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Concerns about the future of the Jamestown/Rio-Vista Fire District, and the future of fire protection in the Jamestown area, have been answered as three community members have stepped up to serve on the fire district board. Long-time fire district board members Dave Buller and Patsy Moody brought their concerns to the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners during the December 17 commission meeting. Buller and Moody shared that the terms of all three board members were set to expire at...
The Castle Rock Hospital District January board meeting had a positive tone as the board looks ahead to the new year. Several staff members gave reports about progress in their departments and upcoming projects during the January 28 meeting. Radiology staff member Amanda Lamb said during her report that the amount of chest x-rays the radiology department is performing is steadily going down post-Covid. Lamb also reported that she and another radiology technician are currently going through an ad...
The 2024 Sublette County case of wildlife torture and abuse is spurring a "Clean Kill Bill" initiative, asking the Wyoming Legislature to establish felony penalties to punish those who would purposely torture Wyoming's wildlife. The proposed bill protects recreational hunting and predator management. Wyoming Sportsmanship, a new advocacy organization led by respected leaders of Wyoming's sportsman community, is advocating for a stronger bill than is currently drafted in the state Legislature...
James Arthur King left our earth on January 20, 2025 in Tucson, Arizona. Born in Corvallis, Oregon to Geraldine and Arthur King, Jim remained in Corvallis where he graduated from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. While attending the University, Jim met and married the love of his life, Linda Maurine, who stayed by his side for almost 60 years until his last breath, a true love story. Upon graduating from Oregon State, and after a brief stint in California, Jim and...
David Martin Asher, 68, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2025 at his home in Green River, Wyoming. He was a lifelong resident of Wyoming. David's journey began on June 16, 1956, in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the son of George Martin Asher and Muriel Olive Weatherington. David was a proud graduate of Lincoln High School, Class of 1974, where he laid the foundation for a life filled with dedication and hard work. He served his country honorably in the United States Marine Corps for three years as a...
Joyce Elaine Felders, 73, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at her home. She was a 7 month resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was born February 12, 1951, in San Diego, California; the daughter of James Felders and Jeanette Cooper. She was raised by her loving foster parents Jessie and Sammy Lee Thomas. Throughout her life, Joyce was someone who found joy in the simple pleasures. She was an enthusiastic bowler, a lover of horror movies, and always looked forward to spending time with...
Kathleen Marie Tominc, 76, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 23 at Sage View Care Center where she had been a resident for the last few months. A lifelong resident of Rock Springs, she died following a lengthy illness. She was born on June 14, 1948 in Rock Springs to Emilio R. Costantino and Clementina Catherine Louise Maritano Costantino. Kathleen was a 1966 graduate of Rock Springs High School and held three degrees from the University of Wyoming. She graduated with a Bachelor of...
Clifford Richard Green, 48, passed away January 25, 2025 at his home in Green River, Wyoming. He was born on May 22, 1976 in Tooele, Utah. The son of Clifford Andrew Green Jr. and Ellen Rae Dorman. Clifford attended Mountain View High School and began working as a mechanic. He was doing mechanical work for Kemmerer Operations LLC before his passing. Clifford enjoyed spending his free time camping, hunting, and spending time with family and friends. His hobbies also included fixing up trucks and...
The Canadian folk music duo Twin Flames, made up of husband and wife duo Chelsea and Jaaji, performed at the Broadway Theater in Rock Springs on Tuesday night. The award-winning group shares their indigenous culture through their music and lyrics....
There’s a lot going on in the political realm right now, both on the state and national level. As the Wyoming legislature debates hot-button topics in the general session and President Trump continues to issue executive orders in his first two weeks, there are lots of discussions, and lots of strong feelings, connected to politics. In the midst of discussions and strong feelings, words tend to get thrown around, often without people having a full understanding of what the terms they’re hearing and using actually mean. Some of the terms that hav...
Dear Editor, Unfortunately, HB 172 to repeal gun free zones is back and even worse than the Governor vetoed HB 125 from last session. This legislation has come before the Legislature for many years but never gained much traction until last year when the gun lobby started putting the full court press on Legislators. Public poles show that a majority of Wyomingites DO NOT want gun free zones repealed! - March 2024 KGAB Poll: “Do you agree with Governor Gordon’s Veto of House Bill 125” 63.3% indicated YES. - August 2024 Wyoming Tribune Eagle...
Dear Editor, The Freedom Scholarship Act seems to be a departure from the Freedom Caucus’s usual stance of ‘smaller’ government. This Wyoming bill is no more than a blatant effort by the Freedom Caucus to encourage the establishment of religious-based schools to further the Freedom Caucus’s “Godly” ideology and make the state pay for it. How this bad piece of legislation got as far as it did is inconceivable to me, and it is clearly designed to hobble public education. My daughter and son-in-law in New York pay $7000 a year to have their son a...
Green River Police Department reports for Jan. 20 At 11:24 a.m., officers responded to a report of a scam. At 12:47 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle and issued the driver, a juvenile, a citation for alleged speed - generally. At 4:41 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle and issued a warning for alleged expired temporary license permit/improper registration. At 4:53 p.m., officers responded to a report of domestic violence. At 7:22 p.m., officers responded to...
