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For now, the Sweetwater Economic Development Coalition will remain at the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce, however a board to oversee the operations may still be formed. During a recent Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting, Commissioner Randy Wendling said the SEDC coalition, which consists of a representative from the city of Rock Springs, a representative from the city of Green River and himself, met with the SEDC to discuss the possibility of moving out of the chamber and the formation...
The city has contracted with a consultant to review the drop structures placed in the river to evaluate their status and receive proposals for possible design solutions. The agreement, which will cost the city $12,700, was approved last week by the Green River City Council with S2O Design and Engineering. Speaking to the Council last week, Brad Raney, director of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, said there are a number of known issues with the drop structures, including washouts n...
The City of Green River will seek damages related to opiate addiction after a vote by the city council last week. The Green River City Council approved an agreement with attorneys Charles Barnum and Rick Koehmstedt to represent the city in a class-action lawsuit against multiple pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies for the alleged over prescription of opium-based pain relievers. The city joins Rock Springs and Sweetwater County in the lawsuit. According to Council documents, the city will...
The city is accepting bids for repair work to the city’s Solid Waste Transfer Station. The call for bids was issued last week, with the closing date listed for May 9. A bid meeting will take place Thursday. The transfer station has remained vacant since a fire in the building in September. The building’s closure has been linked to a decision made by Wyoming Waste Services to take recyclable materials collected through the recycling program offered in Green River to the landfill outside Rock Spr...
UPDATE: This weekend's event has been cancelled. The following was posted on U.P.'s website, "To ensure the Big Boy is ready for its big debut, No. 844's whistle-stop tour that was scheduled for April 27-28 has been cancelled. Instead, No. 844 will double-head with No. 4014 from Cheyenne to Ogden on May 4." For up-to-date information directly from U.P., visit the website https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm In celebrating its 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad’s Completion, the Union Pacific is having a couple o...
Samuel Marino Pierantoni passed away peacefully at Saint Joseph's Villa in Salt Lake City, April 20, 2019. He was born on June 23, 1941, in Rock Springs to Marino "Morey" and Sarah Pierantoni. He attended elementary through high school in Superior, graduating with the class of 1960. He then attended Westminster College in Salt Lake City, graduating with a teaching degree and later pursued and obtained a master's degree in education. Pierantoni taught elementary school at Yellowstone and Walnut...
Robert Stephen (Steve) Morris, 65, died April 9, 2019 at his home in Mesa, Ariz., from complications related to diabetes. Steve was born in Sheridan Jan. 9, 1954, the son of Marion (Ray) Morris and Nina Elizabeth (Sobotka) Morris. He was the third of four children. Soon after his birth, the family moved to Beach, N.D. The family lived in a number of places, including North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and Texas. The family moved to Green River in 1959. Steve attended school in...
We have some concerns about the proposal to form a Sweetwater Economic Development Coalition board. Last week, Sweetwater County Commissioner Randy Wendling spoke about an idea to form an SEDC board to separate the organization’s activities from of the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce. As was noted by Sweetwater County Commissioner Wally Johnson, this is essentially what the Sweetwater Economic Development Agency (SWEDA) was. That organization no longer exists. SWEDA was a county-wide organization geared toward economic development during 2...
The National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. In 1988, the law was unanimously amended by both the House and the Senate and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on Thursday, May 5, 1988, designating the first Thursday of May as a day of national prayer. A program for National Day of Prayer was put together in Green River last year, 2018, and another program is in the works for this year. It will be held on Thursday, May 2, at the Golden Hour Senior...
We here in Park County are pretty lucky. More and more communities across the country — more than 1,300 — have no local news coverage at all, much less a couple sources competing with each other to produce great news. I’ll let the readers decide who’s winning that competition, since I’m rather biased on the subject. I started my career in journalism just as newspapers were closing in the wake of impacts from the internet. At the time, I believed, as most did, that the industry was just going through a change. Once it found its digital f...
I took a short break from writing about old Nintendo games in the past few months. This is mostly because I got tied up hunting down the legendary animals in “Red Dead Redemption 2” and running a farm in “Stardew Valley,” but I’ve also been busy and just haven’t had time for video games. But, spending an afternoon playing an old game on the Nintendo’s NES Mini is a great way of unwinding, enjoying the power of nostalgia and remembering the fun times I had playing those games as a child. Then I...
Lois Ann Thornock Brown, 91, of Farson, passed away April 15, 2019, at the Sage View Care Center. A longtime resident of Farson, Brown died following a lengthy illness. She was born June 20, 1927, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the daughter of Aden Woodruff Thornock and Lucille Jesse Moffat Thornock. Brown attended schools in Randolph, Utah, and was a 1945 graduate of the Randolph High School. She also went to cosmetology school in Salt Lake City and earned her cosmetology license. She married George...
Kenneth B. Eldridge passed away at the University of Utah Medical Center on April 12, 2019 with his wife at his bedside. Kenny was born May 6, 1951, the son of Ken L. and Frances Eldridge. He was the oldest brother to Verna Eldridge, Lynn MacGregor and Mark Eldridge. Growing up they called him Kenny B. to not mix him up with his dad. Kenny had five best friends that he went through school with; Dana Higgins, Reggie Clark, Donny Rowe, Frank Arsenault and Rick White. Kenny graduated from Brewer...
