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Mike Bond gives a thumbs up while participating in this year's Run with the Badges 5K/10K race. The annual event by the YWCA of Sweetwater County brings together local law enforcement and the community to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Mike was joined by his wife Aly Bond (left) and their baby in the race. Mike is also one of the newest members to join the Green River Police Department. He and Officer Sven Pickens celebrated their graduation from the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy...
The Western Wyoming Community College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the appointment of the College's next president, Dr. Kirk Young at the April 25 special board meeting. Young will begin on July 1, 2024, and succeeds Dr. Kim Dale, who announced her departure from the College last year. In discussing Youngs's appointment, Board President Jim Jessen shared that the board could not be more pleased to find a dynamic leader to continue Western's evolution and on-going impact in the region....
Recently, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its Clean Power Plan 2.0 regulations, including issuing a suite of final rules that would cut down on coal production. Wyoming leaders and lawmakers reacted strongly to the new rules, expressing their anger and their intent to fight against the regulations. On April 25, the EPA released the final rules, explaining in a press release that the purpose of the new regulations is to "reduce pollution from fossil fuel-fired...
Ryan Pasborg was recently awarded the Carnegie Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor for heroism, for his heroic efforts rescuing a Green River family from a house fire. Pasborg stopped to assist the Wadsworth family on Feb. 2, 2022 when he smelled smoke and realized their house was on fire. He entered the burning home and pulled out Stephanie Wadsworth and her then four-year-old son, Weston. "Ryan's actions epitomize the first rule of the Wyoming Code, the Code of the West, to 'Live each...
The City of Green River teamed up with the Green River School District to provide a much-needed practice baseball and softball field. Little League Baseball and the local softball leagues have experienced an increase in participation and the need for more space. The School District has an old field located just North of the Central Administration building. City crews were able to level the field, that also includes a baseball backstop fence. City officials believe the field could be ready for...
William M. (Bill) Kothe, 57, of Rock Springs, died Thursday, April 25, after a two-year battle with cancer, at home, surrounded by his family. He was born in Montpelier, Idaho, December 10, 1966, to William J. Kothe and Wilma F. Comstock-Kothe. The family moved several times, finally settling in Big Piney, Wyoming. Bill attended schools in Big Piney, graduating in May 1986. It was during this time Bill found his love of fast cars and fire arms. He attended WyoTech in Laramie, Wyoming,...
Jack "Dylan" Covington, 33, passed away Friday, April 26 in Rock Springs. He was a resident of Rock Springs for 10 years and a former resident of Green River. He died following a vehicular accident. He was born November 19, 1990 in Rock Springs, the son of Glen Eldon Covington and LeeAnn McLain Covington. Dylan attended schools in Green River and was a 2009 graduate of Expedition Academy. He married Misty Lee Bingham May 4, 2017 in Reno, Nevada. Dylan worked for Fremont Motors for seven years...
Virginia Christenson passed away peacefully in her home in Grand Junction, Colorado on April 26. She was 90 years old. Virginia was born in 1934 in Wichita, Kansas. She worked for a telephone company for many years and also in the gift shop at the Little America truck stop outside of Green River. She spent many years of her life living in Jamestown. She loved dobermans and always took her dog everywhere with her. She loved Bingo and liked to travel to gamble as well. She is survived by her two...
Kevin Todd Hafner, 56, passed away Monday, April 29, 2024 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a life-long resident of Rock Springs. Kevin was born February 7, 1968 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the son of Henry Albert Hafner and Jonelle Marie Bozner. He attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1986 graduate of Rock Springs High School. Kevin married Tracy Lynn Sturgeon on September 19, 2015 in Cora, Wyoming. Kevin worked for the Civic Center, City Recreation...
Kevin R. Shelton (30) of Lewiston, Idaho passed away of a sudden illness on February 26th, 2024 at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho with his family by his side. Kevin is survived by parents Greg and Shelli Shelton of Green River, Wyoming, brother Chris Shelton and his companion Josie Hall of Safford, Arizona, his companion Izzy Stamper of Lewiston, Idaho, grandparents Mike and Mary Morris of Sun City West, Arizona, and grandfather Robert Shelton of Pocatello, Idaho. He is...
Dear Editor, I retired from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in 2014 after a 40 year career as a Wyoming Game Warden. During that career, I wrote several hundred citations to people violating the laws and regulations that dealt with illegal taking of wildlife in Wyoming, and spent many sessions in courts around southwest Wyoming dealing with the aftermath of these violations. I am as sickened as most folks are after hearing of the injured wolf at the Green River Bar in Daniel. No one should...
Dear Editor and community, I would like to start a bike program for inmates that are upon release to be given a bike to ride to achieve their new goals and dreams or even just to Cruel Jack's truck stop. I feel that a donation pile would be greatly healthy due to being on the way to the local landfill, and the detention center being right there! I would like to donate at least beginning with one day of my time a month for the rest of my short stay on this Earth being that we are not promised...
