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Staff Report Mike Nomis, the former Green River Fire Chief, admitted to taking money from the fire department’s foundation last week during a change of plea hearing. Nomis originally plead not guilty to charges of felony theft and misdemeanor wrongful appropriation of public property. His wife Stephanie also faces a felony theft charge. Nomis will be sentenced at a future date. He faces a potential maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 for the felony charge. According to court documents, an investigation into embezzlement c...
Days after a storm some are dubbing the "Wyocane" hit Green River, people were still cleaning up. Trucks with loads of branches and trees could be seen arriving and leaving the city's rodeo grounds parking lot Friday. The city opened the lot to residents looking for a place to dump trees and branches that had been knocked over during the storm. By Friday afternoon, a massive green wall had been erected as residents continued their cleanup efforts. Steve Core, the communications manager for the c...
The Sweetwater County Attorney’s Office is attempting to have a district court judge disqualified from a hearing for allegedly having prejudicial opinions about the case. A motion filed by Sweetwater County Attorney Daniel Erramouspe is seeking to have a new judge hear the hear the case between the State of Wyoming and Joshua Jae Ekstrom. Third Judicial Court Judge Suzannah Robinson is currently the presiding judge in the case. Erramouspe filed a motion to have Robinson removed from the case a...
Lois M. McCall, 99, passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at Mission at Castle Rock in Green River, Wyoming. She was a resident of Green River for 24 years and is a former resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Lois was born on March 2, 1921 in Skiatook, Oklahoma; the daughter of Monroe Uhl and Eva Klein. Ms. McCall attended schools in Oklahoma and Texas, and was a 1939 graduate of Amarillo High School. She married William J. McCall in 1949 in Oklahoma City, and he preceded her in death in...
Dorothy A. Finch, 73, passed away peacefully in her sleep, Tuesday, September 8, 2020. She was a lifelong resident of Green River. Dorothy was born on October 7, 1946 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of Arthur W. Deichmueller and Dorothy Bingham. She attended schools in Green River, Wyoming and was a 1965 graduate of Lincoln High School. She attended Secretarial School for one year in Boise, Idaho. She returned to Wyoming to help care for her ailing sister and began working at Little...
Jacob C. Sanchez, 88, passed away Friday, September 11, 2020 at Mission at Castle Rock in Green River, Wyoming. He was a long-time resident of Green River and a former resident of Taos, New Mexico. Mr. Sanchez was born on July 19, 1932 in Taos, New Mexico; the son of Jacobo Sanchez and Emilia Avila. He attended schools in New Mexico and California. Mr. Sanchez married Leonarda Reyes in 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and she preceded him in death. Jacob worked construction for many years. He was a me...
Golden Hour Senior Center offers a lot of good to Green River. Many may only be aware of the center through the baked goods it sells during the Green River Farmers Market or as the place grandma and grandpa go to have lunch and socialize with their friends. In truth, it’s a bit more important than that. While Golden Hour does offer a chance for seniors to socialize and enjoy a hot lunch or a game of Wii Bowling, the fact of the matter is the center is a lifeline to a lot of seniors who wouldn’t get out as much otherwise. Programs offered thr...
I’m a lifelong resident of Wyoming and the older I get; the more certain inconsistencies seem to become evident. For example, local and state leaders often talk about the need to diversify the economy, but continue to double down on the minerals industry that has historically provided the state and many of its communities with what can only be described as giant piles of cash. It’s a state with leaders who often shun federal assistance, but is extremely dependent on federal spending. It’s a sta...
Small business owners are some of the strongest, most resilient people you will ever meet. They know what it’s like to take risks, work hard, make tough decisions, and turn a profit to benefit their community. The last few months have been arduous for Wyoming’s rural small business owners and entrepreneurs. Yet once again, we’ve seen that in times of crisis, small businesses step up to provide for their employees and serve their hometowns. At the Small Business Administration, we have made it our frontline mission to support small busin...
As we are forced to air high-five and elbow bump instead of hug or shake hands right now, in the FACE of Covid, I think it’s important to note several other very important things we are FACING. The face is a very important tool we all have. We use it to show expressions and attitudes – it really is very communicative. We use many phrases involving the face such as “face paint”, “get your game face on”, “face the music”, “being two-faced” and “face the facts”. We can even remember many important social distancing requirements with the w...
The Green River High School tennis teams saw continued success during a trip to Cheyenne over the weekend. Both the boys and girls were undefeated after matches against Cheyenne South and only dropped one match against East. Central proved to be a difficult opponent for the Lady Wolves, sweeping them in all five matches. The boys’ success continued against Central’s team, with the Doubles 2 team being the only group to take a loss in the series. The tennis team will compete at home this weekend for the 4A South Regional Championships. Mat...
This past Friday the Wolves (0-1) took on the Buffalo Bison, who had not played a game due to their first game being canceled by COVID-19 concerns. Buffalo is returning to the 3A conference for football for the first time in several years, but had gone to the championship game last year. The Bison, despite graduating nine starters on both offense and defense their previous year, had a number of experienced players returning. The Wolves got the ball to start the game, but went three and out on...
Green River at Evanston Dual Team scores Green River 136 Evanston 50 200-yard medley relay 1. GRHS A (Lauren Jensen, Hailey Uhrig, Lilly Munoz, Amaya Spartz) 2:03.19 2. GRHS B (Courtney Clark, Brianna Uhrig, Madison Moffat, Ivory Neher) 2:11.17 200-yard freestyle 1. Alexa Lauze, 2:08.85 2. Lauren Lee, 2:14.36 3. Emilee Barnes, 2:19.45 200-yard individual medley 1. H. Uhrig, 2:25.47 3. Spartz, 2:48.93 5, Moffat, 2:56.32 50-yard freestyle 1. Munoz, 27.79 2. Clark, 28.49 6. Autumn Casey, 31.37 1-meter diving 1. Kaili Wadsworth, 130.10 2. Zella...
Having already taken a 5% cut in funding from the county and the loss of a state-funded program, further cuts to Golden Hour Senior Center's budget may impact services and its operating hours. Jackie Grubb, the center's executive director, said the cuts have already led to the loss of one staff position at the center, while the state has completely defunded the Wyoming Home Services program, which assists house-bound seniors with their household chores. However, Grubb said she was told to brace...
Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County was notified Wednesday morning that one of its employees has tested positive for COVID-19. Sweetwater County Public Health confirmed the employee’s PCR test was positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease. Public Health is in the process of contacting every patient the employee had contact with but does not expect anyone will have to quarantine, said Public Health Director Kim Lionberger. To help with contact tracing, MHSC has taken steps to track visitors coming into the hospital a...
Laboring mothers now have the option of using nitrous oxide to ease pain and anxiety when giving birth at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s Labor and Delivery Unit. “We are proud to be one of only three hospitals in Wyoming to offer this choice for women,” said Megan Jacobsen, director of Women’s Health Clinic of Sweetwater Memorial. “This allows women more options and lets them have more control during their labor experience.” According to the American College of Nurse-Midwives, “Research has supported the reasonable efficacy, safety, a...
CASPER — Wyoming lawmakers are considering allowing the shipment of Wyoming-made liquor across state lines as a part of a package of bills allowing greater flexibility for the state’s small distillers amid mounting economic challenges brought on by COVID-19. Spurred by concerns of distillers like Casper’s Backwards Distilling and Kirby-based manufacturer Wyoming Whiskey, members of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions voted almost unanimously to draft legislation allowing multiple retail...
