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Western Wyoming Community College has announced the Outstanding Graduate and Innovative Educator of the Year awards for 2019-2020. Western’s Outstanding Graduate is selected by a committee that includes administrators, professionals, faculty, and staff. The nomination criteria and scoring rubric is based on campus involvement, leadership roles, positive impact on other students, and the nominee’s ability to positively represent Western in the future. For the 2019-2020 school year, the committee selected Justin Hardman as the Outstanding Gra...
A Rock Springs man is facing a potential 240-year prison sentence if found guilty of possessing child pornography. James Adam Gehring, 34, of Rock Springs, is charged with 24 felony counts of sexual exploitation of children. “We are aware of approximately 2,000 images of child pornography,” Teresa Thybo, chief deputy Sweetwater County attorney said during Gehring’s initial appearance hearing Friday afternoon. Thybo said the state decided not to charge for each alleged pornographic image becau...
Western Wyoming Community College has appointed Clifford Wittstruck to the position of vice president for student learning, effective June 15. The Professional Standards Board reviewed 30 highly qualified candidates, inviting three finalists to interview with college stakeholders. After reviewing the virtual campus interview sessions, Wittstruck was the unanimous choice. Wittstruck has been serving as interim vice president for student learning at western since January of 2020. Prior to that,...
CHEYENNE – After holding its first special session since 2004 last week, the Wyoming Legislature likely won’t have to wait another 16 years for its next one. State lawmakers are expected to reconvene sometime in late June for a second, longer special session to continue addressing the whirlwind of issues brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, along with long-term budget issues that have been compounded by the virus. A date has not been finalized for the second special session, but House Speaker Steve Harshman, R-Casper, said in a news con...
Tally Ann Lester, 44, of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away on Monday, May 25, 2020 at her home. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, Ms. Lester died following a five-year battle with cancer. She was born on April 13, 1976 in Afton, Wyoming; the daughter on Ted Nield and Diane Johnson. Ms. Lester attended schools in Afton and Rock Springs, graduating in 1994. Tally married Dan Zeglen and they later divorced. Tally married Kenny Lester in Green River, Wyoming and they later divorced. She worked...
Vernon E. Shaw, 70, of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Sage View Care Center. He had been a longtime resident of Rock Springs and former resident of Oregon. He was born on May 22, 1949 in Rosiclare, Illinois, the son of Vernon E. and Ruth Jolene Moore Shaw. Vernon attended schools in Rock Springs, Wyoming and graduated from the Rock Springs High School with the Class of 1967. He married Rhonda Lucille Coen on August 26, 1969 at the First Congregational Church in...
Larry L. Carroll, 80, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020 at home surrounded by his family. He was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming for 44 years. He was born on October 2, 1939, in St. Louis Michigan, the son of Leo Francis Carroll and Marian Louis Carroll. Larry graduated from Fulton Michigan High School in 1959. He was a millwright for 40 years, until his retirement in 2017. Mr. Carroll married Nancy C. Roberson in Alma, Michigan on December 2, 1961, she preceded him in death in 2013. Larry...
Charles "Brett" Pearson, 62, passed away Friday, May 1, 2020 at his home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a resident of Rock Springs for 17 years and is a former resident of Baggs, Wyoming and Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Pearson was born on August 5, 1957 in Delta, Colorado; the son of Don Pearson and Myrna Stagner. He attended schools in Salt Lake City. Mr. Pearson married Glenda Heikkila in Riverton, Wyoming. Brett worked as a foreman for K&R Roustabout for the last five years. He enjoyed...
CASPER (Wyoming News Exchange) — Wyoming’s unemployment rate more than doubled to 9.2% in April, as an energy downturn and measures put in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus led to major job losses. Still, Wyoming fared better than most states, at least when comparing unemployment rates. Wyoming had the fifth-lowest rate in the nation, according to new numbers released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nevada had the highest unemployment rate in April, at 28.2%. Connecticut had the lowest, at 7.9%. While Wyoming’s job l...
Tennessee will get the first crack at a trial against Clark Perry Baldwin, the man accused of killing two unidentified women in Wyoming. “We decided that since Tennessee has a known victim, and known victim’s family, that he will be tried there first,” Sweetwater County Attorney Dan Erramouspe said. “After that he will come to Wyoming to face charges.” Baldwin faces two counts of first-degree murder in Tennessee in the 1991 death of Pamela McCall and her unborn child. Erramouspe said this would...
A few more candidates have filed for election in the upcoming Primary Election in August. So far, a race has developed for the Green River City Council Ward I seat. Councilman Tom Murphy has filed for re-election and faces challenger Sherry Bushman. If the two remain the only candidates for the position, both will move on to the General Election in November regardless of the results. Should one or more people file for candidacy in the ward, the two candidates with the most votes will move on to...
A longtime member of the Sweetwater County Conservation District is seeking a chance to serve on the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners. Mary Thoman, a Republican, recently announced her intent to seek election to the board, saying her experience will help lead the county through the economic uncertainty the county faces. "We need leaders with experience and maturity to face the issues and make tough decisions to preserve our quality of life in Sweetwater County," she said in her...
Green River Fire Department Chief Mike Nomis pleaded not guilty felony theft and wrongful appropriation of public property charges during an arraignment last week. Nomis appeared before Third Judicial District Court Judge Suzannah Robinson Thursday morning through a video conference. His trial was set for 9 a.m. Oct. 5. Nomis and his wife face charges after allegedly taking money from the Green River Fire Department Foundation’s various accounts. If found guilty of the felony change, Nomis f...
Last week, graduates from Green River High School and Expedition Academy paraded through town, waving at residents and celebrating their accomplishment through one of the best ways afforded to them. Social distancing recommendations and cancelled ceremonies made for an unusual way to celebrate this coming of age, but of everything that’s happened to give those kids a proper sendoff, the parade is something we would like to see continue. First, it’s a great way of including every student. The graduation ceremonies by design focus on the respecti...
In March, the terror of what could physically happen to my children if they contracted COVID-19 paralyzed me into blind submission. I was behind the idea of online learning, as well as socially distancing my children from their friends. Our school district, Sweetwater County School District No. 1, did a tremendous job of figuring out how best to provide a productive learning environment for every child within the district. Internet was provided for those who did not have access to it, laptops and iPads were given to each and every student and f...
I didn’t expect to see Spiderman at the Wyoming Senate, but I’m sure glad he showed up. He helped save the day. He didn’t look the same as he does in his superhero costume. In fact, in civilian clothes, the fellow on my computer monitor looked a lot like Senate President Drew Perkins (R-Casper). “There’s not many times that something screams at me to be careful, careful, careful on these things,” he said. “And this — my Spidey-senses are tingling dramatically on this one.” The issue was an amendment to a bill during the May 15-16 virtual spe...
