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The remains of a 28-year-old Green River missing woman, Aubree Shanae Corona, have been found. Her remains were found Tuesday after the 2005 Gray Chevrolet Avalanche truck she was driving with a Honda CRF 450R red-and-white motorcycle in the back were located Sunday. According to a press release from the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle she had been driving was “located on a non-traveled road” in the Leeds Creek area in Fremont County on Sunday approximately 51 miles from her campsite. The press release states Fremont and Suble...
Castle Rock Hospital District is looking at ways to keep the ambulance service going. “It’s an essential service. Kind of like the police department and fire department,” Todd Toolson, Castle Rock Hospital District CFO, said. “We’re doing really well,” Toolson said. He said they can continue to operate the service because they are still in the black. What it comes down to is whether they want to keep paying the loss to operate the ambulance service or look at other ways to use the money. They...
The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport will receive funding for commercial terminal upgrades. During the Sweetwater County commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, airport director Devon Brubaker said he had received confirmation from the Federal Aviation Administration that the airport’s project will receive funding. According to Brubaker, the airport will be given about $9 million in federal funding, $3.4 million from the Wyoming Department of Transportation Aeronautics and $3 million from t...
A Wyoming Business Council grant to pay for a feasibility study regarding a second grocery store in Green River was approved by the Green River City Council Tuesday night. The grant amounts to $8,080 and will pay for a study to investigate the possible locations and development of a grocery store downtown. The store under consideration is Wild Sage Market, a natural foods co-op seeking to establish a physical store in Green River. Wild Sage Market will provide the $2,020 in matching funds for...
Louis "John" Marcinek, Jr. passed away Friday, July 26, 2019, at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, Marcinek died following a lengthy illness. He was born Nov. 17, 1946, in Omaha, Neb., the son of Louis J. and Elizabeth None Naay Marcinek. Marcinek enlisted in the army May 24, 1965, and was discharged April 29, 1968. He fought for his country in Vietnam and returned with shrapnel in his hip. John was a private man, not telling many...
Sylvia M. Aldred, 81, passed away Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. She was a resident of Rock Springs for the past 50 years and is a former resident of Utah. Aldred was born May 4, 1938, in Pueblo, Colo.; the daughter of Leon Shepard and Sadie Naranjo. She attended schools in Springville, Utah, and was a 1956 graduate of the Springville High School. Aldred married Robert F. Aldred Nov. 24, 1955, in Springville, Utah, and he preceded her in death May 11, 1987, in...
David Wayne Christiansen, 66, passed away Aug. 17, 2019, in his home, surrounded by his family. He courageously fought a battle with cancer for the past two years. David has been a resident of Green River for the past 45 years and a former resident of Carlsbad, N.M. He was employed by PacifiCorp at Jim Bridger Power Plant. His goal was to retire at 40 years; he missed it by 36 days. David was born April 8, 1953, in Pasadena, Texas. He is the son of Dale and Marjorie Christiansen. He attended...
Douglas Clay Jarvie, 91, passed away quietly at home in Provo, Utah on Sunday, August 18, 2019. Douglas was born December 21, 1927 in Rock Springs, WY to Thomas and Alice Jarvie. He married Eutona V Briggs of Manila, UT on May 5, 1951. He attended 1 year of Schooling at University of Utah and 2 Years at Utah State University. Douglas was employed at the Bureau of Reclamation and served in the U.S. army. Places of residence included Provo, Manila, Vernal, St. George, Elk Ridge, Morgan, Linwood,...
Sandra "Sandy" Kay. Kirkwood, 67, passed away Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, at her home in Rock Springs following a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Wyoming. Kirkwood was born June 19, 1952 in Kemmerer, Wy.; the daughter of William Kirkwood and Mary Bowen. She attended schools in Wyoming and was a 1970 graduate of the Rock Springs High School. Sandy married Dennis Crofts in 1973 and they later divorced. Kirkwood worked for United States Postal Service for 20 years until her retirement in...
Joe Christopher Lain, 60, passed away Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at his home in Rock Springs. He was a resident of Rock Springs for the past eight years and is a former resident of California. Lain was born Aug. 5, 1959, in Worland; the son of Robert Lain and Amelia Ledesma. He attended schools in Wyoming and Colorado; and was a 1977 graduate of the Steamboat High School. Lain married Marietta Erika Burch Aug. 6, 1993, in Worland. Joe served in the United States Navy. He worked as a truck driver at...
Laura Faye McClellan, 90, Green River, passed away peacefully June 6, 2019, in Centerville, Tenn., following a brief illness. Fay was born Aug. 31, 1928, in Hamilton, Colo., to John C. Schneider and Adelaide Noblitt Schneider. She married Charles E. McClellan Sept. 29, 1948, in Grand Junction, Colo., he preceded her in death on Nov. 29, 2012. She was a homemaker for a significant part of her life, later working at Miller's Clothing in Moab, Utah, and Hillcrest Drug in Green River. She was a...
