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A 1-3 start to the season isn't what the boys soccer team was looking to start their season with, but they're powering ahead regardless and looking forward to the soccer season. Following a defeat from Rock Springs Thursday and a 3-1 victory over Evanston, the team prepares to compete in the Southwest Invite in Green River. With Evanston, head coach Chris Beiber said the team is starting to work together much better. The three scores the Wolves earned were from a hat trick performed by junior...
Finding the right lineup and getting into a rhythm is something the Green River High School Lady Wolves soccer team will work on this season. “We’re more of a defensive team, than an offensive team,” head coach Tracy Wyant said. This week, the Lady Wolves were working on two different lineups to see how they would work for them. Wyant said it’s just going to take the team a little longer to get to know each other and start playing like a team. So far, the team has lost three games this season,...
Finally stepping out after the winter sports season, the Green River High School track team are focusing on self improvement this season. Head coach Dan Hansen said he’s excited for the upcoming season. While losing nine of his 45 kids from the indoor track season, Hansen has 93 students who have signed up to compete in track-and-field events. Hansen said a number of the students are new to track and are enthusiastic about the activity. Hansen said his coaching staff are working with the new m...
The Lady Wolves soccer team have had a rough start to the season, but that's something that should change as the season progresses what they showed Green River fans last night. The Green River High School Lady Wolves have lost three of their last four games, losing two non-conference games and one conference game, and winning one conference game against Evanston last night, 3-2. On Thursday, the Lady Wolves had a short trip over to Rock Springs to play the Lady Tigers, and they left with their f...
Weather resulted in the Wolves outdoor track team canceling their first scheduled meet in Kearns, Utah. In order to avoid a second cancellation, the Pete Olsen Memorial Track Meet in Big Piney was rescheduled from March 23 to March 21 to avoid a forecasted snow storm. Seven area teams participated in the local meet, including the host Big Piney, Pinedale, Mountain View, Jackson, Farson-Eden, Lyman and Green River. Both boys and girls teams finished in third place in the seven-team event. The top eight finishers in each event score team points....
After starting the season with a small local meet in Big Piney the Green River High School track team traveled south to compete with 22 other teams in the Utah High School Track Coaches Association 2018 Outdoor Track Meet in West Jordan, Utah Saturday. “The weather was not the best and most conducive for good times and distances as it was cold, wet and windy, but this time of year you have to take what you can get to get in some competitive track meets,” head coach Dan Hansen said. Hansen was pleased with his team’s effort as there were a num...
One of the unfortunate truths about gun violence and school shootings is they won’t be going away, regardless of what measures are taken to prevent them. For us and many others, that is a hard truth to swallow. No matter what can be done, including the extreme outright ban of future firearms sales in the U.S., nothing will change in that regard. What do we do? What does the Second Amendment mean? To some, it means civilians should have access to the same military-grade armaments members of the armed forces have. Some will also argue that a...
When Republican state legislators caucus, they convene the numbers and the power to determine Wyoming law, and they do so behind closed doors. That is a choice. They could, if they wanted, allow the public to observe the deliberations that de facto determine the public’s business. But, in my 40-year career as a Wyoming journalist, I can’t recall a single instance of them opting to caucus anywhere other than the proverbial smoke-filled backroom. And their penchant for privacy is getting worse. I’m probably the outsider who has come the close... 
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Focusing on new humanitarian projects is something the sewing group at the Golden Hour Senior Center makes a priority. Every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., including a break for lunch, the sewing group meets at the GHSC. The group varies from week to week. Some enjoy coming in the morning, while others prefer the afternoon. Regardless of what time they come in, they are ready to create items for others. The items they sew for others have been come to be known as their humanitarian projects....
Her name is Samantha and lived in New York in 1904. Samantha is the fourth American Girl doll on loan in the Sweetwater County Library's collection, joining Kaya, Kit and Josephina. The American Girl dolls are constructed to reflect multiple ethnicities and time periods throughout American history. Josephina is from New Mexico in 1824, Kaya is a Native American from 1764 and Kit lived during the Great Depression in 1934. There's also a line of dolls offered reflecting contemporary life....
