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The Sweetwater County Commissioners elected a new chairman for the group Tuesday morning, opting to give the role to Commissioner Randy Wendling. Commissioner Wally Johnson was the previous chairman for the group, serving in 2019 and during a majority of the 2010s. While speaking about the role, Commissioners Roy Lloyd, Jeffery Smith and Lauren Schoenfeld announced they were not interested in the role. Johnson opened his statements by saying the role traditionally was voted on after an election...
Recent charges for use of the county’s iDoc records system has created escalating tensions between realtors and Sweetwater County, with one realtor having retained an attorney to represent her. According to a press release on the Sweetwater County Clerk’s Office website, the system was upgraded to allow people to view and print county records form their home or office. The record include mortgages, land records, liens, warranty deeds, as well as other land records. “ There are no public recor...
Sweetwater County residents looking for legal information from the county government will be able to find it in pages of this newspaper. The Sweetwater County Commissioners named the Green River Star its newspaper designee for 2020 after a unanimous vote Tuesday morning. The last time the Star was the county’s designee was in 2018. The county’s designee publishes legal information for the county, including meeting minutes and public notices. This information will be found in the legals section of the newspaper and will be available in this iss...
The Green River High School Speech and Debate team ended 2019 on a high note with their recent competition at the Holiday Classic at Cheyenne East in December. As one of the largest tournaments in the region with 29 schools, including attendance from some larger Colorado schools, GRHS ended the competition with five students in final rounds and fifth place overall. “Everyone grew and we saw improved scores on judge ballots for almost everyone,” assistant coach Dan Parson said. “I tell the kids that as long as we grow a little each round, the sc...
Teofilo “Tuffy” Romero passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family. He was a resident of Rock Springs for 75 years. Following cremation, a celebration of life will take place Saturday at the Young at Heart Senior Center, 2400 Reagan Avenue, Rock Springs....
William Jacob (Jay) Zumbrennen was born 6-24-1940 and passed away peacefully on 1-1-2020 at Advanced Health Care in Billings, Mont. Jay was born in Rock Springs to Bill and Margaret Zumbrennen, he was one of 5 siblings....
Dominion Energy fired an oilfield worker in Rock Springs after the employee saved an estimated 50 waterfowl from wastewater ponds. Adam Roich said he’s rescued about that many waterfowl in the last five years after they landed in tainted ponds at his worksite about 50 miles south of Rock Springs. He would take the oil-slicked birds to a company facility, wash them with Dawn household soap, warm them in his truck, then set them free on clean water, he told WyoFile in an interview. “I got fired a couple days before Christmas for rescuing these gu...
While a recent change in federal regulation has risen the age required to buy tobacco and electronic vaping products to 21, the change also raises some questions about when a person can make adult choices. The regulation change was heralded as a means to help protect young adults from addiction to vaping products. While we can agree that the regulation will have that outcome with some people, it also means 18-year-olds have an adult choice taken from them. Someone who is 18 years old can legally made decisions such as determining if they want...
Welcome to 2020! I realize I’m a bit late on that take, but when the first publication of the new year doesn’t come out until Jan. 8, sometimes things have to wait. I realize I could have written that for the Dec. 31 issue, but then it would have been too soon. It just wouldn’t have felt right. The year has started with a bang for the newspaper. The Sweetwater County commissioners named the Star it’s publication of record for 2020, meaning the county’s public notices will start appearing...
Mrs. B came into the emergency room one night, years ago, with some stress related issue. After taking her history, I began to suspect there was something else bothering her. As I was beginning her physical exam she blurted out, “I know there is a breast mass but you’re not going to send me to any breast cancer doctor!” She had already decided to avoid standard treatment and her next comment explained why, “My aunt suffered because of awful unnecessary surgery and chemotherapy,” she said. I sensed there was no changing her mind and that mean...
In some 50 years of working as a sage grouse scientist, Clait Braun has seen it all. He’s witnessed the adoption of conservation plans, their subsequent dilution, the loss and degradation of sage grouse habitat, the waxing and waning of populations. He even helped discover and document a new species — the Gunnison sage grouse, distinguished by its inordinately long neck plumage — in the late 1990s. He’s so highly regarded that courts accept his descriptions of species’ health and status as expert testimony. Over the decades, Braun has battl...
Due to closed roads, the many swimming teams were unable to go to a scheduled meet in Laramie. The Wolves ended up competing in a Lander meet scheduled to allow teams a chance to compete. Green River competed against Lander, Riverton and Rawlins in the surprise meet, taking second with 305 points. Lander placed first with 401 points. Results 200-yard medley relay 5. GRHS A, 1:56.33 7. GRHS B, 2:13.25 200-yard freestyle 4. Araya Finley, 2:00.26 6. Brady Young, 2:04. 51 8. Levi Westburg, 2:11.01 11. Lander Welch, 2:17.22 200-yard IM 2. Ryan...
The Wolves wrestling squad took first in the platinum group at Bill Thoman Soda Ash tournament hosted in Green River Friday and Saturday. During pool competition Friday, the Wolves came out on top in Pool 1, with Worland taking second, Uintah, Utah taking third and Cokeville placing forth. The Wolves bested Cokeville 84-0, defeated the Uintah 2 team 51-24, then defeated Worland 60-18. The Wolves won the platinum bracket Saturday after a close 38-30 win over Uintah. Rock Springs took third after...
From the University of Wyoming The Wyoming Cowboys struggled shooting from the field in a 72-61 loss to Colorado State on Saturday afternoon in Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo. in the first Border war matchup of the season. The Pokes were led in scoring by redshirt sophomore Hunter Maldonado with 25 points for his fifth game with 20 or more points this season. “I thought Colorado State wanted the game more playing tougher and harder,” UW head coach Allen Edwards said. “They got some offensive rebounds and set the tone early. We strug...
A growing sport, combining aspects of tennis, ping-pong and badminton, has earned fans in Green River. Pickleball might not be a sport many people are familiar with, but anyone going to the Green River Recreation Center Monday, Wednesday or Friday morning will likely see a group of people playing on the gym courts. Classes teaching people how to play have been hosted at Western Wyoming Community College's Green River Center as well. "I play in Arizona when I'm there and I play in Michigan when...
From the Sweetwater County Library System The Sweetwater County Library System's mission is to improve the quality of life in our county. The library does this in a number of ways: Presenting programs to help people learn and connect, offering a current and robust collection, and maintaining several branches so everyone in Sweetwater County is close to a facility. For some in our community, however, the need is greater. The library's Outreach Program is focused on providing library materials...
