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Divers helped recover the body of a Utah resident at Anvil Draw Sunday morning who died after falling through the ice. The incident occurred Saturday when 59-year-old Rebecca Weston of Plain City, Utah, fell through the ice while riding an ATV. According to a release from the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, Weston was part of a family group ice fishing at the Flaming Gorge. She was a passenger on the ATV with three other family members, all of whom escaped falling through. Due to limited daylight, the recovery dive did not take place u...
While some portions of the state are experiencing flooding from increased precipitation, flooding in Green River isn’t a concern. According to data from the National Weather Service, Sweetwater County received between 1 and 2 inches of precipitation in the last 60 days, with the Green River municipal area receiving between 2 and 4 inches. On average, 10 inches of snowfall is calculated as 1 inch of liquid precipitation, though the ratio can change depending on the type of snow falling as p...
A few Sweetwater County School District No. 2 board members are feeling frustrated at how the legislative session in Cheyenne is going. Board chair Brenda Roosa said she’s disappointed and believes legislators have already made up their minds regarding school funding, which could receive a cut of up to $91 million from school spending. School board members were prohibited from giving testimony in person during hearings, which board member John Malone said is the reason they go to Cheyenne. R...
A sibling fight is the reason for one woman being placed on probation. Misty R. Mares, 25, of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a change of plea and sentencing hearing aggravated assault and battery, which was reduced to a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangering. Mares pleaded no contest to the charge and was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and one year of unsupervised probation. According to court documents, on Aug. 17, 2016, officers...
A financial plan designed to cut costs and reserve declining reserves at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County was met with severe criticism by the Sweetwater County Commissioners last week. The conflict between the county and hospital board came to a head and resulted in the resignations of three board members, the removal of two other members, as well as the resignation of the hospital’s CEO and the hospital’s chief legal counsel. The commissioners requested the hospital’s plan as a resul...
A telephone scam that was in circulation in Sweetwater County several years ago has now resurfaced, though with a new twist. Sheriff Mike Lowell said that swindlers are calling people and identifying themselves as either law enforcement officers or officials of a bogus “Sweetwater Civil Processing Unit.” The caller, who often has a thick accent, tells his intended victims that someone will be coming by with a warrant or other official paperwork. The callers are rude - even threatening - and eventually ask for a credit card or debit card num...
What transpired last week between the Sweetwater County Commissioners and the members of Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s Board of Trustees is unprecedented, but we think few options were left on the table. What isn’t disputed is the fact the hospital’s cash reserves are nearing a dangerous level. If the reserves dip below 75 days of cash on hand, the hospital is in default on the revenue bonds sold to improve the hospital’s emergency room a decade ago. The board members’ responses to the commissioners’ questions regarding rumors of a...
Seeing the piles of snow slowly melt away is a nice reminder that construction season is just around the corner. Last year was an unusually busy year for construction within the city, mostly in part to the freak hail storm that we were dealt in June. As a result of the damage caused by this storm, the Green River Community Development Department issued 1,163 building permits in 2016, which is more than three times the average annual permits issued of 340 per year. Based on communication with local developers and contractors, the city is...
We now have a new administration. In January, I became chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. President Trump announced his nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate also started the process of rolling back punishing regulations from the Obama administration. Supreme Court Nomination On Jan. 31, President Trump announced his nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Our next justice will make decisions that impact our country for generations. That’s why it’s im...
When you fill a prescription at your local pharmacy, you assume the medicine you receive is safe and won’t interact badly with other drugs you’re taking. That’s not an unreasonable assumption, considering that pharmacists enjoy a positive reputation among the public. A recent Gallup poll found that pharmacists are among the most trusted professionals ranking second only to nurses. But pharmacists’ reputations as patient guardians may be unwarranted. The results of an investigation published by the Chicago Tribune before Christmas showed...
Producing a newspaper week in and week out can be an intense process and sometimes items make it to print in a way that has some unintended consequences. This was the case last week with the unfortunate placement of a dodgeball photo over an article regarding an alleged sexual assault. The photo itself was one of my favorites from the Make-A-Wish dodgeball event. The look of “I’ll get you back” on Green River High School student Candon Croft’s face as he dropped his dodge balls was what sold it...
