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The city should start seeing money from the historic racing and off-track betting establishment in Green River. Eugene Joyce, Wyoming Horse Racing LLC., president and general manager, gave a brief presentation at the Green River City Council meeting Tuesday evening about the racing facility’s needs and what the Council could expect to see in revenue generated from the historic racing and its’ off-track betting establishment called Town Bar and Grill. “We have high hopes that it will gener...
The Third District Court will have a new judge when Judge Nena James retires in October. According to a press release, Governor Mark Gordon appointed Suzannah Robinson to be the District Court Judge for the Third Judicial District serving Sweetwater County. Even though James' retirement is effective Oct. 18, Robinson isn't sure if she'll start then. Robinson was one of three finalists, including Sweetwater County Attorney Daniel Erramouspe and Green River Municipal Court Judge Jason Petri....
The Sweetwater County Events Complex needs improvements and would like sixth-penny projects sales tax to pay for the estimated $24 million is would cost to complete them. Events Complex Director Larry Lloyd addressed the Sweetwater County Commission with his request for a portion of the sixth-penny tax. He said he is presenting the county with a list of what he and the complex board believes should be funded. The list included three items: the expansion and renovation of the exhibit hall for an...
A Green River man accused of strangling and throwing his pregnant girlfriend through a closet door was placed on supervised probation. Michael Junior Martinez, 41, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at a sentencing hearing to aggravated assault and battery and strangulation of a household member. In exchange for Martinez’ guilty plea to a felony aggravated assault and battery charge, the felony strangulation of a household member charge was dismissed. He was given an 8-10 y...
In order to determine the condition all Green River streets are in, the city hired a street surface inspection company to review every street. At the last Green River City Council meeting, the Council unanimously approved a $28,300 contract with MDS Technologies Inc., to complete and update the city’s pavement management plan. The city received offers from three firms and went with MDS. In an interview, Public Works Director Mark Westenskow, said the company already completed the field work, w...
The city is going to request about $53 million in projects, which will be completed using the sixth-penny special purpose tax funding, if the tax is approved. Tuesday night, the Green River City Council once again reviewed its lengthy list of projects that at one point reached near $96 million to determine what Green River absolutely needed. City Council members have stated numerous times all of the projects on the list are not "wishes," but necessities. However knowing the Sweetwater County...
The Sweetwater County commissioners decided to take out a $10-million loan to help pay for the construction of two new facilities, which will be located near the detention center. At an August meeting, the Sweetwater County commissioners reviewed plans for the construction of two facilities on 36 Lagoon Road off of Highway 191 South. These buildings would house Sweetwater County Road and Bridge and the Sweetwater County Fire Department. Sweetwater County Treasurer Robb Slaughter was asked to...
The Green River Lady Wolves volleyball team split the week with a win and a loss while at home. The Lady Wolves will have one more home game against Evanston on Thursday at 6 p.m., before they travel the next few weeks. Last Thursday, the Lady Wolves beat Mountain View in five sets, 25-22, 19-25, 14-25, 25-18, 19-17. "I thought they played well under pressure and continued to fight," head coach Rikki Shantz said. She said when they were down, they didn't give up and continued to fight back in...
The Lady Wolves swim team came out on top in two competitions this past week. Last Thursday, the Green River High School Lady Wolves came in first at the Rock Springs High School swim meet. On Saturday, the Lady Wolves had the home-pool advantage and took first in their own pool. At the Rock Springs' meet, the Lady Wolves competed against four other teams, while at Green River, they swam against seven other teams. In a previous interview, head coach Colleen Seiloff said the Lady Wolves always...
Both the Wolves and Lady Wolves tennis teams took second at Regionals this past weekend. “Regionals played out like I thought it would based on our season results,” head coach Phil Harder said. The Wolves saw some tough competition from Cheyenne Central and Laramie, while the Lady Wolves saw the the biggest competition from Cheyenne Central and Cheyenne East. For Harder, several of his players stood out to him at Regionals. He said the teams’ No. 1, doubles girls’ players, Morgan Atkins and Rory...
During spirit week at the senior center last week, seniors had numerous special activities to participate in. "I'm just trying to do something different," Irish Kreis, Golden Hour Senior Center activities and marketing coordinator, said. Each day of the week, seniors were encouraged to participate in the activity Kreis had planned. "The whole week was fun," GHSC regular Charlene Miller said. Monday, the seniors were tasked with telling two people about the senior center through social media, in...
In effort to reward students who participated in the Sweetwater County Library's summer reading program, Monroe Elementary School hosted a color run to celebrate. As children ran by Monroe Parent Teacher Organization members who were squirting color dust, some covered their faces, while others begged the PTO members to squirt as much color on them as possible. By the time the kids were done running around the color run course, they were covered with yellow, green, pink and purple colors. Becky...
The Wolves football team might have played better this week against Rawlins, but the Outlaws still pulled out a win, 18-7. The Rawlins Outlaws received the ball first and quickly marched down the field 47 yards until senior Wolves Thomas Harvey and Tayler Jensen stopped the Rawlins on a fourth and one at Green River’s own 33-yard line. The Wolves got the ball and slowly made their way down the field, until Davis Wrage threw it to Kolby Ivie, who caught the ball and picked up a quick 18 yards. W...
