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Anyone wanting to attend a Green River City Council meeting in person will be able to do so starting with the Council’s meeting next week. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Council decided to host its meetings virtually when COVID-19 infection rates began to spike in Sweetwater County. Prior to that, meetings were hosted at City Hall, with Council representatives and spectators being socially distanced. “I think everybody prefers face-to-face,” Mayor Pete Rust said. “I think it’ll b...
Despite snowstorms last week postponing the delivery of a shipment of COVID-19 vaccine last week, Sweetwater County Public Health and Castle Rock Medical Center continue to vaccinate residents. According to Dr. Jean Stachon, Sweetwater County Public Health Officer, said between 25% and one-third of the county’s population having herd immunity, either from contracting COVID-19 or through a vaccination. An exact percentage is unknown because Dr. Stachon said there were likely residents who contrac...
A proposed land lab would be a building block for a larger agricultural education program within Sweetwater County School District No. 2. The district’s board of trustees approved a request to apply for Bureau of Land Management land between Green River and James Town during the board’s meeting Feb. 9. At the time, superintendent Craig Barringer said a land lab would be years away if the district decided to move forward with the initiative. Liz Thoman, the FFA advisor at Green River High Sch...
Staff Report A long-abandoned overpass will be rebuilt as the Wyoming Department of Transportation begins work on a new interchange on Gookin Road west of Rock Springs. The bridge has been closed to traffic since April 2014 when it was struck by a truck carrying an excavator. The project is scheduled to be completed by June 30, 2023. The project is also a partnership between WYDOT, the City of Rock Springs and Sweetwater County. The entities involved hope the new interchange will improve traffic flowin the area and provide a direct connection...
A combination of speed and driver inattention is being investigated as the cause of a fatal vehicle crash east of Rock Springs Sunday. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, the crash was reported at 12:55 p.m. near milepost 110.5 on Interstate 80. A 2019 Dodge Caravan was traveling east on the interstate and approached a section of road that had been closed due to hazardous winter conditions. The driver failed to notice traffic was being detoured to an exit and collided with the back of a slow-moving 2020 Freightliner Penske truck. At the...
Brenda Elaine Harsha, 69, passed away Monday, February 1, 2021 at Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness in Cheyenne, Wyoming following a lengthy illness. She was a life-long resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. Ms. Harsha was born January 13, 1952 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of Jack Edwards and Dorothy Tomich. She attended schools in Rock Springs. Ms. Harsha enjoyed spending time with family, crafts, being outside and an avid animal lover. Survivors include one son, Warren Simmons and...
Michael "Mike" Kevin Olsen, 56, left his earthly body in the early morning hours of February 16, 2021. Mike grew up in Ogden, Utah and was part of a big, loving "his, mine and ours" family. He graduated from Green River High School in 1982 and attended Weber State University where he was a proud brother of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He graduated from Concordia University in Austin Texas. Mike had many talents including a deep love of cooking inspired by his Mother, Sandy, and years of...
Thomas J Niemiec Sr. passed away Sunday, Feb. 7th in Arizona. He and his wife Joan wintered in Lake Havasu City and resided the rest of the year in Cowley, Wy. Tom was born Dec 27th 1940 to Anna and Walter Niemiec Sr. in Amsterdam, Oh. He is survived by his children Barbara (Mark) Turnbull, Thomas (Kelly) Niemiec Jr., Rick (Sheri) Niemiec, and Tony (Chasity) Niemiec, his sister Janice Johnson and brother John (Karen) Niemiec. Tom had 16 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Tom was an...
Leah Louise Lind Hooton, 89, passed away February 19, 2021 at Legacy House Assisted Living Center in Spanish Fork, Utah. She had been a resident of Legacy House for the past year and a former resident of Green River, Wyoming for 64 years. Leah was born December 15, 1931 on the Lind Ranch, five miles from Lyman, Wyoming. Her parents were Allyn Wilbur Lind and Electa Hortense Dansie Lind. She had 3 older brothers: Robert Allyn, Rex Wilbur and Jack Roland Lind. When Leah was thirteen, the family...
“Tis funny about th’ constitution,” said Mr. Dooley, the legendary, philosophical Irish bartender created by Finley Peter Dunne. “It reads plain, but no wan can undherstant it without an interpreter.” The Supreme Court is the final interpreter of the Constitution, but since the dawn of the republic, Americans have engaged in spirited, often heated, debates – constitutional conversations – about how it should interpret the Constitution. This is not surprising for a nation whose revolutionary origins lay in fundamental disputes with England...
Regular Honor Roll Students at Green River High School who are listed on the regular honor roll maintain a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.749 and are enrolled in a minimum of five classes and do not have F or I grades. Students listed on the honor roll are: Alexa Alatorre, Einan Armstrong, Abbey Atkinson, Anthony Bartolotta, Luis Batista, Damian Bautista, Devin Bobbitt, Jordan Brady, Trevor Brangham, Janey Burd, Devynn Byinton, Shelby Carson, Autumn Casey, Alexia Clark, Trenton Collar, Christian Dobyns, Kaden Eastman, Caitlyn...
5K results 1. Jenar Jasso, Green River, 21:59.2 2. Stephanie Eardley, Mountain View, 22:34.9 3. Brenda Gray, Rock Springs, 22:41.8 4. Chris Brink, Green River, 22:55.7 5. Sadie Valdez, Rock Springs, 23:53.9 6. Ethan Bundy, Green River, 24:14. 7. Joaquin Barrera, Green River, 24:15.7 8. Brian Redmond, Rock Springs, 25:28.0 9. Morgan Christiansen, Green River, 25:38.1 10. Dave Kimble, Green River, 26:08.6 11. Jesse Bek, Green River, 26:19.3 12. Luke Fillingim, West Jordan, Utah, 26:36.3 13....
With the State wrestling meet next week, the Wolves' qualifying wrestling team has little time to fine tune their strategies, but head coach Josh Wisniewski isn't worried about how they will fare in their final week. Wisniewski said the team's goal was to qualify 85% of their members for the showdown in Casper. "It's pretty neat we were able to do that," he said. Four Wolves were named the champions of their weight classes: Kale Knezovich at 106, Thomas Dalton at 120, Conner Todd at 132 and...
The Wolves season ended with a second-place finish at State over the weekend and a champion in the 1-meter diving event. Overall, it was a finish head coach Colleen Seiloff said she expected to see, though the Wolves competition with the favored Lander Tigers came down to the last few events of the meet. Lander went on to earn its 25th consecutive championship, scoring a total of 342 points and winning nine events. Green River earned 202 while Buffalo took third with 181 points. Braxton Cordova...
