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Green River’s city prosecutor and judge were awarded raises when their contracts were renewed by the Green River City Council Tuesday night. Municipal Court Judge Jason Petri’s contract was approved, along with a $3,492 salary increase from $76,508 in fiscal year 2017-2018 to $80,000 in fiscal year 2018-2019. City Prosecutor Bobby Pineda received a $1,693 raise in his contract renewal, with his salary increasing from $66,307 in fiscal year 2017-2018 to $68,000 in fiscal year 2018-2019. Both con...
For gamers in their late 30s and early 40s, one of the most memorable aspects of the games released on the Nintendo Entertainment System is their brutal difficulty. The concept of “Nintendo hard” didn’t come about until years after the game system’s original run, when players wanting to play the games their older siblings and parents played sat down and discovered the games were unforgiving. Part of this is due to how games are developed and released now as opposed to 30 years ago. Games on thos...
It was a Monday morning that will stick with Sweetwater County Sheriff John Grossnickle for the rest of his life. Standing in front of friends, family and otherelected officials, Grossnickle recited his oath of office Jan. 7. “It was an overwhelming and humbling experience,” Grossnickle said. In the weeks following the oath, Grossnickle’s attention has primarily focused on reorganizing the office. Grossnickle said the reorganization has taken longerthan he anticipated, describing it as the b...
Emma Joy Glaze, 59, of Rock Springs, passed away Jan. 18, 2019, at the Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah. She was born on May 29, 1959, in Rock Springs, the daughter of John F. Glaze and Dessie Bee Richie Gray. Emma attended schools in Rock Springs and graduated from the Rock Springs High School with the class of 1977. She also attended and graduated from Western Wyoming Community College. She was employed at J.C. Penney as a clerk for many years. Survivors include three sons, Jerone Glaze an...
Sweetwater County will look at offering a volunteer separation program for employees who qualify. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, human resources director Garry McLean presented the board with information about the Voluntary Separation Program. McLean said since 2012, the county has offered early retirement packages when it saw a reduction in the oil and gas industry. He said the county was being proactive when they had money to come up with the early...
Josephine “Jo” F. Douglas, 92, of Rock Springs, passed away Feb. 3, 2019, at the Sage View Care Center. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, Douglas died following a lengthy illness. She was born March 10, 1926, in Lionkol, the daughter of Eli and Mary Flaker Kovacich. Douglas attended Rock Springs High School and was a graduate of Rock Springs High School. She also attended cosmetology school in Salt Lake City. She married Joseph C. “J.C.” Douglas in Rock Springs at the Our Lady of Sorrows...
Emma Joy Glaze, 59, of Rock Springs, passed away Jan. 18, 2019, at the Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah. She was born on May 29, 1959, in Rock Springs, the daughter of John F. Glaze and Dessie Bee Richie Gray. Emma attended schools in Rock Springs and graduated from the Rock Springs High School with the class of 1977. She also attended and graduated from Western Wyoming Community College. She was employed at J.C. Penney as a clerk for many years. Survivors include three sons, Jerone Glaze and wife Roshelle and Broxston Willoughby, all of La...
Jim D. McCartney, 90, of Austin, Texas since 2007, passed away Jan. 1, 2019. He was born in Talpa, Texas Aug. 11, 1928, the sixth of seven children born to Joe and Beulah McCartney. He was married to Jerline (Buxkemper) Sept. 7, 1948, in Rowena, Texas, and they had 64-plus years together. She preceded him in death in 2012. Jim is survived by his daughter, Debra of Austin, Texas; son, G.W. of San Antonio, Texas; grandson Shane J. McCartney and his wife, Rebecca; great-grandchildren Michele and Co...
The Green River Shopko Hometown Store will be closing. Shopko announced more store closures Wednesday and the Green River location was one of the stores named. The estimated closing date given by the company is May 12, 2019. Other Wyoming locations that are closing are Lander, Mountain View, Thermopolis, Greybull and Worland. Both Thermopolis and Greybull's closures were announced in January. According to an earlier press release from Shopko dated Jan. 16, 2019, Shopko, a leading operator of...