The Green River swimmers continue to improve each time they get in the pool to compete. This time, the Lady Wolves traveled to Laramie and Cheyenne to compete in duals against Laramie, Cheyenne East, Cheyenne South and Kelly Walsh. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said the Lady Wolves swam well during all of their duals this weekend and they won three duals and lost one against Laramie. “We didn’t pick up any other qualifiers, but had some qualifiers pick up more events,” Seiloff said. For Seilo...
Despite a signed petition with about 60 signatures and a few residents voicing opposition to Love’s Truck Stop locating in Jamestown, the Sweetwater County commissioners approved a request for the truck stop. In a unanimous vote Tuesday morning, the Commission approved a conditional use permit for a travel center/truck stop with a convenience store, automotive fuel pumps, fast-food restaurant and tire shop. While the permit doesn’t specifically name Love’s as the truck stop, Kym Van Dyke, a Lov...
After a 50-minute conversation about the sixth-penny, special-purpose tax, Green River council members decided to think about what projects they want to fund and how much to ask for this time. City Administrator Reed Clevenger kicked off the discussion by giving the Green River City Council an overview of what the tax is and what it has been used for in the past. The money can only be used for defined projects voters approved it to be spent it on at an election. Most of the money the city has re...
Deciding to donate a kidney wasn't a hard decision for one Green River woman. When Rachelle Morris found out her sister's friend Jesse Laughter may need a kidney transplant, she immediately said she would be willing to get tested and see if she was a match. She knew she might not match, but she just felt the need to help. Morris recalled telling his family, "If and when he gets to the point he needs a kidney, let me know and I'll get tested for him." Time passed and Morris knew Laughter was on...
He may be the new head coach for the Lady Wolves Soccer team, but everyone associated with the program already knows him. Chris Nielsen was officially named the Green River High School Lady Wolves soccer coach last week. Nielsen has been an assistant coach to the Lady Wolves for six years and ran the JV program during that time. He also coached Spurs soccer teams. “I feel honored to be selected as the head coach,” Nielsen said. Former head coach Tracy Wyant was happy with the choice saying two...
The Lady Wolves swim team took advantage of swimming at their home pool and came out on top of eight other teams attending their meet. On Friday and Saturday, the Green River High School Lady Wolves Swim team competed at home and took first with a score of 312 points. Rock Springs took second with 205 points and Sheridan came in third with 174 points. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said they picked up three more state qualifiers this weekend, taking the team's total to 10 already in the season. She...
It was another great learning experience for the Lady Wolves Volleyball team as they played several teams at a tournament this weekend. The Green River Lady Wolves traveled to Gillette to participate in the Gillette invitational. It was an opportunity for them to play a couple of teams they had never played before and gain experience. Head coach Rikki Shantz said on Friday the team played Burns, a Wyoming team they hadn’t played before. “We got our first win,” Shantz said. It was one of two w...
A man accused of strangling his girlfriend and then kicking her in the face with a steal-toed boot claims he’s innocent. Jeramia Rael, 40, of Green River, pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in the Third District of Judge Richard Lavery to one felony count of aggravated assault and battery, one felony count of strangulation of a household member and one misdemeanor count of domestic battery. If found guilty of all three, he could face a maximum prison sentence of 20 years in prison six months i...
A man accused of threatening his father with a machete was bound over to Third District Court last week. Robert Mandros, 20, Green River, recently appeared in the Third Circuit Court at a preliminary hearing to aggravated assault and battery, a felony, and property destruction and defacement, a misdemeanor. According to court documents, on Aug. 21, at 8:17 p.m., officers responded to a home in Green River for a report that Mandros was threatening his father, Johnny Mandros, with a machete. Upon...
With project requests totaling more than $230 million for the sixth-penny tax initiative, the Sweetwater County commissioners fear a tax request that big could turn off voters. During the Sweetwater County commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, Commissioner Lauren Schoenfeld updated the other commissioners on what was discussed at a recent sixth-penny tax meeting. Schoenfeld said requests have come in from each town, city and agency requesting money, including Bairoil with $4.5 million, Granger...
It was a bit of a rough start to the season for the Green River Lady Wolves Volleyball team as the team went winless at a tournament in Cokeville. However, despite the losses this weekend, the Lady Wolves are continuing to improve and that’s what head coach Rikki Shantz wants to see. Shantz said the team is currently down two of its top players due to injuries they suffered this summer. They haven’t even been able to attend practice let alone play in a game. “It’s been a rough preseason and sum...
This year’s ninth annual Trail Day celebration will be like none ever hosted in Sweetwater County before. Brenda Skorcz of the Sweetwater Mountain Bike Association, said the group is honoring Wyoming Women since it is the 150th Anniversary of Woman’s suffrage. With this in mind, the association is offering some “ladies only” events during its trail day event, which will take place Sept. 6-7. “This is the year of the women,” Skorcz said. Some of the “ladies only” events include sunset yoga at 6:1...
