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Joseph Seelen, 34, of Green River, was arrested on an Albany County warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of allegedly driving while under suspension. Animal control officers gave a resident a warning for dog at large at 1000 W. Flaming Gorge Way. Officers contacted an individual who reported receiving harassing messages by text and on social media. The reporting party wanted a trespass warning issued to individuals for their property. Officers completed a report regarding the incident. Animal control officers responded to a...
Vibrant colors swirling around and around was the sight seen when the Wind River Dancers performed at Lincoln Middle School Wednesday afternoon. The dancers are of the Arapaho Tribe and perform throughout the region. Their teach and carry on their heritage and culture through song and dance. Before their performance, group coordinator Darrell LoneBear asks the middle school audience to raise a hand if they are of native decent, resulting in a number of hands popping up throughout the group....
A Green River High School student was named the state's investment essay winner. This is the second time in a row a GRHS student has earned this distinction. Gregory Marchal, GRHS sophomore, was named the Wyoming State winner in the SIFMA Foundation's InvestWrite essay competition with McGraw-Hill Financial, in the high-school division of the Fall 2015 competition. The SIFMA Foundation's InvestWrite competition was launched in 2004. The program challenges fourth through 12th-grade students to...
Monica Fabian Lounsbery, a professor and associate dean of Faculty Affairs in the School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has been named as the new dean of the College of Health and Human Services at California State University, Long Beach. "I am deeply honored and could not be more delighted to be the next dean of the College of Health and Human Services," Lounsbery said. Lounsbery will begin her new duties at CSULB in July. "I am exceedingly impressed with the diverse studen...
The Community Fine Arts Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Tickets are available for a dinner and auction fundraiser, which will take place May 14 at the Civic Center. Starting at 6 p.m., the evening will include appetizers and dinner catered by the Sands, live music by local musicians, and an art auction. Proceeds from the event will go toward purchasing a sculpture to commemorate the anniversary. The Sweetwater County Library Foundation with the CFAC Advisory Board are working together in this effort. Donations of original...
Volunteers make a difference in any organization. The difference volunteers make at the Golden Hour Senior Center is a visible one. To show thanks and appreciation of the center's many senior volunteers, the center hosted a volunteer appreciation luncheon for them. No volunteers lifted a finger during the lunch. It was their turn to sit, relax and be served. Volunteers are present and active at the center everyday from when the time it opens at 8 a.m., until the center closes at 4 p.m....
Golden Hour Senior Center Menu May 5-May 11 Thursday - Cinco de Mayo -- Taco Salad, refried beans with cheese, mango cinnamon crispies Friday - Mother’s Day tea party -- egg salad, cucumber and roast beef sandwiches, water chestnuts, pea salad, scones with apple and pear butter, chocolate fountain with assorted cookies. Monday -Cheese quesadilla, green chili, fruit cocktail, lemmon poppy-seed bread Tuesday - Malibu chicken, wild rice, green beans, Jello, orange muffin Wednesday - Hot ham and cheese sandwich, olive cup, curly Q fries, watermelon...
Artwork from Green River High School students impressed at the state art symposium, as well as the high school's art show. Shane Steiss, an art teacher at GRHS said the submissions for state art won a large number of ribbons this year. "I'm proud of them, they really worked hard," Steiss said. The school displayed 292 pieces of art in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional mediums and were awarded 81 ribbons. Steiss said only one fourth of the work displayed at the symposium receives...
Amongst the large number of Republican candidates seeking Wyoming’s sole U.S. House of Representatives seat in Washington, D.C., Darin Smith thinks he’s the most qualified. Smith believes his life experience has given him the edge on other candidates vying for the position. Holding both a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Wyoming and a graduate from the university’s law school, he built up and sold an investment company before starting his current career with the Chri...
Victor Joseph Zumpfe, 72, of Rock Springs, passed away April 29, 2016 at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born on June 30, 1943 in Crete, Neb., the son of Joseph W. and Rose Skutchan Zumpfe. Zumpfe attended schools in Crete, Neb. and was a 1961 graduate of the Crete High School. He was a United States Navy Veteran who served in the Vietnam War from Oct. 9, 1963 until he was honorably discharged on Aug. 27, 1969. Zumpfe was the owner and operator of Vic's Automotive Machine Shop for... Full story
William Arthur Thompson, 85, of Rock Springs, passed away April 21, 2016 at his home. Cremation has taken place and memorial services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Vase Funeral Chapel, 154 Elk Street, in Rock Springs. Military honors and inurnment will be in the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery. Friends may call at the Vase Chapel Saturday, one hour prior to services.... Full story
Brittany Florence Bunn Evans was born September 25, 1989, in Logan, Utah. She was the Daughter of Ken and Crystal West. Brittany passed away at her home on April 27, 2016, in Green River, Wyoming. She grew up and attended school in Green River, Wyoming. Brittany married her high school sweetheart, Logan Evans and they had three beautiful children, Aiden August Evans born June 17 2009, Carson Kenneth Evans born November 17 2011, and Dawson Daniel Evans born January 6th 2016. Brittany's life was... Full story
We have to take a stand against statements designed to make us a fearful and paranoid electorate. Such are the statements made by Republican congressional hopeful Darin Smith, who claims 10 percent of all Muslims are “radicalized.” Smith works for the Christian Broadcasting Network and helps plan and conduct humanitarian projects throughout the world. Humanitarian work should always be commended, though Smith readily admits that his work helps combat Saudi Arabia and “big mosque” money he believes are aimed at spreading Islamic beliefs and Sha...