I appreciate how the old prayer goes, “Bless the food before us, the family beside us, and the love between us...” A few years back, our youngest son, had a break-in at his home and they took his computer with all his pictures as well as his original created songs. They also got away with my old film-dependent camera with a bunch of undeveloped pictures my son had taken. He decried that it wasn’t the loss of the computer or the camera, it was the loss of memories and ideas contained within. He was dismayed that he dreamt he caught the thiev...
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is the tale of two Hollywoods: one that’s fading into irrelevance and one of a fresher version blossoming in its place. The film mostly follows actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stuntman and friend Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) as they struggle to make ends meet in 1969. The pair’s careers peaked with the TV western “Bounty Law” and in the years following the series’ end, find Dalton’s star fading. Dalton continues acting in various bad guy of the w...
We can say with certainty that there will be a large push to put a special-purpose tax initiative on the 2020 ballot. Meetings and discussions have already taken place and some municipal officials have been talking about potential uses since the last tax, passed in 2012, ended. The tax, commonly referred to as the sixth-penny tax, has been an important tool in renovating East 2nd South Street, completing improvements at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County and expanding the Rock Springs Recreation Center, among others. A small increase in sal...
Using baked good sales to benefit an entire facility is something Green River senior citizens are doing. For several weeks, volunteers of the Golden Hour Senior Center have been selling baked goods at the Green River Farmers' Market and they have been pretty successful. According to GHSC Executive Director Jackie Grubb, the senior center's baker Janice Castillon bakes everything for the market. The items sold on Thursdays are baked throughout the week. "Our biggest seller is her cinnamon...
The Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall Memorial is once again visiting Sweetwater County. Residents and travelers driving along Interstate 80 will have the chance to visit the memorial wall at Western Wyoming Community College’s Rock Springs campus starting today. Tony Blair, moving wall memorial coordinator, said the American Legion is celebrating its 100th anniversary and he was asked if he could bring the moving wall back to Sweetwater County. Blair had coordinated bringing the moving wall to t...
After 18 years, the Sweetwater County Board of Cooperative Educational Services Children’s Honor Choir program has come to an end. SBOCES Children’s Honor Choir founder and conductor Sarah Wessel said over the years, the choir has been conducted by herself, Helen Berrett, Robin Neal, and presently, Wendy Compton. According to a press release, the choir officially was founded in 2001 by Wessel as a host choir for the Wyoming American Choral Director’s Association All-State Children’s Honor C...
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs student, Laura, from Spain, is seeking a host family in the Green River and surrounding areas. Laura has met all of the academic and character qualifications necessary to be accepted as an exchange student by ASSE. Laura has won a prestigious scholarship to come to the USA this school year. Laura enjoys swimming, tennis, reading, singing, movies, cooking, learning about other cultures. ASSE, a highly respected, non-profit, public-benefit organization, is dedicated to fostering cultural enrichment...
String instructors, Marcia Petersen and Sarah Wessel are now enrolling new and returning string students to the 2019-2020 season of the After School String program. Students ages eight years through adult are welcome to join the beginning, intermediate, or advanced classes. To enroll in the program contact Sarah Wessel at 389-8815, Marcia Petersen at 203-8084, or Sweetwater Board of Cooperative Educational Services at 382-1607. Lessons in Rock Springs will take place at the East Side and Pilot Butte elementary schools, and at the Rock Springs H...
With live horse racing action starting this weekend in Sweetwater County, the owner of the company wanted to express how improvements to the live-racing facility would continue to grow the event. The live horse racing is scheduled to take place at the Sweetwater Events Complex this Friday at 4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m., Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and Sept. 7-8. Eugene Joyce, president of Wyoming Horse Racing, LLC, told the Sweetwater County commissioners two weeks ago the event continues to...
While the school year started Wednesday, the Green River High School tennis team already competed before the first day of the school year. The Wolves traveled to Jackson Saturday. The girls swept the Jackson squad, led by a win by Gabrielle Heiser in the Singles No.1 division. The boys dropped three of their five games, with Caeden Grubb winning in Singles No. 1. The team of Braxton Cordova and Zach Friel won in Doubles No. 3. Girls results Singles No. 1: Gabrielle Heiser defeated Hyla Chatham in two sets: 6-4 and 7-6(7-2). Singles No. 2:...
The annual Run with the Horses 10K, half marathon and marathon events took place in Green River Saturday, attracting many locals and visitors. Men's 10K 1. Ryan Giles, 30, no residence given, 41:08.8 2. Jeffery Chappell, 35, Green River, 48:45.0 3. Evin Hanson, 16, no residence given, 49:57.0 4. Brian Redmond, 37, Rock Springs, 57:25.0 5. Dwayne Jozwik, 57, Casper, 1:01:11.3 6. Paul Helvik, 48, Green River, 1:03:52.6 7. Sean Ferrer, 42, Green River, 1:04:20.5 8. Robert Doak, 71, no residence...
