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Anyone who wants a COVID-19 vaccine in Sweetwater County can receive one. The Sweetwater County District Board of Health opened vaccines to all residents last week, but demand for large-scale vaccination clinics is diminishing according to healthcare representatives. Castle Rock Hospital District CEO Bailie Dockter said the medical center is going to pull away from giving first doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines and turn over more of its vaccine allotment to the county board of health in...
A vacant property owned by Sweetwater County will soon be sold following a meeting Wednesday afternoon. The county commissioners met to discuss both a property transaction and discuss the ongoing funding situation with county ambulance services. The property being sold is the community services building on Flaming Gorge Way. According to Garry McLean, the county’s human resources director, the county is trying to downsize the number of buildings it owns. As budget difficulties associated with ongoing downturns in the minerals industry impact l...
The Green River Police Department lost a beloved member in its drug dog Ridex last week, following his death after an unexpected illness. The department announced Ridex’s death last Thursday. He was assigned to work with Sgt. Brad Halter and had been with the department since 2017. Ridex primarily conducted drug-related searches and assisted with other searches as needed. He and Halter also visited Green River schools to host demonstrations. Halter and Ridex were nationally certified through K9 Working Dogs International LLC. in the d...
Barbara Hettervig, 89 of Mayville, ND, formerly of Buxton, ND died Thursday, March 18, 2021 at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. She was born on January 9, 1932 in Herberg Township, rural Hillsboro, ND the daughter of Frank and Irene (Coulter) Baxter. She graduated high school in Hillsboro, ND. On June 26, 1951 she married Ernest M. B. Hettervig at the United Parish Church in Hillsboro, ND. The couple resided on the Hettervig farm and farmed and ranched until 1985. They moved into...
Donald "Donnie" Nellen Kiehm, 70, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2021 at his home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a long time resident of Rock Springs. Donnie was born February 13, 1951 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the son of Louis Leonard Kiehm and Helen Combe. Donald attended schools in Rock Springs, Wyoming and was a 1970 graduate of Rock Springs High School. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Searle Brothers for 40 years until retirement in 2017. Donnie also worked for the forest...
James Louis Steiss Jr., 67, of Green River, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 20, 2021 in Rock Springs, WY. Jim was born in Owosso, MI, the eldest son of James and Joyce (Howard) Steiss on February 9, 1954. Jim graduated in 1972 from Owosso High School with honors, where he was a varsity football and basketball player. Jim attended Central Michigan University graduating in 1976, with a Bachelor of Science in Education. Jim married Robin Darling on April 15, 1977 at the Owosso Church of...
Monday morning, I had my first COVID-19 vaccination shot. I scheduled an appointment at Castle Rock Medical Center last week after the announcement of vaccinations being open to anyone and was quickly slotted for an appointment. The vaccination push is truly a major concern for CRMC because between the time I scheduled my appointment and the actual appointment time, I had half a dozen reminders called, texted and emailed to me. Considering what’s at stake, it isn’t hard to understand why. Walkin...
In the last four years the federal government has both cut government revenue and dramatically increased spending. It’s an unsettling combination, the precise long-term results of which will be debated by economists like myself until the cows come home. But at least one thing is already certain: The fiscal impact of all the federal COVID-19 spending over the last year warrants much more public attention than it has thus far received. When the pandemic arrived 12 months ago the uncertainty surrounding its economic impacts prompted an u...
A budding historian brought a century-old handgun to the Sweetwater County Historical Museum for examination this week. Six-year-old Danny Tuttle of Green River, a regular museum visitor, is the owner of a badly rusted revolver that was found hidden beneath a rock in the desert near Rawlins by his great-grandfather, Jesse Lloyd Tuttle. The revolver was discovered in the 1940s. Museum staff determined the pistol to be a .38-caliber Iver Johnson Safety Automatic revolver, which first appeared on...
On a warm Friday afternoon, a few dozen people were gathered at the Veterans Park ballfield to watch the girls get their game on. The newest addition to the sports offered by Green River High School is girls fastpitch softball. The team starts its season this Friday against Kelly Walsh in a home game at Veteran's Park. During a uniformed scrimmage Friday, the team competed against itself as coaches gave pointers and tips to the girls in preparation for that first game. They weren't the only...
The No. 14 Wyoming Cowgirls fell to third-seeded UCLA in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament on Monday by a score of 69-48 in the Erwin Center on the campus of the University of Texas. The Bruins snapped the Cowgirls six-game winning streak despite Wyoming holding the Bruins to only 31 percent from the field in the second half. “I wish UCLA the best of luck and I’m very proud of our team and what we have accomplished over the last month,” UW head coach Gerald Mattinson said. “I’m excited for our program moving forward.” Wyoming appeared in...
The weekend didn't go the way the Wolves would have liked, but second chances are around the corner for the boys soccer team. The boys faced tough squads from Star Valley and Evanston, taking losses from both teams at home. The Wolves lost 4-0 to Star Valley Friday and 3-1 against Evanston Saturday. The sole Green River goal was scored by Andrew Santhuff off of a penalty kick. Head coach Kahler Dawson said the team had some offensive and defensive rust and anxiety playing their first game in two...
The Lady Wolves took two losses in the first games of their soccer season, but head coach Chris Nielsen continues to work with the girls to improve the team. The girls lost against Star Valley Friday in a game ending 2-0 and took a loss 5-0 from Evanston the next day. Nielsen said by the end of the varsity game, his girls were very tired because the team doesn’t have a lot of subs, meaning the group played four full 80-minute soccer games in two days, with Nielsen saying the later games got rough for them. During a single game, the girls will r...
CHEYENNE — During a monthly weather briefing last week, Cheyenne National Weather Service Meteorologist Jared Allen talked about the “welcome moisture” last weekend’s record-breaking snowstorm had on Wyoming’s drought. “We had quite a weekend,” Allen said. “A significant winter snow event, with Wyoming on the cold side of the storm getting wet, heavy snow.” This impact of this moisture, he said, helped push fire season back a couple of weeks across the region – it normally starts at the beginning of March, then kicks into high gear between m...
CHEYENNE – What can cash-strapped Wyoming do with $1.3 billion from the federal government? Plenty, if you ask members of the Wyoming Legislature. Yet lawmakers are hesitant to say such a windfall can solve the current budget crisis. It will take time to fully understand the restrictions on spending, they say, and could be months before the specifics are understood well enough to act on — a delay that may necessitate a special legislative session this spring or summer, according to Speaker of the House Eric Barlow (R-Gillette). On March 11,...
CHEYENNE — With about a week and a half left in the Wyoming Legislature’s general session, a slew of bills addressing everything from marijuana to seat belt use failed due to them not being considered by Monday night, their swift deaths brought about by a procedural deadline. Monday was the final day for bills to gain initial approval in their chamber of origin, and more than two dozen pieces of legislation that had gained committee approval were not heard by that deadline. The list of bills brought before the bodies is typically det...
