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The Green River City Council approved a grant that would allow the Green River Police Department to place two officers on the Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigations’ Southwest Drug Enforcement Team. The grant, a sub-contract award, comes from federal funds allocated through the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program. Generally, only one position on the enforcement team is available for the police department. According to Council documents, staff changes at the Sweetwater County S...
Tom Wilson, the former athletics director and industrial arts teacher for the district, was tapped to fill an unexpired term on the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees. Wilson was one of three applicants considered by other school board members, the other two being Darren Casey and Brandon Mandros. The board named their selection following a special meeting to interview the three candidates Monday evening. Wilson replaces Robin Steiss, who resigned from her position last month. The unexpired term ends in November,... Full story
“Sweetwater County is so important to what may or may not happen in the state of Wyoming,” Randall Luthi, the Chief Energy Policy Advisor to Governor Gordon, said during Tuesday’s County Commission meeting. Luthi was invited by Commissioner Mary Thoman to speak to the commission and give an update on the state of Jim Bridger Power Plant after Governor Mark Gordon recently ordered a postponement to the partial shutdown. Luthi is from Freedom, Wyoming and served in the Wyoming House of Repre...
CASPER — On unit 2 of the Jim Bridger power plant, Wyoming isn’t taking no for an answer. State leaders and operating utility Rocky Mountain Power have doubled down on their commitment to resolving a dispute over pollution controls, and keeping the unit open past its impending April compliance deadline, after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this past week that it would propose disapproving the state’s alternative plan. The rejection wasn’t exactly surprising, according to Randall Luthi, Gov. Mark Gordon’s chief energy ad...
Lorain Hazel Robinson (Rainey), faithful servant of God, passed into glory January 14, 2022, in Puyallup, WA. She was a resident of Superior, WY from 1953 to 1988. She resided in Green River, WY from 1988 to 2018. Lorain was born on August 7, 1932, in Hanna, WY to Lucille Ann Booker Robinson and Royal Douglas Robinson, Sr. Mrs. Robinson attended schools in Hanna, Wyoming and was a 1951 graduate of Hanna High School. She married Milford Othello Robinson August 15, 1953 in Rawlins, Wyoming. He...
Charles Herbert Arnold II, 68 passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Mission at Castle Rock Convalescent Center in Green River, Wyoming. He was a resident of Lander, Wyoming for the past 12 years and former resident of Green River, Wyoming. He died following a lengthy illness. He was born on July 28, 1953 in Casper, Wyoming; the son of Charles Herbert Arnold and Betty Rae Carter. Mr. Arnold attended schools in Casper, Wyoming and was a 1971 graduate of Natrona County High School. He...
Paxton Edwin Webb was born on August 1, 1946 in Green River, Wyoming to Paxton and Thelma Webb. He had 3 older sisters and 3 younger brothers. He was always known as Eddie or Ed to his family and friends. He passed away peacefully on January 10, 2022. Eddie attended schools in Green River. He participated in sports in high school and was on the State Championship football team at Lincoln High School in 1964. He was also chosen First Team All State Center and his team was inducted into the Hall o...
I saw a tweet online recently that said “Having not gotten covid yet feels like I’ve been hiding in the back of a 2+ year long middle school dodgeball game and the front lines have been THINNED.” (Thanks for summing it up, @ssactrub.) I laughed because it was so accurate. Then I took a COVID-19 dodgeball to the face. Last week, for the first time since the pandemic started, I got back my COVID-19 test results with big letters spelling “Positive” in red right at the top. And let me tell you,...
Although the COVID-19 pandemic isn't over yet, its early days are already becoming a matter of both history and art, as can be seen in the Actors' Mission's latest production, "And So We Come Forth." The play is two acts which are taken from a trilogy by Richard Nelson. The original trilogy was written in 2020 when most theaters were still shut down, so it was designed to be performed over Zoom and was originally presented on YouTube. Actors' Mission, always up for doing something new, will be...
The Green River High School Speech and Debate team has been arguing their way to winning, taking second place over the weekend at the "Speak of the Devil" Tournament in Evanston. "That was our best tournament of the season so far," head coach Dan Parson said. "I just am really proud of them." Nine schools competed in Evanston, with Green River competing in the "small schools" category with other 3A schools as well as 1A and 2A schools. Several competitors from GRHS also made it to the final...
Green River Police Department reports for Jan. 11 At 7:26 a.m., officers responded to a report of a disturbance on Indian Hills Drive. Officers met with the resident and advised of the noise complaint. Officers issued a verbal warning and completed a report of the incident. At 11:42 a.m., officers responded to a report of a subject removal at Smith’s. Officers met with the store manager who requested an individual be removed from the property and issued a trespass warning. Officers met with the individual, issued the trespass warning, and c...
The Green River Wolves' first chance to compete at home ended as well as it could have with a first-place finish at the annual Thoman wrestling tournament over the weekend. Head coach Josh Wisniewski said the Wolves faced two very strong teams on the way to winning the tournament -- the squads from Kemmerer and Pinedale. Pinedale joins Green River in 3A and Wisniewski said the team is very competitive with Green River. "These are tough teams, we can't overlook them," he recalls telling his...
The Green River High School swimming team continues improving times in the pool, with one swimmer punching his ticket to the state meet and others qualifying in additional events. The Wolves traveled to the eastern side of the state to compete at Cheyenne Central Friday, then traveled to Laramie Saturday for competition with the Plainsmen. Team scores were not available for the dual at Central. The Wolves took ninth in Laramie, scoring 56 points. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said the team swam...
A hard-fought and low-scoring basketball game ended in a loss for the Lady Wolves Friday night. The Lady Wolves basketball program was the only group traveling to Gillette last week as the boys’ game was canceled after the Green River boys were unable to compete due to illness impacting several members of the team. The girls played a hard-fought game with Thunder Basin, but according to head coach Rick Carroll, offensive mistakes and the girls losing steam during the second half resulted in t...
Indoor track results 2022 Idaho State Snake River Open (Jan. 14) Girls Results 60-Meter Dash 26. Luciana Adams, 9.21 35. Autumn Casey, 9.63 43. Emma Rieck, 10.11 200-Meter Dash 21. Kaela Gibson, 29.83 22. Isabelle Murdock, 29.89 33. Adams, 31.03 40. Cassie Tibbets, 32.16 45. Rieck, 33.72 400-Meter Dash 10. Madison Murdock, 1:09.12 11. Tibbets, 1:12.33 800 meters 15. Madison Murdock, 3:01.22 19. Vanessa Valerio, 3:08.65 1-Mile Run 19. Isabelle Murdock, 6:16.38 22. Lily Murdock, 6:21.05 26. Jayleigh Wright, 6:38. 23 28. Madison Yoak, 6:40.84 33....
The number 700 is large by most measurements and for one Green River High School teacher, it represents the number of basketball games he coached for Green River after the final game of a tournament in Pinedale last weekend. For freshman boys coach Tim Cassity, working at the high school is the best job in the world. A 35-year employee of the district, he can be found teaching students the art of woodworking throughout the school day. After school, he spends his time coaching track, football,...
