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With the Federal government still shut down many organizations are starting to feel the trickle effect of that shut down. However, Linda Martin, Sweetwater County School District No. 2 nutrition services director, said the free and reduced lunch program is not being impacted by the government shut down nor does she expect it to be. “We have enough funding to get through March,” Martin said. Even if the government were to impact the free and reduced lunch program the worse case scenario is the...
A statewide snowstorm brought several inches of snowfall to Sweetwater County Monday evening. According to Geri Swanson, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service office in Riverton, a weather observer in Green River reported receiving 8 inches of snow during the storm. So far, the area has received 15 inches of snow since the beginning of the month. Mark Westenskow, public works director for Green River said the snow removal crews were ready for the storm, but heavy snowfall postponed...
A grant matched by Sweetwater County will continue to be used to fund two full-time Sweetwater County Emergency Management Agency positions. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners unanimously approved a fiscal year 2018 Emergency Management Performance Grant agreement from the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security. Under the agreement for the $120,000, the grant will provide $60,000 and the county will match it with $60,000. According to Judy...
Residents living near West Flaming Gorge Way found themselves without water for a few hours Monday as city crews worked to repair a broken water main. According to Public Works Director Mark Westenskow, the breakage was reported at about 7:30 a.m., Monday morning. A resident had called the public works department, reporting an section of the street with an unusual amount of moisture on it. Westenskow said at this time of year, seeing streets with unexplained and liquid water on the surface can...
Deborah Lynn Reddick Noland, 61, of Rock Springs passed away Jan. 20, 2019, surrounded by her family at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County after an unexpected illness. She was born March 31, 1958. in Colorado Springs, Colo., the daughter of Donald Lance and Ila Aris Brown Reddick. She attended schools in Ridgway, Colo., and graduated from Ridgway High School with the class of 1976. Deborah married David Weldon Noland Aug. 17, 2005, in Las Vegas. She worked at Texas Gulf as a surface...
Vernon "Vern" Gary Robertson, 70, of Rock Springs died Jan. 19, 2019, at IMC Hospital, in Salt Lake City after short illness. He was born Jan. 21, 1948, in Rock Springs, the son of Joseph "Joe" and Alice Robertson. He graduated from Rock Springs High School with the class of 1966. He married Margaret "Peggy" Joan Mahaney April 29, 1977, in Elko, Nev. He was a member of the American Legion Archie Hay Post 24 in Rock Springs. He worked in the warehouse at FMC for 38 years and retired several...
Bobby Joe Cudney was born Oct. 27, 1932, in Mansfield, Mo. He passed away on Jan. 17, 2019, in Murray, Utah, at Intermountain Medical Center. Bob was a longtime resident of Green River. He was married to Donna Lewis-Cudney March 3, 1956, and they had three children together, Pamela Woolsey, Robert Cudney, and Cynthia Martin-Simpson. He is survived by his wife Donna, grandchild Krystal Simpson that resides with them; daughter in-law Connie Cudney; grandchildren Brett Woolsey, Bobby Cudney,...
Laura Deonne Pearson, 48, passed away Jan. 19, 2019, at her home. She was a resident of Rock Springs for the past 10 years and former resident of Idaho. She was born April 1, 1970, in Rupert, Idaho, the daughter of W. Kaye Young and Mary Coleen Allen Young. Pearson attended school in Rupert, Idaho, and was a graduate of Minico High School with the class of 1988. She attended Western Wyoming Community College. She married Jay Pearson Nov. 14, 1987, in Rupert, Idaho. Pearson was employed by...
In any democratic government, transparency is key to good governance and enhances trust between the people government serves and the elected officials sworn to represent their constants. When Gov. Mark Gordon announced his intent to form a financial transparency group, we were happy to see the governor and State Auditor Kristi Racines taking the issue of transparency seriously. We were also excited to see the group include Kristen Czaben, editor of the Sheridan Press, included on the committee as it telegraphs an intent to include journalists...
Southwest Wyoming anchors the longest known mule deer migration in the world. This region is also central in the nation’s energy development, and current federal “energy dominance” policy has sped up the leasing process. Despite the Interior Department’s recent order to protect these migrations, the Bureau of Land Management has nothing enforceable in place to ensure this happens. My husband and I live, work and recreate in this area. One of the things we appreciate the most is the opportunity to enjoy free roaming wildlife. We are also aw...
