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Students and employees at Sweetwater County schools will not be required to wear masks when they return to the classroom this month. Both Sweetwater County School Districts released statements at the end of July saying in the new school year “the option to utilize masks or other face coverings will be left to the discretion of families and employees.” Western Wyoming Community College removed its mask mandate for the summer semester, and said that the fall semester “will open as normal.” On Augu...
A portion of East Teton Boulevard between Bridger Drive and Alabama Drive will be closed for the next few weeks for a project that will make the area more accessible and compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations. DeBernardi Construction Company is the contracted company completing the project. Work began on August 10 and is expected to last 2-3 weeks. Detours around the area will include routes on West Teton, Alabama Drive, and Bridger Drive. Commuters traveling to the...
Tresha Bachman is announcing the birth of her son Alexander Jimmy Tate. Alexander was born July 27 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Heath and Alyssa Miller of Green River are announcing the birth of their son Dane Prescott Miller. Dane was born July 31 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County....
Darrell Armstrong, 43, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2021 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming for six years and former resident of Wichita Falls, Texas. Mr. Armstrong was born August 22, 1977 in Wichita Falls, Texas; the son of Melvin Allan Armstrong and Julia Stone. He attended schools in Texas. Mr. Armstrong was in the United States Army having served as a gunner in Afghanistan He married Dusty Crow August 14, 2010...
Scott Zuck, 56, passed away on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a longtime resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming and former resident of Freedom, Pennsylvania. He died following a lengthy battle with Covid. He was born in Rochester, Pennsylvania on December 8, 1964; the son of William Zuck and Charlotte Droz Zuck. Scott attended schools in Pennsylvania and Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a 1983 Rock Springs High School graduate. He married the love of...
Donald "Don" Jarrel Melvin, passed away on his 93rd birthday, Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Hallmark Rehabilitation Center in Denver, Colorado following a brief illness. He was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming for 54 years and former resident of Fort Collins, Colorado. Mr. Melvin was born July 10, 1928 in Fort Collins, Colorado; the son of Donald Jennings Melvin and Gracie Jane (Burrow) Melvin. He attended schools in Colorado and was a 1946 graduate of Fort Collins High School. Mr. Melvin also...
Danny William Krause, 75, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2021 at his home in Green River, Wyoming following a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Green River. Mr. Krause was born December 27, 1945 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the son of Harold E. Krause and Carol L. Struhs. Danny attended schools in Wyoming and was a 1967 graduate of Laramie High School. He also attended Advance Schools Incorporated. Mr. Krause married Maria E. Arellano on March 30, 1968 in Laramie, Wyoming. Danny served...
Jon C. Wilde, age 81, passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 3rd in Springville Utah. He resided as a rancher in McKinnon Wyoming most all his adult life. Jon was born on April 11, 1940, in Croydon UT, to Marcus Reed Wilde and Valliere Chappell of Coalville, UT. He attended Morgan High School where he met his sweetheart RaNae Rock. They were married on June 11th, 1959, in the Salt Lake Temple. They lived in Ogden for a short time while working at Hill Air Force Base. M.R. Wilde and Sons...
JoAnne Stansell, 61, passed away at her home in La Barge, Wyoming on August 5, 2021 surrounded by her family. She was born on October 3, 1959 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, the daughter of Charles Carman and Barbara Muller Carman. Jo married Fred Stansell in Bayfield, Colorado on May 28, 1975. She was a devoted Pittsburgh Steelers fan, loved fishing, cooking, and above all else, spending time with her grandkids. Survivors include her husband Fred of La Barge, WY; mother Barbara Carman of Durango,...
Debasing myself politically, I’ve joined the Republican Party. I never thought I would do this. The first time that I could vote in a primary, in New Hampshire in 1980, I voted for Jerry Brown. At Winter Park, Colorado, about 1984, I registered as a socialist. The election official was shocked and became angry. She nearly had a heart attack. Later, she told me it was the altitude. I knew better. A few years later, in Durango, I registered as a Green. My vote for Ralph Nader put George H.W. Bush in the White House. For the next several d...
Green River Police Department reports for Aug. 3 At 9:30 a.m., officers responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision. It was reported one vehicle was traveling east on Riverview Drive and another vehicle was traveling west on Astle Avenue, both approaching the intersection. As the vehicle on Astle Avenue passed through the intersection, the vehicle from Riverview Drive initiated a left-hand turn and struck the driver’s side of the other vehicle. Officers issued a citation to the driver, Kayladean Cook, 26, of Green River, for alleged failur...
The Green River Greenbelt Task Force is looking for input from residents about their thoughts on the future of the Greenbelt. The task force’s members want to update the Greenbelt’s master plan based on new needs, opportunities and the desires of residents. The original plan was drafted 30 years ago. It was created with input from more than 100 residents and several businesses and governmental agencies. The survey can be found online and should take most people five minutes to complete. It asks about which portions of the Greenbelt are use...
COVID-19 cases are on the rise again throughout Wyoming, and local health officials are dealing with both the impact of increased cases and burnout among health care workers, all while still trying to encourage the public to take the situation seriously. “I think the impression in our county is that it’s all gone away, but it hasn’t,” Sweetwater County Health Officer Dr. Jean Stachon said during the monthly COVID-19 update meeting held through Zoom for local health officials and county leaders...
A Wellness and Survivorship Program is now offered by Sweetwater Regional Cancer Center thanks to an $8,330 grant from the Wyoming Department of Health, Public Health Division. Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s current Cancer Center patients, survivors and caregivers will have a chance to learn more and participate in wellness activities that promote physical activity, nutrition, and overall health and well-being. The Cancer Center has partnered with various community entities to offer exercise classes, nutritional counseling, healthy c...
The Sweetwater County Historical Museum and its not-for-profit partner, the Sweetwater County Museum Foundation, have announced the winners of 2021's Scholarship Program and Essay Contest. Scholarship Winner Jessica Lee Petri of Green River, a new freshman at the University of Wyoming, won a $1,000 scholarship for her essay, "Carnegie Capitalism: An Analysis of the Importance of Philanthropy in Maintaining a Free Economy." Essay Winner Faith Duncan, a junior at the Green River High School,...
GILLETTE - It never ceases to amaze just how quiet a large group of people can be. More impressive still is when they stop talking suddenly, as if a switch got flipped and turned them off. That was the scene in Gillette College's Pronghorn Center at the funeral for Mike Enzi, the former Gillette mayor and U.S. senator. The crowd was chattering casually and suddenly they stopped. Pastor Donavon Voigt was leading the procession into the arena, followed by Enzi's casket and his family. From that...
CASPER — The Fremont County Republican Party has joined Carbon and Park counties in voting to rescind recognition of Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP, according to a resolution obtained by the Star-Tribune. But the leaders of the Republican parties in Carbon and Fremont counties gave different reasons for pursuing what amounted to another symbolic critique of Wyoming’s only congressperson. The Fremont County Republican Party Central Committee voted Monday in support of the move, which is emblematic of the far right’s sustained frust...
When state officials unveiled in June that a nuclear demonstration project is slated for Wyoming, they touted it as an advanced technology. But critics of the Natrium project say we’ve been here before — with the same technology and the same assurances made — only to see hopes dashed and massive public investments go to waste. The multi-billion dollar Natrium project is a joint effort of PacifiCorp, TerraPower and the U.S. Department of Energy that is expected to place a 345-megawatt power plant in Wyoming. Behind TerraPower is none other...