James Warren Martin, 38, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, with a lifetime of supervised release, for transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. This sentence is to run concurrently with his 37-to-45-year sentence imposed in Wyoming’s Seventh Judicial District state court for his victimization of the same minor. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl imposed the sentence on Jan. 23, in Casper. According to court documents, the defendant was brought to the attention o...
This past weekend the Green River High School Cheer and Dance teams competed in the Wyoming State Spirit Competition. Both teams saw success, with the Cheer Team coming home with yet another State Championship victory. Cheer Champions The Cheer team placed first in the fiercely contested 4A Game Day Category with a score of 90.45, beating a competitive Cheyenne South team by only 1.3 points. GRHS's Head Cheer Coach Mikayla Smart spoke about the key elements the team had been focusing on in...
The Green River High School Activities Department recently announced that Head Volleyball Coach Jessica Demaret is stepping down from her position. Coach Demaret has been the head coach for the past three seasons. She led Green River High School to a second-place finish at the 2024 Wyoming 4A West Regionals this past fall. Her team was the first volleyball team from GRHS to qualify for the Wyoming 4A State Tournament since 2017. Coach Demaret has also coached several players who were selected to...
Two of Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County's three x-ray machines will be out of commission for up to six months during a remodeling project that began recently. The core x-ray area will be updated, the x-ray rooms will be enlarged, and two new x-ray machines and associated equipment will be installed, said Medical Imaging Director Tracie Soller. In the meantime, the Radiology Department will use the digital x-ray in the Emergency Department, which was replaced within in the last year. "We...
A new article on WyoHistory.org, the online platform of the Wyoming Historical Society, tells the story of two men famous (or infamous) in Rock Springs and Sweetwater County history. "The Outlaw and His Lawyer: Butch Cassidy and Douglas Preston," by Dick Blust of the Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River, chronicles the interwoven careers of outlaw Robert Leroy Parker - better known by his alias, Butch Cassidy - and his friend, Rock Springs attorney Douglas A. Preston. Though he...
The Green River High School Boys Swimming and Diving team capped off a phenomenal weekend with dominant performances during dual meets against Natrona County and Jackson, followed by a third-place finish at the Jim Beman Memorial Invitational. The Wolves showcased their depth, resilience, and record-breaking potential as they head into the final stretch of their season. During Friday's dual meets, Green River secured decisive victories, with final scores of 128–50 against Natrona County and 1...
This past Friday and Saturday, the Green River Boys and Girls Wrestling teams competed in a large in-state wrestling tournament, the Lander Valley Invite at Lander High School. The girls finished 11th out of 23 teams, while the Varsity boys were second in their 27-team field. Also the Junior Varsity competed in a J.V. Tourney in Lander. Head Wrestling Coach Josh Wisnewski felt that the team wrestled well at Lander. He commented that they are focusing on getting better every week and that he is h...
The Green River Lady Wolves Basketball team had two home games last week. They faced two conference rivals, the Natrona Fillies and Kelly Walsh Trojans. Each game was hard fought by both teams, with each of them being decided by five points or less. On Friday, Green River hosted the Fillies. Despite a slow first half, The Lady Wolves were able to come together as a team and score 31 points in the second half, which was just enough to tie the score and force the game into overtime. They managed t...
The Green River Wolves Boys Basketball team hit the road over the weekend to face two Casper powerhouses, Natrona County and Kelly Walsh, in a pair of conference matchups. While the Wolves ultimately came up short in both games, the team showed flashes of brilliance and toughness that they'll look to build on as the season progresses. On Friday night, Green River went toe-to-toe with Natrona County in a thrilling game that came down to the wire. With the Wolves leading by two in the final moment...
The Green River Girls and Boys Indoor Track Team traveled to Ogden, Utah this past Friday and Saturday to participate with dozens of high school and high school club teams in a huge regional meet. The Weber State High School Indoor Track Invitational had well over 100 participants in many of the events. Head Track Coach Dan Hansen felt that his team competed well, “with solid marks and several P.R.’s (personal records) for the meet.” The Track team will be off the next two weeks, according to Hansen, before heading to Pocatello, Idaho for a...
CHEYENNE-Laura Pearson's sheep ranching family has had a rough go of it lately. Woolgrowing is an industry that's shrunk dramatically from its heyday, including in Wyoming. Modern disruptions and hardships, like the brutal winter of 2022-'23, were a gut punch to operations that have hung on, even knocking some woolgrowers out of business. "Ranchers are hurting right now," said Pearson, a Republican state senator and school bus driver from Kemmerer who's new to the Wyoming Legislature. "In May,...
President Donald Trump's executive orders will fast-track oil and natural gas development, erase perceived federal regulatory "burdens" for extractive industries, halt electric vehicle incentive programs and wind energy permitting, withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change and, above all, "are a win for U.S. energy and Wyoming," according to Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon. Details on exactly how the new administration will achieve these things are not clear, according to some...