Kathleen Phelps Mallery, 91, of Green River, died April 13, 2019, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. She was a longtime resident of Green River. She was born Dec. 29, 1927, in Salt Lake City, the daughter of George Phelps and Annie Tingey. Kathy attended schools in Green River and was a high school graduate of Green River High School with the class of 1946. She married David Mallery June 8, 1963, in Green River. Kathy was employed by the Golden Hour Senior Center as a cook for 12 years...
Daniel Michael LaRose, 49, passed away April 19, 2019, after a week-long battle with an aggressive form of lymphoma. Dan graduated from Bellevue West High School, Bellevue, Neb., attended Hastings College in Hastings, Neb., before transferring to Peru State College in Peru, Neb., earning a bachelor of science degree. He later earned a masters degree in education administration from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. Dan loved all sports, but basketball was his favorite. He was an avid...
Timothy Ray Glasscock, 63, of Rock Springs passed away April 15, 2019. A resident of Rock Springs for the past three and a half months and longtime resident of North Carolina, Glasscock had been in ill health for the past year. He was born Jan. 21, 1956, in Charlotte, N.C., the son of James David Glasscock and Margie Estell Wooten. Glasscock was a 1974 graduate of the Charlotte High School. He married Carolyn Sue Lasley in York, S.C., in 1977 and they later divorced. Glasscock was a United...
Sally Mae Devore, 73, passed away at her residence March 30, 2019. She was born Feb. 2, 1945, in Muncie, Ind., to Leonard and Florence Lipscomb (Doll) and lived in and around Muncie, Ind., while she was growing up. She attended high school in Yorktown, Ind., and worked as a waitress at several area restaurants. She moved to Wyoming, married and lived in the state for many years. She enjoyed sewing, woodworking, hunting, fishing, participating in rendezvous and having coffee and visiting with...
Kendra D. McCormick, 56, of Superior, passed away April 17, 2019. She had been a resident of Superior for the past 15 years and former resident of Rock Springs. Kendra was born Nov. 18, 1962, in Manhattan, Mont., the daughter of Vernon Shorten and Lois Cain. She attended schools in Manhattan, Mont., and graduated from high school there. Kendra married Kenneth McCormick in Mesquite, Nev., March 18, 2006. Her interests included camping, riding four-wheelers, horseback riding and boating. She...
Prior to even entering the Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center, one could tell it was going to be busy. Cars not only filled the CRRC's parking lot, but were parked on both sides of Uinta Drive and up Indian Hills Drive. Inside, the center was packed with children and adults trying to get to the various activities, including a bunny tail toss, pin the tail on the bunny, cupcake walk, fishing booth and craft making. Children also had the opportunity to pose for photos with the Easter Bun...
A Green River woman who has volunteered a half-century of her time towards helping the community was named Green River's 2019 Distinguished Citizen of the Year. During the Green River Chamber of Commerce's April luncheon, Gayle Bacila received the honor. Bacila, who thought she was at the luncheon to learn more about the chamber's flag committee she volunteered for, was surprised when her named was called for such a prestigious award. "I was floored," Bacila said. "I thought I was just going to...
It was his first time visiting Wyoming. For American Legion National Commander Brett P. Reistad, it may be a year of firsts. Since his election on Aug. 30, 2018, at the American Legion National Convention, Reistad has been traveling. Reistad said he will travel 350 days out of the year as National Commander and he only had one break, which already took place around Christmas. “I will visit hopefully every state,” Reistad said. “My family accepts what I am doing. My wife is my greatest advocate a...
Last Wednesday, during spring break, Green River took a very small group of competitors to the Star Valley High School track meet in Afton. Green River's group consisted of eight girls and two boys and they competed with 11 other Southwest Wyoming high schools and one Idaho high school for the Dave Draney Invitational Track Meet. Despite the small numbers, those who traveled during spring break got in some good competition and several recorded their best or close to their best results of the...
It was a week of ups and downs for the Green River High School boys soccer team. Following a loss against Star Valley Thursday, the boys earned a win in their second meeting with Jackson at Wolves Stadium Saturday. The boys took on Star Valley a second time Tuesday, again coming up short in a losing 3-1 effort against the Braves. During the boys’ first game in Star Valley, head soccer coach Chris Bieber said the team gave up two early goals in the first half, coming from a penalty kick and a direct kick. Being put in a rough position early o...
The Lady Wolves continue to learn from their mistakes when they lost two more games this week, but earned a 5-1 win over Star Valley Tuesday. On Thursday, the Lady Wolves played Star Valley and lost a close and tough game, 2-1. “Star Valley was one of these games where we completely dominated,” head coach Tracy Wyant said. “We were in front of the net the majority of the time.” Yet, the Lady Wolves lost. “It was frustrating,” Wyant said. “It just wasn’t our day.” She said the Lady Wolves playe...
