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City and county residents will have a chance to have their voices heard about a proposed Love’s Travel Stop during an open house meeting with company representatives Friday. The area west of Jamestown has garnered interest in the past year due to increased water availability following improvements to the Jamestown-Rio Vista water system. Interest in commercial development has also increased, with two parcels of land near Interstate 80’s Exit 85 recently converted from agricultural use to com...
Sweetwater County will offer a volunteer separation program for qualifying employees. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution allowing for the Voluntary Separation Program. At the Commissioners previous meeting, county human resources director Garry McLean was asked to meet with department supervisors and elected officials about the proposed VSP to find out if they had any areas of concern. McLean reported he had...
Half a million dollars will be added to the city’s budget to provide seed funding for economic development. Tuesday night, the Green River City Council approved a mid-year budget amendment to provide additional funding to city budgets, with the $500,000 earmarked for economic development taking up the lion’s share of the $725,000 approved. According to finance manager Chris Meats, sales-tax revenue received by the city was larger than anticipated, allowing the city to provide additional fun...
Discussion about whether or not the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County will take over Sweetwater County’s ambulance service took place at the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting. Representatives from MHSC, Sweetwater Medics and members of the Ambulance Service Board were on hand to answer questions the Commissioners had about the hospital possibly getting into the ambulance service business. Scott Kitchner, chairman of the ambulance service board, said Sweetwater Medics and the hospital...
Billie Mattinson, 75, passed away Feb. 6, 2019, at her home in Green River. She was a lifelong resident of Sweetwater County. Mattinson was born Aug. 22, 1943, in Park City, Utah, the daughter of William Brcko and Lillian Margaret Remitz. She attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1962 graduate of the Rock Springs High School. Mattinson married Ralph Mattinson on July 2, 1968, in Rock Springs and they later divorced. She was a homemaker for all of her life. Mattinson enjoyed spending time...
Lori K. Bertot, 57, of Rock Springs, passed away Feb. 14, 2019, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, surrounded by her family. She was born June 30, 1961, in Price, Utah, the daughter of Frank and Irene Dalton Bertot. She attended schools in Green River and graduated from Green River High School with the class of 1980. She was trained as a lifeguard and as a CNA. She also worked as a custodian for Sweetwater County School District No. 1. Bertot was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Comm...
Sharon Davis, 64, of Green River, passed away Feb. 15, 2019, at her home. She was a longtime resident of Green River and former resident of California. Sharon was born Nov. 7, 1954, in Lovelock, Nev., the daughter of John and Georgia Kruse. She attended schools in Galt, Calif., and was a 1972 graduate of the Galt High School. Sharon was employed as an elections clerk for Sweetwater County. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Her interests were spending time with her...
With the myriad of bills being debated within the Wyoming Legislature, we’re happy to see one make its way through that will benefit local governments utilizing their special purpose taxes. House Bill 95 was sent to Gov. Mark Gordon’s desk Friday and would allow governments to use excess special use sales tax revenues after the voter-approved projects are completed. One of the difficulties with a special purpose tax like the sixth penny improvement projects tax used in Sweetwater County is the fact that the tax cannot end until after the ent...
The pursuit of a sensible public policy for wind power in Wyoming has become an unsettled, decade-long saga. Most other states in the region have already figured out how to appropriately regulate and tax wind resources, but it seems Wyoming inherently deals with a more complex set of circumstances. We can trace this, in large part, to the perceived conflict between wind and the state’s primary breadwinner — the mineral industry. Coal, oil and natural gas together have combined as the basic economic engines and financiers of public services in...
Whether celebrating a relationship or longing for something more, Valentine’s Day has a way of turning our heads and hearts to finding that special someone. In today’s world, it is perfectly acceptable to go looking through online dating sites, social media, and mobile apps in search of love. While these sites and apps can be a great place to meet people, it is important to recognize that not everyone is who they say they are online. The FBI tells us that reports of romance scams have grown from around 5,000 in 2012 to nearly 15,000 in 201...
More than a dozen Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation and Villa residents painted bowls for a cause. Last Wednesday, tables were lined with residents and CRRC employees painting bowls for the Sweetwater County Bowls of Caring fundraising event. YWCA development director Kayla Mannikko said, those who participate in the program buy the bowls and paint them. Mannikko said the YWCA then takes them to a kiln where they are heat treated. Once heat treated, YWCA employees then deliver the microwave...
Students who attended a recent Science, Technology, Engineering and Math night left with a better understanding of what it would take to think like a computer scientist. Sara Wisniewski, Monroe Elementary School STEM teacher, said she worked with Western Wyoming Community College associate information technology professor Carla Hester Croff to get the STEM night program at the school. Wisniewski said Croff brought all of the supplies they needed to have six stations for the program. During the...
“Our Collections” is a display of artwork from the private collections of members of the Sweetwater County Library System Exhibit committee. Both library staff and community volunteers promote and arrange the rotating exhibits at both Sweetwater County Library in Green River and White Mountain Library in Rock Springs. Several of the members are artists and have been acquiring art for a number of years. The collections will be on display at the White Mountain Library. “This is an opportunity to share with others the artwork that for one reaso...
The Wolves swimming and diving came home with first and second-place finishes in individual and relay events and with fifth overall at state. This past weekend, the Green River High School team traveled to Gillette for the state competition and came home with a fifth-place finish, just one point away from fourth. "We were happy with it," head coach Colleen Seiloff said. "When you know you've given it everything you got." Three Wolves were named to the 2019 All-State Swimming and Diving athletes...
The Wolves took to the mat in Rock Springs during the 4A West Regional Tournament last weekend. Despite taking second behind Kelly Walsh, a number of Green River wrestlers took first place in their weight divisions. Overall, Green River earned 226.5 points for their second-place finish, falling behind Kelly Walsh’s 266 and head of third-place Rock Springs’ total of 215. Four Wolves wrestlers were crowned the regional champions of their respective weight divisions during the event. Clayson Mele took first at 106 pounds, while Dominic Mar...
The Lady Wolves basketball team has won their last four games, including two non-conference and two conference, and they are setting their sights on more this week. On Thursday, the Lady Wolves took on the Evanston Lady Red Devils in Green River and came out on top, 44-39. They then traveled to Jackson on Saturday where they defeated the Lady Brocs, 54-42. The two conference wins take the Lady Wolves to second in the Southwest quadrant with a 3-2 conference record and to 11-9 in their overall...
One more week and two more games before the Wolves travel to Cody for Regionals. Before that trip, the Wolves will face Rock Springs and Star Valley, with the Star Valley game being the final night the Wolves will play at home. Last week, the Wolves broke even, losing at home against Evanston, but returning from an away game in Jackson with a win. With Evanston, head coach Laurie Ivie said the team played sluggishly during the first half, being out rebounded 21-7 by the Red Devils. The boys...
The Green River’s indoor track team competed at the Simplot Games Indoor Track Meet in Pocatello, Idaho over the weekend. There were 21 Wyoming teams in attendance, as well as teams from 20 different states, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with a total of 2,000 athletes competing in one of the most prestigious Indoor Track Meets in the United States. The Green River girls team consisted of six competitors, three freshman, two juniors and one senior, while the boys had eight competitors: one freshman, four sophomores, and three seniors. For t...
Last Thursday schools across Green River were busy celebrating Valentine's Day with their students. At Monroe Elementary School, students in kindergarten through fifth grade were busy handing out valentines or participating in some sort of a Valentine's Day activity. In McKensey Lucero and Kada Alcorn's kindergarten class, children participated in various activities during a station rotation. Some of the activities the children participated in were handing out valentines, decorating and eating...
