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After several weeks of dire reports about Sweetwater County’s COVID-19 infection rates, Sweetwater County Health Officer Dr. Jean Stachon had good news to share Monday. The county’s infection rate is declining, recorded at a 7.6% positivity rate over the between Jan. 10-24, moving it in a “yellow zone” for infection risk. Other promising news coming out of the Monday COVID-19 update is the fact the county has distributed all of its vaccine doses allocated to it. Between the number of people...
Needing to cut more than $2.4 million from Western Wyoming Community College’s 2021-2022 operating budget, the college’s president revealed a plan that would cut 15 positions from the college, including the director of the Green River Center. According to board documents, the cuts are being recommended because of a lack of funding and other events beyond the college’s control. The positions impacted are: Director of workforce development Director of admissions and recruiting Director of Green...
Four Green River firefighters were honored by their peers for the work and dedication they’ve given to the city’s fire department. Tom Murphy received the department’s Best of the Best award for most training hours logged in 2020. Murphy received 383 hours throughout 2020 despite the department canceling its in-person training classes for several months to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines. Murphy is the department’s fire prevention officer and teaches fire safety to the city’s children as well as working as a firefighter. Kole Burnett received the...
Red Feather owner Fred Trujillo recalls how he felt Sunday morning when he discovered the long-running business on Flaming Gorge Way had been burglarized. “Violated,” he said. “Someone just breaking into your property.” He said the monetary loss wasn’t important to him, just the sense that someone was desperate enough to break in and steal money. The alcohol behind the bar and in the adjoining package liquor shop hadn’t been touched. Trujillo said he couldn’t discuss any specifics or the amount...
Gary Martin Bakkala, 67, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. He was a resident of Green River, Wyoming. He was born on April 22, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, the son of Raymond Bakkala and Betty Nolan. Gary was a pressman for the Green River Star and the Rock Springs Rocket-Miner for over 35 years until his retirement in 2019. He married Julie Underwood in Las Vegas, Nevada, they later divorced. Gary loved to spend his time with family, fishing,...
Danielle Niau Winegar, formerly from Las Vegas, Nevada and 15-year resident of Montgomery, AL, died on December 27th, 2020 at the Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery. Danielle was born on February 19th, 1976 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was 44 years old. Daniele Niau Winegar is survived by her husband, retired USAF Master Sergeant and current Montgomery Police Officer David Winegar, as well as her two sons Gage Silva and Xander Winegar. Her parents, Ermalinda M. Lovato of Colorado and Ralph...
Mary Louise (MaryLou) Unguren passed away December 25, 2020 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County following a brief illness. She was born on May 21, 1930, the oldest daughter of Rudolph and Louise (Shuster) Anselmi. She attended schools in Rock Springs and graduated as valedictorian with the Rock Springs High School class of 1948. After high school she attend the University of Wyoming where she studied business and was affiliated with the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. MaryLou then returned to...
Wyoming has a revenue problem. That’s something we can all agree on. The continued reliance on the mineral extraction has put several state services at risk as legislators scramble to find ways to cut costs without increased taxation or other “revenue enhancers” that would bring more funding into the state coffers. We’re certain their efforts won’t be enough, even if they go as far as cutting $100 million from education spending and bait the state’s school districts into a lawsuit in the process. A reader sent us a rough outline creating wh...
President Trump now has the dubious distinction of being the only President to have been impeached twice, this time for “incitement of insurrection. There was no due process or presenting of facts, just representatives stating opinions. This was a personality contest — and he lost. The U.S. Supreme Court’s unsigned opinion, handed down in 1969, stated advocacy could be punished only “where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action.” Did President Trump’s speech meet that high bar? Apparently, it is OK for Vice...
By now, even casual observers recognize that Wyoming’s near single-minded reliance on mineral revenues leaves the state vulnerable to wild swings of boom-and-bust volatility and makes funding the basic functions of government a dicey proposition in bust times like these. What readers may not realize, however, is that other states with similar economies and political environments have figured out how to avoid putting all their eggs in one basket. Take West Virginia for example. Wyoming and West Virginia each have claimed coal as one of their m...
With a few weeks left in the season, the Green River High School boys swimming and diving team are competing tired, but continue to impress head coach Colleen Seiloff. "They're kind of exceeding those expectations," she said. The boys won their two meets over the past weekend, which included a competition at home. Despite the tiredness that happens later in the season, before the coach begins tapering her swimmers for Regionals and State, Seiloff said swimmers continue to cut their times, with...
The Lady Wolves are 2-0 in their quadrant following a win at home against the Jackson Lady Broncs Saturday. The Lady Wolves shown themselves to be an overwhelming force as they played, ending the game 65-26. Throughout much of the game, the Lady Wolves maintained a comfortable lead over the Lady Broncs, which exploded midway during the second quarter as the Green River squad picked apart the Jackson defense and more than doubled their lead by the end of the half. Head coach Rick Carroll said...
Patricia Sue Felkins, 80, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 at her home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was a resident of Rock Springs for 50 years and former resident of Iowa. Ms. Felkins was born October 18, 1940 in Sioux City, Iowa; the daughter of Samual Kietzman and Lucille Weldon She attended schools in Rawlins, Wyoming and was a 1957 graduate of Rawlins High School. She attended Drake University in Iowa for two years. Patricia married Richard O'Dell in 1960 in Casper, Wyoming and they...
William Jose Da Silva, 44, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 in Green River Wyoming. He was born on November 1, 1976 in Republica Da Guine Bissau, the son of Joao Jose Da Silva and Elizabete Maria Ferreira. William attended schools in Republica Da Guine Bissau, where he grew up. He married Jennifer Tisdale in Green River, WY on October 21, 2020. William worked many trades and spoke several languages. He had a fondness for sports, cars, golf, and basketball. He loved animals, cooking, listenin...
