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Responding to a recent increase in COVID-19 infections, the Sweetwater County commissioners debated a resolution mandating people visiting county buildings to wear masks while inside, ultimately passing it back to the county’s human resources office. According to the resolution, county employees would have to wear a face covering, but can have it removed if they’re in their private office of in another area isolated from the public. The mandate would have also required employees traveling to...
(Full disclosure -- David Martin is a member of the Green River Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors) The shrimp boil won’t be taking place at River Festival this year as the event was canceled due to complications from the coronavirus pandemic. The marathon, Flaunt Your Fish and duck race events will continue as scheduled. The Green River Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors discussed the long-running event during a special video conference meeting Thursday. The chamber initially c...
Residents of Green River and Rock Springs were treated to an unusual sight in the skies Monday morning. Two World War II warbirds flew through the skies on their approach to the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport, the sun reflecting off the polished metal fuselages and their engines announcing their visit long before they could be seen. When they landed at the airport, a small group of people had already gathered to get a closer look at the flying museum pieces. The planes, the B-17 bomber Senti...
By The Wyoming News Exchange The number of confirmed coronavirus cases seen in Wyoming since the illness was first detected here in mid-March grew by 29 on Tuesday. However, the number of recoveries seen in all the cases recorded since the pandemic began grew more quickly, gaining 40 to total 1,274 among patients with both confirmed and probable cases. The Wyoming Department of Health, in its daily coronavirus update, said new cases were reported Tuesday in Albany, Big Horn, Campbell, Carbon, Laramie, Lincoln, Park, Sweetwater, Teton and...
Robert Thomas Trujillo, 83, passed away Monday, June 15, 2020 at his home in Green River, Wyoming surrounded by family following a sudden illness. He was a resident of Green River for 57 years and is a former resident of Ogden, Utah and Butte, Montana. Mr. Trujillo was born on August 6, 1936 in Longmont, Colorado; the son of Fred Trujillo and Delores Quintana-Trujillo. He attended schools in Butte, Montana and was a 1956 graduate of Butte High School. Mr. Trujillo married Verna Lou Scow on June...
Roger David Smith, 65, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2020 at his home in Green River, Wyoming. He was born on July 30, 1954 in Williamsburg, Missouri, the son of Winston David Smith and Marjorie "Peggy" Charolette Smith. Roger attended schools in Ely, Nevada. He got his electrician license at Provo tech in Utah. He worked as an Electrician for TATA Chemicals for 37 years until his retirement in 2018. Roger enjoyed traveling, he went to Alaska several times. He loved cars, motorcycles, and his...
Christine B. Paul, 70, of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away Monday, June 29, 2020 at her home, after a lengthy illness, surrounded by her loving family. Christine was a longtime resident of Rock Springs and a former resident of Needles, California. Christine was born December 23, 1949, the daughter of Lyal S. Mack and Ruth B. Munson Mack. Mrs. Paul attended schools in Needles, California and was a 1968 graduate of Needles Union High School. She attended Cosmetology school and College receiving...
Kim Vase Willingham, 65, of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2020 on her way home from a perfect day with her husband at Red Canyon Lodge. She was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. She was born July 17, 1954 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, the daughter of Pete Vase and Joan Gazaway. Kim attended schools in Rock Springs, Wyoming and was a graduate of the Rock Springs High School with the class of 1972. She graduated from the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science in 1973....
Anna Johnson Caudle, 63, of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away at the Rocky Mountain Cottage Care Center in Murray, Utah. She was a resident of Rock Springs for the past 17 years and former resident of Texas. Mrs. Caudle was born on October 14, 1956 in Mojave, California, the daughter of Fred Johnson and Erma Carter. Anna attended schools in St. Louis, Missouri and was a graduate of the St. Louis Christian Academy with the class of 1974. She married Joe Caudle in Sunray, Texas on March 5, 1977....
Lena Lynn Fletcher, 46, passed away on June 29, 2020 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Lena was born to Naomi Galyean on November 7, 1973 in Grand Junction, Colorado. She had 6 siblings, Roberta Stanley, Amanda Vazques, Dotty Prez and husband Jose, Joyce Crawford and husband Bob, Cathy, Nickole and husband Chad who, all-together blessed her with 9 nieces and nephews. They moved form town to town until Lena settled in Reliance, WY where she lived in B&R trailer court. She went to Reliance Elementary Scho...
Kimberlee Carter, 56. of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away on Friday, June 26, 2020 at Sage View Care Center. She died following a lengthy illness. She was a life long resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was born on October 23, 1963 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, the daughter of Louis Jerome Carter and Yvonne Allen. Ms.Carter attended schools in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Kimberlee graduated in 1982 from Rock Springs High School in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Ms. Carter worked as a hair stylist at the...
Maynard Martin Merlau, 79, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 202 at his home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was born on November 28, 1940 in East Aurora, New York, the son of Maynard and Margaret Merlau. Maynard attended Holland Central High School in NY with the class of 1958. He married Ruth Wynell DeMasters in Scurry, Texas on March 12, 1977, she preceded him in death on January 10, 2016. Maynard worked as an oilfield manager and salesman for 35 years. He was also a certified deep-sea diver and a...
