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For the time being, anyone seeking a COVID-19 vaccine have either the Moderna or Pfizer offerings to choose from as the Johnson and Johnson will be withheld after blood clotting was reported as a potential side effect. According to the CDC, the organization and the FDA are reviewing six cases of what is described as a “rare and severe type of blood clot” occurring in people who received the vaccine. The blood clots occurred in women aged 18-49 and occurred between six and 13 days after vac...
Residents can look forward to the annual River Festival in Green River in August. The Green River Chamber of Commerce issued a press release last week confirming the long-running event would take place this year, with several events, including the Cajun shrimp boil, scheduled to take place. “This is an important event for the chamber and for the community and we’re eager to bring something back that the community can enjoy,” The chamber’s office manager, Megan McComas, wrote in an email to the S...
Western Wyoming emerged as a stronghold for greater sage grouse in a grim federal report that estimates an 81% decline in the species over the last 53 years. The 260-page U.S. Geological Survey report published March 30 estimates a 3% annual decline over the half-century period, a pace one sage grouse advocate said would lead to the species’ extinction in about three decades. Conservationists see the report as a dire warning about the species’ fate. Without action, federal wildlife managers could find reason to protect greater sage grouse under...
Irene Medina, 80, passed away on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at her home in Green River, Wyoming. She was a resident of Green River for seventy years and former resident of Reliance, Wyoming. Ms. Medina was born on September 3, 1940 in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico; the daughter of Demetro Medina and Amanda Trujillo. She attended schools in Green River, Wyoming and was a 1958 graduate of the Green River High School. Ms. Medina worked at the Sweetwater County Courthouse as a clerk. She worked for the...
Jeri Lynn Coleman, 61, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021 at her home in Green River, Wyoming. She was a resident of Green River for the last three years and former resident of Montana. Ms. Coleman was born December 31, 1959 in Saint Louis, Missouri; the daughter of Rev. Richard L. Coleman Sr. and Betty J. Honea. Her parents were stationed in Missouri with the Salvation Army. Her father later became a minister with the Nazarene Church before his and Betty's untimely deaths in 1966. She attended...
Night after night, Wyoming citizens are turning on the news to see a national security and humanitarian crisis unfolding at our southern border. This influx in illegal immigration, which is the largest surge we’ve seen in two decades, is a threat to the safety of American families, border patrol agents and law enforcement as well as immigrants pursuing a lawful path to citizenship. Here in Wyoming, we know good fences make good neighbors. On a national level, a secure border keeps us safe. In San Diego for example, a short 12-mile section of b...
Every Wyoming legislative session contains fireworks, and this year was no exception. Lawmakers added to the drama this go around by saving the pyrotechnics for the very last day, grand finale style, when House and Senate negotiators let the gavel fall without reaching a compromise on the education finance legislation, House Bill 173 – School finance funding-2. House Bill 173, in its original version, was the legislative product of the education recalibration process that normally occurs every five years. That process, in turn, is the p...
The Wyoming Legislature entered the 2021 legislative session with a lofty agenda to cut education spending, stall revenue declines and guide a Wyoming economy battered by COVID-19 to a sustainable future. But in one of the longest legislative sessions in history, lawmakers accomplished few of those goals. While ratifying significant cuts to government previously proposed by Gov. Mark Gordon, they killed numerous proposals to raise revenues to offset those cuts. And with education funding a top priority, an education funding reform bill died on...
For more than 22 years, Tom Murphy has worked to make Green River a better place. More most, especially Green River's youth, Murphy is known for his work as a volunteer firefighter with the city's fire department. Hundreds of children have heard him talk about fire safety in the city's schools and at public events. Murphy said it isn't unusual for a child to walk up to him and tell them how much they remember from his presentations. Murphy recalls one child getting so excited when seeing him aft...
One of the foremost goals of the Rock Springs Main Street/Urban Renewal Agency (URA) is to expand the business base in Downtown Rock Springs and grow the retail mix. To that end, the group is announcing Project Pop Up for the 2021 summer season. A Pop-Up Shop is a short-term retail store that offers new, unique, local or specialized products or services. The Rock Springs Main Street/URA Project Pop Up is designed to fill empty storefronts and prospect new, long-term businesses; they’re giving one entrepreneur an opportunity start a pop up f...
The Wyoming Department of Transportation, along with contract crews from Coldwater Group Inc. will be working on the bridge on WYO 374 over Interstate 80, at the La Barge Interchange. Traffic will be controlled by a temporary signal system and there is a width restriction of 12 feet at this location. Work is also taking place at milepost 97 near Rock Springs. The work will take place in the eastbound lane and a width restriction of 15 ft. 6 inches is in place for trucks. Traffic will be reduced to one lane and speeds will be reduced through...
The weatherman predicted high winds for the Ted Schroeder Invitational Track Meet In Rock Springs and to no ones surprise, the cold winds were howling by mid morning. The Green River track team took the short journey east to compete with much of the same teams they have gone against in all their meets to date. The new team this week was Riverton who competed with the host Rock Springs, Evanston and Green River along with Mountain View, Cokeville, Pinedale, Big Piney, Kemmerer, Farson,...
Three players on the Green River High School Boys Basketball team received recognition Tuesday night for achieving either All Conference or All State. Jachon Fuss and Kolby Ivie were named First Team, All Conference and Second Team, All State following the basketball season's conclusion, while Dylan Taylor was named First Team, All Conference and First Team, All State. Ivie said Fuss was the 32-minute kid for the team during the last two season, while describing Ivie as one of the most...
The focus for Wyoming Football turned to Spring Practice this week as the Cowboys hit the practice field for the first time on Tuesday. But the foundation for Spring Ball and for the 2021 season was laid during the months of January, February and March as the Cowboys went to work in the weight room and on the turf to improve their strength and speed in preparation for the 2021 season. “We certainly did have a good winter conditioning period this year,” said head coach Craig Bohl. “We had about two more weeks allocated to strength and conditioni...