We are proud of Sweetwater County’s high school students. During the annual friendly blood drive between Green River and Rock Springs high schools, students raised a total of 713 pints of blood. The schools almost raised exactly the same amounts, with Green River raising 360 pints of blood and Rock Springs raising 353 pints. The human body, depending on size, can contain between 9 and 12 pints of blood, meaning the two schools raised enough blood for between 59 and 79 people. More realistically speaking, that’s enough blood for hundreds of blo...
Students were asked to bleed green for the 11th annual high school blood drive challenge. Green River High School students and members of the community were at the high school auditorium Thursday for the same purpose: to donate blood. While some students waited their turns and others ate snacks after donating blood, others were already in the donation chairs giving blood. Kendahl Coy, blood drive chair and GRHS senior, said she was cochair last year and had a pretty good idea of what it would...
Learning how to incorporate nature into early childhood education in a fun and interesting way is something about 30 workshop attendees learned how to do. On Friday, participants from Evanston, Jackson Big Piney, Afton, Rock Springs and Green River attended the Wyoming Project WILD and Wyoming Project Learning Tree hands-on workshop. The workshop focused on nature education curriculum for formal and non-formal early childhood educators and daycare providers. Leading the workshop was Lucy Wold,...
One Green River student has received a $25,000 scholarship from the Horatio Alger National Scholarship, which can be used at any college of choice. Green River High School senior Mary Harris was quite surprised when she recently received the news. “I’m just really honored to receive it,” Harris said. According to a press release, “This annual scholarship recognizes outstanding students, who, in the face of great adversity, have exhibited an admirable commitment to continuing their educati...
It was one of the toughest competitions of the year, but the speech team came home with third place. This weekend the Green River High School Speech and Debate team traveled to Casper to compete against 32 teams and about 600 students, including competitors from South Dakota. “It was good to see competition from other states. There is always a bit of a difference in the way they compete and the level of talent they bring,” head coach Carina White said. Cheyenne East came in first followed by...
Records were broken, first-place finishes obtained and two more qualified at regional swimming this past weekend. The Green River swimming and diving team came home with third after competing in regionals in Evanston against six teams, including Laramie and Kelly Walsh. “We actually had a good weekend,” head coach Colleen Seiloff said. “We finished where we thought we would.” In fact, they were even closer to Kelly Walsh then they thought they were going to be. Seiloff was proud to have two mor...
The Wolves Wrestling team had a rough week, but still earned a win and had a few wrestlers win matches throughout the weekend. Clayson Mele continues to be strong at 106, having an undefeated week of competition. Others joining him in that feat are Kade Flores at 120, Dominic Martinez at 113, Kade Flores at 120 and Justin Flores at 138. Kade Knezovich was undefeated at the conference duals in Rock Springs. Last week, the boys traveled to Evanston for a dual against the Red Devils. The Wolves would come up short in that dual, losing 42-34....
The Green River High School Girls and Boys Indoor Track team traveled to Ogden, Utah, last week to Weber State University for its 26th Annual Weber State University Developmental Indoor Track and Field Meet. Friday, the meet started with field events. Participating in the shot put, the Lady Wolves were led by senior Kim Peterson, whom head coach Dan Hansen said has been moving up the ladder this season. Peterson was the top finisher and only Lady Wolf to make the finals, finishing eighth with a throw of 28.03.25. She was followed closely by...
The Lady Wolves may have had the home-court advantage, but they still lost two games. On Thursday, the Lady Wolves took on the Rock Springs Lady Tigers and lost 59-52. "I guess the biggest thing is we started out really well on offense," head coach Rick Carroll said. However, the defense wasn't doing as well. "We weren't playing well as a team," Carroll said. This allowed Rock Springs to get in a few easy shots and win the game. Defense is an area the team has been working on trying to improve....
