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Loud shots fired Sunday night resulted in multiple calls to the Green River Police Department, as well as a broken window at City Hall. According to a GRPD press release, calls reporting the shots started coming into the department at 10:39 p.m. and officers searching the area soon discovered a second-story window at City Hall with a bullet hole in it. The window connected to an unused office near offices utilized by the city administrator, the city’s grants manager and the Urban Renewal Agency and Main Street manager. Det. Luke Benson with t...
It’s one of the biggest decisions the Green River City Council will make in 2015, which will have an impact on the city’s employees and residents. Filling the open city administrator position is something the council has discussed extensively. Since December, the council has discussed the position and its applicants in executive sessions at the end of their regular council meetings. “We need that position filled,” Mayor Pete Rust said last week. Rust said the city’s budget review period is approaching and while Finance Director Jeff Nieters doe...
A few business owners downtown report seeing sluggish business in Green River, with one former downtown business owner saying the area is dying. Melissa Neher, owner of Kids Corner on Flaming Gorge Way, said she has a hard time getting customers through her door, saying parking along the street is very limited and is taken up by customers going to the nearby restaurant. For Neher, the problem with parking is only intensified due to the city spending money to create a park near the city’s clock tower as opposed using the space as a downtown p...
Almost a year has passed since a Green River man filed a complaint against Shopko and its pharmacy, claiming they gave him the wrong prescription for six months, which caused him to have more medical problems. On Jan. 12, 2015, a request to dismiss the case with prejudice was granted. The request was filed by Gary Alan Marlin. Marlin filed the original lawsuit on Feb. 25, 2014, in the Third District Court against Shopko Stores Operating Co. LLC and Pamida Stores Operating Co., LLC, John Does 1-4 and Jane Does 1-4. The John and Jane Does were em...
“Downtown is dying.” Those aren’t our words, but the words of a businessman who operated on Flaming Gorge Way, Green River’s main street, and left it. It isn’t hard to see why someone would come to that conclusion, with vacant storefronts and little business traffic. Many of the shop owners still there agree business is hard because people don’t often stop along Flaming Gorge Way. It isn’t just business owners noticing it either. While campaigning for his city council seat, Councilman Ted Barney spoke about wanting to focus on economic deve...
Dear Editor, Increasingly we are seeing an irrational and unfair anger build up against public lands and the people who work for the federal government. The High Country News, on Oct. 27, 2014, published an extensive article about threats and physical violence against people who work for the Forest Service, the BLM, the Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and others. We should, however, ask ourselves, “What would the western United States be like without these land agencies and their employees?” One individual, a rancher, saw it...
It is 2015! I still can’t believe it. With the New Year comes many new tasks. For many people this starts with the New Year’s resolutions and getting prepared for the year ahead. Whether it’s new diet, getting organized or just making more time for ourselves, this is a great time to start something new. One of my priorities this year is to make sure all my important papers are in order. I do a pretty good job generally, but with all things, we need to update now and then. One of the ways we can all do this is by visiting the Legal Forms datab...
I have never considered myself a good speller. I know it sounds weird coming from a writer, but many writers I know would admit the same thing. Although I always did well on spelling tests in school, I never thought or considered myself a good speller. While I was covering the Monroe Intermediate School spelling bee last week, I was reassured that I in fact am not the best speller. This took me back to the spelling bees I participated in as a child. Needless to say, my room was not filled with...
Every morning on the way to work I listen to ESPN Radio to catchup on sports from the night before and hear the so-called “experts” spin their twists on a variety of topics. Instead of analysis of Sunday’s Super Bowl, the past week plus has been nothing but talk about the psi of footballs. Under closer examination, someone on the New England Patriots probably deflated footballs, but in truth they probably would have won the AFC Championship against the Colts with bricks for footballs, eight...
John Morris Henderson, 61, a longtime resident of Green River, died accidentally from drowning while ice fishing on Flaming Gorge Reservoir on Jan.19, 2015. He was born on July 25, 1953 in San Bernardino, Calif., the son of Robert Wayne and Patricia Mae (Siggins) Henderson . He spent his early years living in southern California and the Rancho Cucamonga area. He received a bachelor of science degree from Utah State University and a master of science degree from Brigham Young University. While... Full story
Joseph Jason DeGraw, 36, of Green River passed away Jan. 19, 2015 at his home. A resident of Green River for the past four years and former resident of Laramie, DeGraw passed away due to complications of congestive heart failure. He was born on Sept. 14, 1978 in Ridgewood, N.J., the son of Jason George DeGraw and Joanne Ameila Sheffel. DeGraw attended schools in Coolidge and Eisenhower Elementary in Wyckoff, N.J. and graduated from Ramapo High School with the class of 1997. He attended Marist Co... Full story
Bill L. Cummings, 79, of Rock Springs passed away Jan. 25 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, Cummings past away following several years of ill health. He was born in Erie, Colo. on Feb. 2, 1935, the son of the late James Vincent Cummings and Ann Krpan. Cummings attended schools in Rock Springs and Reliance. He graduated from Reliance High School with the class of 1954. He also attended the University of Wyoming and received a doctorate in radiology... Full story
"Dealer has 21." That's one of the worst things a gambler can hear at the Blackjack table, but Friday night, the smiles and fun didn't stop with the dealer clearing out the players' chips. The Golden Hour Senior Center hosted a casino night to raise funds for the center. Seniors would buy a money bag with $250 worth of casino chips for 10 real dollars. Seniors could then decide to play table games and to more chips or change their chips in for raffle tickets. Raffle tickets could be placed in a...
