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For the first time in a very long time, the Lady Wolves won a game at State. Head coach Rick Carroll said even though the Lady Wolves have made it to State, he doesn't think they've won a game at the tournament since 2007. The Lady Wolves broke that losing streak this weekend when they won not only one, but two games, which led them to become the consolation bracket winners. Carroll said they did receive some trophies for winning the consolation game, but the road to that win started out rough....
While Green River High School's boys basketball team made it to the state tournament for the first time since 2009, the Wolves were knocked out of the competition following losses to Campbell County and Evanston. The No. 2 seeded Wolves had their first game against the No. 3 seeded Camels. Head coach Laurie Ivie said the Wolves played tentatively during the first half, ending it with a 12-point deficit. The Wolves bounced back during the third quarter, closing the gap and taking the lead, but...
Sweetwater County School District No. 2's longtime superintendent will retire June 2020. Donna Little-Kaumo announced her intent to retire Tuesday night at the district board of trustees meeting. She said she wanted to give the community as much time as possible to find her replacement. Little-Kaumo said she wanted to spend more time with family. Little-Kaumo has worked in the district for the past 14 years. She said when she first arrived at the district, schools were recording scores as low...
The Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center may want to readdress how much of their sixth-cent overage they want to continue to invest. During a recent Sweetwater County Commissioners, SCCDC board members, their executive director, Cristy Pelham, and their attorney, Danielle Mathey, spoke to the Commissioners about the a second amendment to the SCCDC’s memorandum of understanding regarding when the SCCDC receives funding. Mathey said this is a concern for three reasons, the SCCDC has a new...
Taking Green River’s curbside recycling to the Rock Springs Landfill is only a temporary solution according to Michelle Foote, Rocks Springs site manager for Wyoming Waste Systems. Foote said the major problem the company faces is a lack of sorting space. The company used the city’s transfer station to sort the recycling it collected, but has been unable to use the building since a fire occurred September 2018. Foote said they thought they would only be out of the building for a few months, but...
A conditional use permit application filed by Love’s Travel Stops will allow the company to build a truck stop near Jamestown if approved. The permit application will be put before the county’s planning and zoning commission April 10 at 10 a.m., and is scheduled to be brought before the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners for final approval May 7 at 8:30 a.m. According to the permit application, the truck stop would be built on two parcels of land, one owned by Aspen Springs and the...
The speech and debate team came home from state with a fourth place finish. The team traveled this past weekend to Riverton to take on the best Wyoming had to offer. The Green River High School Speech and Debate team took 18 students to state this year and came in fourth. Cheyenne East took first, Cheyenne Central nabbed second and Rock Springs claimed third. GRHS missed out on third place by three points. “It would have been nice to win state this year, but our team is young and they did a f...
For Wyoming Waste Systems, a lot of the headache over recycling could have been avoided with a simple statement. “Due to circumstances beyond our control, recyclable materials collected by Wyoming Waste Systems’ curbside recycling program in Green River will be sent to the Rock Springs Landfill until further notice. We are working to alleviate the situation as quickly as possible and remain committed to recycling in Green River. We will update residents when we’re able to provide recycling services again.” However, after we published an arti...
College is expensive. This is something that is common knowledge at this point, which is why it’s hard for me to believe the county hasn’t received a lot of applications for its scholarships in the past. The Sweetwater County Commissioners are once again seeking applications from Sweetwater County high school students who are going to graduate with the class of 2019. Commissioner Randy Wendling said the Commissioners will give three $1,000 scholarships to three applicants. Wendling said he was...
Medicare has just announced it is penalizing more than 700 of the nation’s hospitals because they have higher rates of patient safety mishaps, which the government and patient advocacy groups have been trying for years to prevent. What are those incidents that have resulted in a one percent cut in a hospital’s Medicare payments over the year? They are mistakes you wouldn’t want to have happen to you or a family member, things like infections caused by incisions made during colon surgeries and hysterectomies, by urinary catheters and by centr...
Gwendolyn Marquez, 71, passed away March 8, 2019, at her home in Green River. She was a resident of Green River for 38 years and is a former resident of Bishop, Calif. Marquez was born Nov. 18, 1947, in Bishop, Calif.; the daughter of Connie M. Denver and Rosalind M. Butcher. She attended schools in Bishop, Calif., and was a 1966 graduate of the Bishop Union High School. Marquez also attended cosmetology school at Lapin Brothers School of Cosmetology. She married Carlos Marquez Sept. 24, 1968,...
Norma Jean Schultz, 88, passed away at the Medical Center of Aurora in Aurora, Colo., Feb., 26, 2019. She was born on March 29, 1930, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Cecelia (Sabo) and Ernest Jelosek. Schultz attended schools in Rock Springs and graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1948. She married James Theodore Schultz in Rock Springs at the Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church June 20, 1953, and he preceded her in death Sept. 19, 2018. She was a member of the Roman Catholic...
Donald Sheets passed away March 7, 2019. He was born on Dec. 21, 1953, at the Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, Calif., to William and Carlene Sheets. He moved all over the country while his dad was in the Navy. He married Sherri Lee Glover Jan. 5, 1973, in Carson City, Nev., with a permission slip in hand from his mom. They made their home in Green River for 33 years where they raised their children, Kristi and Rodger. While they lived in Green River, Don was very active in the baseball community. He played fast pitch softball for the Coors...
Jesse Ray Wagner, 41, passed away March 3, 2019, in Douglas. He was a resident of Rock Springs for the past 15 years and is a former resident of Colorado Springs, Colo. Wagner was born April 30, 1977, in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of Donald Wagner and Mary Woods. He attended schools in Germany and Colorado and was a 1996 graduate of Widefield High School. Wagner also trained to be a medic in the United States Army. Jesse married Stacy Perry Aug. 30, 2008, in Rock Springs. Wagner served in the...
Kathleen J. Holler died peacefully at home on hospice in Evanston, Feb. 28, 2019, at the age of 72. Kathy is remembered as a loving mother of five children (Julia of Missouri, Michael of Utah, Jeffrey of Wyoming, Timothy [deceased], and Gregory of South Dakota), grandchildren and great-grandchildren, half-brothers and sisters. She is also survived by her dear friend for many years, Sam DiGangi, who was by her side. Kathy was a very intelligent, creative, joyful woman who accomplished much in...
The Green River cheer and dance teams returned home with a few second place finishes at state. Last week, the Wolf Pack Dance Team participated in the 4A division hip hop dance and jazz competitions, while the GRHS cheerleaders competed in the 4A Division cheerleading competition. The GRHS cheerleaders competed in all three competitive categories, which were all-girl cheer, game day and co-ed cheer. The cheerleaders took second in c0-ed cheer, fourth in all-girl cheer and sixth in the game day...
