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Thomas Halsey Rodda, 37, passed away Monday, January 24, 2022 at his home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a life -long resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. Thomas died following a lengthy courageous battle. He was born October 15, 1984 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the son of Douglas Wayne Rodda Sr. and Patti Kae Orester. Thomas attended schools in Rock Springs, Wyoming and was a 2003 graduate of McHill High School. He worked at Solvay Chemicals for the past 7 years as a Surface Utility Worker....
Louie Shifrar, longtime Rock Springs resident, passed away on January 22, 2022 with family at his bedside in Sheridan, Wyoming. Louie was born September 19, 1927 in Cumberland, Wyoming to Louis Gorenc and Mary Resnik Gorenc. The family moved to Superior, Wyoming where Mr. Gorenc was killed in a mining accident in 1930. His mother later remarried Lawrence Shifrar and the family moved to Winton, Wyoming. Louie Attended schools in Winton and graduated from Reliance High School in 1945. In high...
Maria D. Lourdes Sanchez Andrade, 52, passed away on January 23, 2022 at her home in Rock Springs, WY. She was a resident of Rock Springs for fifteen years. She was born on February 14, 1969 in Durango, Mexico, the daughter of Celia Elmira Andrade and Filberto Sanchez Muros. Maria married Martin Arzaga on April 25, 1987 in Cd. Juarez Mexico. She worked as a housekeeper for the Holiday Inn. Survivors include three sons Mario Arzaga, Martin Arzaga, Erick Arzaga, and one daughter Mayra Arzaga all...
Susan Elaine Evans, 68, passed away Monday January 17, 2022 at Central Wyoming Hospice and Transition in Casper, Wyoming. She was a resident of Casper, Wyoming for four years and former resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was born May 15, 1953 in Ogdensburg, New York; the daughter of Donald Lindsey and Francis Jewell Williams. Ms. Evans attended school in Rock Springs, Wyoming and was a 1971 Rock Springs High School graduate. She worked at the Sands Café for five years as a bartender and a wa...
Emma Portillo, 85, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at Mission at Castle Rock in Green River, Wyoming. She died following a two-week illness. Mrs. Portillo was a long-time resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming and former resident of Superior, Wyoming. She was born November 18, 1936 in Riverton, Wyoming; the daughter of John Nash Apodaca and Jennie (Valdez) Apodaca Mrs. Portillo attended schools in Superior, Wyoming. She obtained her GED. Mrs. Portillo received her Secretarial Certificate from...
John Benjamin Harsha, passed away Friday, January 14, 2022 at home in Green River, Wyoming. He as a life-long resident in Green River, Wyoming. He was born December 21, 1935 in Green River, Wyoming; the son of Richard Harsha and Mabel May Doty. Mr. Harsha attended schools in Green River, Wyoming and was a 1956 graduate of Lincoln High School. He married Barbara Jean McCurdy August 16, 1968 in Green River, Wyoming and she preceded him in death August 3, 2019. Mr. Harsha loved spending time with...
Longtime Rock Springs resident Gail Aldred, 77, passed away peacefully in her home on January 18, 2022, surrounded by her loving husband and children after an extended illness. Gail Lee Clark was born on July 13, 1944, in Rock Springs, Wyoming to Harold Graham and Margaret Mae (Vercic) Clark. Like many children her age who grew up in Sweetwater County, Gail was a coal camp kid, spending her formative years in both Winton and Reliance, before settling in Rock Springs. She graduated from Rock Spri...
Kim Sojo Greene, 84, passed away Tuesday January 18, 2022 in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota at the home of her daughter. She was a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada and Seattle, Washington for the past 20 years and former resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. Kim immigrated from South Korea in 1962. She was born on January 12, 1938, in South Korea, Nonsan; the daughter of William Kim and Ghan N Suk. Mrs. Greene attended schools in South Korea and Rock Springs, Wyoming. Mrs. Greene worked for...
Kristina Lynn Martinez, 35, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and friends by her side Monday January 10, 2022 She was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming for the past six years and former resident of Bridger Valley, Wyoming and Kingman, Arizona. She was born March 25, 1986 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of Robert P. Martinez and Karen L. Mitchell. Kristina attended schools in Mountain View High School in Mountain View, Wyoming She found the love of her life fiancé Charlie E...
Saverio Antinino DiGangi, 72, passed away January 13, 2022 at the Rocky Mountain Care Center in Tooele, Utah. He was born on October 14, 1949 in Gangi, Sicily, the son of Saverio DiGangi and Helen Schnur. Saverio was a Marine veteran who served in the Vietnam War. Graveside services with military honors will take place at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at the Riverview Cemetery in Green River, Wyoming. He will be inurned next to his beloved wife Sam DiGangi. Condolences can be left at...
Larry Dean Hobbs, 83, passed away at the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County on December 27, 2021. He was a resident of Green River, WY for 53 years. He was born on June 27, 1938 in Salt Lake City, UT; the son of Catherine Fitt and Morris Hobbs. Larry married Winona Brady in McKinnon, WY. She preceded him in death on December 30, 2014. He was an Airforce Veteran. Larry worked for Church and Dwight until his retirement in 1995. He enjoyed spending his time coin collecting, golfing, bowling...