Green River Police Department reports for April 23 At 10:23 a.m., officers responded to a report of found property. Officers collected a black children's bicycle, booked it in for safekeeping, and completed an incident report. At 10:48 a.m., officers responded to a report of trespassing. At 11:08 a.m., officers responded to a report of an individual with an active warrant. Officers arrested Joseph St. John, transported St. John to the Sweetwater County Detention Center, and completed an...
Several Wyoming residents were recently sentenced in the U.S. Attorney's Office for a variety of offenses. Child Pornography Ricky Lee Smith, 55, of Laramie, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography. According to court documents, On Jun. 25, 2023, law enforcement received a CyberTip from a provider of cloud-based services regarding the user of a Verizon phone with a Wyoming number that traced back to Smith, who is a registered sex offender. Investigators...
From building a nightstand in eight hours to running through a first aid scenario to creating intricate works of art, Green River High School students recently demonstrated and were recognized for their talents at the annual State Art Symposium and Wyoming SkillsUSA Championships. The State Art Symposium took place in Casper April 17-19, and Wyoming SkillsUSA took place in Casper April 22-24. Work from both events was displayed in the Industrial and Fine Art Fair in the main gym of the high scho...
Golden Hour is hosting several special lunches to celebrate holidays in May. There will be a High Tea Luncheon served at both at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on May 10 in honor of Mother's Day. The menu will feature chicken salad in a puffed pastry, spinach salad with berries, chips, lemon bars, vanilla bean scones, variety teas and sweet tea, and sangria wine. There will also be a Memorial Day event at 11:30 a.m. on May 24 with a brief ceremony followed by a lunch of grilled hamburgers and hot dogs,...
One of the Lady Wolves' championship swimmers will be jumping into the water in Colorado. Green River High School Senior Brianna Uhrig recently signed her letter of intent to swim for the Grizzlies at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado. Uhrig explained that she had reached out to a few different colleges as she considered where to go. Adams State responded and she got to take a tour of the school. "I really enjoyed the campus and the area, and the coach is awesome," Uhrig said. "And...
The annual Green River Pond and Garden Tour is returning once again this year, and is continuing to expand and showcase even more gardens in Sweetwater County. This year, the tour will cover homes in Green River, Rock Springs, and, for the first time, in Reliance as well. A Master Gardener will be on hand, ready to answer questions about growing and maintaining gardens in Wyoming. "If you are new to Sweetwater County and looking for gardening ideas or backyard ponds this event is for you,"...
The Green River Wolves are on fire, as they won two more conference games over the weekend and remain on top in the 3A West Division despite their loss to Lander on Tuesday. They had won their eighth consecutive conference win of the season, and then had an unfortunate loss to the Lander Tigers. On Friday, the Wolves hosted a conference game against the Lyman Eagles. During the first half of the game, Green River scored four goals while Lyman was unable to put the ball in the net. Green River...
With three more wins added to their record, the Lady Wolves are headed toward their goal of competing at State. Over the weekend, the Green River High School Girls Soccer team faced off with the same teams they played the weekend before, only this time they got to play on their own turf. "We definitely played a lot better in both games than we did on the previous weekend," Head Coach Matthew Robles said. On Friday, Green River hosted a game against the Lyman Lady Eagles. While the coaches...
On Tuesday, April 23, the Green Rivers High School Boys and Girls Track and Field team traveled west to Evanston High School to compete in the Rick and Wendy Schuler Invitational with Mountain View, Kemmerer, Star Valley, Pinedale, Rock Springs, Lyman and the host Evanston. The meet was another opportunity for the individual competitors to improve their performances and try to qualify for post-season competition. Coach Hanson was pleased with the results as a number of both boys and girls...
The Green River Wolves Softball team hosted their last home game against the Rock Springs Tigers last Thursday. At the beginning of the game, both teams were playing strong and neither team was able to score. The Tigers took off in the second inning, scoring one run while Green River couldn't bring a runner home. The Tigers kept the momentum going, scoring two runs in the third inning, five runs in the fourth inning and four runs in the seventh inning. Green River scored one run in the seventh i...
As home to about 38% of the planet's remaining greater sage grouse - far more than any other state or province - and the architect of key conservation measures, Wyoming has a lot to gain or lose from upcoming changes to the complex, multi-agency matrix of rules and regulations governing management of the imperiled bird and its habitat. Those stakes were top of mind Wednesday evening for Natrona County rancher Doug Cooper and others who attended a BLM information session on the agency's recently...
In Wyoming, someone can be deemed a danger to themselves or others, be committed to the state hospital for severe mental illness, be released, go directly to a store and buy a firearm. Such gun purchases violate federal law, and potentially state law. But because Wyoming is one of only three states that don't regularly report people who have undergone mental health adjudication to the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, pre-purchase enforcement is all but...