The Anderson County Review in Kansas became a viral sensation over the weekend, calling attention to itself well beyond its 2,900 circulation. The newspaper’s publisher posted political cartoon on its Facebook page critical of the state’s governor, Democrat Laura Kelly, and a recent mandate she signed requiring residents to wear masks in public areas and in places where social distancing can’t be accomplished. The cartoon features Kelly, wearing a mask with the Star of David printed on it, standing in front of people being loaded onto cattl...
At the height of the pandemic, many Americans are experiencing firsthand the flaws in the Affordable Care Act and the health insurance it guaranteed. They are also facing the possibility that even the protection it does afford may be stripped away. The fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, is again uncertain. The 2010 law that began to whittle down the large number of uninsured Americans is back at the U.S. Supreme Court awaiting a decision most likely next year about whether it is constitutional. The court has uphe...
My friend broke my nose at an after-prom party in high school. It was nothing deliberate, such as fighting over a girl. Rather, we bumped heads while wearing those big round air-filled sumo wrestler suits. Besides hurting a lot, I remember thinking, “I’ve never been so aware of my nose before.” I was overly cautious of anything that could come close to my nose. I think we sometimes take our noses for granted. Despite being right between our eyes, it’s not our noses, but our heart, lungs, and other organs that get most of our interest. We brus...
Kanye West isn’t your typical musical genius/billionaire entrepreneur/fashion designer/Wyoming rancher/presidential candidate. There will never be anyone else like him. If West didn’t exist, someone would have to invent him, and the only person with enough talent, creativity and unparalleled self-promotional ability to pull that off is West himself. Trying to keep up with his exploits in just the past week has been dizzying. First, the rap artist announced a 10-year mega-partnership with The Gap to sell his Yeezy streetwear line. By the end...
The Main Street Market, a farmer’s market located in Downtown Rock Springs, is scheduled to begin Thursday. The market will take place every Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., through Sept. 10 on South Main Street. Locals and visitors can check out fresh fruit, vegetables, bath and body products and homemade crafts by 30 or more local and regional vendors. According to Will Kogler of Kogler’s Bakery, he loves coming to Downtown Rock Springs. “People make me feel welcome here,” he said. “I made a lots of friends, and it’s great to see familiar fa...
Sometimes, it does not take an elaborate plan for people to come to the rescue in Downtown Rock Springs. A quick decision led Anne Parady to becoming the Rock Springs Main Street/Urban Renewal Agency's June volunteer of the month. Recently, on a windy Friday evening, Anne and her daughter, Annalise noticed the newly planted flowers were suffering from lack of moisture during their walk around Downtown. "After hauling water to a few of the most affected pots, I sent a message to Chad Banks about...
JACKSON - Eighty-eight days. That's how long Anthony Parker spent in the hospital. He first felt sick with symptoms that didn't mirror a typical cold or flu on March 30. "The last thing I remember, I drove myself to this hospital," the 61-year-old Jackson man said, sitting in the shade outside St. John's Health. "I couldn't sleep. And I said, 'Well, I gotta go see what's wrong.'" Parker finally left the hospital on June 25, ending a three-month saga with coronavirus in which he was transferred...
CASPER — Over one year ago, two of the nation’s leading coal companies proposed a plan to form a joint venture and combine operations in Wyoming. The decision came as a surprise to many in the state where the companies operate five coal mines. But this spring, the federal government moved to block the venture planned by Peabody Energy Corp. and Arch Resources Inc. over concerns the move could stifle competition and hurt consumers by hiking up prices for the commodity. Now, the coal companies behind the proposal have moved to defend their joi...
PINEDALE — Figures released Monday by the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division report Sublette County collected 42% less sales and use taxes in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the previous year. That is the largest decline experienced by any county. The state overall saw a drop of $4.2 billion or a decline of 5.7%. While decreases occurred in most economic sectors, the largest decline was in the mining sector, which includes the oil and gas industries. Retail trade reported increases in sales and use taxes largely due to new legislation t...
CASPER — Wyoming is expected to bid on 5 million combined acres of land sometime this week after the State Loan and Investment Board authorized the treasurer’s office Monday to make a play on the Occidental Petroleum property. The language of the bid process, which was approved by the state’s top-five elected officials after eight hours of deliberations, gives Wyoming Chief Investment Officer Patrick Fleming the authority to make a formal bid on the lands, which include 1 million acres of checkerboarded surface parcels in southern Wyomi...
CASPER — Wyoming ranked 16th in the country for overall children’s well-being in a national report that found the Equality State above average generally, though the state continues to struggle with youth health. Last year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count report ranked Wyoming 21st; in 2018, Wyoming was 18th. The rankings are based on four broad categories: economic well-being, education, health, and family and community. The data lags somewhat and is typically a year or two old. On economic well-being, Wyoming ranked 10th overa...
