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The two remaining tracts of land where old Lincoln High School was once located will be the subject of a public hearing May 16. Tuesday night, the city Council approved a request to host a public hearing to determine if the city would like to vacate the two tracts of land still under city ownership. One tract of land was previously vacated and is the site of a housing development initiated by New Peak Construction. Laura Leigh, director of community development for Green River, said a...
With the Sweetwater County Commissioners asking county agencies to cut their budget requests by 10 percent, other means of keeping costs down during the next fiscal year are being investigated. One of those means is the initiation of a hiring freeze throughout the county. During Tuesday’s meeting, the commissioners decided an in-depth discussion about a hiring freeze is needed. Chairman Reid West said initiating a hiring freeze could either be across the county’s different departments, or the co...
The former CEO of Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County is suing the hospital and its board of trustees claiming he did not resign, but was terminated under an unlawful board. Gerald Klein filed the complaint in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery on March 31. According to the complaint, on or about Feb. 7 or Feb. 9, 2017, the MHSC “without a lawfully constituted board, claims to have terminated Mr. Klein’s contract and voided the severance package it contains.” On March 21, 2017,...
An Idaho woman is accused of slicing a man’s ear with a knife during an altercation in Green River over the weekend. Lexie Coziah, 57, of Lewisville, Idaho, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault Saturday night. The charge carries a potential maximum prison sentence of 10 years, as well as a maximum fine of up to $10,000. According to court documents, officers from the Green River Police Department were dispatched to 135 Fox Hills Drive for a subject removal call. Officers were told t...
Staff report Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County will open its new clinic in Rock Springs Monday, which will house physicians practicing family medicine and occupational medicine. The clinic is located at 3000 College Hill in Rock Springs. The new offices will be utilized by Dr. David Dansie, Dr. Michael Bowers, Dr. Jacob Johnson, Dr. Lawrence Lauridsen, Dr. Brytton Long, along with physician assistants Amy Dolce, Melissa Lehman and Mark Sanders. According to a press release from the hospital, the clinic’s location will be a one-stop m...
Todd Gardner Newcomb, 44, passed away April 17, 2017, in Hoboken, Ga. Todd was born Aug. 15, 1972, in New Rochelle, N.Y., to the late George Lee Newcomb II and Candace Cease Newcomb. While in New York, he attended Rye High and later graduated from the Forman School. After a short semester in college, Todd wanted to travel around the country and follow the music band, The Grateful Dead. He did this off and on for a year or two, then settled in Salt Lake City for several years working as a...
Martin Chestine, 98, of Rock Springs, passed away April 14, 2017, at his home. A longtime resident of Rock Springs and former resident of California, Chestine had been in ill health for the past six months. He was born Jan. 14, 1919, in Shady Point, Okla., the son of Cecil and Rose Davis Chestine. Chestine attended schools in Oklahoma. He married Edith M. Umbanhowar in Manila, Utah, in October of 1940 and she preceded him in death Sept. 19, 2012. Chestine was a United States Army Veteran of...
Ryan Russell Pulley died in Rock Springs April 11, 2017. He was born Oct. 26, 1979, to Roger and Bonnie Pulley. He graduated high school in 1998 and attended WyoTech, graduating in 1999 with an associates degree in automotive technology and management. He lived in Phoenix, Ariz., Grand Junction, Colo., and Grey Summit, Mich., where he worked as a catalog data manager for Walken Products. He later moved back home to Green River. He is preceded in death by his parents, paternal grandfather Robert...
Beth Rhodes Wood, 100, passed away April 15, 2017, while living at Deer Trail Assisted Living in Rock Springs with family members by her side. She had been a Rock Springs resident for the past two years and a former long time resident of Cheyenne. She was born March 8, 1917, in East Garland, Utah. The eighth child of 15 born to William Jasper "Jap" Rhodes and Ellen Capner Rhodes. She was raised on the family farm in East Garland, Utah. She attended grade school in East Garland, Utah and high...
We appreciate members of Wyoming’s delegation to Washington D.C., coming to Sweetwater County during the congressional break, but we think more could have been done to give residents a chance to voice their thoughts about what should be done in Congress. We realize Sen. Mike Enzi, Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Liz Cheney have very strict schedules and do appreciate the time they do spend in Southwest Wyoming, but a hospital visit and lunch with the Sweetwater County Commissioners isn’t the best way to get a feeling for what their con...
Youtube can best be described as an endless ocean of bottled messages, floating along until someone comes along, picks one up and reads it. With an estimated 819,417,600 hours of content hosted on the website, there is practically something for anyone. From cute animal videos to extreme sports and even episodes of obscure television shows, the spectrum is very wide. However, for every “Youtube personality” attempting to make it big and earn a living off of the video platform, thousands of peo...
The Green River Chamber is excited to announce our brand new “Shop Green River” campaign. The idea was formed through the chamber’s Business Development and Retention committee to encourage Green River pride and entice people to shop locally. As more people support our already existing local shops, more shopping opportunities will follow. Shopping locally helps strengthen the economic base of our community and contributes to new job creation. The average community derives 76 percent of their new jobs and capital investment from existing busines...
Back-to-back wins should give the Green River High School Lady Wolves Soccer Team the momentum they need to keep winning. During the Natrona County game, the Lady Wolves came out on top 6-3. "The first half was very slow," head coach Tracy Wyant said. "Not what I was expecting." Wyant said the team didn't get behind in the first half, which kept them in the game. At the end of the first half, the game was all tied up at two goals each. Taylor Stoeger got the first two goals of the game for the...
Blaming Sweetwater County School District No. 2 for the elimination of four activities in the high school’s athletics calendar is unfair. The district, having its hand forced by a state legislative body more interested arbitrarily cutting numbers from its budget than doing a more responsible, needs-based budgeting process, did the best it could do in the situation. Unfortunately, that means the end of the indoor track, wrestling cheer, spring tennis and spring golf programs at Green River High S...
This past Thursday the Green River Track team traveled west to take on a familiar group of opponents as they competed against all the Southwest Wyoming teams at Evanston. There were two double winners for both the girls and the boys as sprinter, junior Andri Dewey won the 100-meter dash with a state qualifying time of 12.44 and also took first in the 200 meters in 26.68. For the boys, senior Hunter Spartz won the two throwing events, winning the shot put with a throw of 48’0,” equaling his best throw of the season and winning the discus with a...
Head Start students and their families had a great time at a formal dance hosted just for them. On March 30, Head Start hosted a formal dance in Rock Springs for all of its students and more than 50 adults and 70 children attended the dance, Head Start employee Erin Barbuto said. For two hours, the group danced to music from accordion-playing volunteers Brooke Millemon and Joe Barbuto. "Each year, we hold a family dance to help families have a fun time together and to focus on the importance of...
To celebrate Earth Day, the city of Green River is hosting an environmental celebration. On Friday, residents are encouraged to stop by Expedition Island and the pavilion between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. for the Earth Day celebration. This year’s theme is “living green is second nature” and those having booths at the event are encouraged to follow this theme in some way. Erin Mahoney, AmeriCorps volunteer with the city, said they are excited to have new and returning businesses hosting educa...
Wyoming’s Democrats decided new leadership is needed and chose a Rock Springs resident to head up the state party. Two weeks ago, Joe Barbuto was elected chair of the Wyoming Democratic Party during a meeting in Sheridan. Barbuto replaces Ana Cuprill, a Democrat from Sublette County. He will serve a two-year term, which is up in 2019. Barbuto is a former state legislator, having serviced residents in Rock Springs living in House District 48. He’s also served as chair of the Sweetwater Cou...
