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Commerce Bank has been selected by the county treasurer as the bank Sweetwater County will put its depositories in. At the Sweetwater County Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday morning, county treasurer Robb Slaughter gave the commissioners an update on how the transfer of funds out of Bank of the West was going. The county had $15.8 million of the general fund is with Bank of the West, while $1.4 million is in insurance with them and about $14 million is invested with the bank. The reason the county...
The Sweetwater County Treasurer’s Office is the target of a scam involving fraudulent checks sent to people across the country. As of Tuesday, six checks have been cashed, totaling $15,400. The checks use a Bank of the West account used by the treasurer’s office and features the bank’s routing number too. However, the county is already moving all of its accounts to Commerce Bank. County treasurer Robb Slaughter said his office hadn’t issued checks using that account since Sept. 4, with the fra...
Independent candidate Ted Barney has officially announced his candidacy for Senate District 13. Barney, currently a Green River City Councilman, is running against incumbent Democrat John Hastert and Republican Tom James. Since Barney is running as an independent candidate, he had to obtain 76 signatures of registered voters to be included on the November ballot. Barney said he made sure to obtain way more than that in case some on his list weren’t registered when they thought they were. He s...
It’s still up in the air as to whether or not the county will support the airport moving forward on a commercial terminal study. After a lengthy discussion at the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday, the Commissioners decided to table making a decision on whether or not to spend $711,111 for a study for the commercial terminal modernization program at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport. At first, the resolution to fund the project looked like it might die due to a lack of a m...
Timothy Edward Musbach, 64, passed away Sept. 12, 2018, in his home. He was a lifelong resident of Green River. Musbach was born Sept. 24, 1953, son of John William Musbach and Edna Elnora Morrison. As a child, Tim attended schools in Green River. He graduated in 1972 from Green River High School and was soon employed at Stauffer Chemicals. Over the course of the next 43 years, he was committed to mine rescue. He held the position of trainer and team captain, engaged in competitions and rescued...
John J. Radosevich, 83, of Rock Springs, died May 9, 2015, at Canyon Creek Memory Care in Billings, Mont. He was born on Feb. 16, 1932, in Rock Springs, the son of Walter Radosevich and Matilda Eskra Radosevich. He attended Rock Springs High School and graduated in 1951. After graduation, he joined the Navy and was on ship until his discharge in 1955. During that time, he met the love of his life, Georgia Newton and the two married in July of 1954. They recently celebrated their 60th wedding...
Georgia Marye Radosevich, 83, passed away at Butterfly Homes in Billings, Mont., Nov.16, 2017. She was a beautiful person, inside and out. She always had a minute to brighten everyone's day. Georgia was born in Salt Lake City, Jan. 6, 1934. She was the daughter of Mary Whaley Newton and George Newton. In 1952 she graduated from Rock Springs High School in Rock Springs. This is where she met her husband of 61 years, John J. Radosevich. She graduated in 1968 from the University of Wyoming with a...
Louie J. Veesart, 63, of Rock Springs, passed away Sept. 14, 2018, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County after a sudden illness. He was born May 27, 1955, in Great Bend, Kan., the son of Lawrence Veesart and Betty Burhenn Veesart. He graduated from Great Bend High School with the class of 1973. Louie married Marilyn Brough March 8, 1975, in Rock Springs. He was employed by MRC as an industrial salesman for the past ten years. Louie was an avid golfer and also enjoyed bowling and...
What is an editorial? What is a letter to the editor or a guest column? Is there even a difference? Lately, we’ve taken notice to some confusion amongst the different items found on this page and as such, we decided to help clarify what it is you’re reading. Almost all newspapers have a page or two devoted to opinions. Some host opinion writing from well-known, syndicated writers while some utilize writers located within their state, county or city. We’re fond of a more local approach, as we believe residents from Green River and Sweetwater Cou...
