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The future of a special election to create a 1% sales tax in Sweetwater County to pay for ambulance services and economic development is in jeopardy after the Rock Springs City Council decided not to support the initiative Tuesday. An intergovernmental working group consisting of representatives from the Sweetwater County Commissioners and the city and town Councils throughout the county proposes a special November 2 election to allow voters to determine if the tax should be levied. The...
A proposal to allow for the erection of an 80-foot lattice-style cell tower in Green River was tabled by the Green River City Council Tuesday night after the Council agreed residents needed more time to comment on the proposal. Union Wireless seeks to build the tower at the vacant lot next to Ace Hardware on Uinta Drive, which Union Wireless representatives say would help establish an emergency communications network and improve service to Union Wireless customers living behind Mansface....
Green River Police Department reports for June 29 At 7:12 a.m., officers responded to a report of vandalism. Officers met with the maintenance supervisor who advised two lights were damaged at the GRHS stadium. Officers completed a report of the incident, no suspects have been identified at this time. At 6:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a young child that appeared to be lost in the area near Indian Hills Drive and Shoshone Avenue. Officers made contact with a parent and turned over the juvenile. Officers completed a report of the...
A Green River Police Department officer exchanged gunfire with an unidentified person Tuesday night during a traffic stop on Barnhart Street, resulting in the person being wounded and transported out of state. According to a release from the GRPD, the department received a call at approximately 10:45 p.m., regarding person at FMC Park threatening people with a gun that had left the park. As the officer received the vehicle description, the vehicle passed by the officer, who conducted a traffic...
Stella L. Martinez, 83, passed away on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at her home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She is a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. Mrs. Martinez died following a lengthy illness. She was born on September 3, 1937 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of Ysabel Portillo and Teresa Gutierrez. Mrs. Martinez attended schools in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She received her certificate for becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant. She worked for Hospice of Sweetwater County as a Certified...
Jean M. Blazovich, 87, passed away on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at Mission at Castle Rock in Green River, Wyoming. She was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. Mrs. Blazovich died from a lengthy illness. She was born on September 30, 1933 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of John Georgis and Ruby Bazzanella. Mrs. Blazovich attended schools in Rock Springs, Wyoming and was a 1951 graduate of Rock Springs High School. She married Emil John Blazovich on June 17, 1956 in Rock Springs, Wyo...
Rita Drnas, 87, passed away Friday, July 2, 2021 at Mission at Castle Rock in Green River, Wyoming. She was a life-long resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. Mrs. Drnas was born January 25, 1934 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of Victor Menghini and Clara Zuech. She attended schools in Rock Springs, and was a 1952 graduate of Rock Springs High School. Rita married Joseph L. Drnas June 6, 1954 in Rock Springs; he preceded her in death September 17, 1989 in Jackson, Wyoming. Mrs. Drnas worked...
Rose Marie Cudney, 71, passed away Friday, July 2, 2021 in Ogden, Utah following a brief illness. She was a life-long resident of Green River, Wyoming. Marie was born on August 20, 1949 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, the daughter of William Smith Tanner and Katherine Lee Tanner. She graduated from Green River High School with the class of 1967 and worked as an accountant for T.G. Soda Ash for 20 years until her retirement. Marie married William Dee Cudney in Green River, WY on March 23, 1968. He...
Shane Mark Triplett, 53, passed away on July 4, 2021 after a hard fought battle with cancer. He was a lifelong resident of McKinnon, Wyoming. Shane was born on August 10, 1976 in Dugway, Utah, the son of Mark Triplett and Susan Wilkinson. He graduated high school in Williston, North Dakota in 1986. Shane was a loved brother, son, stepfather, husband, uncle, and friend. He loved spending his time with family and friends. He also enjoyed playing video games, camping, cooking, studying history, esp...
Larry Paine, 77, passed away July 1, 2021 in Green River, Wyoming. He was a beloved husband, father, grandpa, and great-grandpa. Larry was a long-time resident of Sweetwater County and former resident of Shia Town, MI. Mr. Paine was Born in Vernon, MI, on July 17, 1943 to Clark Paine and Eleanor Simenuk. He attended schools in Michigan where he obtained his GED and later graduated from the police academy. He married is adored wife Judy Strong Paine in 1999 in the backyard of their cherished...
The Green River City Council decision to draw out the Union Wireless cell tower request was drawn out Tuesday night when the Council opted to table the issue as opposed to voting on it. The issue at hand: the belief the public hadn’t been adequately informed of the proposal to build an 80-foot lattice cell tower near Ace Hardware. This is a ludicrous proposition as several council members said they had been contacted by their constituents during the meeting. Both Gary Killpack and Sherry Bushman stated at the meeting they had heard from c...