Green River High School's wrestlers proved dominant against their rivals from Rock Springs during their last home appearance before the west regional tournament. Both the junior varsity and varsity squads won over the Rock Springs Tigers on senior night. The varsity team won the dual 49-18, while the junior varsity team earned their victory 37-24. "Cyro Montoya, Gage Byers, Kaycee Cochrane, Eric Clingenpeel, Zack Orr, Bake Waite, Jordan Tucker, and Gabe Bunderman wrestled their last home dual...
The Green River Girls and Boys Indoor Track Team headed east to Laramie for the first time this season to compete in an all Wyoming competition featuring ten teams. Teams represented were the three Cheyenne schools, Natrona County, Laramie, Rock Springs, Riverton, along with smaller schools Tongue River, Glenrock and Big Horn County attending the event. Laramie won both the girls and boys division, defeating Cheyenne Central and showing that they will be a force to be reckoned with at the upcoming state championship in Gillette in early March....
The high school swimming team earned a second-place finish during the 4A West Conference Championships Friday and Saturday. The Wolves fell short of regional champs Kelly Walsh, but surpassed scores posted from the teams representing Rock Springs, Evanston and Natrona County. Green River’s relay teams posted strong times throughout the meet. Green River finished first in the 200-yard medley relay with a team consisting of Michael Richmond, Ethan Moffatt, Brendan Bloomquist and Lane Hutchison t...
The Green River High School Lady Wolves basketball team is hoping to use their win on the road as momentum for the next game. Last Thursday, the Lady Wolves traveled to Evanston to take on the Lady Red Devils. It was a close game, but in the end the Lady Red Devils came up on top, 40-38. “It was a good game,” head coach Rick Carroll said. “It went back and fourth throughout the game. Again, we missed some fairly easy opportunities going to the hole.” The Lady Wolves were only shooting 52 perc...
Frances Marie (Bernard) Williams was born Feb. 17, 1925, in her family home in Rock Springs. She was the third of four children that blessed the lives of Blaz and Johanna Bernard. She was the first in her family born in the United States, after her family immigrated from Slovenia, Austria. She grew up in Rock Springs, attending local schools and graduated in 1943 from Rock Springs High School. She married John T. Williams, Jr., Oct. 26, 1946. Their family grew to include five children, 12...
The entryway and gym of Truman Elementary School were packed with children learning moves to a new dance. Most of the students were wearing neon blue, yellow or pink T-shirts with the word "dance" on them. The students, mostly girls, were listening intently to their instructors who are members of the Green River High School Wolf Pack Dance Team. Debi Kovick, wolf pack dance coach, said this is the second year the dance team has hosted a camp for kids. Parent volunteer Melissa Skinner, who is...
The Green River High School Speech and Debate team has not only left its mark on the Wyoming level, but on a national level as well. The team has recently obtained 400 Club status on the national level, head coach Carina White said. “This team works extremely hard, we have many kids ranked in the top of their state and their district.,” White said. “This is a giant accomplishment; and the first time our team has achieved it in the history of GRHS Speech and Debate.” According to the Nationa...
The County Historical Museum will have a chance to shine on the international stage. Curator Amanda Benson recently had a research paper accepted by the International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health, which will host its conference in Seville, Spain in June. Benson’s topic focuses on museum employees returning to workplace normalcy after a disaster. Benson presented the paper in 2016 during a convention in Washington, D.C. Benson said museums typically don’t prepare for natural...
Western Wyoming Community College has released its list of President’s Honor Roll students for Fall 2016. Recognition on the President’s Honor Roll is accorded to students who complete a minimum of 12 credit hours with a GPA of 4.0. Green River students making the President’s Honor Roll are Christian Best, Robert Byers, Mellium Canford, Humberto Flores, Christopher Galloway, Summer Keeley, Levi Larsen, Jared Jensen, Savannah McCauley, Michael Mullins, Aaron Nelson, Mark Roberson, Daniel Roper, Breelyn Semon, Darrin Sutton, Wesley Thomas, Tanne...
