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On March 1, 1992, a truck driver stopped off of Interstate-80 to change his fuel tanks discovered a woman's body 40 miles east of Rock Springs. Decades after her discovery, an arrest was made in the cold case involving a woman only known as "Bitter Creek Betty." The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation announced an arrest related to two Wyoming cold cases, the Bitter Creek Betty investigation and a similarly unidentified woman found in Sheridan County who was dubbed the "I-90 Jane Doe." Cl...
Green River’s municipal buildings will remain closed until May 18, according to a press release from the city. The extension was made after consideration of the federal, three-phase process to open the economy. Despite the extension, the city is working to reopen its public buildings. According to the release, the city wants to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19 within the community and amongst city employees. The release cites several questions that need to be answered, stating that the city will modify its policies as those questions a...
As COVID-19 restrictions are easing up throughout Wyoming, the Sweetwater County commissioners have started debating when they should open up the courthouse and other county buildings to public visitation. Commissioner Randy Wendling asked the other commissioners about the possibility of reopening the courthouse. He said he’s looked at what other areas in Wyoming are doing and has seen everything from wide-reaching reopening orders to staggered openings. He also said he’s concerned about the...
The Sweetwater County Fair will be scaled down this year in response to uncertainty related to future COVID-19 guidelines. As a result, the fair will focus on 4-H and FFA projects this year, scaling back from an annual event featuring nightly concerts, a carnival and entertainment. “Due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 situation, it is difficult to predict what the national, state, and community guidelines for events will be at the time of the scheduled fair dates. Our priority is ensuring t...
Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s first COVID-19 admission was recorded Thursday according to a news release from the hospital. The patient was described as a woman in her 50s from Rock Springs. She was notified April 29 and was admitted to the hospital April 30. The woman was later discharged from the hospital Sunday with an improved condition. Sweetwater County Public Health started contact tracing immediately, contacting all of the woman’s close contacts. Kim Lionberger, Swe...
Dorothy Kalan, 94, of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at Deer Trail Assisted Living. She was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming for the past four years and former resident of Kemmerer, Wyoming. Mrs. Kalan was born on November 16, 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Frank Matkovich and Margaret Kocjan. She attended schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from there. Mrs. Kalan married Otto Kalan in 1948 in Kemmerer, Wyoming and he preceded her in...
Carolyn Petrie, 83 of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was a longtime resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was born on January 12, 1937 in Montpelier, Idaho, the daughter of John Russell Stewart and Maude Elaine Stuart. Carolyn attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1955 graduate of the Rock Springs High School and was President of her Senior Class. She married David Steiner Petrie in Rock Springs on June 14, 1958. Caro...
Harold Walker, 92, of Green River, Wyoming passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020 at Sage View Care Center following a lengthy illness. He was a longtime resident of Green River, Wyoming and former resident of Hico, Texas. Mr. Walker was born in Hico, Texas on May 15, 1928, the son of Ralph Henry Walker and Lena Gordon Walker. He attended schools in Hico Texas and was a graduate of Hico High School. Mr. Walker also attended Railroad Telegraph School in Ft. Worth, Texas. Mr. Walker married...
The area’s first responders typically excel when working under conditions most people would find trying. Firefighters, ambulance workers and police officers are often the people tasked with responding to emergencies large and small. They’re the people seeing us through some of the most difficult moments of our lives, fighting the house fire, assisting the injured and cleanup after a vehicle crash or even making sure our city’s residents are safe from criminals seeking to gain from someone else. Their jobs are difficult. There’s no other w...
Mrs. R was a character. Her natural red hair had changed to gray years earlier, but thanks to the magic of her hairdresser, her hair was again flashy red, and she had a personality to match. She was a feisty, fun and full-blooded woman full of zest and pizzazz. She made me smile whenever I made rounds at the nursing home. Through the years, Alzheimer’s disease took its toll on her memory, but her spirit, brightness and spark didn’t seem to fade much. Even near the end, as the family stopped the hair coloring, she gave me a charge of energy and...
(Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the Bureau of Land Management. Sweetwater County Commissioner Wally Johnson requested its publication in The Green River Star as well.) Sweetwater County strongly recommends that the Bureau of Land Management postpones publishing its Draft Rock Springs Resource Management Plan until the COVID-19 public health restrictions are lifted and in-person cooperator and public workshops and meetings can once again be held. The county believes that it is only through this type of open dialog that the coope...
SHERIDAN — Sex trafficking may not be the first danger that comes to mind when considering the impact of COVID-19 on individual communities, but the two are inextricably linked, according to Alexandra Stevenson, co-founder of the human trafficking prevention nonprofit Uprising. Uprising launched a new campaign for the month of May to encourage open conversation between parents and children about online safety as children spend significantly more time on devices at home. Stress, emotional challenges and financial insecurity are vulnerabilities p...
CASPER – Changes made to a federal lending program last week could open up loans to Wyoming oil and gas firms left reeling from volatile oil prices and low fuel demand during the pandemic. The Federal Reserve released new guidelines Thursday for its Main Street Lending Program, geared to provide an additional layer of financial relief to small to midsize companies, including some heavily indebted firms with low credit ratings, during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Wyoming’s oil and natural gas industry is overwhelmingly comprised of small and midsi...
From the Green River Tree Board The city’s tree board will be giving away free trees May 9 in front of Ace Hardware. The tree board hosts an annual Arbor Day celebration every year in May. Due to COVID-19, this celebration was canceled, due to recommendations by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The tree board members wanted to keep the celebration alive as much as possible, by still giving the members of the community the chance to receive a tree for their yard. At 9 a.m., the board and the city representatives will be setting up the trees in...
From the Wyoming News Exchange Wyoming began taking steps toward normalcy this week as some counties won permission to reopen restaurants and churches. State officials approved requests from seven counties for county-wide variances from the public health orders that were imposed in mid-March to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Most of the variances issued were for outdoor dining for restaurants and bars, as seen in Natrona, Park and Sheridan counties. However, indoor dining was allowed in Lincoln and Washakie counties. In all cases, the...
The smile on three-year-old Dakston Griffiths' face couldn't get any wider. The small boy clutched on to his toy Batman car with a glee often reserved for Christmas as a procession consisting of a fire truck, ambulance and police vehicles drove down the street. The vehicles' lights flashed as they drove by and the fire engine's horn, by far the loudest, echoed throughout the neighborhood. The scene definitely left an impression on the boy. "Daks was all about it," his mother Hailey Griffiths...
Renovation work at Lincoln Middle School and the rapidly approaching summer months has resulted in changes to Sweetwater County School District No. 2’s food program. Food is now available from Truman, Washington, Monroe, Jackson and Harrison elementary schools, as well as Green River High School. The program allows children and teens a chance to receive breakfast and lunch meals after schools were closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the weeks following the school closures, the p...
From the Sweetwater County Library System The Sweetwater County Library System is excited to offer a new service to help patrons build their professional skills. Lynda.com is now available through the library’s website at sweetwaterlibraries.com. Lynda.com is a LinkedIn learning library that offers more than 7,000 on-demand courses that can be accessed anytime to help people achieve their personal and professional goals. With bite-sized content, patrons have unlimited access to a large library of high-quality, current, and engaging video t...
