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The Sublette County Sheriff was booked and released from the Sweetwater County Detention Center Tuesday afternoon. The sheriff, Stephen Haskell, faces five charges, three of which are felonies. The three felonies are fraud charges accusing Haskell of using county funds to pay personal debts, while the misdemeanors accuse him of unlawfully acting as an elected official before taking his oath of office Jan. 5, 2015. Haskell’s bond was set at $10,000 cash or surety and a court hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 11 at 1:30 p.m. at a circuit c...
County officials and residents have come out to defend the Sweetwater County Drug Court from proposed budget cuts. The state is considering a cut which could remove approximately $100,000 in funding from the drug court. Drug court is a service combining addiction treatment professionals, attorneys, judges and social service workers to help those with non-violent drug and alcohol offenses in their recovery and get their lives back together. Donna Lee Bobak, Sweetwater County Clerk of District...
A Green River man will serve prison time for abusing an infant while the child was under his and his wife’s foster care. Shane D. Nickell, 31, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a sentencing hearing to felony aggravated child abuse charges and child abuse charges. Nickell was charged with five counts of aggravated child abuse and five counts of child abuse. In exchange for Nickell’s guilty plea to two counts of aggravated child abuse, the other charges were dis...
The next time Fluffy or Spot get loose, their owner might have an easier time finding them if they get their pet chip through the city’s animal control department. Making a presentation to the Green River City Council Tuesday night, Kim Wilkins, one of the city’s animal control officers, said the chips would help them re-unite pets to their owners. The chips are about half the size of a rice grain and are injected using a syringe. Wilkins said animals don’t feel the injection, as the chips...
A step through the saloon door exposes seven months of hard, labor intensive work taken on by The Hitching Post restaurant and saloon owner, Jeff Stout and two of his friends. "It was a very bold and ambitious project for three people to take on," Stout said. "I'm happy with the outcome. To see it come to fruition is pretty cool." The Hitching Post Saloon, at 580 E. Flaming Gorge Way, opened its doors to the public on New Year's Eve. It's been a goal of Stout's to remodel the building, the...
The Green River High School varsity boys basketball team played against Laramie and Cheyenne South this weekend for the second week in a row. Two weeks ago, they played and lost. This week, they lost against Cheyenne South Friday, 46-74, but not without putting up a fight. Head coach Laurie Ivie said this time around was similar to the week before. Cheyenne South is extremely athletic, she said. Yet, Green River did make improvements playing against them. “We made a few adjustments on d...
It was a surprising start to the indoor track season for Green River. Their first meet, at BYU, resulted in a first-place win in the long jump and solid times for the runners. Head coach Steve Boyd said first indoor track meets the Wolves compete at are often used to gauge where individual competitors are in regards to their conditioning and skill. While he admits the team needs to focus on improving their conditioning, he said the biggest surprise for him was Kalen Kester’s win in the long j...
While snow is on the ground in Green River, that doesn’t stop a few people from dreaming about summer, and American Legion baseball. Registration for is scheduled to take place between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the American Legion building in Green River. Players are required to bring valid driver’s licenses or a state-issued identification card with them to register. Registration fees will also be charged, with $300 charged to new players and $250 for returning players. Practices are scheduled to start April 1, with a few win...
The Wolves dominated the Thoman Soda Ash Memorial Tournament hosted in Green River over the weekend. The team was undefeated in their duals and had six wrestlers represent Green River in the Best of the Best competition. The tournament attracted teams from throughout Wyoming, as well as Colorado, Utah and Nebraska. "I am pleased with the way our varsity wrestlers competed," head coach Marshall Rhodes said. "We wrestled much better than we did a week ago and with more intensity." During the cours...
With the upcoming legislative session, members of the house and senate will more than likely decide to use $242 million in Abandon Mine Lands funding the state is eligible for to supplement the state’s budget. As the state looks at more than $200 million in reduced revenue this year and the money would help to stabilize the state, but using those funds for anything outside their intended use is a mistake. It’s happened before, with the University of Wyoming benefiting from funds originally given to the state to mitigate and reclaim land imp...
Dear Editor, Did you ever wonder why Obama does the things he does -- with mysterious and consistent benefit to the Islamic radical side of issues? Who else could possibly benefit from such actions!? Just consider these few facts, and it all becomes very clear. Fact 1: Obama spent a significant part of his youth living in—and being educated by individuals and madrassas (schools) in a Moslem area of the world. Fact 2: According to the Roman Catholic church –which knows more than a little bit about education, having taught a significant part of...
Every year 45 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions and not even half of us mange to stick to them for longer than six months, according to the Journal of Clinical psychology. Apparently, according to their data, people in their twenties are 25 percent more likely to keep their resolutions than people over 50. Now this seems counter intuitive (think wisdom and patience that supposedly come with age), not to mention depressing. Unless you factor in everyone’s favorite resolution – losing weight, in which case it makes perfect sense...
