We will no longer do business with companies whose main activity is exploring, producing, distributing, marketing or trading oil and gas from shale and/or tar sands. “We will no longer finance coal mines or coal-...
A Green River woman accused of beating her child with a belt will have the felony child abuse charge dismissed if she can complete her probation. Ashley L. Todd, 28, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a sentencing hearing to the charge. She pleaded no contest to the charge, but the plea wasn’t entered. Under Wyoming Statute 7-13-301, Todd can plead no contest and the charge will be dismissed if she can complete three years supervised probation. This statute can o...
I can still recall how as a child certain words could instantly lead to automatic excitement. Parade, park, fireworks, playground, lake, fishing, carnival and camping. The one word that would literally have me running around yelling and screaming was a short word -- fair. Yes. That word instantly had me thinking of all the fun things I like to do at the fair, including the rides, games, food and animals I’d see. Growing up in a small county, which consisted of a lot of dairy farmers like our f...
Children had the chance to listen to and play along with a local musician last week. During the Sweetwater County Library's summer reading program, children are encouraged to attend one of their many events. Last week's theme was Rock n' Roll and the kids seemed to enjoy it. Not only did they listen to musician Chuck Dittman play the guitar, they created their own musical instruments. Some of the instruments they made including maracas, harmonicas, tambourines and castanets, which is a small...
When sophomore Mya Tollefson joined Girl Scouts nine years ago, she didn’t think she’d be receiving one of the highest awards obtainable, but she did. Recently, Girl Scout Troop 1041 members celebrated with Tollefson when she earned the Girl Scout Silver Award for her journey project. Troop leader Kris Sherwin said Girl Scouts earn badges by completing certain tasks to obtain them. Tollefson said she attends camps and earns various badges for theater, music, wildlife and ice skating. How...
During recent mine rescue competitions, Genesis Alkali teams took first place in more than one area. Each year, the teams attend two competitions and this year was no different. The Southeast Regional Mine Rescue Contest took place in Franklin, Tenn., May 21-24, while the Southwest Wyoming Mutual Aid Competition - Underground, took place June 11-15 in Rock Springs. The blue team received first place on the field and first place overall in Tennessee. They received second in first aid, second in...