0Dear Editor, Each year on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers across the county collect non-perishable food donations from our customers. These donations go directly to the local food pantries to provide assistance to people in need of services. The need for food donations is great. Currently, 49 million Americans -- one out of six-- are unsure of where their next meal is coming from. Sixteen million are children who feel hunger’s impact on their overall health and ability to perform in school. Over 5 million seniors over the age of 6...
When is the last time you visited the great little museum we have right in the heart of our downtown? Well, if it’s been a while, I suggest that you check it out because they’ve recently expanded their gift shop and have some terrific new items like charming children’s books, toys, unique gift cards, jewelry and much more. The Sweetwater County Historical Museum was established in 1967 and was housed in the basement of the Sweetwater County Courthouse until 2001, when it moved into the historic post office downtown. The Post office build...
One of the most difficult things we must do in life is saying goodbye to someone we love. As challenging as it is for adults to do, it’s an entirely different experience for a child. There is already so much about life that children do not yet understand; death is a concept that many children cannot comprehend. Add in emotions that can be confusing to the child, and the situation becomes even harder to deal with. What can we do as adults to help children navigate this terrain that is so hard for us to handle? Should we wait until the child e...
Nothing says love like homemade ice cream. Growing up, I can remember the big family get-togethers we had on our small, Minnesota dairy farm. They were always a blast, even though I often had to be pulled away from the fun to take care of my chores. I can still recall how much fun they were. Usually, at these family get-togethers we would make homemade ice cream. It is something my late grandpa Otto Rahn, or Gramps, as we called him, loved to do. It's not like making homemade ice cream the way...
Those of us who grew up in small rural communities in the 1950s and 60s, expected to have longer life spans than our parents. The trends were in our favor. White women born in 1900 could expect to live, on average, just shy of 49 years; white men 46.6 years. Those were our grandparents and our neighbors. By 1950, life expectancy had climbed to 72 years for white women born that year and 66.5 for white men. By 2000, life expectancy was still increasing, with female babies expected to live to nearly 80 and males to almost 75. America was on the r...
“The sky is falling,” may not be the best thing to hear at a city budget workshop. Neither are the words “managing the free fall,” which is what a portion of the budget presentation was titled at Thursday’s workshop. “The sky hasn’t fallen yet, but it’s getting pretty cloudy,” city finance director Chris Meats said. After a reduction of between $1.3-$1.5 million in sales tax revenue, combined with the city’s $3.9 million in operational costs, and two rounds of cuts across the board, the city...
If a natural disaster was to strike Sweetwater County today, there would be no plan to cover its impact on the community. Research and planning is currently underway to create a regional multi-hazard mitigation plan for natural hazards such as floods, wild fires, winter storms, dam failures and others. The plan will pertain to Region 4 of Wyoming, which includes Sweetwater County, Lincoln County and Uinta County. The state hired the company Amec Foster Wheeler to help Green River Interim Fire...
A man who originally claimed he was unfit to enter a plea, changed his plea to no contest and was given prison time. Raymond Price, who originally plead not guilty by reason of mental deficiency in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at an arraignment to three counts of aggravated assault and battery appeared in the district court again at a sentencing hearing in April. In March, Price appeared at a change of plea hearing in March for the three felony counts. During that hearing, the co...
A Green River legislator seeks another term in the Wyoming House. John Freeman, D-Green River, announced his intent to run for the House District 60 seat he's held since 2010 Wednesday morning. The district encompasses about two-thirds of Green River's population. Freeman has been an active resident within the county for the past 35 years, serving as a member of the Sweetwater County Outdoor Recreation Board, Green River Recreation Board, the first chairman of the Green River Greenbelt Task Forc...
The upcoming wrestling season keeps looking better for the Mustangs of Western Wyoming Community College. One week after signing a Colorado state champion, Samuel Freeman, out of Mesa Ridge High School, Mustang coach Art Castillo has landed a top local prospect, Shandon Welsh, from Green River. Welsh, who notched a fifth, a third, and two second-place finishes respectively at the state tournament during his four-year high school career, signed his Letter of Intent with the Mustangs on Thursday, April 28. Welsh’s decision to compete close to h...
Facing their Sweetwater County rivals on their home turf, the Green River High School boys soccer team knew they had a hard match ahead of them. Leaving Tigers Stadium Friday with a 1-0 win was the best result they could have hoped for, but head coach Chris Beiber said the team could have done better in a few areas. “They competed in every way,” Beiber said. “They wanted the ball more than we did.” Beiber said the team expected Rock Springs’ style of play after watching the Tigers play duri...
Area residents represented Sweetwater County well during the Festivus Games hosted by Flaming Gorge CrossFit. The games, hosted on April 16, featured a number of scored CrossFit workouts, including weightlifting routines, burpies and cardio workouts. The event also attracted CrossFit enthusiasts from throughout Wyoming and Utah and the gyms competing sold out, with 60 athletes participating in the event. For many, it was their first CrossFit competition. “Many of the athletes had been doing CrossFit for a few months and were shocked they w...