Rocky Mountain Power will initiate a planned power outage affecting 1,300 customers Sunday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. The company says as repairs proceed, some residents will have power back earlier. Dean Long, District manager in Rock Springs says the reason for the outage is to replace a temporary substation bus at the Bridger Pump Substation. The areas that will be affected are: North East side of Flaming Gorge Way from Uinta drive to Highway 374. Except of a portion from North 4th West Street to North 7th West Street. One-mile north on Highway...
Ever consider being in public office? The recent opening left by retired Sweetwater County Treasurer Robb Slaughter gives local Democrats an opportunity to fill the remainder of his term. The Sweetwater County Democratic Party seeks applications for candidates interested in the role and will accept them through July 14. As the position was held by a Democrat, the party is tasked with providing the Sweetwater County Commissioners three candidates to serve the remainder of Slaughter’s term, which ends in 2022. Slaughter’s last day with the cou...
Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. The hospital underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review May 6-7. During the visit, a team of Joint Commission reviewers evaluated compliance with hospital accreditation standards spanning several areas including the...
The Sweetwater County Library System is excited to bring Magician Andrew Wonder to Green River and Rock Springs for three shows as part of the library’s Level Up Summer Reading Challenge. Andrew Wonder will be performing at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 14 at Centennial Park in Green River, and at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, July 15 at the Broadway Theater in Rock Springs. Andrew performed for the library system a few years ago. “It was a wonderful show,” Becky Iwen, youth services manager at the Sweetwater County Library said. “We had great a...
A Green River High School student took third in a national Skills USA cabinet competition, earning the highest place anyone from Green River has achieved in the Skills USA program. Cole Murray competed June 9 in the national competition for Skills USA, building a hexagonal cabinet that woods teacher Tim Cassity described as a simple-looking, but complex project. The event was hosted virtually, allowing Murray to build his project at GRHS, but required him to be filmed during the six-hour work...
The Wyoming Department of Transportation and contract crews from IHC SCOTT Inc., will be closing the westbound on and off ramps at the Baxter Interchange July 7 through July 14 for paving operations. During this time, those traveling from the airport back to Rock Springs will have to detour to Baxter Road and then to the Rock Springs belt loop. Traffic traveling westbound to the airport or Middle Baxter Road will have to detour on exit 122 or travel to Rock Springs and circle back. Commuters using this interchange are reminded to plan...
A group of Sweetwater County local nonprofits have teamed up for a WyoGives Day fundraising event, Charity Chow Down. Taking place at Bunning Park in Rock Springs on July 14 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., food trucks will be in the park and donating 10% of proceeds to the event. These will be split evenly among the nonprofits. The second annual WyoGives Day takes place July 14. WyoGives, a 24-hour online day of giving, is an initiative of the Wyoming Nonprofit Network. It is designed to bring the state together as one community to raise funds and...
The Rock Springs Historical Museum will be offering access to portions of its museum collections to the public in an online format. Anyone with internet access can look through the collection at any time by going to the City of Rock Springs’ web page and selecting Museum under the Departments header, then clicking on the page for Museums Collection, or by going to rockspringswy.pastperfectonline.com. The collections database allows visitors to search by item, name, person or subject. Objects currently being offered for viewing include a s...
When Susan Gore arrived in Wyoming more than two decades ago, the heir to the Gore-Tex fortune was a minor player in the state’s politics. Campaign finance documents show limited involvement in Wyoming politics until the late 2000s. Even then, her influence was fairly narrow, and her contributions hewed closely to the policy agenda espoused by Wyoming Liberty Group — the Libertarian-leaning think tank she founded in 2008. Campaign finances records, however, show Gore’s spending grew dramatically over time. By 2020 she had become a key finan...
Breaking with the longstanding norm of intraparty candidate neutrality, a Wyoming Republican Party official asked members of Congress for help vetting potential challengers to U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney in next year’s Republican primary. According to emails obtained by WyoFile, Wyoming Republican Party Revenue Committee Chairman Jeff Wallack contacted staffers for Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) on June 15 “seeking veterans in Congress to vet our retired military candidates Denton Knapp and Bryan Miller.” Crenshaw, a Cheney ally and former Navy Seal,...
CASPER – Some communities would balk at the idea of a company building an experimental power source on the edge of town. Glenrock is not one of them. Before the end of the year, developers of a new type of nuclear power plant will decide which of four Wyoming towns will house their project, and Glenrock wants to be selected. During a Wednesday meeting with the heads of TerraPower and Rocky Mountain Power, community leaders listened attentively to the companies’ pitch. Most were already on board with the project. A few safety questions did come...