The deaths of David Bowie and Alan Rickman rocked the world last week. Both of these celebrities were influential to pop culture – Bowie to the world of music, and Rickman for his portrayal of many on-screen characters. We will always remember Bowie for “Space Oddity,” “Ziggy Stardust” his many other brilliant albums, and we’ll remember Rickman for his portrayal of Professor Severus Snape from the “Harry Potter” series, Dr. Lazarus from “Galaxy Quest,” and the Sheriff of Nottingham in “Robin Hood Prince of Thieves,” among his many fantasti...
John G. Legerski, 59, of Green River, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family, Jan. 17, 2016. A longtime resident of Green River and Rock Springs, Legerski died following a brief illness. He was born on March 10, 1956, in Rock Springs, the son of the late John G. Legerski and Mary Elizabeth "Liz" McGee Legerski. Legerski attended schools in Rock Springs and was a graduate of the Rock Springs High School with the class of 1974. He earned his bachelors degree in music in 1978 from... Full story
Barbara Louise Bahem, 72, of Rock Springs passed away Jan. 17, 2016 ,at Landmark Hospital in Murray, Utah, following a lengthy illness. She was born on Oct. 4, 1943 in Kemmerer, the second child of the late Quentin Bahem and Ella Vickrey Bahem. She grew up in the LaBarge and Big Piney area and later moved to Rock Springs, where she spent the remainder of her life. Bahem will be missed by her family and her friends that stayed in contact with her over the years. Bahem was employed as a waitress... Full story
Mary Patricia "Patti" Nielsen, 54, of Green River, died Jan.13, 2016 at her home suddenly. She was born Sept. 20, 1961 in Sacramento, Calif., the daughter of Matthew Kuchinka and Goldean Addis Kuchinka. She attended schools in San Diego, Calif. She worked as a CNA for nursing homes for the past 30 years. Her interests were crocheting, puzzles, listening to music and taking care of people. Survivors include her father Matthew Kuchinka of La Cruz, N.M.; three daughters, Jessica Robertson of... Full story
Jo Ann Tate, 74, passed away Jan. 16, 2016, at the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County following a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. Tate was born on November of 1941 in Rock Springs, the daughter of the late Joe and Mary Ardissone Radosevich. She attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1960 graduate of Rock Springs High School. She also attended and graduated Colorado State University with a bachelor of science degree. She married Charles H. Tate at Our Lady of... Full story
Les Taylor, 75, of Vidor, Texas, died Jan. 13, 2016, at Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Shenandoah, Texas. He was born on March 15, 1940, in Preston, Idaho, to Goldie D. Lawson Taylor and Melvin Taylor. Les and his wife Clarice had lived in Vidor, Texas, for the last 15 years. He said that Clarice was the love of his life and that she was the greatest women he had ever met. Clarice was always by his side, and had saved his life on two different occasions. Taylor owned and operated Taylor... Full story
Eric Tune died unexpectedly Jan. 10, 2016 in Tucson, Ariz., at the age of 51. Tune is survived by Wife Michelle Tune of Tucson, Ariz.; son Braden Tune and wife Mary, grandson Connor Tune of West Point, N.Y., daughter Ashley Tune, his parents, Marion (Hodges) Cox of Big Piney, Jim and Carmen Tune, of Green River; siblings Erin Tune and wife Teresa and family of Big Piney, Nicole (Tune) Calvert and husband David and family of Rock Springs, Ty Horton of Mendota, Calif., Carlos "Leo" Cordova, wife Linda and family of Rock Springs, and Deborah... Full story
Students in the Seussville class at the Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center enjoyed a pizza party as a reward for meeting their reading goals. Seussville's classroom teacher Jennifer Rundell said this was all part of the new literacy initiative. On Monday and Tuesday, students in this particular class enjoyed pizza with employees from Aaron's Inc. from Rock Springs and Aaron's mascot dog, Lucky. The students were excited about the pizza and juice, which was a reward for meeting their...
There may have been 17 people in the room, but is was sure quiet as they were all concentrating on the game of pinochle. The Golden Hour Senior Center game room was about half full on Monday afternoon; and all of those in the room were busy playing pinochle. This game requires special decks of cards. Each player receives 9s, 10s, jacks, queens, kings or aces. Based on the amount a player has in each suit, diamonds, hearts, spades or clubs, they decide whether or not to bid. On Monday afternoon,...
It was only six points that separated first from second, but the Green River High School Speech and Debate team will learn from it and focus on this weekend’s competition. For the second week in a row, the team has finished second. This past weekend the team competed at the Kelly Walsh Tournament. “With back to back second-place finishes we have our eye on a first-place finish in Evanston,” head coach Carina Stulken said. “The team is working really hard to make that happen. They are setting...
What started out as a two-person company, grew into a 66-person, multi-location business. After 39 years at Trona Valley Federal Credit Union, CEO Marsha Tynsky has decided to retire. "You don't get that opportunity anymore," Tynsky said. "To work that long. I am very privileged to have been here this long. I always say I have the best job in Sweetwater County." Prior to moving to Sweetwater County, Tynsky worked at a bank in Omaha, Neb. In 1976, Tynsky started as the CEO at Stauffer Big Island...
