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Mike Nielsen, a motorcycle enthusiast and veteran, is traveling across the country to discuss the problem of suicide among veterans. Nielsen is a medically retired veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan and knows firsthand the pitfalls of depression and anxiety that can lead to so many suicide attempts among fellow veterans, as he has had his struggles with them personally. Nielsen will have a stop in Green River July 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Flaming Gorge Harley-Davidson. He plans to ride his Harley more than 5,500 miles to 22 national...
Sports has always been a major part of the Flaming Gorge Days celebration and it's no different this year. Thursday will open the weekend's athletic contests with the annual golf tournament hosted at Rolling Green Country Club. The tournament is a two-person scramble ending on Saturday. A newer event takes place Friday evening in the form of the Family Fun Glow Run. The run is in its second year and starts at Zehawi Field at 9 p.m. Check in starts at 8:30 p.m., and the course is approximately...
Revenge was in the air at the Rock Springs Family Recreation Center Saturday as the Bittersweet Bombshells defeat Cody's Heart Mountain Wreck on Wheels 148-79. The Wreck on Wheels are no stranger to the Bombshells. Saturday was their third battle on wheels against the team and a tie breaker. "It was really a grudge match," bombshell Janice "Dewey Decimate-Her" Grover-Roosa said. The Wreck on Wheels won the first bout the two had while on their home turf in Cody. The second bout against each...
More than 140 years after Major John Wesley Powell started his historic expedition from Green River, a 64-year-old Michigan man is attempting his own trip down the river. Starting from Expedition Island Friday, Dean Unick plans to canoe his way more than 1,200 miles to Lake Havasu, Ariz., a trip he expects will take about three months. He said he’s had to file for nine permits for the trip and will be forced to navigate around three dams along the course. The first of which will be the F...
The Green River Knights finish with third place at the end of an invitational tournament the team hosted during the weekend. The Knights started strong Saturday afternoon with an impressive 10-3 win over the Douglas Cats. Tyler Vendetti led off with a double to left, followed by Trevor Zumwalt who placed a bunt down the third base line. Brendan Hopkins then drove in Vendetti and Zumwalt to go up 2-0. Blake Gelinas followed with a solid single to left to jump out to a 3-0 lead. The Cats got on...
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Green River Wildlife Supervisor Steve DeCecco is retiring after 36 years, and like most folks in his situation, he's experiencing a lot of mixed emotions. "I can honestly say that upholding the department's mission statement Conserving Wildlife and Serving People has always been our focus," DeCecco said. "For decades, I have visited with retiring and or retired Game and Fish employees and they all said their career highlights were the people they got to meet and...
