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The city’s new parks and recreation director started Monday, taking the position that had been vacant since Allan Wilson retired and was subsequently voted on to the Green River City Council last year. The new director, Brad Raney, comes to Green River after working in Casper as the city’s recreation supervisor for seven years. According to a press release from the city, Raney has a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from BYU and a master’s degree in physical education and athletic administration from Idaho State University. While in Casp...
Completion dates for construction occurring at the new Expedition Academy and the renovation at Monroe Intermediate School have been delayed, according to Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo. While discussing the district’s construction projects last night at the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 board meeting, Little-Kaumo said completion for two of the three sections at Monroe will be April 15, while Expedition Academy’s completion will be March 6. Little-Kaumo said work at both locations costs approximately $10 million, an amount she...
Lawmakers ascended yesterday to the state capital in Cheyenne for the 63rd Wyoming Legislature. Going into the session 2015 General Session convened Tuesday at noon, Rep. Stan Blake (D-Green River) said one of the most important issues will be to not only spend money wisely, but to invest in cities, towns, and counties. Blake said there is $125 million the budget set aside and the Legislature needs to spend all of that and possibly more. “We need to invest in Wyoming and its infrastructure while we have the extra money,” he said. Earlier thi...
A Utah woman remains behind bars after being arrested for a number of charges, including the alleged theft of a vehicle in Green River. Rose Mary McKell, 28, of Magna, Utah, was arrested Jan. 5 for felony theft, along with misdemeanor-level charges of driving while under the influence and driving while suspended. The felony charge is punishable with a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine while the misdemeanor charges are each punishable with a jail sentence of up to six months and a $750 fine. According to court documents,...
A man accused of injuring his fiancee with a baby gate, pleaded not guilty to a felony charge. Brian A. Setzer appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to aggravated assault and battery. If found guilty, he could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum find of $10,000. A jury trial has been scheduled to take place April 13 at 9 a.m. According to court documents, on Nov. 2, 2014, a Green River Police officer was called to the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County to check on a possible...
While deep snow and frigid weather hasn’t been a huge problem for the residents of Green River, the winter season still gives some sun worshipers a case of cabin fever. While thinking about the fun in the sun awaiting us in the new year, we started to think about local events that could be a fun diversion if someone were to host them. We’ve written about this one before, but we believe a day commemorating trona and its importance to the community would be a great way to spend an afternoon at the Mining Memorial Park near the Green River Vis...
Dear Editor, The people of Wyoming need to urge that our legislature expand Medicaid. Obamacare was intended to extend health insurance to most of the 50 million US citizens who did not have affordable healthcare. The expansion of Medicaid Is part of that law and was intended to extend affordable health insurance to low income, single adults who do not have health insurance now. Our Wyoming Health Department was tasked with coming up with an acceptable Medicaid expansion solution. The SHARE program, which they have proposed, is a workable...
I’m not a morning person. I arrive to work around 8 a.m. and before I get going with work and making phone calls, I always like to spend a few minutes looking at other newspapers and catching up on sports from the night before. This is usually the relaxing point of my day, but I also use this as an opportunity to come up with ideas for things to write about and this was the case today. I came across an article today about President Obama and his idea about giving people two free years of communi...
This year I’m taking the plunge and going back to school to get my master’s degree. I graduated from college back in the late 90s, so it’s been a while since I actually had to study, write research papers or take tests. It will take me a few years to earn my degree, so I’m making quite the time commitment. Thankfully, with modern technology I can get my master’s degree without ever stepping foot in a classroom. It’s amazing how much things have changed since I was in college. I know that going back to school is not for everyone. The cost associ...
Just like that it was gone; and an old tradition continues. About a month ago, I took my 5-year-old son Matthew to the dentist for his six-month checkup. During that appointment, the dental hygienist noticed he had a few loose teeth. Of course, I panicked I had been working hard to keep those in his mouth. I thought something was wrong. You see, in the summer, Matthew was running in our unfinished backyard when he tripped and fell on a rock. He took a direct hit to the mouth and one of his teeth...
I like catching and releasing a lot of fish and the trout I catch average 15-22 inches. I like to stay in between 10 and 20 feet of water with a few drop offs in between. Structure is a big part of it. If I find this depth of water with drop offs on the inside turn of a point, and going into a small bay, all the better. This is the type of area to find feeding fish as they cruise by looking for a meal, and a point is where you will find me fish 65 percent of the time. Good times for catching trout on clear ice with lots of light and oxygen are...
One of Green River's first parks and recreation employees bids adieu to the city, retiring after 33 years of service to the city. Brenda Roosa, a longtime supervisor at the Green River Recreation Center, originally started with the city in 1981, years before ground was broken for the recreation center. Roosa said at that time, the department had just been formulated and initially consisted of two people, the director and herself, the department's secretary. "It was started from just nothing,"...
The Green River High School speech team is continuing to show they are the best team in the state. Competing at a tournament at Cheyenne Central High School, Green River once again finished in first place with a total of 99 points. They easily outdistanced second place Cheyenne East, who had 47 sweepstakes points. CHEYENNE CENTRAL RESULTS Duet finalists Sydney Burbank and Kayla Gibson -- 6th Reina Kropf and Leslie Patterson -- 2nd Sheridan Stock and Emma Nathan -- 3rd Semifinalists duet Karlee Cutler and Lyndzi Johnson Phaedon jones and John...