Investigators say there are not any updates regarding an investigation of who called in a threat against the Sweetwater County Courthouse earlier this month. According to Green River City Police Department Chief Tom Jarvie, detectives have investigated several leads, but they have not led to the culprit. The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to a request for comment. The first meeting of 2022 for the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners was interrupted Jan. 4 when someone called into the Sweetwater County Combined C...
With COVID-19 rapid tests in short supply, Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has made changes to the types of tests it can offer. MHSC will no longer provide rapid tests – those offering results in about 45 minutes – for those who need a test to travel, nor for those who have scheduled an out-of-town surgery. With the hospital’s current resources in the Emergency Room, at Sweetwater Walk-In Clinic and at the COVID-19 Drive-thru Swab Station, MHSC soon will be unable to do same-day tests, Kim White, Emergency Department Director and MHSC...
The deer population within Green River appears to be stable according to a recent survey of deer. Police chief Tom Jarvie said several officers and volunteers conducted a visual count last Thursday morning throughout the eight sections of the city. While the deer count this year was lower than the last couple of years, there were some notable changes in where the deer were located. There were significantly fewer deer found in the Hutton Heights area than previous years and significantly more in the area that included Pioneer Park, with...
CASPER — Former Wyoming Speaker of the House Tom Lubnau and 15 others are suing Gov. Mark Gordon, the Wyoming Republican Party, the party’s chairman and the Wyoming Republican State Central Committee over the recent state superintendent selection process. The complaint, filed Tuesday in federal court, claims that the process of selecting the superintendent spot left vacant by Jillian Balow’s resignation is unconstitutional because a political party’s central committee — which is made up of one county chairman, one county committeeman and one c...
Look, I know what you’ve probably just said after reading that headline. “Of course COVID-19 isn’t fun -- it’s a deadly respiratory disease!” I’m also here to tell you that anyone reading this should avoid infection like the plague. My case seems to be on the milder end of the spectrum -- something I attribute to having previously been vaccinated. That said, the fatigue is something that wears me down in a way I can’t remember ever feeling. Early on, I had severe body aches that felt as thoug...
Green River Police Department reports for Jan. 18 At 11:36 a.m., officers responded to a report of found drugs on Barnhart Street. Officers met with an individual who was remodeling and located suspected drug paraphernalia. Officers collected the paraphernalia and completed a report of the incident. At 3:19 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Uinta Drive and issued the driver, a juvenile, 16, of Green River, a citation for alleged speeding. At 6:28 p.m., officers responded to a report of domestic violence. Officers met with...
The new director of the Sweetwater County Library System is a familiar face who's already been doing the work of director for a while. Lindsey Travis has been with the library for eight years. She worked as the public relations specialist before becoming a library manager and then the assistant director. The library board appointed Travis to be the interim director after Jason Grubb's final day as director in November. The position of director was advertised regionally, and the board accepted...
When it comes to honoring and serving veterans in the community, the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post and American Legion Tom Whitmore 28 continually find ways to rise to the occasion. One of the current ways these organizations are working to honor veterans is by raising funds to put a new columbarium for veterans in Riverview Cemetery. "On Memorial Day we put out 350 to 400 flags for all our veterans," VFW Commander Jim Shoemaker explained. While veterans are buried throughout the...
A Depression-era April Fool's Day bank robbery in Green River and the chain of events that followed it are the subject of a new article on WyoHistory.org. Early on the afternoon of Saturday, April 1, 1933, 29-year-old cashier Ed Taliaferro had just locked up the First National Bank on Railroad Avenue when two men rapped at the door. They were there to inquire about a rental property managed by the bank, they said. When Taliaferro let them in, one of them produced a gun and the pair forced him...
The Green River High School boys basketball team came out victorious in two close basketball games with Evanston and Jackson. The boys defeated Evanston at home Thursday 51-49 in overtime last Thursday, then defeated Jackson 51-48 Saturday at Jackson Hole High School. The two games were the first conference quad games for the Wolves, giving them an early 2-0 conference record. Overall, the boys are 7-4 for the year. While the boys enjoyed success last week, head coach Laurie Ivie said she...
The Green River High School boys swim team stayed busy last week with three meets in Lander and at home, but the highlight was when one of the team’s divers set a new record. Braxton Cordova broke the school record and pool record during the home meet at GRHS last Thursday with a score of 455.55. “It was a 30-year-old record,” Coach Colleen Seiloff said, explaining the previous diving record was set in 1992. The home meet was a good one for the whole team, coming in second place with 244 point...
Conference has started for girls basketball, and the Lady Wolves have started with two wins. The Green River High School team faced Evanston last Thursday and Jackson last Saturday. “I felt like we played pretty good in both games,” Coach Rick Carroll said. “Still have things to work on, but in general I thought we played really hard.” The game against Evanston stayed close until the very end, but the Lady Wolves came out on top with a final score of 48-41. “We knew Evanston was really going to...
