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After three decades serving and protecting the people of Green River, Chief of Police Tom Jarvie is taking off his badge. Jarvie, who has been the chief the past five years, will be retiring within the next month. Years of service Jarvie, who grew up in Green River, has been with the GRPD for a little over 31 years, having started in 1991. "I was fresh out of the military," Jarvie explained. "I actually interviewed here three days after I got out of the army in North Carolina. It was a long...
"How many Thin Mints, Miss Megan?" "Fifty-four!" Megan Nielsen answered, and the group of Girl Scouts, troop leaders and volunteers got to work moving and stacking 54 cases of Thin Mints cookies. Nielsen, the troop leader of Girl Scout Troop 1671, was overseeing the distribution of all the cookies for Green River's Girl Scout troops Monday afternoon. "We have a crazy number of cookies," Nielsen said. "We have a total of 1,645 cases, with 12 boxes a case." "19,740 is what we should have," Troop...
Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Green River Region will hold a series of public open houses and a final public meeting to present and discuss proposed 2023 hunting seasons, according to a press release. Attending a public meeting provides an opportunity to visit with local Game Wardens and Biologists and to provide feedback about hunting season proposals. The public is invited to participate in any of the upcoming meetings. Written comments will be accepted through 5 p.m. March 29 online, at public meetings or by mailing Wyoming Game and F...
Annabelle Martinez, 68, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at her home in Green River, Wyoming. She was a life-long resident of Green River. Mrs. Martinez died following a brief illness. She was born December 28, 1954 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of Joe Chacon and Rose Vigil Chacon. Mrs. Martinez attended schools in Green River and was a 1973 graduate of Green River High School. She married the love of her life Mario L. Martinez on October 27, 1974 in Green River, Wyoming. Annabelle...
Dallas V. Galley, 86, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at Deer Trail Assisted Living in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a resident of Rock Springs for seven years and former resident of Vernal, Utah; Las Vegas, Nevada and Gresham, Oregon. He was born September 29, 1936 in Vernal Utah; the son of Peter Leon Galley and Alice Nancy Dickson Galley. Mr. Galley attended schools in Vernal, Utah. He married Mary Cloward and they had three daughters from this union;...
Lois Ann Lowe Shedden, 88, passed away on March 10, 2023 following a courageous battle with Glioblastoma brain cancer. Lois Ann was born on November 1, 1934 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Within five days of her birth, she was adopted by Elsie and Amos Lowe who previously adopted James Kay Lowe. Lois shared countless stories of her exciting childhood. She loved attending school and was a strong advocate of education. She graduated from Green River High School in 1952. In September...
Judy passed away on March 7, 2023 in Rawlins, Wyoming. She was born on September 24, 1942 to Buddy and Georgia Mankin in Rock Springs, Wyoming. There will be no service. Casada Funeral Home and Crematory located in Rawlins, Wyoming will be responsible for the arrangements....
Mary Lou Subic, 92, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023 at her home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was a life-long resident of Wyoming. Mary Lou was born January 24, 1931 in Superior, Wyoming; the daughter of Thomas Henson Tremelling and Mary McWilliams. She attended schools in Wyoming and was a 1949 graduate of Superior High School. Mary Lou married Frank W. Subic Sr. on June 29, 1950 in Rock Springs. She worked for Sweetwater County School District #1 for 12 years and later retired as a Food Ser...
Kent Swa passed away in Aurora Colorado March 9, 2023 after he lost his courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born in Soda Springs Idaho on January 17, 1956. He was raised in Bear Lake Idaho by his parents, Willard Swa and Joyce Horsley Swa, along with his two brother Kym and Kurt. Kent attended Bear Lake High School and graduated in 1974. Shortly after, he joined the Navy. While he was enlisted, he studied to become an electrician at the Nuclear Power School, where he graduated at the top...