The Green River High School boy’s basketball team will be gunning for their first win of the year Friday night with a return trip to play Cheyenne South High School. The two 4A squads also played last Friday night in Cheyenne, with the Bison picking up the 67-28 victory. The Wolves will be coming into the game after arguably their most competitive game of the season last Saturday afternoon, a 57-46 loss to Cheyenne Central. Head coach Dan LaRose said the team went into the game with senior Hayden Love and junior Kamden Carroll both nursing i...
This weekend, local fans will get a chance to see some amazing wrestling when 14 teams from four states join host Green River High School at the annual Bill Thoman Memorial Wrestling Tournament. The two-day tournament will feature four pools of teams. Pool "A" will include Green River, Lander, Cheyenne South and Moffat County, Colo. The Wolves will open Friday at 1 p.m. against Moffat County in the main gym at the high school. Green River will wrestle Cheyenne South at 2:45 p.m. and Lander at...
The Green River High School varsity wrestling team finished fifth last week at the Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah. The tournament featured 28 teams from Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. “As a team, we didn’t wrestle very well this weekend, we lost too many close matches and many of our leaders didn’t compete like they need to,” head coach Marshall Rhodes said. “We haven’t been working as hard as we should in practice and we still need to get in better shape.” Leading the way for Green River was defending state champion Cole Verner, who f...
The Green River High School girl’s basketball team showed some positive signs last week at a three-day tournament in Cheyenne. While the Lady Wolves were unable to pick up a victory, head coach Rick Carroll said the team played hard in all three games, especially on defense. “Defensively, there were times when we played good, but we were inconsistent,” he said. “There are times we have minutes pushed together we don’t score or allow them to have a run, and we need to work on that.” he said. On the offensive side of the ball, Carroll said the te...
The Green River High School boy’s swim team placed third at last week’s Rock Springs Quad competition. The top individual finishers for the Wolves were Brendan Hobbs, who placed third in the 100-yard butterfly and Ethan Moffatt, who also placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke. Hobbs also placed seventh in the 200-yard freestyle, while Moffatt was eighth in the 100-yard freestyle. Paul Wright placed fifth in the 200-yard IM and eighth in the 100-yard backstroke. Keyan Moore placed fourth in diving. Coleton Spalding finished in fifth, Mil...
Master builders from throughout Green River spent a few hours at the Sweetwater County Library constructing things from the wildest parts of their imaginations. The library hosted a Lego building program as part of its monthly Super Saturday series of events. Last year, the library conducted a Lego donation drive, accepting unused building bricks and figures and collected several thousand individual bricks, enough to fit in two large plastic containers. Becky Iwen, youth services director at...
Rachelle Morris holds her friend's son Ryder Hintz as the two work on a tractor made out of Lego bricks Saturday afternoon. The Sweetwater County Library hosted a Lego building day as part of its Super Saturday series....
William "Bill" Thomas Facinelli, 61, of Rock Springs passed away at home Jan. 8, 2015. A lifelong resident of Rock Springs, he passed away following a lengthy illness. He was born on Sept. 29, 1953 in Rock Springs, the son of William Joseph Facinelli and Barbara Wright. Bill attended schools in Rock Springs and graduated from Rock Springs High School with the class of 1973. He worked as a warehouseman for FMC Corporation for 42 years. His interests included horseshoes, golfing, music, camping...
Peter Martin Hart, 54, of Green River died Jan. 6, 2015 at his home after a battle with ALS. He was born June 24, 1960 in American Fork, Utah, the son of Samuel Nils Hart and Iris Marie Walker Hart. He attended schools in Green River and graduated from Green River High School with the class of 1979. He married MonaLinn Crane Aug. 3, 1979 in the Provo LDS Temple, Provo, Utah. He worked for Solvay Minerals for 33 years. He was part of the group who put the first Christmas tree on top of Mansface...
Darhl LaRue Varley Kizzire, 84, of Green River passed away Jan. 9, 2015 at Deer Trail Assisted Living in Rock Springs. A longtime resident of Green River and former resident of Bitter Creek, Kizzire died following a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born on July 7, 1930 in Rock Springs, the daughter of the late Glen W. Varley and Ethel Bateman Varley. Kizzire attended schools at Bitter Creek and Rock Springs. She was a 1948 graduate of Rock Springs High School. She married...
Mary Ellen Morris, 88, of Rock Springs passed away Jan. 7, 2015 at her daughter's home in Rock Springs. A lifetime resident of Rock Springs, Morris passed away following a brief illness. She was born on June 27, 1926 in Rock Springs, the daughter of the late William H. Welsh and Etta Mae Kitterman. Morris attended schools in Rock Springs. She married Richard "Dick" Morris in Evanston on Aug. 1,1950 and he preceded her in death on July 1, 1984. Morris was the co-owner of the A & D Motel in Rock...
Milan "Beeky" Pryich, 89, died Jan. 9, 2015 at his home in Rock Springs after a lengthy illness. He was a lifelong Rock Springs resident. He was born on Dec. 9, 1925 in Rock Springs to Ilija and Boja Dozet Pryich. He attended schools in Rock Springs and graduated in 1944. He married Katherine Fanos on June 23, 1963 in Rock Springs. Beeky was owner of the Lou Ben Bakery in downtown Rock Springs and after closing the bakery, he worked for the Wyoming Department of Transportation until his...