Micki Gilmore wants to help the library she’s loved and worked at. Gilmore was a librarian at the Sweetwater County Library in Green River and was instrumental in developing a number of beloved library programs, including the popular ghost walks and medieval faire. Gilmore retired last year, but has always wanted to help the library. This desire led her to form the Green River Library Volunteers group, which aims to support Green River’s library. The group is a subcommittee of the Sweetwater Cou...
Tap, tap, tap, tap. This was the sound coming from one of Harrison Elementary School's rooms Thursday afternoon. The students in music teacher James Themig's class were playing on beat buckets, which looked like they were made from old coffee cans. "The coffee-can drums are called 'beat buckets,' which were introduced to me by Artie Almeida, who has published several music education books," Themig said. Themig said Almeida led the elementary sessions at the Wyoming Music Educator's Conference...
The future of the chief deputy positions at the county level is still up for discussion. The issue came up when the Sweetwater County Commissioners were discussing whether or not to approve a request to replace the chief deputy position in the County Assessor’s Office. After the Commissioner brought up several issues, a motion was made to table a request to replace the assessor’s office chief deputy position. Garry McLean, human resources director, said the position was left vacant after Dave Di...
Pete Rust announced he plans to seek a second term as Green River’s mayor Tuesday afternoon. Rust said he wants to see some of the work started during his term through to the end, believing that work would be much smoother if there isn’t a change. He also said he has a passion for the community and the job and has been involved in public service in multiple positions throughout the last 37 years. Rust’s top goal is ensuring the city provides public safety by supporting the police and fire depar...
When Mike Bond was watching a Facebook series he never thought it would translate into him wanting to start a nonprofit organization, but it did. The show Mike was watching was called "Returning the Favor" with Mike Rowe. During Season 2: Episode 9's Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Rowe visits Luke Mickelson who started Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization whose mission is to ensure no child in their town has to sleep on the floor. This organization is based out of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Mike said he...
A woman accused of child abuse after allegedly choking a child under 16 years of age could face prison time. Joanna Stephenson, 28, of Green River, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to one felony count of child abuse where she pleaded not guilty. If found guilty, Stephenson could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000. A jury trial has been scheduled to take place June 11 at 9 a.m. According to court documents, on...
James William Murray, 65, passed away March 21, 2018, at his home in Green River following a lengthy illness. Murray was a resident of Green River for the past 41 years and was a former resident of Casper. He was born Nov. 5, 1952, in Cheyenne, the son of Lawerence Gray Murray and Adeline Irene Giedd. Murray attended schools in Casper and was a 1971 graduate of the Natrona County High School. He married Karen Sue Pawleska Aug. 17, 1974, in Green River. Murray served in the United States Army...
Joanne Conroy, 56, of Green River, passed away March 20, 2018, at her home. She was a longtime resident of Green River and a former resident of Rock Springs. Conroy died following a sudden illness. She was born Nov. 23, 1961, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Wilbur Dale Vanderpool and Virginia Lee Ager Vanderpool. Conroy attended schools in Green River and was a graduate of Green River High School with the class of 1980. She attended Western Wyoming Community College. She married Charles F....
Lorna Jean Callas, 62, of Rock Springs, passed away March 23, 2018, at her home surrounded by family, following a courageous battle of brain cancer. She has been a resident of Rock Springs since 1975 and is a former resident of Rexburg, Idaho. She was born Sept. 6, 1955, the daughter of Kermit Camphouse and Donna Fritch Camphouse. Lorna attended schools in Rexburg, Idaho, and cosmetology school in Idaho Falls. She was a hairdresser for more than 40 years. Her interests included befriending other...
Loretta M. Siler of Green River, 69, passed away at her home in West Virginia. She is preceded in death by both parents and five siblings. She is survived by four siblings, four children, nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. A celebration of life will take place April 7 at 320 Mansface Street, at Mansface Terrace Apartments in the Sunshine Room from 1-4 p.m. Parking will be at the church behind the apartments. Donations to the residents of Mansface Terrace in lieu of flowers would...