Like anything, a 40-year-old building shows signs of wear. Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County is no exception. Sweetwater Memorial has a list of projects on its maintenance list. One of those at the top of that list is a project to upgrade the hospital’s heating and cooling system at a cost of approximately $3.25 million. Cooling towers, chillers, pumps and the steam system all must be upgraded. To help resolve those issues, the Sweetwater County Commission recently set aside $1 million to help cover the costs. Commissioners Wally J...
Changes are coming to the Green River Star, and we’re definitely excited about what the future holds. The change readers will likely notice this week is new titles given to Stephanie Thompson and myself. Starting this week, I will now serve as the Green River Star’s publisher, while Stephanie will be the newspaper’s chief editor. It brings me great joy to announce Thompson as the Star’s new editor and to see her climb as my own career progresses. She has always been a wealth of informa...
The Lady Wolves basketball team won on their own court against Jackson Saturday, but they lost on the road to Evanston. Both the Evanston and Jackson games were conference games, taking the Lady Wolves to 1-1 in the conference and 7-6 overall. The Lady are one of four teams in their quadrant, which includes Star Valley, Evanston and Jackson. On Thursday, the Lady Wolves came up short against Evanston, 41-39. “It was a close game throughout the game,” head coach Rick Carroll said. At any giv...
The Wolves wrestlers came home with an impressive first-place finish after competing in the Tiger Grizz Invitational in Idaho Falls, Idaho, over the weekend. The Wolves scored 223 points during the tournament, edging out Columbia High School, which scored 222 and Kuna High School rounding out the top three with 201.5 points. Other Wyoming schools competing in the tournament were Evanston High School, which finished 15th with 61 points and Jackson Hole High School, finishing 32nd with 8 points. Individually, many wrestlers made impressive runs i...
The boys swimming and diving team continues to show their skills in a couple of smaller meets this weekend. On Friday the Green River High School Wolves swimming and diving team traveled to Lyman to compete against a handful of teams. They came in first at that meet. On Saturday, the Wolves were in their own pool when they hosted the Green River Invitational. About eight teams made it to that meet. The season is starting to wind down for the Wolves. They will swim in Gillette this weekend,...
A chance to play at home greatly benefited the Wolves when taking on the Jackson Hole Broncs Saturday. While an away game against Evanston didn’t end their way, losing 59-52 in a close game against the Red Devils, the Wolves came away with a huge victory, beating Jackson 71-44. For head coach Laurie Ivie, the chance to play at home was a great change of pace for her team. “We’ve been on the road a ton since the beginning of the season,” Ivie said. “It was so nice to be home and not to be travel...
The Sweetwater County Library was bustling with children all there to build things with LEGOs. During the library’s LEGO Olympics, children could participate in three timed events at a chance to win a prize or they could just build whatever they wanted with the LEGOs provided. Youth services librarian Becky Iwen said over the years they’ve had many LEGO parties. She said a few years ago they used to have LEGO group that met once a week. Now, the library tries to host special events, such as thi...
On frigid, snowy days like Monday and Tuesday, a program at Golden Hour Senior Center helps check on homebound residents to ensure they’re safe. The home delivered meals program at the center provides 82 seniors in the Green River and Jamestown areas with hot meals. According to Melynda Lenling, program coordinator, they didn’t have problems delivering meals Tuesday, despite snow-covered residential streets. “We didn’t have any challenges,” she said. On a day where Sweetwater County School Distr...
The speech and debate team came home with another first-place finish after this weekend’s tournament. The Green River High School Speech and Debate team traveled to Star Valley to compete against six other schools, which is one of the team’s smaller competitions. “Star Valley hosted an excellent tournament and we will be returning to it again,” head coach Carina White said. Green River came out on top with 150 points, followed by Jackson with 81 points and Riverton with 48 points. “The te...
‘Tapestry’ is the premier musical tribute to Carole King because it recreates the sound and vibe of a 1970’s Carole King concert experience following her legendary album, “Tapestry,” the multi-million selling album of 1971. The Sweetwater County Concert Association will present “Tapestry,” the Carole King Songbook, staring Suzanne O Davis on Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Rock Springs High School. Impeccable attention to detail was taken in recreating a respectful and accurate musical presentation of piano and vocals. Davis’ performance tak...
