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A tax error will give Sweetwater County about $2.37 million, but how it will be divided among the towns and cities is still unclear. During a recent Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting, county treasurer Robb Slaughter informed the commission the county will be receiving additional tax money because of a tax error. Slaughter said the Department of Revenue informed him that a Sweetwater County vendor mistakenly reported its taxes to Natrona County instead of Sweetwater County. The error,...
A Green River man who admitted to excessively spanking his stepchild with a belt will have a felony child-abuse charge dismissed if he can complete probation. Joshua Gautreaux, 30, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a sentencing hearing to child abuse where he changed his plea to guilty, however the plea wasn’t entered. Under Wyoming Statute 7-13-301, first-time offenders can have a felony dismissed if they successfully complete probation. It can only be once and o...
As I was typing up the community calendar for next week a sudden realization hit me -- there’s only one month left before the kids go back to school. What? I think “That can’t be right. They just got out of school.” However, a quick double check of the calendar only confirms it. I start thinking about my mental checklist of all the things I wanted to do with my boys this summer and I start to panic. Then I realize I may not have gotten to do all the things I wanted to do with them, but they have...
"Rock painting?" "Why are we going to paint rocks?" These were just a couple of questions seniors at the Golden Hour Senior Center had before they found out just how fun rock painting can be. Activities and marketing coordinator Irish Kreis is always looking for new and fun things for the seniors to do. She said the rock painting idea was stolen from 307 Rocks, which is a local group that paints rocks, hides them and encourages others to find them, take a photo of them and post it to their...
During the summer, Harrison Elementary School takes on a new task when it acts as the city's Summer Camp central location. Around 55 students participate in the summer camp and the theme changes from week to week. Laken Mitchell, recreation assistant, said the program runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and is open to children from kindergarten through sixth grade. She said even though the program runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the kids don't have to be dropped off or...
One can't help but notice the huge horses, the train and Castle Rock painted on the side of a building when driving downtown. The mural was a project the URA/Main Street Committee commissioned. Through an open-call process, the committee discovered artists Andrei Krautsou and his wife, Julia Yu-baba. "As I know, the committee had a lot of submissions and they choose several semi-finalists," Krautsou said. "Everybody proposed a design. As a result, they chose mine and now this massive beautiful...
Both the 12U and 10U Green River All-Stars baseball seasons have come to an end after playing at districts last week. Both teams traveled to Lovell for the district tournament. During the double-elimination tournament, the 12U team left the tournament with a 2-3 record. The 10U team fared better at the tournament and came in fifth place during the consolation game. The teams needed to finish as one of the top two teams to advance to state, which takes place in Powell. Both of these teams...
Two Green River All-Star Baseball teams will continue competing, while one team wrapped up its season this week. 14U All-Stars This team is managed by Nathaniel Liebelt and consists of boy baseball players 14 and under. The players on the team have all played on little league baseball teams and were selected to play on this team. During their short season, the team played against Rock Springs and Kemmerer and they were highly competitive in these games, Liebelt said. This past weekend, the team...
Therapeutic riding students had the chance to show what they learned during a riding showcase Thursday. The program called One Stride Closer, a Sweetwater County Board of Cooperative Educational Services equine-assisted therapy program, hosted it's fourth annual riders' showcase. The program itself started six years ago, according to program director Cindy Brandjord. The gait of a horse's walk is the closest movement to the way a human walks, Brandjord said. For those with physical...
A teacher's childhood dream became a reality this summer when she attended space camp. Kathy Stanton, a Green River Science, Technology, Engineering and Math teacher, recently attended the Honeywell Educators at Space Academy, which took place in Huntsville, Ala., at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Stanton said she found out about the camp through her Edmodo account. Edmodo.com is a way for teachers to stay connected with their students and parents. It helps students get and stay organized...
I’m not sure what’s worse -- a cold or the medicine to treat the cold. It’s bad enough to have gotten a summer cold, but for me it’s always tough trying to decide whether or not to suffer it out or give in a take some medication. If I don’t take the medication, I have to deal with the constant head pounding, sneezing, sore throat, coughing and overall ickiness I feel when I get a cold. However, if I take the medication, then I feel as though I am watching my own life pass me by in slow moti...
A woman accused of child abuse after choking a child under 16 years of age will have the charge dismissed if she can successfully complete her probation. Joanna Stephenson, 29, of Green River, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery for an order suspending proceedings pursuant to Wyoming Statute 7-13-301 to one felony count of child abuse. In this case, under Wyoming Statute 7-13-301, a no contest plea was taken, but not entered. Should Stephenson successfully complete her...
In an unexpected move by the Sweetwater County Commissioners, the commissioners almost defeated the lodging tax initiative by not acting at all. Initially when the resolution was reviewed, chairman Reid West asked for a motion twice, no one would make a motion and the resolution died because the commission failed to act on it. However, after a short recess and realizing the initiative would die and not be placed on the general election ballot if they failed to act on a resolution, the...
