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Graduation ceremonies for Green River High School and Expedition Academy have been finalized after the COVID-19 pandemic forced a cancellation of public gatherings. Last week, Sweetwater County School District No. 2 announced graduation ceremonies would be streamed through YouTube and Facebook. Starting Tuesday and ending May 8, students and parents will attend individual live ceremonies with administrators from both schools to receive their diplomas, with photos taken for the video to be on May 18 for GRHS and May 19 for EA. Both videos will b...
The Green River City Council approved a water improvement project on North 3rd West Street, scheduled to take place later this year. The project approval was originally tabled by the Council April 7. According to Council documents, the project originally consisted of the replacement and installation of water mains and other components beneath the street and an adjacent alley. Mark Westenskow, public works director for the city, said the original project would have run up the street from...
John Freeman is retiring from the Wyoming Legislature. Freeman, a Democrat representing Green River in House District 60, announced he will not seek re-election to the position he's held since 2011. Currently, a race has developed on the Republican side of the ticket between Mark Baker and Ted Barney and with Freeman opting not to run, leaves the Democrat side of the ticket empty as of press time. Filing for public office is scheduled to take place from May 14-29. House District 60 encompasses...
During a national press conference last week, President Donald Trump speculated about the potential use of disinfecting agents as a treatment for COVID-19 infections during a press conference about the pandemic. “And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that, so...
Former Green River City Councilman Ted Barney will seek election to the Wyoming Legislature's House District 60. Barney will run as a Republican, setting up a primary election contest between him and Mark Baker, who announced his intent to run for the legislative seat earlier this year. John Freeman, the Democrat who has represented House District 60 since 2011, has announced he won't seek re-election. Candidate filing is scheduled for May 14-29. "Basically, the reason I'm running is I enjoy...
Leona H. Wengert, 96, of Mission at the Villa ALF, Green River, Wyoming, and formerly of Seminole, Fla., passed away April 22, 2020 in Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Leona married WWII Veteran Marvin William Wengert, Sr. Sept. 15, 1944. Her beloved husband died Dec. 18, 1987. Born in Hamburg, Penn., she was the daughter of the late Earl C. and Hannah (Long) Rahmer. She worked for 37 years as the secretary to the principal of the Hamburg School District and then as secretary to the s...
Claudio Carrasco, 81, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was born on October 29, 1938 in Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Apoliono Carrasco. Claudio married Celia Arzaga on January 29, 1980 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were happily married for 40 years. He worked for FMC until his retirement in 2002. Claudio was a member of the American Legion Archie Hay Post #24 and a devout member of the Holy Spirit...
Claudia Young, 71, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. She was a life-long resident of Wyoming. Ms. Young was born on January 5, 1948 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of Floyd Doyle Young and Ree Jackson-Young. She attended schools in Green River, Wyoming and was a 1966 graduate of Green River High School. Ms. Young worked at OCI for 34 years until her retirement as a Plant Operator. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and...
Rhonda Shaw, 67, of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at her home. She was born on May 24, 1952 in Lusk, Wyoming, the daughter of Samuel Arthur Coen Jr. and Arlene May Pollard. Rhonda attended and graduated from the Rock Springs High School. She married Vernon Shaw in Rock Springs on August 26, 1969 at the First Congregational Church. Her interests were spending time with her family and sewing for her children when they were younger. Survivors include her husband...
James Ruggera, 70, of Rock Springs passed away April 19th, 2020 at his home surrounded by his wife and daughter. He was born to David Joseph Ruggera and Anna Eva (Ribovich) Ruggera on August 21st, 1949. Jim had two brothers David and Paul. He was a life-long resident of Rock Springs where he attended school and graduated with the RSHS class of 1967. He then attended the University of Wyoming where he received a degree in business in 1972. He was an insurance salesman, was the owner of a pawn...
There is a lot to unpack this week. Who would have thought the President of the United States of America, a person in a position that arguably demands a high degree of intelligence regardless of who is in office, would casually talk about injecting disinfectants as a possible means of treating and curing COVID-19. First and foremost, DO NOT inject or consume disinfectant as a possible means of curing COVID-19. Never thought I’d have to write that sentence. I could go on and on about how i...
During this time where I am working from home, I am trying to focus on a growth mindset for me personally. In addition to working from home, I am homeschooling my three littles and enjoying my three older children being at home, even though I wish it was under different circumstances. While everything we are ALL going through is absolutely not ideal, I refuse to let the situations at hand define me. I am still working out, working on professional development goals and trying to be a positive light for those I am around and have contact with....
With the coronavirus outbreak, we have all had to adapt to new ways of doing things. The majority of you are adjusting to online or remote learning from your homes, faculty are transitioning to virtual classrooms from their homes, and staff are supporting you through the use of technology from their homes. Even though our physical campuses may be closed, we are open for business and focused on helping you finish this semester. The uncertainties and challenges related to COVID-19 may have us feeling anxious and isolated. We understand the tempta...
Observers have long dreaded the arrival of an economic perfect storm in Wyoming, but not even the most pessimistic of the bunch imagined the epic collapse that a recent Legislative Service Office memo says is in store for the state. Its “optimistic” scenario shows a loss of $556 million through the 2021-22 biennium. On the other end of the scale, where no one in state government wants to stare, the “pessimistic” forecast is a $2.8 billion deficit. House Revenue Committee Chairman Dan Zwonitzer (R-Cheyenne) told WyoFile reporter Andrew Graham, w...
POWELL - Greater sage grouse numbers are expected to continue dropping across the West for the fourth year in a row, alarming scientists and conservation officials. It also raises questions of federal management of habitat home to the grouse and more than 350 other species dependent on the sagebrush steppe. Since the signing of a historic collaborative conservation plan in 2015, state-level data suggest sage-grouse populations have declined 44% on average. Scientists and conservation...
CASPER – Wyoming has received roughly $32.5 million in federal funding to help its 48 school districts offset costs incurred because of the novel coronavirus, the state announced last week. The money, part of the gargantuan stimulus bill passed by Congress several weeks ago, will be doled out to Wyoming’s districts according to previously established formulas for providing federal money to districts with low-income students. It cannot be used to offset existing expenses — like payroll — but it can be used to offset the cost of steps taken b...
GILLETTE — The Powder River Basin’s coal workforce shrunk by about 6% Thursday with the layoff of 300 workers from three mines. Peabody Energy Corp. employees were informed Thursday that about 170 employees have been laid off from the North Antelope Rochelle mine near Wright in Campbell County. Navajo Transitional Energy Co. also announced 130 layoffs, 73 from its Spring Creek Mine in southern Montana and 57 employees at the Antelope Mine in southern Campbell County. The layoffs represent about 6% of the 4,834 people employed by Powder River Ba...
From Western Wyoming Community College Western Wyoming Community College has worked diligently to adapt to virtual function amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Western’s faculty have come up with innovative new ways to teach their previously in-person courses and labs. This transition saw 272 credit courses, and their respective labs, converted to an online modality. Many labs required the purchase of additional simulation-based software or recording hardware to create effective labs. Like many colleges, Western uses a learning management program c...
Twin sisters graduating from Green River High School decided to restart what was once a yearly tradition for seniors, visible to thousands in the city. Kierstyn and Adrienne Revelli, with help from their mother Brooke Lewis and uncle Josh Lewis, painted and arranged stones to form a 20 beneath the painted GR on the north side of Mansface. What used to be an annual tradition quietly ended years ago when soon-to-graduate students stopped placing numbers representing their graduating year on the...