March is Women's History Month, and last week on March 8 we also celebrated International Women's Day. There are so many incredible and inspiring women to admire, throughout history and in the present day - many of them in Wyoming's history pages, and some of them in our own newspaper office. The Sweetwater County Historical Museum has been sharing a series of profiles from "Sweetwater Women," a book by Christine Alethea and Brigida R. Blasi, in honor of Women's History Month. So far they've...
Green River Police Department reports for March 6 At 8:33 a.m., officers conducted a field contact in the area of Logan Street and Barnhart Street. The officers ascertained the individual had an active warrant out of Green River Municipal Court. Officers confirmed the warrant and placed Alfredo Valdez, of Green River, under arrest per the active warrant. At 9:21 a.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on the area of Logan Street and issued the driver Travis Hernandez, of Rock Springs, citations for alleged color and mounting of clearance...
After waiting over a month, the Green River High School Cheer team and Wolfpack Dance team finally got their chance to compete in the State Spirit Competition last week. While the wait was hard, it may have been worth it, as the Cheer team came home victorious with a Championship win in Co-Ed Stunt and a second-place win in Game Day, and the Wolfpack Dance team returned with a second-place win in Hip Hop and a Coach of the Year award for Head Coach Debi Kovick. Cheer Waiting an extra month to...
The Lady Wolves competed in the 4A State Championships in Casper last week. The first game they played on Thursday was against the Sheridan Broncs. Green River had played Sheridan earlier in the season and had lost by 40 points. It was very important for the Lady Wolves to start the game aggressively if they wanted to beat them. Starting the first quarter, Green River was using 2-3 zone defense, which was slowing Sheridan down and keeping the scoreboard tight, so Green River scored 11 points to...
The Green River Wolves Girls Softball team has officially started practices, and the girls are exhilarated for the beginning of their season. This is the third season of girls fast-pitch softball for the state of Wyoming. Last year, Green River was one of the eight teams that got to compete in the State Championships in Gillette. It was the first year they competed at State, but they unfortunately didn't win any games and were eliminated. This year, the weather has impacted their practices and t...
The Green River Wolves Boys Soccer team has started practices, and the team is looking forward to their first competition on March 24 and 25 at the Pinnacle Cup in Pinedale. With the new season, the boys now have a new coach to lead them. Josh Webb has stepped up to be the head coach for Green River this year. Webb has brought a lot of experience to the team as he has been couching for over 10 years in different positions. He started coaching in Mountain View and then coached the Avengers and...
The Green River Lady Wolves Girls Soccer season has officially begun, and their first day of practice was on March 6. The Lady Wolves and coaching staff are excited to get the season going and being able to focus on their upcoming games. Last year, Green River started strong by winning their first game against Jackson. After four wins and one tie throughout the season, the Lady Wolves lost their game against Kelly Walsh at Regionals in Jackson and were eliminated from qualifying for State. Even...
The Outdoor Track and Field season got underway last week with the beginning of practice on March 6. Green River's boys and girls Head Track Coach Dan Hansen said he is excited for the season to get started as they have the largest turnout they have had in several years, with approximately 70 athletes singed up so far. While some of the athletes bring experience from previous years, there are also a number of new faces. What is known, however, is the level of performance of the approximately 25...
The Bureau of Reclamation suspended extra "drought response" releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir Tuesday at the request of Wyoming and the other three Upper Colorado River Basin states. The reservoir, which straddles the Wyoming-Utah border, was tapped for an extra 500,000 acre-feet of water starting in May 2022 to help ensure that water levels downstream at Lake Powell don't drop low enough to threaten hydroelectric power generation at Glen Canyon Dam this year. An estimated 463,000...
Bruce Moats has been accused of never having met a document that shouldn't be public or a meeting that shouldn't be open. "Largely I plead guilty to that, though not totally," the grayed, wiry 66-year-old Cheyenne attorney said. Moats' mindset and bias toward transparency was born partly from his upbringing, he said. Growing up in a massive family, with 10 kids, decision-making was a collective effort. Functioning as a family wouldn't have worked, he said, "unless all of us [knew] what's going...