A Rock Springs man accused of attempting to commit human trafficking had all charges against him dismissed. In the case against Guadalupe J. Chavez-Arellano, 54, the state sent motion to dismiss without prejudice to Third District Court Judge Richard Lavery, which he granted. The charges being dismissed are solicitation to commit human trafficking in the first degree, attempt to commit human trafficking in the first degree, attempt to commit sexual servitude of a minor and attempt to commit sexu...
Motorists will not only have to move over for emergency responder vehicles, but official vehicles. The new move over law, which went into effect July 1, requires motorists to move over for maintenance, construction and utility workers in addition to emergency responders like the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Stephanie Harsha, Wyoming Department of Transportation District 3 public relations specialist, said. "Basically, it requires motorists to do what they currently do when encountering an emergency v...
A local trona company's donation will help seniors in an emergency situation. Recently, Tata Chemicals Partners teamed up with Golden Hour Senior Center to provide 175 qualified seniors with supplies in case of emergency. The bags will provide the senior with a sense of safety and security should an emergency situation arise. The bag includes a five-day supply of food, including breakfast, lunch, dinner and water. Emergency preparedness items such as water purification tablets, flashlight,...
Children at the Sweetwater County Library Tuesday morning quickly realized they didn't have to travel far to learn about and explore the ocean. During this week's story time, children listened to several books about the ocean, including how waves work and what's found in tide pools. They also listened to funny books about an octopus who thought he was bigger than everyone until he was eaten by a whale, a shark who's misunderstood and the blob fish. While Youth Services Librarian Becky Iwen was...
Last Thursday, the American Legion Tom Whitmore Post 28 members received a visit from a special guest. American Legion National Commander Denise Rohan stopped by the Green River post as part of her year-long United States and world tour. Rohan, a Wisconsin native, has been on the road visiting various American Legion Posts since she took over as commander last August during the American Legion's 99th conference. Rohan was first woman ever elected as national commander. As her term is coming to...
An award-winning local author is now being recognized for her volunteer work with Wyoming Writers, Inc. Alethea Williams of Green River was presented with the Emmie Mygatt Award at the 44th Wyoming Writer Conference. She was honored for the work she did while on the Wyoming Writers Board. Williams served on the board for seven years. During her time on the board, she served as the president, vice president and treasurer. Williams also wrote grants and served as the institutional memory. “The b...
The Green River Splash Park was a busy place Monday morning. With temperatures already in the upper 70s, several families brought their children to the Splash Park to cool off. Some children were running through the splash park, while others decided the splash park just wasn't enough and proceeded to fill water balloons and water guns to either throw or spray at each other. When the children would get cold, they would run and play on the playground equipment at Evers Park, which is only several...
For some it was the last high school tournament they would ever compete in. For others, it was a chance to experience speech and debate at nationals and learn from the experience. Thirteen students from the Green River High School Speech and Debate Team recently attended the National Speech and Debate Tournament in Florida. Abigail Grubb competed in informative, Jesse Lauze-Reyes and Rebecca Shamer chose World School debate, Gregory Marchal participated in extemporaneous speaking, Victoria Allen...
Sweetwater County will join other Wyoming and Utah counties in a class-action lawsuit against the Federal Government to recover money owned under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners voted unanimously to approve entering into the class-action lawsuit. Chairman Reid West was absent. In the original case, Kane County, Utah, vs. the United States, Kane County claimed the government should have to pay the money owed...
Every once in a while, a memory from my childhood comes back to me vividly. Sometimes it doesn’t even have anything to do with what I’m doing, but the memory floods in and I can’t help but relive it. Sometimes the memories are good and other times they are bad, but they’re my memories just the same. This past week, as I was thinking about the Fourth of July fireworks my family will see, when a memory came back to me. It was when I saw my first big fireworks show. I was probably in element...
It’s still unclear whether or not a sixth-penny tax initiative will form in time for this year’s election, but some officials have already voiced opposition to it. During a recent Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting, a few of the Commissioners voiced opposition to the cities bringing forth a sixth-penny tax initiative. Chairman Reid West said it sounds like the cities are going to want to discuss getting a sixth-cent initiative. “We already have a position on it,” West said. That positio...
When Jasmine Taylor was 29 years old she discovered a lump in her breast. She can recall the first time she felt it. Taylor was playing with her four-year-old son when she bumped her breast and felt a lump. Taylor, who was still producing breast milk to donate to mothers who couldn’t produce any thought it was just a blocked milk duct. However, when the lump didn’t go away in a couple of weeks, her family and friends strongly encouraged her to get it checked out. “Luckily, mine was caught early...
