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Despite a few days of cold, spring-like weather in the last few days, summer is quickly approaching in Green River. With that, summer activities on the river itself are becoming an attractive past time as well. While we’re in favor of a fun afternoon in the river, it’s also the time of year everyone should be careful around it. June typically means more spring runoff flowing unto the Fontenelle Reservoir, which also means releases from the dam will increase. In fact, increased releases started Monday, with the dam increasing its release fro...
Dear Editor, Millions of Americans are concerned about the continued impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on our economy. As a result of the pandemic, hospitals and frontline workers nationwide are at the forefront of this fight both from a healthcare perspective and from an economic perspective. Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County is no exception. Congress approved $175 billion in emergency provider grants, but not enough to prevent a deepening crisis. Hospitals alone will lose more than $200 billion through June, according to the...
Dear Editor, Have you ever been afraid because of the color of your skin? Have you ever been afraid based on ethnicity and even religious beliefs? I spent all morning visiting with a young man with an ethnic descent and we discussed an environment that I was aloof to. This young man has experienced difficulties due to his ethnical descent and shared experiences that caused me discomfort and awe. This even in our own county. This is a prerequisite to what I have to offer. I received a phone call from San Antonio, Texas. I do not know anyone...
Flaming Gorge Days is cancelled. Mansface Mountain Music Festival is cancelled. Sweetwater County Fair, with the exception of 4-H and FFA events, is also cancelled. It's understandable that people are wanting to get out of their homes as the summer months start and, also understandably, might be wondering what they can do as almost every major summer event in the county has been cancelled. We're here to help. There are countless excursions and adventures waiting for people just outside of town....
While driving along the Wild Horse Loop Tour recently, I saw something that instantly made my blood boil. A car was left abandoned at the side of the road, near 14-Mile Hill. It’s windows were shattered by the stones I found inside the vehicle. It’s tires were flattened and oddly enough, a county 19 license plate was still attached. An impound sticker was on a portion of the back window, but was so weathered and faded it was impossible to read -- whatever was written on it had long since van...
When people talk about Carl Morck, one of the first things mentioned is how much he worked to improve Green River. Morck died at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County May 30 at the age of 81. He was a former member of the Green River City Council and served on numerous board and committees, including the Greenbelt Task Force, Sweetwater County Museum Foundation, Green River Historic Preservation Commission and Sweetwater County Recreation Board. “I grew up down the street from Carl and he w...
Weeks after announcing it would limit the Sweetwater County Fair to 4-H and FFA events and the cancellation of the Red Desert Roundup Rodeo, the Sweetwater County Events Complex announced it was seeking the 2020 National High School Finals Rodeo. Ultimately, the rodeo committee decided to host the event in Guthrie, Okla. ““We are thankful that the National High School Finals Rodeo has found a home for 2020. We appreciate the positive feedback from the community and wish we had better fin...
Green River’s dogs will have a place to play after the Green River City Council approved a request to build a dog park last week. The park was originally proposed by Green River High School’s National Honors Society and will be placed at 80 East Teton Blvd., next to the city’s animal control facility. “I’m really excited to see a dog park go in because I’ve been to the dog park in Rock Springs and it just looks like a load of fun for the dogs,” Councilwoman Lisa Maes said. Brad Raney, direct...
Residents are encouraged to help beautify the city during the annual City-Wide Cleanup Week starting Monday. Residents can register and pick up supplies and choose an area to clean during this week at the Green River Visitor’s Center. Volunteers can also register through the Green River Chamber of Commerce’s website. The main areas volunteers will focus on are the city’s business corridors, as well as the areas around parks and schools within Green River. Throughout next week, dumpsters will...
ROCK SPRINGS (Wyoming News Exchange) — Laura Etienne pleaded guilty Thursday morning to using funds from the Sweetwater County Combined Communications Dispatch Center to buy nearly $3,000 worth of personal items between 2016 and 2018. She and her husband Robin Etienne, former director of the Combined Communications Dispatch Center, were both arrested in January 2020 and charged with felony and misdemeanor counts related to misusing an Amazon Prime account set up for the center and making nearly $7,000 in combined unauthorized purchases. The cou...
The Sweetwater County Clerk’s Office is adding two more polling places to address concerns about voting in the county’s outlaying communities. One polling location will be added in Farson while the other will be added in Wamsutter. Initially, the clerk’s office limited the number of locations to seven within Green River and Rock Springs after the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office requested counties reduce the number of polling places to seven. According to a press release from the Sweetwater County Clerk’s Office, the initial directive...
After being closed for more than two months, Golden Hour Senior Center recently reopened to host limited activities for the city's senior population. "It felt like the world opened back up," Eva Wagner said. Wagner and her friend Frankie Vaughn were participating in the chair exercise program Monday morning. The two live at Mansface Apartments and struggled as the world closed off in response to the coronavirus pandemic. "Being confined was depressing," Vaughn said. Vaughn recently moved to the...
Lenord and Kay Hansen of Mesa Ariz., formerly of Green River, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary June 18. The family will plan a reunion/get together when this virus allows. Lenord Hansen and the former Kay Sorbie were married June 18, 1960 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Green River. They are the parents of four children: Kayleen and husband Wade Wollman, Kris and husband Dick Bettolo of Rock Springs, Craig and wife Sheryl Hansen of Green River and Karla and...
Dr. Carl Allen Morck, 81, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2020 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. He was a life-long resident of Green River, Wyoming. He was born on July 6, 1938 in Green River, Wyoming, the son of Carl M. Morck and Allice Whitmore-Gaensslen. Carl attended Lincoln High School and graduated with the class of 1955. He then attended the University of Wyoming where he received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees. He later received his PHD in 1973 from the University of Utah....
Addilyn N. Lopez Gonzalez, 22 months, passed away in her parent's arms at Primary Childrens Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah on Sunday May 31, 2020. After 6 months of battling with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and multiple rounds of chemotherapy, Addy passed away in her sleep. Even though Addy was so young, her experience in life was more than most experience in a lifetime. She was a fighter and lived every day to the fullest. Addy is the daughter of Gilberto and Meagan Lopez Gonzalez of Rock...
JR Mahana was born March 11, 1986 and passed away May 29, 2020. He married Pam Collings in December 2018. Together they joined families of JR's children Shay and Kylee Mahana and welcomed her children Randy, Andrew, Wiatt and Alyssa as his own. This also making him a grandpa to Xhaiden. Other than spending time with his family JR took pride in his collection of knives. He also enjoyed outdoor activities such as camping, fishing and hunting. He will be missed by his surviving family including...
Nadine Nannett McGuire, 59, of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming. She had been a longtime resident of Rock Springs. She was born on May 5, 1961 in Rock Springs, the daughter of Jack Kaumo and Jean Wilkinson Kaumo. Nadine attended schools in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She married James McGuire on November 25, 1978 in Rock Springs and he preceded her in death on December 23, 2006. She married Randy Gunderson on June 6, 2009 in...