Before the Monroe Intermediate School spelling bee even started, the field was narrowed down to 12. MIS sixth-grade teacher Karl Schnaekenberg said all of the sixth-grade students were given 20 words to spell. Those who missed the fewest advanced to the spelling bee. The students were asked to write down the word after the teacher spoke it. Schnaekenberg said it was like a spelling test, but the words were hard. This was a way to narrow down the field of competitors. Schnaekenberg said those 20...
It was a Tuesday morning, around 1 a.m. Pamela Spivak, who is paralyzed on the left side after a stroke she suffered in 2011, was in bed when she started reaching for her cell phone on the nightstand next to her bed. "I guess I was too close to the edge," she said. As she reached for it, she fell from her bed, knocking her phone to the floor and falling onto it. "I was able to hang onto the bar," she said, referring to the bed rail on the right side of the bed. "I knew I had fallen on my...
The parents of Renee Kroupa and Allen Wayne Holcomb III recently announced their children's engagement and upcoming marriage. The bride elect is the daughter of Dale and Leslie Kroupa of Green River. She is a Green River High School graduate. She has attended Paul Mitchell the School and received her cosmetology license in 2012; and received her esthetician license in 2013. She has one son, Brohdan. The prospective groom is the son of Allen Wayne Holcomb Jr., and Dawn Michelle Holcomb of...
Residents throughout Green River took advantage of warmer weather occurring early this week, doing things many would typically wait until late March or early April to do. “I’m getting spring fever and we’re not through winter yet,” City of Green River employee Diane Allen said. At the Area 51 Skate Park, a group of boys took advantage of the good weather and rode their bikes and scooters around, dressed in T-shirts, not overcoats. “It’s actually nice,” Carter Paiz, one of the boys said. “It used to get real cold and we’d only be able to stay h...
The long awaited book detailing alleged supernatural activity at the Sweetwater County Library remains in development, according to Reference Librarian Micki Gilmore. Gilmore said some of the chapters are still receiving edits to them and photo cutlines still need to be typed, but the process is nearing the end. “I just finished typing up the ghost log reports we’ll use,” Gilmore said. “I’m getting all excited ... like a little kid at Christmas.” At one point, publication of the book was expected to take place last year, however with staff...
NOWCAP Services is seeking nominations for the upcoming Mayor’s Leadership Awards. The Mayor’s Leadership Awards is an annual event celebrating Disability Employment Awareness, taking place March 4. The event is organized by NOWCAP Services, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for people with disabilities, and hosted by Rock Springs Mayor Carl Demshar and Green River Mayor Pete Rust. During the event, employees with disabilities, the organizations, individuals and businesses that support them are awarded for their eff... Full story
The distance between Green River and Rock Springs High School is a mere 19.9 miles. While the schools are located relatively close and share the same county, there is no love lost between the bitter rivals. On Thursday night, the Green River High School boys and girls basketball teams will host their rivals in Wolves Gymnasium in a 4A West Conference game that means a whole lot more than the rest. Green River senior forward Tanner Trumble said the rivalry means everything to him. "I always look...
The Green River High School girl’s basketball team won’t need much motivation in seeking their first conference win of the season. In their only game of the week, the Lady Wolves will host rival Rock Springs Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Rock Springs will come into the game with a 2-0 conference record and Carroll said a key to a Green River win will be taking better care of the basketball. “We turn the ball over sometimes when it’s not a contested turnover and we really need to stop that. I don’t think our decision making is bad, we just can’t let...
The Wolf Pack is on a roll. The Green River High School wrestling team showed once again last weekend they are one of the premier teams in the state. The Wolves came away with a second place finish competing against 30 teams from Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming at the Tiger-Grizz Invitational in Idaho Falls. Green River finished with 215.5 points, just behind Bonneville, Idaho, who won the tournament with 221.5 points. “It was nice to see the wrestlers compete very hard for the second week in a row. We wrestled with intensity, our technique h...
Friday night, the Green River High School wrestling team will take to the mat for their second home dual of the season against a strong Star Valley team. There would be nothing better for the team to look into the stands and see a standing room only crowd to cheer them on. Green River is known across the state as a wrestling town and there are 11 state titles to back it up. It’s time to fill the gym. If you haven’t been paying attention, the program has been gaining momentum over the past sev...
The Green River High School boy’s swimming team picked up an additional state qualifier at a meet last Friday in Pinedale. Keyan Moore was able to qualify for state tournament later this year in Gillette in diving. He became the third member of the team to qualify for state. Brendan Bloomquist qualified in the 100-breaststroke and Paul Wright qualified in the 100-butterfly during meets in December. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said they have a couple swimmers and divers that are also really close to qualifying. She added the Zander Potter d...
The Green River High School indoor track team had some outstanding individual finishes last weekend at the Weber State Developmental High School Track Meet. Head coach Steve Boyd said it was a good meet and everybody seem pleased with their marks for the teams first event of the season. The highest placer for Green River was standout senior Holly Huber who finished fourth in the 55-meter hurdles. Junior Josie Givens carried the momentum for a successful cross country campaign with a fifth place finish in both the 1600 and 800-meter races. Boyd...