“Now you’re playing with power!” Nintendo always pushed the idea of its Nintendo Entertainment System as a powerful game system. At the time it was cutting edge technology, but compared to now, even the laziest mobile phone game couldn’t fit on a grey Nintendo cartridge. It’s funny to think that more than 30 years after the NES was released, the system’s entire game library, as well as the game library for the later Super NES, could fit on a tiny thumb drive now. When I bought one of Nintendo...
The rescue of an 83-year-old man who had fallen ill, the lifesaving discovery of a victim of violent crime on the side of a road, and the arrest of a man found in the act of burglarizing a business: what do these things have in common? They were all made possible by alert citizens across the country who reported something that seemed out of place to law enforcement. While these recent events happened outside of our community, similar events have and will occur right here in Green River. One recent example is when two residents, Mickayla...
On Monday, seniors were learning the basics of how to operate their smart phones. This month, Western Wyoming Community College employee Jen Stone, is teaching a class every Monday at 10 a.m. This class is geared toward seniors who want to learn more about how to use the features on their cellular phones. Around 10 seniors were in Stone's class, where Stone showed them on her phone how to look up various settings. They started by going through each item in their settings folder. From data and...
For quite possibly the first time, Southwest Wyoming hosted the ham radio conference on this side of the state. Rick Breininger, president of the Sweetwater Amateur Radio Club, said as far as he knows this past weekend was the first time Southwest Wyoming has hosted the 2018 American Radio Relay League Wyoming Section Convention. The convention took place at the Sweetwater Events Complex this Saturday with about 60 in attendance from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho. "It moves around the state...
School children who want to learn more about computer science will not want to miss out on hours of fun this Saturday. WyoCSZone is hosting a computer science event at the Sweetwater Events Complex Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to the website wyocszone.com, “WyoCSZone is a Wyoming CS teacher community dedicating our efforts to fellow teachers and students within Wyoming. We act as a bridge for teachers, students, our communities and the professional world by helping them gain c...
Actors’ Mission will present “Kicking a Dead Horse” by Sam Shepard on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and Sept. 27 and 28 with a matinee on Sept. 30. Evening performances start at 7 p.m. and the matinee starts at 2 p.m. The performances will take place at Actors’ Mission’s theater located in the Elks building on C Street in Rock Springs. As always, there is no charge for admission and a complimentary meal is served one hour prior to each performance. “Kicking a Dead Horse” is directed by Dave Gutierrez assisted by Richard Jorgensen. Ni...
The Lady Wolves swim team took advantage of the comfort a home pool can offer and came out on top. The Green River High School Lady Wolves swimming team didn't have far to travel this week when they went to Rock Springs Friday and on Saturday they were at home. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said the Lady Wolves always seem to swim better at home and with them taking first at the meet it only confirmed what she believes. The Lady Wolves finished in front of the other eight teams at the event. With...
The high school tennis season is in its final week, with teams across Wyoming preparing for the state tournament in Gillette. Many of Green River High School’s doubles teams will have good seeding as they prepare for the tournament this weekend. The boys took fourth at the regional tournament, aided by team of Jordan Anderson and Brett McKeehan, who brought home the regional championship in Doubles No. 3. Jon Leininger and Elliott Potter took second in Doubles No. 2, while Jarrett Atkins and C...
The Lady Wolves lost two on the road this week and will need to get back to the basics if they want to improve. The Green River High School Lady Wolves volleyball team traveled to Mountain View Thursday and to Casper Saturday to take on Kelly Walsh. The Lady Wolves lost to Mountain View in four sets, 25-22, 25-16, 19-25, 25-18. “We thought we could have played better that night,” head coach Rikki Shantz said about the Mountain View game. “They are very good. Their defense is some of the best...
After two home games in the friendly confines of Wolves Stadium, the Wolves took the long trip down I-80 to take on the undefeated and always tough Torrington Trailblazers. It would be a rough contest for the Wolves, who left the field with a 31-9 loss. Torrington kicked to Green River and after a 16-yard return by Anthony Johnson from the 3-yard line the Wolves went on offense. Quarterback Dallan Serrano started of with an 8-yard run, followed by a run for no gain, but with third down and short Torrington’s always strong defense rose up and s...
